White to move · 1 move · Rating 568
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18.Qxg7#
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Kingside attack puzzles
151 kingside attack puzzles from real games, rated 568 to 2655. Here are 18, from easiest to hardest.
These puzzles come from attacks on a king castled on the kingside. The winning idea usually breaks open the pawn cover around g7 or g2 and h7 or h2 with a sacrifice, then brings the queen and rook in.
Classic patterns appear again and again here: the bishop sacrifice on h7, the rook lift, the queen and knight combining near the king. Seeing them in puzzles makes them easier to find over the board.
How to solve them: Count attackers against defenders around the king. When you have more pieces aimed at it than your opponent can bring to defend, look for the sacrifice that opens it.
18 kingside attack puzzles to solve
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Black to move · 1 move · Rating 586
Find checkmate in 1 move.
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16...Qxh2#
White to move · 1 move · Rating 647
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19.Qxh7#
White to move · 1 move · Rating 684
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19.Qxg7#
White to move · 1 move · Rating 771
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29.Qxg7#
White to move · 2 moves · Rating 863
Find checkmate in 2 moves.
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16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8#
Black to move · 1 move · Rating 900
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18...Qxh2#
White to move · 2 moves · Rating 1003
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19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Bxf6
Black to move · 2 moves · Rating 1090
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12...Qf2+ 13.Kxh1 Qxf1#
White to move · 3 moves · Rating 1184
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29.Qxe7 Rf7 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Bxh6+
White to move · 2 moves · Rating 1263
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21.Nh6+ gxh6 22.Rxf6
Black to move · 3 moves · Rating 1502
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18...Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Nxe3 20.Qg1 Qxe2
Black to move · 2 moves · Rating 1666
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16...Qf4 17.Qxf3 Qxf3+
White to move · 3 moves · Rating 1851
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20.Rxe8+ Bxe8 21.Qe3 Qd6 22.Qxe8+
Black to move · 4 moves · Rating 2001
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27...gxh4 28.Ng5+ Kh6 29.Nxe6 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Nxg4
White to move · 2 moves · Rating 2137
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32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Rxf6
Black to move · 4 moves · Rating 2332
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20...Rxe5 21.Qxe5 Nf3+ 22.gxf3 Bxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Qxe5
Black to move · 3 moves · Rating 2655
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21...Bxf2+ 22.Kh1 Rh4 23.Rxf2 Qxf2
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Positions from the open Lichess puzzle database (CC0).