10 advanced pawn tactics rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1297. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
A pawn on the sixth or seventh rank changes the rules of a position: it ties down pieces far more valuable than itself, and threats of promotion often matter more than the material count.
These are pitched at 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
bxa6 Rxc6 a7
b6 Bxc4 b7
g2#
Rb3 Rxb3 Kxb3 Kg6 b1=Q+
d7 Bxd5 d8=Q
gxf7+ Rxf7 Qxh6
Rxh8+ Bxh8 b2 Bxb2 axb2
Ba3+ Re7 Bxe7+ Kxe7 f8=Q+
Rg1+ Rxg1 hxg1=Q#
Ra5+ Kd4 Ra4 Rxa4 b1=Q
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A pawn on the sixth or seventh rank changes the rules of a position: it ties down pieces far more valuable than itself, and threats of promotion often matter more than the material count.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1297, so they suit 1200-rated players.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.