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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 07PTh

Rating 1759 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 02bpw

Rating 1760 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0MSXr

Rating 1762 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 063Z3

Rating 1764 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Bcui

Rating 1767 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0FGp9

Rating 1767 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 02oHh

Rating 1768 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 09n2T

Rating 1768 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 03tWb

Rating 1772 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0O6jk

Rating 1772 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0Lmp0

Rating 1773 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0AWB5

Rating 1775 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 01X5n

Rating 1776 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 02mSD

Rating 1777 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 05c82

Rating 1777 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 05HEu

Rating 1777 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0EaHR

Rating 1777 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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