10 pawn endgames rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2285. 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 2200+-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2200+ is one that players around 2200+ 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.
a5 Kb5 b4 fxg5 Kxe5
b4 axb4 a5
gxf5 a3 Ke5
bxc4 Kxc4 a4 Kb5 Kxd5
Kd5 Kxf6 Kd4 Kg7 Kc3 Kxh6 Kxb3 f4 gxf4
Kd6 Ke3 c5 hxg4 hxg4 Kf4 c4
bxa5 Kxc5 Kc3 Kc6 Kb4 Kd6 a4
exf5 Kxd5 f6
c5 Kf5 Kc3 Ke4 Kxb3
h4 gxh4 exf4 h5 f3
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2285, so they suit 2200+-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.