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Attacks on f2 / f7 Puzzles: Developing Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 1365 · solved 27,884,509 times

Difficulty 1200–1599

These are attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles rated 1200–1599, the Developing level on this site. They come from real rated games: 8,699 puzzles, median rating 1365, solved 27,884,509 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 developing level: the numbers

There are 8,699 attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles at developing level, solved 27,884,509 times in total. The median rating is 1365.

Often combined with

Checkmate · 5,608Opening tactics · 4,520Middlegame tactics · 3,833Mate in 1 · 3,505Mate in 2 · 1,839Deflection · 1,044Fork · 681Discovered attack · 599

Which openings produce them?

Sicilian Defence · 1,230Caro–Kann Defence · 427Italian Game · 378Scandinavian Defense · 297Queen's Pawn Game · 292French Defence · 288Philidor Defence · 263Queen's Gambit Declined · 231

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 developing level (23% of all 8,699).

40.8% need 1 solver move, 45.2% need 2 solver moves, 12.5% need 3 solver moves, 1.4% need 4 solver moves. Median rating: 1318 for the shortest solutions, 1456 for the longest.

48.4% open with a bishop move. The first move captures in 93.6% and gives check in 94.3%; 63.9% end in checkmate, 23.2% involve a sacrifice, 63.4% have White to move.

93.6%first move captures
94.3%first move gives check
63.9%end in checkmate
23.2%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

1 solver move
40.8% · median rating 1318
2 solver moves
45.2% · median rating 1384
3 solver moves
12.5% · median rating 1435
4 solver moves
1.4% · median rating 1456

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a bishop
48.4%
Key move by a queen
41.2%
Key move by a pawn
4.4%
Key move by a knight
3.8%
Key move by a rook
2.2%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: pawn
63.2%
Most valuable capture: queen
20.5%
Most valuable capture: rook
7.1%
Most valuable capture: bishop
6%
Most valuable capture: knight
3.2%

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)
4.2%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
64%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
8.9%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
19.5%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
3.3%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
42.4%
21–27 pieces
50.8%
13–20 pieces
6.4%
12 pieces or fewer
0.4%

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 (90.5%), g6 (1.4%), h5 (1.1%), c7 (0.9%), c8 (0.6%).

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90.57
1.46
1.15
4
3
2
1
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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.

♝♚♞♜
♝♟♛♟♟♗♟
♟
♙
♕
♙♙♙♙
♘♔♗♘♖
Black to move · rating 1266 · solved 3,022 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxg7

Solution: Qc1+ → Qd1 → Bxf2+ → Kxf2 → Qxd1

♜♚♞♜
♟♝♟♟♟
♟♙
♟♟
♙♛
♗♙♟♕
♙♙♙♙
♖♔♖
White to move · rating 1269 · solved 3,190 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: fxe3

Solution: Qxf7+ → Kd8 → Qf8#

♜♝♚♜
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♞♟
♘♗
♙♞
♙♘
♙♛♙♙♙
♖♕♔♗♖
Black to move · rating 1285 · solved 3,736 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxc5

Solution: Qxf2#

♟♜♚♟♟♟
♟
♝
♕
♘♗
♙♙♙♙
♛♖♔
Black to move · rating 1289 · solved 2,765 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nc3

Solution: Qxe1+ → Kxe1 → Bxf2+ → Kxf2 → Rxc4

♜♝♛♚♝♜
♟♟♟♟♟
♟♗
♞
♘
♙♙♙♙♙♙
♖♗♕♔♖
White to move · rating 1295 · solved 2,307 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nb4

Solution: Bxf7+ → Kxf7 → Qxd8

♜♚♜
♟♟♛♟♝♟
♞♟♟♕♟
♘
♙
♘♙
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♖♔
White to move · rating 1335 · solved 3,593 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bg7

Solution: Nxd6+ → Qxd6 → Qxf7+

♜♞♛♚♝♜
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♞
♘
♗♟
♘♙
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♗♝♔♖
White to move · rating 1338 · solved 3,215 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxd1

Solution: Bxf7#

♜♚♜
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♟♛
♝
♗♙
♘♙♝
♙♙♙♕♙
♖♗♔♖
Black to move · rating 1358 · solved 3,029 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rf1

Solution: Qh4+ → Qf2 → Bxf2+

♜♛♚♝♜
♟♞♟♟♝
♟♙♞
♘♟
♙
♘
♟♗♙♙♕♙
♔♖♗♖
White to move · rating 1371 · solved 2,117 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: bxa2

Solution: exf7#

♚♜
♟♟♟♟
♝♟♛
♕♟♘
♙♞
♙♗
♙♙♙♙
♖♔♖
Black to move · rating 1389 · solved 2,997 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxg5

Solution: Qxf2+ → Kd1 → Ne3+ → Kc1 → Nxd5

♜♚♝♞♜
♟♟♗♟♟♟
♟
♗♙♛♞
♘♙♙♝
♕♙
♖♖♔
White to move · rating 1477 · solved 2,146 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Ng4

Solution: Qxf7+ → Kd7 → Nc5+ → Kxc7 → Nxe4

♜♚♝♜
♟♟♟♟♟♝
♟♟
♙
♗♛♞♗♙
♕
♙♙♙♙
♖♔♘♖
White to move · rating 1576 · solved 2,169 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxd4

Solution: Bxf7+ → Kxf7 → Be5+ → Nf6 → Bxd4

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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