Real positions. Quiet practice.

Printable Queen and rook tactics Puzzles

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

Printable worksheet

12 queen and rook tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

Heavy-piece positions where queen and rook combine for mating nets, seventh-rank invasions and perpetual threats against exposed kings.

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

Queen and rook tactics — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________ Date: ______________

#1 · white to move · rating 601

#2 · white to move · rating 714

#3 · white to move · rating 784

#4 · white to move · rating 919

#5 · black to move · rating 1000

#6 · black to move · rating 1182

#7 · black to move · rating 1320

#8 · white to move · rating 1589

#9 · black to move · rating 1850

#10 · black to move · rating 2161

#11 · white to move · rating 2449

#12 · black to move · rating 2790

#1 (puzzle 0vhYG): Rb8#
#2 (puzzle 01jQZ): Rxh7+ → Rxh7 → Rxh7#
#3 (puzzle 0Kw3Q): Rd8+ → Re8 → Rxe8#
#4 (puzzle 0Pwel): Rd8+ → Qe8 → Rexe8#
#5 (puzzle 09MyO): Qf6+ → Kh5 → Qh6#
#6 (puzzle 0EcCu): Qh1+ → Kg4 → Qh5#
#7 (puzzle 03ZZt): R4g3+ → Kd4 → Rd2+ → Ke5 → Re3#
#8 (puzzle 065Wb): Rf8+ → Kh7 → Rxe8 → Qc4+ → Kg1
#9 (puzzle 0PUAI): Qe5+ → Kg4 → Qd4+ → Kf3 → Qxg1
#10 (puzzle 0XgO6): Kb3 → Qa1 → c2+ → Kd2 → Rc5
#11 (puzzle 1ErU4): Rxb5 → Qxb5+ → Kxb5 → d4 → Kb4 → Kb6 → Ka3 → d3 → Kb2 → d2 → Kc2 → d1=R → Kxd1
#12 (puzzle 22lGp): d3 → Rc1 → Qxb3 → Rd6 → Qa3 → Rcc6 → Qb4

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).