ChessPuzzlePrint
Real positions. Quiet practice.
Printable Pin Puzzles
Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.
Printable worksheet
12 pin puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A pin freezes an enemy piece on a line because moving it would expose a more valuable piece behind it. An absolute pin, against the king, makes moving the pinned piece illegal; a relative pin merely makes it losing.
Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.
Pin — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- #1 (puzzle 02J2r): Rd8+ → Be8 → Rxe8#
- #2 (puzzle 06SSm): Bc5 → Qe3+ → Bxe3+
- #3 (puzzle 0QwJ0): Re7+ → Kxe7 → Qxc6
- #4 (puzzle 0FbaF): Qxe4+ → Bxe4 → Re1
- #5 (puzzle 051tR): Qe8+ → Qf8 → Qxf8+ → Kxf8 → Ne6+
- #6 (puzzle 0V9en): Re4 → f6 → f4 → Kd7 → fxe5
- #7 (puzzle 0E4G0): Rxf1+ → Qxf1 → Qxg2#
- #8 (puzzle 0ZjGH): Qf5+ → Rg6 → Ra6 → c6 → Rxc6
- #9 (puzzle 0Zgzc): Rd8 → Ra8 → Qxf8+ → Bxf8 → Rxa8
- #10 (puzzle 1OJlD): Qxf6 → Qxe3 → Qf4 → Qd2 → Qxd2+ → Rxd2 → Bf4
- #11 (puzzle 29bsw): Kg8 → Bg5 → Bxg2+
- #12 (puzzle 0reRt): Qb7+ → Kf6 → Rxh6+ → Kg7 → Rxe6
Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).