10 rook endgames rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1309. 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.
Rook endgames are the most common endgame in chess and the least intuitive. Activity beats material more often here than anywhere else — a rook on the seventh is frequently worth a pawn or more.
These are pitched at 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 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.
Rxe4 fxe4 Kg4 Kf6 Kf4
Rb5+ Ka3 Ra8#
Rb3 Rxb3 Kxb3 Kg6 b1=Q+
Ra1+ Kh2 Rh1#
Rd1 Kxe2 Rxb1
f4+ Kf6 fxe5+
b6+ Kb8 Rd8#
Ra5+ Kd4 Ra4 Rxa4 b1=Q
Rh1#
Rb4+ Kf3 Rxg4 Kxg4 a5
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Rook endgames are the most common endgame in chess and the least intuitive. Activity beats material more often here than anywhere else — a rook on the seventh is frequently worth a pawn or more.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1309, so they suit 1200-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.