Free printable chess worksheets
42 PDF worksheets across 14 tactical patterns. Twelve positions and a full answer key on every sheet. Made for chess clubs, scholastic coaches and anyone who would rather solve on paper. Free to print, copy and hand out, with no sign-up and no watermark.
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PDFChess Forks · Easy12 positions · Rating 587–1257Download →PDFChess Pins · Easy12 positions · Rating 652–1314Download →PDFChess Skewers · Easy12 positions · Rating 610–1297Download →Or pick a pattern below. Each one has an Easy, an Intermediate and an Advanced sheet.
All 14 patterns
What you get
- Three pages. Two pages of twelve numbered diagrams with a box under each to write the move in, then the answer key.
- Real answers. Every solution is given in algebraic notation with one sentence on why it works, so a volunteer who does not know the motif can still mark the sheet.
- Difficulty you can trust. Bands come from real puzzle ratings, which are measured from how often players solve the position, not assigned by hand. Each sheet prints its rating range at the top.
- Name, date, score. Because these are meant to be handed out and handed back.
- 504 positions in total, every one from a real game.
Licence, in plain words
Print them. Copy them for a whole club. Put them in a folder and use them for a term. Use them in coaching you charge for. You do not need to ask and you do not need to credit us, though a link back to reflexchess.com/worksheets helps other coaches find them and is genuinely appreciated.
The positions are drawn from real games, released under CC0. The diagrams and the piece artwork are drawn by Reflex Chess and carry no attribution obligation of their own, which is the reason we drew our own set rather than reusing a share-alike one: a worksheet is a file that gets copied, and copied files should not carry licence conditions a teacher has to read.
Using them in a club
The pattern that works best is one sheet as a ten-minute warm-up with the boards put away, then the same motif on the board afterwards. Solving on paper forces the calculation to happen in your head, which is the skill that transfers to a game; solving with the pieces in front of you quietly turns into moving them around until something looks right.
For a mixed group, give the three bands to three tables. Everyone is working on the same pattern at the level that will actually make them think, and the group discussion at the end is about one idea rather than three.
The same positions, on a board that moves
These sheets are cut from the free Reflex Chess trainer: 87 skills, 10,440 positions from real games, banded by rating and grouped into short lessons. It runs in a browser, works offline, has no ads, and tells you straight away whether you were right, which is the one thing paper cannot do.