10 queenside attacks rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2078. 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 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
Rxc3+ bxc3 Ba3#
Re8+ Ka7 Qxb7+ Kxb7 Rd7+ Ka6 Rxa8#
Rc3+ Qc6 Nxa7+
Qxa7+ Kxa7 Ra3#
Qd3+ Qxd3 exd3 Rg1 d2
Nxb3+ cxb3 Ba3+ Qb2 Bxb2+
Qxb1+ Kd2 Rb2+ Ke1 Qc2
Rd8+ Kxd8 cxb7
Bxd4 Bg7 Nd7 Bxd4 Kxd4 Nxd7 exd7+
Rxb7+ Kxb7 Qb5+ Ka7 Nc5
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2078, so they suit 2000-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.