Queen endgame puzzles
84 free queen endgame puzzles from real games, rated 923 to 2554. Solve them on the board below; your accuracy feeds your weakness map.
What is a queen endgame?
Queen endgames are dominated by checks. The winning ideas are usually forks of king and queen, mating nets, or escaping a perpetual check.
They're notoriously hard to play well in time trouble, which is why puzzle practice pays off here.
Common mistake
Allowing a perpetual check by leaving your king exposed.
How to spot it
Every check is a potential fork of king and queen.
Centralised queens defend and attack at the same time.
Look for checks that also cover the squares the enemy queen needs for perpetual.
Related themes
- PromotionTurn a pawn into a queen.
- UnderpromotionWhen a knight beats a queen.
- En passantThe capture most players forget.
- Rook endgameThe most common endgame in chess.
- Pawn endgameOpposition, breakthroughs and races.
Let the adaptive drill find your weakest pattern
Puzzles: Lichess puzzle database (CC0), filtered for popularity and play count. See how Weakspot works.