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Queenside attack Puzzles: Advanced Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 2233 · solved 17,290,256 times

Difficulty 2000+

These are queenside attack puzzles rated 2000+, the Advanced level on this site. They come from real rated games: 12,574 puzzles, median rating 2233, solved 17,290,256 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

queenside attack puzzles at advanced level: the numbers

There are 12,574 queenside attack puzzles at advanced level, solved 17,290,256 times in total. The median rating is 2233.

Often combined with

Middlegame tactics · 10,976Sacrifice · 3,822Attraction · 2,035Pin · 1,933Deflection · 1,706Checkmate · 1,507Endgame tactics · 1,444Discovered attack · 1,430

Which openings produce them?

Sicilian Defence · 401Scandinavian Defense · 290Queen's Pawn Game · 160Caro–Kann Defence · 130French Defence · 110Scotch Game · 85Queen's Gambit Declined · 74Nimzowitsch Defence · 68

Counts computed from the full puzzle set.

How the solutions work · counted by a rules engine

What a typical queenside attack solution looks like

Sample: 2,000 queenside attack puzzles at advanced level (15.9% of all 12,574).

21.7% need 2 solver moves, 44.4% need 3 solver moves, 22% need 4 solver moves, 11.8% need 5 or more solver moves. Median rating: 2152 for the shortest solutions, 2436 for the longest.

31.2% open with a queen move. The first move captures in 51.4% and gives check in 65.3%; 11.4% end in checkmate, 47.8% involve a sacrifice, 47.7% have White to move.

51.4%first move captures
65.3%first move gives check
11.4%end in checkmate
47.8%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

2 solver moves
21.7% · median rating 2152
3 solver moves
44.4% · median rating 2226
4 solver moves
22% · median rating 2291
5+ solver moves
11.8% · median rating 2436

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a queen
31.2%
Key move by a rook
28.7%
Key move by a knight
16.4%
Key move by a bishop
15.4%
Key move by a pawn
7.8%
Key move by the king
0.5%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: queen
28.9%
Most valuable capture: pawn
27.4%
Most valuable capture: rook
21%
Most valuable capture: knight
8.5%
Most valuable capture: bishop
8.5%
Captures nothing along the line
5.6%

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)
33.4%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
24.5%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
17.6%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
19.6%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
4.8%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
2%
21–27 pieces
60%
13–20 pieces
38%
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: c6 (11.1%), b7 (10%), a8 (7.7%), c7 (7.1%), a7 (6.9%).

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6.9107.13.41.37
6.76.411.14.62.86
1.62.42.622.515
1.41.14
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2
11
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Counted from the same 2,000-puzzle sample. Squares under 1% are left blank.

Study positions

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

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White to move · rating 2007 · solved 548 times · Mate in 3.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nc7

Solution: Rb1+ → Ka8 → Qe4+ → Nd5 → Qxd5#

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White to move · rating 2009 · solved 493 times · Mate in 3.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nf5

Solution: Rd8+ → Kb7 → Nc5+ → bxc5 → Qb5#

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Black to move · rating 2014 · solved 531 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kc1

Solution: Ra1+ → Kd2 → Qe3#

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White to move · rating 2016 · solved 1,292 times · Mate in 3.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rc8

Solution: Nd7+ → Ka8 → Qxa7+ → Kxa7 → Ra3#

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Black to move · rating 2022 · solved 568 times · 4 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxd5

Solution: Nxd5 → Qxd5 → Qxd5 → Rxd5 → Re1+ → Kd2 → Rxb1

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White to move · rating 2079 · solved 536 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: hxg3

Solution: Qxd8+ → Qxd8 → Nxd8

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Black to move · rating 2109 · solved 535 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rd1

Solution: Qa1+ → Kd2 → dxc2+ → Kxc2 → Qxd1+

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White to move · rating 2120 · solved 732 times · 4 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxe4

Solution: Na6+ → Kc8 → Nxb6+ → Kd8 → c7+ → Qxc7 → Nxc7

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White to move · rating 2130 · solved 517 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qb6

Solution: Qxa7+ → Qxa7 → Nc7#

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White to move · rating 2145 · solved 508 times · Mate in 4.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: hxg3

Solution: Rxa7+ → Rxa7 → b7+ → Rxb7 → Ra1+ → Ra7 → Rxa7#

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Black to move · rating 2178 · solved 545 times · Mate in 3.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kc1

Solution: Be3+ → Kb1 → Nc3+ → bxc3 → Qb6#

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Black to move · rating 2336 · solved 641 times · Mate in 5.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kc1

Solution: Qc3+ → Kd1 → dxe2+ → Ke1 → Nd3+ → Kxe2 → Qxd2+ → Kf1 → Qxf2#

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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