10 queenside attacks rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1305. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
Queenside attacks are usually slower and more structural than kingside ones — the tactics arrive once a file opens or a minority attack creates a weakness.
These are pitched at 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
Re1+ Kd2 Qd1#
Qa1+ Kd2 Qxb2+ Kd1 Qc2+ Ke1 Qxc3+
Qxb2+ Kd1 Nxc3#
Qxb7#
Bf4+ Bd6 Bxd6+ Qxd6 Nxd6
Nxa6+ Bxa6 Rxc7
Qxc8+ Kxc8 Re8#
Qe8+ Qd8 Qxd8+ Rxd8 Kxf2
Qc2+ Ka1 Qxb2#
Qxd1+ Qxd1 Rxd1+ Kxd1 Bxa6
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Queenside attacks are usually slower and more structural than kingside ones — the tactics arrive once a file opens or a minority attack creates a weakness.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1305, so they suit 1200-rated players.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.