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Printable Rook endgame tactics Puzzles

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

Printable worksheet

12 rook endgame tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

The most common endgame in chess, condensed into its tactical moments: skewers, back-rank tricks, bridge-building and pawn-race calculations.

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

Rook endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________ Date: ______________

#1 · black to move · rating 600

#2 · white to move · rating 798

#3 · white to move · rating 1011

#4 · black to move · rating 1232

#5 · black to move · rating 1452

#6 · black to move · rating 1684

#7 · white to move · rating 1922

#8 · black to move · rating 2118

#9 · black to move · rating 2296

#10 · white to move · rating 2474

#11 · black to move · rating 2661

#12 · white to move · rating 2799

#1 (puzzle 0aPmG): Rc1+ → Rd1 → Rxd1#
#2 (puzzle 0d3Bn): Re7+ → Kd5 → Rxe3
#3 (puzzle 0DBlr): Rb8+ → Kc7 → Rxb3
#4 (puzzle 0S1yw): Rb1#
#5 (puzzle 0Imis): Kd2 → Kg2 → e2 → Rxd5 → e1=Q
#6 (puzzle 0FUcU): g3 → Re8+ → Kxh7 → fxg3 → fxg3
#7 (puzzle 0KdeK): g7 → b1=Q → g8=Q#
#8 (puzzle 02waj): Rf3+ → Ke5 → Rg3 → Rxg3 → Kxg3 → e7 → g1=Q
#9 (puzzle 0OecO): Rf6 → Re4 → f3 → gxf3 → gxf3
#10 (puzzle 0SL6s): Rh8 → Rg2+ → Ke3 → Rh2 → h7
#11 (puzzle 0ovdk): h4+ → Kh3 → Ke5 → f7 → Rxf7
#12 (puzzle 1ud7a): Rxa5+ → Kxa5 → Kg5 → Kb5 → Kh6 → Kc5 → Kxh7 → Kd6 → Kxg6 → Ke5 → Kh5

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).