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Printable Queen and rook 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 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 from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Queen and rook tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0vhYG: a4a3 → b6b8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 01jQZ: h6h5 → f7h7 → h8h7 → d7h7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Kw3Q: e8e4 → d4d8 → e4e8 → d8e8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Pwel: g8f8 → d3d8 → a4e8 → e1e8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 09MyO: f5g5 → f7f6 → g5h5 → f6h6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0EcCu: g7g8 → d1h1 → h3g4 → h1h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 03ZZt: e2d3 → g4g3 → d3d4 → g2d2 → d4e5 → g3e3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 065Wb: c5c7 → f2f8 → h8h7 → f8e8 → c7c4 → f1g1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0PUAI: f3g3 → e2e5 → g5g4 → e5d4 → g4f3 → d4g1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0XgO6: b6a6 → c4b3 → a6a1 → c3c2 → d1d2 → d5c5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1ErU4: d6d5 → a5b5 → b6b5 → b4b5 → d5d4 → b5b4 → b7b6 → b4a3 → d4d3 → a3b2 → d3d2 → b2c2 → d2d1r → c2d1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 22lGp: c3c6 → d4d3 → c2c1 → b1b3 → c6d6 → b3a3 → c1c6 → a3b4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0