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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 0Exvp

Rating 1663 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 08EmE

Rating 1666 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0JaDk

Rating 1666 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0JunU

Rating 1666 attractionendgamemate
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Puzzle 09rWc

Rating 1667 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 09hDE

Rating 1668 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 00YhY

Rating 1670 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0HjRm

Rating 1670 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0Sysl

Rating 1671 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 08Oqo

Rating 1673 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0HbZn

Rating 1673 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0BN8I

Rating 1675 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0AlFM

Rating 1676 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0Hyba

Rating 1677 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0UVQ9

Rating 1679 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0N9g5

Rating 1682 crushingdiscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 01RXs

Rating 1684 crushingendgameinterference
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Puzzle 0PGgY

Rating 1684 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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