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Attacks on f2 / f7 Puzzles: Challenging Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 1778 · solved 17,060,911 times

Difficulty 1600–1999

These are attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles rated 1600–1999, the Challenging level on this site. They come from real rated games: 4,712 puzzles, median rating 1778, solved 17,060,911 times. The twelve below are among the most-solved of them; try each on the board, then read the numbers further down to see how solutions at this level are built.

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By the numbers

attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles at challenging level: the numbers

There are 4,712 attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles at challenging level, solved 17,060,911 times in total. The median rating is 1778.

Often combined with

Middlegame tactics · 2,611Opening tactics · 1,820Sacrifice · 1,304Attraction · 1,044Checkmate · 1,013Fork · 747Discovered attack · 675Mate in 2 · 565Deflection · 553Pin · 481

Which openings produce them?

Sicilian Defence · 569Caro–Kann Defence · 230Italian Game · 217Queen's Pawn Game · 210French Defence · 210Scandinavian Defense · 162King's Gambit · 125Queen's Gambit Declined · 112

Counts computed from the full puzzle set.

How the solutions work · counted by a rules engine

What a typical attacks on f2 / f7 solution looks like

Sample: 2,000 attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles at challenging level (42.4% of all 4,712).

4.6% need 1 solver move, 46.8% need 2 solver moves, 42.1% need 3 solver moves, 5.4% need 4 solver moves, 1.1% need 5 or more solver moves. Median rating: 1669 for the shortest solutions, 1869 for the longest.

39.3% open with a bishop move. The first move captures in 83.6% and gives check in 69%; 21.8% end in checkmate, 49.5% involve a sacrifice, 66.6% have White to move.

83.6%first move captures
69%first move gives check
21.8%end in checkmate
49.5%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

1 solver move
4.6% · median rating 1669
2 solver moves
46.8% · median rating 1763
3 solver moves
42.1% · median rating 1802
4 solver moves
5.4% · median rating 1834
5+ solver moves
1.1% · median rating 1869

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a bishop
39.3%
Key move by a queen
23%
Key move by a knight
22.8%
Key move by a rook
7.4%
Key move by a pawn
7.1%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: pawn
36.4%
Most valuable capture: queen
31.6%
Most valuable capture: bishop
12.2%
Most valuable capture: rook
11.6%
Most valuable capture: knight
8.4%

Material balance along the whole line, counting every capture by both sides (pawn 1, minor piece 3, rook 5, queen 9):

No material gained (mating or positional)
20.2%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
33%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
15.9%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
25.4%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
5.4%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
39%
21–27 pieces
49%
13–20 pieces
10.8%
12 pieces or fewer
1.3%

How it is counted: every puzzle in the sample is replayed move by move with a chess rules engine. A sacrifice means a piece that is captured on the very next ply and was worth more than what it captured itself (pawn 1, minor piece 3, rook 5, queen 9). Sample of 2,000 puzzles. Percentages are shares of the sample.

Where it happens

Where the key move lands

Where the solver’s first move ends, drawn from their own side (rank 1 is their back rank). Busiest squares: f7 (75.8%), e5 (2.6%), e6 (2.5%), f6 (2.3%), h5 (1.9%).

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Counted from the same 2,000-puzzle sample. Squares under 1% are left blank.

Study positions

The most-solved attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles, from each difficulty level. Play each one on the board, then open the answer for the full line.

♜♝♚♝♞♜
♟♟♟♟♟
♟
♛♟
♙
♗♙♕
♙♙♔♙♙♙
♛♗♖
White to move · rating 1621 · solved 898 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: bxa1=Q

Solution: Qxf7+ → Kd8 → Qxf8+ → Kc7 → Bf4+

♜♞♛♚♜
♟♟♙♟♟♟
♞
♝
♗♝
♘
♙♙♙♙♙♙♙
♖♘♕♔♗♖
Black to move · rating 1644 · solved 1,274 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: dxc7

Solution: Bxf2+ → Kxf2 → Qxd1

♜♚♜
♟♝♝♟♟♟
♛
♟♞♗
♘♕
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♖♔
White to move · rating 1644 · solved 842 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxd5

Solution: Qxf7+ → Kd7 → Nxd5

♜♛♚♝♝♜
♟♟♞♟♟
♟♟♙♟
♞♘
♗♙
♕
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♗♔♖
White to move · rating 1648 · solved 1,177 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nd7

Solution: Qf7+ → Bxf7 → gxf7#

♜♚♜
♟♟♝♞♟♟♟
♛♞♟
♝♟♙
♘
♙♘
♙♗♙♙♙♙
♖♕♔♗♖
Black to move · rating 1648 · solved 1,022 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Na4

Solution: Bxf2+ → Kd2 → Qe3#

♜♞♝♚♝♜
♟♟♟♟
♙♞♟
♟
♗
♘
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♘♗♛♖♔
White to move · rating 1652 · solved 979 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxd1

Solution: exf7+ → Ke7 → Rxd1

♜♞♛♚♝♜
♟♟♟♝♟
♟♞♟
♘
♙
♗
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♗♕♔♖
White to move · rating 1667 · solved 1,653 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: h6

Solution: Nxf7 → Kxf7 → Bg6+

♜♝♚♞♜
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♝♛♟
♘♟
♙♗♙
♙♕♙♙♙♙
♖♗♔♘♖
Black to move · rating 1670 · solved 922 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxc2

Solution: Qxf2+ → Kd1 → Qxg2

♜♚
♟♟
♜♟♙
♟♕
♟♘
♙
♛♙♔♙♙
♖♖
Black to move · rating 1675 · solved 819 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kd2

Solution: Qxb2+ → Ke1 → Qxf2#

♜♚♛
♝♕
♟
♟♙♟♗
♙♙
♙♙♙
♔
White to move · rating 1704 · solved 755 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxf8

Solution: Qg6+ → Qf7 → Qxf7+ → Kxf7 → Bxd8

♜♝♚♝♜
♟♟♟♛♞♟♟
♞♟♕
♟
♗♙
♙♙♙♙♘♙♙♙
♖♗♔♖
White to move · rating 1751 · solved 875 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rg8

Solution: Bxf7+ → Kd8 → Bxg8

♜
♟♚♘♝♟
♟♟♟♟
♞♗♙
♙
♙♙
♙♙
♖♔
White to move · rating 1837 · solved 783 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: c6

Solution: Be6 → Rxf7 → Rd7+ → Ke8 → Rxf7

Positions and move sequences come from real rated games (CC0 data). Engine evaluations, where shown, are stored evaluations of the position (CC0).

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