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Kingside attack Puzzles: Developing Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 1383 · solved 369,273,220 times

Difficulty 1200–1599

These are kingside attack puzzles rated 1200–1599, the Developing level on this site. They come from real rated games: 116,947 puzzles, median rating 1383, solved 369,273,220 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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kingside attack puzzles at developing level: the numbers

There are 116,947 kingside attack puzzles at developing level, solved 369,273,220 times in total. The median rating is 1383.

Often combined with

Middlegame tactics · 102,465Checkmate · 67,383Mate in 2 · 38,800Sacrifice · 27,525Mate in 1 · 14,489Attraction · 13,800Discovered attack · 13,472Pin · 12,308Mate in 3 · 12,184

Which openings produce them?

Sicilian Defence · 6,050French Defence · 3,176Italian Game · 2,955Queen's Pawn Game · 2,172Caro–Kann Defence · 1,879Scandinavian Defense · 1,749Ruy Lopez · 1,559Queen's Gambit Declined · 1,355

Counts computed from the full puzzle set.

How the solutions work · counted by a rules engine

What a typical kingside attack solution looks like

Sample: 2,000 kingside attack puzzles at developing level (1.7% of all 116,947).

11.9% need 1 solver move, 58.1% need 2 solver moves, 26.2% need 3 solver moves, 3.4% need 4 solver moves. Median rating: 1332 for the shortest solutions, 1443 for the longest.

42.7% open with a queen move. The first move captures in 61.6% and gives check in 89.6%; 56.6% end in checkmate, 42.2% involve a sacrifice, 53.6% have White to move.

61.6%first move captures
89.6%first move gives check
56.6%end in checkmate
42.2%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

1 solver move
11.9% · median rating 1332
2 solver moves
58.1% · median rating 1372
3 solver moves
26.2% · median rating 1439
4 solver moves
3.4% · median rating 1443

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a queen
42.7%
Key move by a knight
22.4%
Key move by a rook
20.2%
Key move by a bishop
10.8%
Key move by a pawn
3.8%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: pawn
28.2%
Most valuable capture: queen
24%
Most valuable capture: rook
20.2%
Captures nothing along the line
11.5%
Most valuable capture: knight
9.2%
Most valuable capture: bishop
7%

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)
33%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
26.9%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
14.6%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
18.4%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
7%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
6.7%
21–27 pieces
75%
13–20 pieces
18.3%
12 pieces or fewer
0%

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: h7 (19.6%), f6 (12%), h6 (8.9%), f7 (8.3%), g6 (7.6%).

2.26.14.32.52.88
3.28.37.619.67
1.9127.68.96
2.11.31.71.55
1.54
3
2
1
abcdefgh

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

Study positions

The most-solved kingside attack puzzles, from each difficulty level. Play each one on the board, then open the answer for the full line.

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♟
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Black to move · rating 1203 · solved 5,517 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rce1

Solution: Qxh2+ → Kxh2 → Rh6#

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♟
♟♝♟♗
♟♟♙♕
♗
♙♙
♙♙
♖♔
White to move · rating 1345 · solved 5,060 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: g6

Solution: Bxg6 → fxg6 → Qxg6+ → Kh8 → Bxf8

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♟♟♟♛♟♟
♟
♗♙♞
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♘♗♙♝
♙♙♙♙♙
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Black to move · rating 1360 · solved 4,850 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxc5

Solution: Qg5+ → Qg4+ → Bxg4

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♟♙♕
♙♖
♙♛♙♙
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White to move · rating 1361 · solved 5,776 times · Mate in 3.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kh8

Solution: Qxh6+ → gxh6 → Rxh6+ → Kg7 → Rh7#

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♙♙
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White to move · rating 1393 · solved 6,555 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxg5

Solution: Rxg7+ → Kh8 → Rh7#

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♟♟♟♞♟♟
♝♟♙♟♕
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♙♙♗♙♙
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White to move · rating 1438 · solved 6,382 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nd7

Solution: Qxh7+ → Kxh7 → Rh4#

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♛♞♟
♟♙♘♕
♙♞♗♝
♙♙♙♙
♖♔♖
White to move · rating 1454 · solved 5,116 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxe3

Solution: Qf6+ → Kg8 → Qg7#

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♗♟♛♟♟
♟♟♗
♞
♙♙
♙♙
♙♙♙
♖♕♖♔
Black to move · rating 1464 · solved 4,707 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxb7

Solution: Qxe1+ → Qxe1 → Rxe1+ → Rxe1 → Bxb7

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♟
♟♟♟♟
♟♝♟
♙
♙♘♙♖♛
♙♙♕♘
♖♔
Black to move · rating 1475 · solved 18,977 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rf3

Solution: Bxh2+ → Qxh2 → Qxf3

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♟♛♖♟
♟♟♟♟♕
♟♙
♙♙
♙♙♙♘
♖♔
Black to move · rating 1530 · solved 5,494 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: fxg3

Solution: Qxg3+ → Kf1 → Qg2#

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♟♜
♟♛♟
♟
♙♙♟♙
♙♙♙♙
♕♔
Black to move · rating 1555 · solved 6,002 times · Mate in 7.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Ree7

Solution: Rxh3+ → Kg1 → Rh1+ → Kxh1 → Qh7+ → Kg1 → Qh2+ → Kf1 → Qh1+ → Ke2 → Qxg2+ → Ke1 → Qf2#

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♟♟
♟
♝♟♙
♙♙♛
♕♙
♙♙♗
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Black to move · rating 1580 · solved 5,171 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qf3

Solution: Bd4+ → Kh1 → Rxe1 → Rxe1 → Qxe1+

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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