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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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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 1969–1992 of 2741 matching records

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Puzzle 07x5U

Rating 2284 advancedPawncrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0fB3L

Rating 2284 advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0RXSU

Rating 2285 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0cSR3

Rating 2286 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Iy0x

Rating 2287 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0XjAV

Rating 2290 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0nHtB

Rating 2291 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0eKbL

Rating 2293 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0SmYK

Rating 2293 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Di7Q

Rating 2294 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0e6d3

Rating 2295 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0I0wv

Rating 2295 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0nbgO

Rating 2295 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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