10 rook endgames rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1455. 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 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
h6 Kf4 h7
Rg6+ Kf3 Rxg3+ hxg3+ Kg1
g6 Rh2+ Kg5 Kb5 g7
Kf6 Ke8 Ra8+ Kd7 Rxg8
Rxb7+ Kxb7 Kg3 Kb6 Kxg4
a7 Ra6 Rc8+ Kg7 a8=Q
Rxe4 a3 Ra4 Kc3 Rxa3+
Rd2+ Kc3 Rb3#
Rg8+ Kxg8 Kxf6 Kf8 Kg5 Ke7 Kxh5
Rb6+ f6 Rc6
Train rook endgame puzzles at your rating →
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 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1455, so they suit 1400-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.