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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 0cxjl

Rating 2142 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0EE5X

Rating 2143 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0HEmH

Rating 2143 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0JrGY

Rating 2145 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Ybfu

Rating 2146 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0A1Mh

Rating 2148 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0L9j0

Rating 2148 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 00ZSu

Rating 2149 advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0DeqR

Rating 2149 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0FmyL

Rating 2150 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0hj7L

Rating 2150 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0XF3i

Rating 2150 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0b8dS

Rating 2151 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0bRyY

Rating 2151 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0TuFv

Rating 2155 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0cXGy

Rating 2156 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 03ine

Rating 2157 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 07yV6

Rating 2157 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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