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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 0y0KB

Rating 2494 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0VrLq

Rating 2496 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02adA

Rating 2498 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 18swP

Rating 2498 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 06BFo

Rating 2499 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0gbVy

Rating 2499 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 100RX

Rating 2499 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0B0i5

Rating 2501 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0zc5W

Rating 2502 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1iGzg

Rating 2503 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0uZQ1

Rating 2506 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0P90E

Rating 2508 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0FW1w

Rating 2509 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0idph

Rating 2510 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 1Xzu3

Rating 2512 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 01BBu

Rating 2513 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0G154

Rating 2513 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0FGO7

Rating 2514 capturingDefendercrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Oykk

Rating 2514 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 18xTV

Rating 2514 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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