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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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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

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Puzzle 0IPyR

Rating 1598 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 002Uy

Rating 1599 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0OZaY

Rating 1599 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 06awF

Rating 1603 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 013bF

Rating 1604 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0V0m1

Rating 1606 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 04mxa

Rating 1607 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0D0lv

Rating 1607 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 09erV

Rating 1608 advancedPawnattackingF2F7crushing
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Puzzle 0GaW6

Rating 1609 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 00n76

Rating 1611 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0AQBr

Rating 1613 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Cc9B

Rating 1613 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Oy3E

Rating 1613 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 00Gc5

Rating 1614 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 082mi

Rating 1615 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0Pxgu

Rating 1615 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0SRBP

Rating 1616 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0NtVF

Rating 1618 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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