10 rook endgames rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2056. 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 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
a2 Ra3 cxd4 Ke4 d3 Ra5 d2
Rxc4 dxc4 Ke4
Kh6 b1=Q Rxb1 Rh2+ Kg6 Rd2 Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
Kg4 Ra7 Rd2+ Kg1 a2
Ra1+ Ke2 h3
Kg3 Kf1 Rb1+
Rh8 Rb1 Kxf2
Rxe4 Rxe4 f5+ Kh4 fxe4
Rh7+ Kd8 Rh8+ Kd7 Rxc8
Rf4+ Kg8 Re4 Rxe4 Kxe4 g7 e1=Q
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2056, so they suit 2000-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.