10 queenside attacks rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1485. 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 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
Rac8+ Kb1 Qxd1+ Bxd1 Rxd1#
Re8+ Bd8 Qxd8#
Qf5+ Qd7 Rxb8+ Kxb8 Qxd7
Ned3+ Kb1 Qxb2#
Qxb2#
Rc1+ Ka2 Ra1+ Kxa1 Qxb3
Nxb6+ Kb8 Qc7#
Bxd5 Rxd5 Nd3+ Rxd3 Rxe1+
Rxc5+ Kb8 Qxe6
Nxa2+ Qxa2 Qc2#
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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 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1485, so they suit 1400-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.