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Printable Skewer Puzzles
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Printable worksheet
12 skewer puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A skewer is a pin reversed: the more valuable piece stands in front and must move, exposing the piece behind it to capture. King-and-rook skewers decide countless endgames.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Skewer — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 03fGd: g6g5 → h7h8 → f8e7 → h8a8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0lT1H: f5f7 → g1f1 → f4e5 → f1f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0EaNA: f3f4 → g3g4 → f4f3 → g4c4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 07Fu4: e4f3 → g5g6 → e6f7 → g6c6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 044fo: c4d5 → c6a4 → b3a3 → a4d1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QeWq: d4c4 → b2a2 → c4d3 → a2e6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0OPUt: e7d6 → e3e2 → d7d8q → e4d4 → d6c7 → d4d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0FA24: e2g2 → g4f3 → g2d2 → f3h1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0HENX: d7d6 → a7a6 → d6d7 → a6h6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0iNJp: h2d2 → d3c5 → e6e5 → g7e7 → e5d5 → e7d7 → d5c6 → d7d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0iA80: f3b7 → c5c1 → e1e2 → c1h1 → e5c6 → b8c6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0SOyp: c2c3 → b6b3 → a2b3 → c7a5 → d2d5 → a5a1 → c1d2 → a1h1 → f3h3 → h1h3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0