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Printable Pawn endgame tactics Puzzles
Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.
Printable worksheet
12 pawn endgame tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
King-and-pawn endings where calculation is everything: opposition, breakthrough sacrifices, triangulation and races decided by one tempo.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Pawn endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0xVZ4: e4e5 → b3b4 → e5d4 → b4b5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 08vmA: c2d1 → d4d3 → d1c1 → c3c2 → c1b2 → d3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 08is1: g4g3 → f4f5 → e6f5 → e5e6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0TYGD: f6e5 → d1c2 → g7f8 → c2b3 → f8e7 → b3a4 → e7d6 → a4a5 → d6c7 → a5a6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QaQv: h7h5 → e7f8 → g6f5 → f8f7 → f5e5 → f7g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0DBRn: a7a5 → c4c5 → h5h4 → c5c6 → h4h3 → c6c7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0U2Qi: f3g2 → f5g4 → g2f2 → h5h4 → g3h4 → g4f4 → h4h5 → g6h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Lc4H: f2f3 → h5h4 → b2b4 → c7c6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 01Vt6: a6a5 → g6g5 → f4f5 → e6f5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1AlRz: b7b6 → f4g5 → b6b5 → c4c5 → f5f4 → g5f4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1Fmp4: e4d4 → h6h5 → f4f5 → e6f6 → c4c5 → a7a6 → g4h5 → g6h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1GqkO: e3f4 → e5f4 → g3f4 → e4e3 → c4b5 → c6d7 → f2e3 → g5g4 → f4f5 → g4g3 → b5b6 → g3g2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0