Promotion puzzles
84 free promotion puzzles from real games, rated 647 to 2494. Solve them on the board below; your accuracy feeds your weakness map.
What is a promotion?
Promotion tactics are about getting a pawn to the last rank: deflecting the blocker, sacrificing to break through, or using the threat of promotion to win something else.
These puzzles reward thinking about pawns as pieces in waiting.
Common mistake
Promoting into a fork or a stalemate.
How to spot it
01
Is there a passed pawn close to promoting? What stops it?
02
Sacrifices that deflect the piece guarding the promotion square are common.
03
Check whether promoting comes with check or wins a tempo.
Related themes
- UnderpromotionWhen a knight beats a queen.
- En passantThe capture most players forget.
- Rook endgameThe most common endgame in chess.
- Pawn endgameOpposition, breakthroughs and races.
- Queen endgameChecks, forks and perpetuals.
Let the adaptive drill find your weakest pattern
Puzzles: Lichess puzzle database (CC0), filtered for popularity and play count. See how Weakspot works.