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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 0CchH

Rating 1686 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0LOtN

Rating 1689 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 06iqI

Rating 1693 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0RIoL

Rating 1696 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0TILp

Rating 1697 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0G4Pk

Rating 1698 advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0Tc6F

Rating 1699 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0UdQd

Rating 1699 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0KrvZ

Rating 1700 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0SAu9

Rating 1700 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 01yYo

Rating 1702 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0HSGC

Rating 1702 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0THSe

Rating 1702 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 06v9l

Rating 1705 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 05FAF

Rating 1706 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0B8BL

Rating 1709 crushingdeflectionendgame
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