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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 0BpJL

Rating 1709 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0SR0i

Rating 1709 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0QDPo

Rating 1713 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 0Th9l

Rating 1714 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0A1zE

Rating 1715 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02gIr

Rating 1716 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0CJlf

Rating 1716 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0KQ8b

Rating 1716 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0I109

Rating 1717 advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 07RqT

Rating 1721 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0EKfe

Rating 1721 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0P1nZ

Rating 1721 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0T7vN

Rating 1721 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0M3ny

Rating 1722 advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0QsSe

Rating 1722 attractiondeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 02kp5

Rating 1723 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 07CGX

Rating 1723 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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