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Chess960 puzzles: Rook endgame

The most common endgame — activity decides everything.

The rook endgame is the most common of all: rooks and pawns on the board. Its first law is activity — a rook behind a passed pawn beats a rook passively babysitting one. The sign of a correct plan is that your rook is attacking something, not guarding something. The typical error is locking your rook into defense: it is often better to give up a pawn and keep your rook and king active.

171 puzzles

Back-rank mate in 3 on a8
Shuffle Rating 602 · Back rank
Mate in 1: rook to h8
Shuffle Rating 609 · Mate in 1
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d3)
Shuffle Rating 625 · Back rank
Mate in 1: rook to f3
Shuffle Rating 645 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: rook to h2
Shuffle Rating 651 · Mate in 1
Skewer: rook to a3
Shuffle Rating 652 · Skewer
Skewer: rook to a5
Shuffle Rating 666 · Skewer
Mate in 1: rook to e8 (e1·2)
Shuffle Rating 686 · Mate in 1
Skewer: rook to h1
Shuffle Rating 740 · Skewer
Mate in 2: rook to h7
Shuffle Rating 756 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: rook to h8 (b8)
Shuffle Rating 764 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: rook to f5
Shuffle Rating 789 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: rook to h8 (h7)
Shuffle Rating 794 · Mate in 1
Back-rank mate in 2 on b1 (b8)
Shuffle Rating 798 · Back rank
Mate in 1: rook to f8 (f7)
Shuffle Rating 798 · Mate in 1
Mate in 2: rook to a1 (a2)
Shuffle Rating 807 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: rook to b1 (b2)
Shuffle Rating 807 · Mate in 1
Mate in 2: rook to b8 (b7·2)
Shuffle Rating 811 · Mate in 2
Skewer: rook to c8
Shuffle Rating 819 · Skewer
Skewer: rook to d1
Shuffle Rating 833 · Skewer
Skewer: rook to a3 (a4)
Shuffle Rating 838 · Skewer
Skewer: rook to g1
Shuffle Rating 843 · Skewer
Mate in 1: pawn to g3
Shuffle Rating 850 · Mate in 1
Back-rank mate in 2 on b1 (a1)
Shuffle Rating 860 · Back rank

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