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Rook endgame tactics Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

2741 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a rook endgame tactics?

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

How to spot it

Active rook beats material count. Check every skewer along ranks and files, every cutting-off move, and every chance to reach the famous Lucena or Philidor structures.

What this set trains

Practical rating points — rook endgames appear in a huge share of long games at every level.

Foundation: 714Developing: 441Challenging: 447Advanced: 1139

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Puzzle 02BXF

Rating 2629 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 095sq

Rating 2630 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 1OXpj

Rating 2631 advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Puzzle 05NV9

Rating 2632 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0ozSA

Rating 2632 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0atkP

Rating 2633 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 1s1Pm

Rating 2636 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0DrGR

Rating 2643 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0UxbH

Rating 2644 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0GvZW

Rating 2645 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 27pX4

Rating 2645 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 1GPLL

Rating 2646 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 1nfKe

Rating 2646 advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0o2EF

Rating 2647 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0q2LR

Rating 2647 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 1EWgR

Rating 2649 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0QmOE

Rating 2650 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 17ktz

Rating 2650 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1JgYZ

Rating 2650 crushingendgamequietMove
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