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Printable Rook endgame tactics Puzzles
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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 from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Rook endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0aPmG: d1d5 → c8c1 → d5d1 → c1d1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0d3Bn: a7a5 → d7e7 → e5d5 → e7e3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0DBlr: f5f4 → a8b8 → b6c7 → b8b3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0S1yw: g4f5 → b2b1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Imis: g2f1 → d3d2 → f1g2 → e3e2 → c5d5 → e2e1q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0FUcU: b4b5 → g4g3 → e7e8 → h8h7 → f2g3 → f4g3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0KdeK: a4a3 → g6g7 → b2b1q → g7g8q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 02waj: e5e6 → a3f3 → f5e5 → f3g3 → g7g3 → f2g3 → e6e7 → g2g1q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0OecO: c3b3 → e6f6 → a4e4 → f4f3 → g2f3 → g4f3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0SL6s: g4g5 → h7h8 → g5g2 → d2e3 → g2h2 → h6h7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0ovdk: g2g3 → h5h4 → g3h3 → e4e5 → f6f7 → f4f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1ud7a: a1a5 → e5a5 → a6a5 → f4g5 → a5b5 → g5h6 → b5c5 → h6h7 → c5d6 → h7g6 → d6e5 → g6h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0