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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 0U7LT

Rating 1899 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 01qRs

Rating 1903 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0By9g

Rating 1904 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0REQs

Rating 1904 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Vg9r

Rating 1905 advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0XcNQ

Rating 1907 advancedPawnadvantagedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 00plb

Rating 1908 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 02LgW

Rating 1908 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0018P

Rating 1909 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0ZMFQ

Rating 1909 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0LEGe

Rating 1910 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 062bz

Rating 1911 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 07r91

Rating 1911 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Wklg

Rating 1911 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0I4Mh

Rating 1912 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0XIz8

Rating 1912 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0KREI

Rating 1915 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0Ui2q

Rating 1917 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Cjmq

Rating 1918 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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