10 advanced pawn tactics rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1478. 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 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
e2+ Kb1 Na3+ Kb2 Nxc2
c2 Rc1 Kc3
a2 Qxc3 a1=Q+ Qxa1 Rxa1+
h6 Kf4 h7
f5 Kh3 f6 g4 f7 g3 f8=Q
g7+ Kxg7 Qh7#
Be5 Kb4 e8=Q
Ne7+ Rxe7+ dxe7
Kxf2 Kg6 e6 Kf5 d7
Qg1+ Rxg1 hxg1=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 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1478, so they suit 1400-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.