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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 2329–2352 of 2741 matching records

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Puzzle 0YqzE

Rating 2536 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 15BOS

Rating 2536 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1S0xf

Rating 2537 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1IKYi

Rating 2539 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 06DIb

Rating 2540 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 1bQAV

Rating 2541 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1QvYJ

Rating 2543 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 01W7X

Rating 2544 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 1f39B

Rating 2545 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 12q5S

Rating 2547 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 1LOb3

Rating 2547 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0zuZb

Rating 2549 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 1Fxxt

Rating 2549 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0LeWj

Rating 2551 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0rENb

Rating 2552 advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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