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Attacks on f2 / f7 Puzzles: Foundation Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 888 · solved 17,285,148 times

Difficulty 600–1199

These are attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles rated 600–1199, the Foundation level on this site. They come from real rated games: 27,224 puzzles, median rating 888, solved 17,285,148 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 foundation level: the numbers

There are 27,224 attacks on f2 / f7 puzzles at foundation level, solved 17,285,148 times in total. The median rating is 888.

Often combined with

Checkmate · 25,745Mate in 1 · 23,424Opening tactics · 15,111Middlegame tactics · 11,797Mate in 2 · 2,145Deflection · 602Fork · 586Discovered attack · 329

Which openings produce them?

Sicilian Defence · 3,507Italian Game · 2,085Caro–Kann Defence · 1,617Queen's Pawn Game · 1,303Scandinavian Defense · 942French Defence · 816Bishop's Opening · 809Scotch Game · 783

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 foundation level (7.3% of all 27,224).

85.4% need 1 solver move, 12.9% need 2 solver moves, 1.6% need 3 solver moves. Median rating: 847 for the shortest solutions, 1123 for the longest.

79.2% open with a queen move. The first move captures in 98.8% and gives check in 99.8%; 94.8% end in checkmate, 3.2% involve a sacrifice, 67% have White to move.

98.8%first move captures
99.8%first move gives check
94.8%end in checkmate
3.2%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

1 solver move
85.4% · median rating 847
2 solver moves
12.9% · median rating 1040
3 solver moves
1.6% · median rating 1123

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a queen
79.2%
Key move by a bishop
19.2%
Key move by a pawn
1%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: pawn
90.4%
Most valuable capture: queen
3.2%
Most valuable capture: bishop
2.7%
Most valuable capture: rook
1.9%
Most valuable capture: knight
1.9%

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)
0.4%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
90.8%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
4.4%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
3.2%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
1.1%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
53.4%
21–27 pieces
43.9%
13–20 pieces
2.4%
12 pieces or fewer
0.2%

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 (98.7%), g6 (0.3%), h5 (0.2%), e5 (0.2%), f6 (0.2%).

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4
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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 705 · solved 1,904 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bg7

Solution: Qxf7#

♜♝♚♝♞♜
♟♟♟♟♟♟♟
♙♛
♗♟
♕
♙♙♙♙♙♙
♖♘♖♔
White to move · rating 872 · solved 2,134 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxg5

Solution: Qxf7+ → Kd8 → Qxf8#

♜♝♛♚♜
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♞
♕♟
♗
♘
♙♙♙♞♙♙
♖♘♗♔
White to move · rating 909 · solved 1,949 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxf2

Solution: Qxf7#

♜♞♝♚♜
♟♟♟♟♗♟
♛♟♟
♟
♙♞
♙♙♘♙
♙♙♙♗♙
♖♘♕♔♖
Black to move · rating 949 · solved 2,387 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxg7

Solution: Qxf2#

♜♛♚♝♜
♟♟♟♟
♟♙♞
♘
♗
♙
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♗♝♔♖
White to move · rating 1059 · solved 1,917 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxd1

Solution: Bxf7#

♜♞♝♜♚
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♛
♝
♙♙
♙♙♙♙♙
♖♘♕♔♗♘♖
Black to move · rating 1073 · solved 1,768 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: c3

Solution: Qxf2#

♜♝♛♚♝♜
♟♟♟
♟♟♞
♟♕♟
♙
♙♘
♗♙♙♙♙♙
♖♗♖♔
White to move · rating 1144 · solved 1,777 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rb8

Solution: Qxf7#

♜♛♚♝♞♜
♟♟♟♟♟
♞
♟
♗♙♙♟
♕♝
♙♙♙♙
♖♘♗♖♔
White to move · rating 1154 · solved 2,277 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxf3

Solution: Bxf7+ → Kd7 → Qe6#

♚♜
♟♟♟♟♟
♝♛
♙
♟♙♜
♙♕
♙♙♘♙♙♙
♖♔♖
Black to move · rating 1166 · solved 1,909 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qg3

Solution: Bxf2+ → Qxf2 → Rxf2

♜♝♚♜
♟♟♟♟
♟♞♕♞
♘
♙
♗♗
♙♙♔♙♛♙
White to move · rating 1167 · solved 2,004 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxg2

Solution: Bxf7#

♛♚
♟♟♕
♟♟♝
♜♜♟
♖♙
♙♗♙
♙♙♙♙
♔
White to move · rating 1174 · solved 1,852 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxf6

Solution: Qxf7#

♜♛♚♜
♝♟♟
♟♟♟♝♟
♞
♗♙♕
♙♘♗♙
♙♙♙
♖♖♔
White to move · rating 1199 · solved 2,103 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nh5

Solution: Bxf7+ → Bxf7 → Qxf7+

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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