10 pawn endgames rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1632. 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.
Pure pawn endgames come down to counting, key squares, and the outside passed pawn. They are the most learnable endgames — the same handful of patterns decide almost all of them.
These are pitched at 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 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.
g4+ Kh2 Kf2 a5 g3+ Kh3 g2
b6 cxb6 d6
dxc4 dxc4 d3 Ke3 dxc2 Kd2 b3 c5 Kxf5 c6 Ke6 c7 Kd7 c8=R Kxc8
exf4 d7 Ke7 d8=Q+ Kxd8
b4 h5 c5 h4 c6 h3 c7
Kd5 b6 axb6 axb6 Kc6 Ke4 Kxb6 Kd5 Kc7
g4 Kf2 Kh2 b5 g3+
g4 fxg4 f5 Kd4 f6
hxg5 c5 Kd5 c6 Kxc6
f5 Ke7 Kg7
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Pure pawn endgames come down to counting, key squares, and the outside passed pawn. They are the most learnable endgames — the same handful of patterns decide almost all of them.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1632, so they suit 1600-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.