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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 04JQd

Rating 1255 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 07r8L

Rating 1255 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0IUHG

Rating 1255 crushingendgameinterference
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Puzzle 09V7o

Rating 1262 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0EAlD

Rating 1262 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 09vCl

Rating 1263 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 00eGd

Rating 1264 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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