Real positions. Quiet practice.
Printable Queen 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 queen endgame tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
Queen endings balance perpetual-check defense against promotion technique. The tactics here find the check that wins the new queen — or the ladder that escapes every check.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Queen endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0ImJB: g2h3 → d5h1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Dr8P: f7f6 → e4e8 → h8h7 → e8g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0GbpV: g5g4 → d3d8 → c6f6 → d8f6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QqW7: e1e4 → a4c2 → d2e3 → c2e2 → e3d4 → e2e4 → d4e4 → d3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QGD5: a4d4 → c5d4 → e5d4 → f2e2 → f7e7 → e2d3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Nq0F: g2h3 → e2f1 → h3h4 → g7g5 → h4h5 → f1h3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 093TA: e6e5 → f7f6 → e5d5 → f6f5 → b1f5 → g4f5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0GVIZ: c6c2 → b5c4 → c2c4 → b3c4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0VNEb: a7a3 → d5d2 → g3h3 → d2e2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0IHxu: d4d3 → b5b2 → g7h7 → a6a7 → d3d2 → b2d4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 228LK: f7g6 → a6a7 → b2b1 → d3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1DV6C: g1h1 → f4f3 → g4g5 → h6g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0