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Kingside attack Puzzles from the Queen's Pawn Game

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 983 · solved 18,531,944 times

Opening: Queen's Pawn Game

These kingside attack puzzles were set in games that began as the Queen's Pawn Game: 14,223 puzzles, median rating 983, solved 18,531,944 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 the solutions are built.

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By the numbers

kingside attack puzzles from Queen's Pawn Game games: the numbers

There are 14,223 kingside attack puzzles from Queen's Pawn Game games, solved 18,531,944 times in total. The median rating is 983.

How hard are they?

Foundation
9,453 · 66.5%
Developing
2,172 · 15.3%
Challenging
1,464 · 10.3%
Advanced
1,134 · 8%

Often combined with

Middlegame tactics · 12,167Checkmate · 10,304Mate in 1 · 7,369Mate in 2 · 2,331Opening tactics · 1,914Sacrifice · 1,655Discovered attack · 1,412Attraction · 1,010

Which openings produce them?

Queen's Pawn Game · 14,223

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 from Queen's Pawn Game games (14.1% of all 14,223).

50.8% need 1 solver move, 32.2% need 2 solver moves, 13.1% need 3 solver moves, 3% need 4 solver moves, 1% need 5 or more solver moves. Median rating: 732 for the shortest solutions, 2068 for the longest.

63.4% open with a queen move. The first move captures in 81% and gives check in 92.8%; 72.5% end in checkmate, 23% involve a sacrifice, 62.2% have White to move.

81%first move captures
92.8%first move gives check
72.5%end in checkmate
23%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

1 solver move
50.8% · median rating 732
2 solver moves
32.2% · median rating 1152
3 solver moves
13.1% · median rating 1771
4 solver moves
3% · median rating 2051
5+ solver moves
1% · median rating 2068

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a queen
63.4%
Key move by a bishop
14.2%
Key move by a knight
13.8%
Key move by a rook
7.4%
Key move by a pawn
1.2%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: pawn
59.6%
Most valuable capture: queen
12.1%
Most valuable capture: knight
9.8%
Most valuable capture: rook
7.5%
Captures nothing along the line
7.2%
Most valuable capture: bishop
3.8%

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)
18.8%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
56.6%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
10.5%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
12.3%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
1.8%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
22%
21–27 pieces
77%
13–20 pieces
1%
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 (48.4%), g7 (13.8%), f6 (8.3%), f7 (4.8%), g6 (4.7%).

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1.54.813.848.47
1.48.34.72.86
1.31.55
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3
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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.

♜♚♜
♟♟♛♝♟♟
♟♞♟
♟
♙♙♗
♙♙
♘♙♙♙
♖♕♖♔
Black to move · rating 629 · solved 3,531 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: c4

Solution: Qxh2#

♜♞♜♚
♟♝♟♟
♟♟
♟
♘♛♙
♙♙
♙♕♗♙♙
♖♖♔
Black to move · rating 837 · solved 1,987 times · Mate in 1.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxd4

Solution: Qxg2#

♜♚
♟♟♘♟♟
♟♞
♟♟
♙
♕♙♖
♛♜♘♙♙
♔
White to move · rating 1196 · solved 3,913 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Rxc2

Solution: Nxf6+ → gxf6 → Qh7#

♜♝♛♜♚
♝♟
♟♞
♟♘
♞♙
♙♙♙♗♕♙♙
♔♖♖
White to move · rating 1269 · solved 3,685 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Nxe4

Solution: Qh5+ → Kg8 → Qh7#

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♟♟♝♝♟
♞♞♗
♟♟♗
♙
♙♙♕
♙♘♙♙♙
♖♔♖
White to move · rating 1277 · solved 3,028 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: e5

Solution: Bxf6+ → Bxf6 → Qxh7#

♜♚
♟♟♟♟♟
♞♝♜
♟♗
♙
♘♛
♙♙♙
♖♕♖♗♔
Black to move · rating 1321 · solved 3,686 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bg5

Solution: Rxg5+ → Nxg5 → Qh2#

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

Opponent's last move: Bxe3

Solution: Qf6+ → Kg8 → Qg7#

♜♚
♟♟♟♟♟♟
♘♙♟
♙
♙♛
♙♙♙♔
♖♖
White to move · rating 1797 · solved 2,175 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qf3

Solution: Nf6+ → Kh8 → Rxh7#

♜♞♚
♟♟♜♟♟
♝
♟
♙♕
♙♗♔♙♙♙
♛♘♖
White to move · rating 1823 · solved 4,651 times · Mate in 5.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qxa1

Solution: Qc8+ → Be8 → Qxe8+ → Rf8 → Bb3+ → c4 → Bxc4+ → Kh8 → Qxf8#

♜♝♜♚
♟♟♟
♟♝♟
♟♘♟
♙♙♙
♙♛♙♞
♙♗♕♙♗♙
♖♖♔
Black to move · rating 1925 · solved 1,283 times · Mate in 2.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: fxg4

Solution: Qg1+ → Rxg1 → Nf2#

♜♛♜♚
♟♟♟♟♟
♝♟
♙♘♟♙♞
♙♝
♙
♙♗♙♙♗
♖♕♖♔
Black to move · rating 2038 · solved 386 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: hxg3

Solution: Nxg3 → axb6 → Nxe2+ → Qxe2 → Bxe2

♜♚
♟♟♝♟♟♟
♜♟♞
♟♗
♛♙
♙♕♙♘
♙♙♙♙
♔♖♖
White to move · rating 2139 · solved 408 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Qa4

Solution: Rxg7+ → Kxg7 → Rg1+ → Kh8 → Ng5

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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