Real positions. Quiet practice.
Printable Trapped piece Puzzles
Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.
Printable worksheet
12 trapped piece puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A trapped piece has no safe square left. The winning method surrounds it or attacks it with a cheaper unit, then harvests it because escape is impossible.
Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.
Trapped piece — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- #1 (puzzle 06Eew): Rf5 → e2 → Rxg5+
- #2 (puzzle 0I3Vy): Rf6 → Qe5 → Nxe5
- #3 (puzzle 05nKb): c4 → Bxc4 → bxc4
- #4 (puzzle 0Pgue): Be3 → Qxc3 → bxc3
- #5 (puzzle 0GZnH): Bg5 → Qg6 → Nh4 → f6 → Nxg6
- #6 (puzzle 0BCVb): Bxg5 → Re4 → Bxe4 → Bxe4 → Qg4+ → Kf1 → Qxe4
- #7 (puzzle 0Mxgc): g4 → Qf4 → Bd6 → f7+ → Kf8 → Nxe4 → Bxf4
- #8 (puzzle 0ElLN): Rf7 → Qxf7 → Nxf7
- #9 (puzzle 0Q2sy): Rh6 → Qxh6 → Qxh6
- #10 (puzzle 0EJgJ): Bc3 → Ra2+ → Kb3 → Kd3 → Kxa2 → Kxc3 → Ka3 → a5 → bxa5
- #11 (puzzle 0VsqQ): Qc3 → Rf7 → Ra1 → Qxd5 → Rxd5
- #12 (puzzle 1Dt4X): Rxg2+ → Kh1 → Rxd2+ → Rf3 → Rd1 → Rxd1 → c4 → Bxe7 → cxb3
Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).