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Printable Queen endgame tactics Puzzles

Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.

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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.

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Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.

Queen endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · black to move · rating 601
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#2 · white to move · rating 865
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#3 · white to move · rating 1042
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#4 · black to move · rating 1241
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#5 · white to move · rating 1412
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#6 · black to move · rating 1570
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#7 · white to move · rating 1775
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#8 · white to move · rating 2021
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#9 · black to move · rating 2242
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#10 · white to move · rating 2464
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#11 · white to move · rating 2646
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#12 · black to move · rating 2797

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 0ImJB): Qh1#
  2. #2 (puzzle 0Dr8P): Qe8+ → Kh7 → Qg6+
  3. #3 (puzzle 0GbpV): Qd8+ → Qf6 → Qxf6#
  4. #4 (puzzle 0QqW7): Qc2+ → Ke3 → Qe2+ → Kd4 → Qxe4+ → Kxe4 → d2
  5. #5 (puzzle 0QGD5): Qxd4 → exd4 → Ke2 → Ke7 → Kd3
  6. #6 (puzzle 0Nq0F): Qf1+ → Kh4 → g5+ → Kh5 → Qh3#
  7. #7 (puzzle 093TA): Qf6+ → Kd5 → Qf5+ → Qxf5 → gxf5
  8. #8 (puzzle 0GVIZ): Qc4+ → Qxc4+ → bxc4
  9. #9 (puzzle 0VNEb): Qd2 → Kh3 → Qe2
  10. #10 (puzzle 0IHxu): Qb2+ → Kh7 → a7 → d2 → Qd4
  11. #11 (puzzle 228LK): a7 → Qb1+ → Kd2
  12. #12 (puzzle 1DV6C): f3 → g5+ → Kg6

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).