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Printable Kingside attack Puzzles

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12 kingside attack puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

Kingside-attack puzzles convert pressure against a castled king into concrete material or mate, through sacrifices on h- and g-files, battery alignment or pawn-storm breakthroughs.

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Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.

Kingside attack — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · black to move · rating 600
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#2 · black to move · rating 695
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#3 · white to move · rating 780
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#4 · black to move · rating 917
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#5 · white to move · rating 1076
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#6 · white to move · rating 1246
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#7 · black to move · rating 1457
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#8 · white to move · rating 1660
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#9 · white to move · rating 1910
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#10 · black to move · rating 2171
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#11 · black to move · rating 2461
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#12 · black to move · rating 2798

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 0KnAE): Qxg2#
  2. #2 (puzzle 0MqwH): Nxf2#
  3. #3 (puzzle 0SJSN): Qxh7#
  4. #4 (puzzle 0FalY): hxg3+ → Qh5 → Rxh5#
  5. #5 (puzzle 0Fl7B): Nxf6+ → Qxf6 → Qxg4
  6. #6 (puzzle 0PQeA): Nxh6+ → Kf8 → Nxf5
  7. #7 (puzzle 08OZJ): Nh3+ → Kh1 → Nxf2+
  8. #8 (puzzle 0CCBh): Qxg6+ → Kh8 → Qxh6+
  9. #9 (puzzle 0Xhtk): Qxa8+ → Qf8 → Qxf8+
  10. #10 (puzzle 0BSZ7): Ne2+ → Kh1 → Qg1+ → Rxg1 → Nf2#
  11. #11 (puzzle 14Qov): Rxh2+ → Kxh2 → Rh8+ → Kg3 → Qg5+ → Kf3 → Rh3+ → Ke2 → Re3+
  12. #12 (puzzle 1svff): Rxh4 → Qxh4 → Qxg5 → Qh3 → Ne2+

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).