Week 12 worksheet: Must-know endgames

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Lesson plan · Worksheet · Large print · Answer key · 12-week syllabus

Find the move in each picture and write it down in words (“rook takes the pawn on d7”), or in chess notation if you know it (Rxd7).

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Worked example. White to move: checkmate in 1 with the queen.

Answer: Qf8#. The queen guards the back row; the white king covers g7 and h7. (Qf7 would be stalemate!)

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    1. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    2. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    3. White to move: checkmate in 1. Careful: two queen moves are stalemate!

    Answer: ______________________

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    4. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    5. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    6. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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