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
Mate in 1: rook to h8
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d3)
Mate in 1: rook to f3
Mate in 1: rook to h2
Skewer: rook to a3
Skewer: rook to a5
Mate in 1: rook to e8 (e1·2)
Skewer: rook to h1
Mate in 2: rook to h7
Mate in 1: rook to h8 (b8)
Mate in 1: rook to f5
Mate in 1: rook to h8 (h7)
Back-rank mate in 2 on b1 (b8)
Mate in 1: rook to f8 (f7)
Mate in 2: rook to a1 (a2)
Mate in 1: rook to b1 (b2)
Mate in 2: rook to b8 (b7·2)
Skewer: rook to c8
Skewer: rook to d1
Skewer: rook to a3 (a4)
Skewer: rook to g1
Mate in 1: pawn to g3
Back-rank mate in 2 on b1 (a1)