10 advanced pawn tactics rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2083. 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 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
a2 Ra3 cxd4 Ke4 d3 Ra5 d2
Bb1+ Kc4 a3 Kxb4 a2
h4 Nxe2 dxe2 Kxe2 hxg3
Rxb3 Qxb3+ Rb2 Qc4 b7
Qd3+ Qxd3 exd3 Rg1 d2
Kg4 Ra7 Rd2+ Kg1 a2
b2 Nd2 Nc3 f5 Kxf5
Re1+ Nd1 c2
dxe7 Qxe7 g6+ Kg8 Qxe7
Qxb6+ Kxb6 h4 Ka7 h3 b5 h2 b6 h1=Q b7 Qh7 Ka8 Qe4
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2083, so they suit 2000-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.