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
foundation
Rating 1015
advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Rating 1016
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 1016
advantageendgamemaster
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Rating 1017
advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Rating 1017
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1019
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1019
endgamemastermate
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Rating 1021
crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Rating 1023
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1026
advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Rating 1027
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 1027
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 1028
endgameepauletteMatemate
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Rating 1029
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1031
deflectionendgamemate
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Rating 1031
advantageendgamerookEndgame
foundation
Rating 1031
crushingendgamemaster
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Rating 1032
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 1033
deflectionendgamemate
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Rating 1033
crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Rating 1033
advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Rating 1033
crushingendgamefork
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Rating 1033
crushingdeflectionendgame
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Rating 1035
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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