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Printable Trapped piece Puzzles
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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 from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Trapped piece — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 06Eew: g7f7 → f4f5 → e3e2 → f5g5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0I3Vy: e6d6 → f7f6 → d6e5 → d7e5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 05nKb: c4b3 → c5c4 → b3c4 → b5c4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Pgue: b6d4 → c1e3 → d4c3 → b2c3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0GZnH: d8f6 → h6g5 → f6g6 → f3h4 → f7f6 → h4g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0BCVb: e4f4 → e7g5 → f4e4 → c6e4 → c2e4 → h3g4 → g1f1 → g4e4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Mxgc: e5f6 → g5g4 → f3f4 → b4d6 → f6f7 → e8f8 → c3e4 → d6f4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0ElLN: b7c7 → f8f7 → c7f7 → e5f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Q2sy: h2f3 → g6h6 → h5h6 → f8h6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0EJgJ: d3a3 → d4c3 → a3a2 → c2b3 → e2d3 → b3a2 → d3c3 → a2a3 → a4a5 → b6a5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0VsqQ: a8d8 → d2c3 → f8f7 → g1a1 → a2d5 → g5d5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1Dt4X: h4f6 → g8g2 → g1h1 → g2d2 → f1f3 → d2d1 → e1d1 → c5c4 → f6e7 → c4b3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0