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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 0Di2K

Rating 1619 advantageendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 04SXy

Rating 1620 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0BtWa

Rating 1622 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0C0ve

Rating 1622 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0C82b

Rating 1622 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0FYse

Rating 1623 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0A9HO

Rating 1624 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0Minj

Rating 1624 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 037nc

Rating 1625 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 06606

Rating 1626 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0LPkx

Rating 1627 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0OhZ5

Rating 1627 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0Io9m

Rating 1628 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0TEbo

Rating 1630 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0QLKv

Rating 1631 deflectionendgamemate
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Puzzle 05LVO

Rating 1638 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 00Bg0

Rating 1642 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 01NZA

Rating 1642 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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