10 bishop endgames rated between 800 and 999, averaging 906. 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.
Bishop endgames split sharply between same-colour bishops, where the bishop’s colour complex decides everything, and opposite-colour bishops, where far too many positions are drawn despite big material deficits.
These are pitched at 800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
gxh6 g5 h7
h6 Kxg5 h7 f3 h8=Q
Kxc8 a7 Kb7 a8=R Kxa8
Bxd6 Kxd6 h2
Be5+ Kd7 Bxb8
Be6#
Kxf7 Be3 f5
Bc5#
f6 Ke4 f7
d5+ Kf7 d6
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Bishop endgames split sharply between same-colour bishops, where the bishop’s colour complex decides everything, and opposite-colour bishops, where far too many positions are drawn despite big material deficits.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 906, so they suit 800-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.