10 queenside attacks rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1672. 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 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 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.
Qc6+ Kb8 Qxc8#
Bh6+ Kb1 Bxc2+
Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
Re1+ Kd2 Bb4#
Nd7+ Ka8 Qd5+ c6 Qxc6#
Nb6+ Kd8 Qxc7+ Ke8 Qxd7#
Rc1+ Kxc1 Qe1+ Rd1 Rc8+ Bc4+ Rxc4+ Kb1 Qxd1#
Qxc2+ Ka1 Qc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1+ Ka2 b3#
Ba6+ Kb8 Qb7#
Qb1+ Kd2 Ne4#
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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 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1672, so they suit 1600-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.