The English Opening
Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation (ECO A19).
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gyula Kluger vs Gunsberger, Polanica Zdroj, 1963
r1b1k2r/pp1p2pp/2n1pq2/8/1bP1QB2/2N5/PP3PPP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qh4 Nc7+ ]
b)
Gerhard Kraehenbuehl vs Yair Kraidman, Gausdal, 1981
r1b2rk1/pp1pbppp/4p3/q3n3/2P2B2/2N5/PP1QBPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Hans-Helmut Moschell vs U Auerswald, DDR, 1984
r1b1nb1r/3pk1pp/p2N1pn1/Q1Bp4/8/8/PP2BP1P/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ Ne5 Nf5+ Ke6 Nd4# ]
d)
Petr Duczynski vs Evzen Pospisil, Czech Republic, 1997
r3kbr1/ppqb1p2/4p3/2p1P1p1/2Pn4/2NBQ1B1/PP4PP/R4RK1 w q - 0 1
[ Nd5 if exd5 e6 ]
e)
Meyer vs Christoph Duchhardt, Muenster, 1994
r2q1r2/pp1bbp1k/4p1p1/2n1P3/2P5/1PN3Q1/P1B3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qxg6+ ]
1c)
mate in 3
Hans-Helmut Moschell vs U Auerswald
A19 Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Isaak Mazel vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Leningrad, 1938
r2qkb1r/pp1b1ppp/8/3pP3/1np2Pn1/P1N2N2/1P1P2PP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 ]
b)
Black Mates in 3. Robert Hartoch vs Jan-Heim Donner, Amsterdam, 1972
2r5/1Nr1kpRp/p3b3/N3p3/1P3n2/P7/5PPP/K6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ ]
c)
Ole Knudsen vs Lars Hyldkrog, Espergaerde, 1978
r1bqr1k1/6pp/p4b2/1PpP1p2/5P2/4B3/PP3QBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if Qxe3 Bd4 ]
d)
Martin Lenhard vs Manfred Bauer, Rheinland-Pfalz, 1991
r1bqkbnr/pp3ppp/2n5/2B1p3/2P1N3/3P1N2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxc5 if Nxc5 Qa5+ ]
e)
Martin Tschurl vs M Drentchev, Rimavska Sobota, 1992
2br1rk1/1p2npp1/pQn2q1p/4p3/2P5/2P5/P1NBBPPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qxf6 Nxe2+ ]
2e)
Martin Tschurl vs M Drentchev
A19 Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sega Carlos vs Eduardo Goncalves, Americana, 1998
r1b1k1nr/1pq2p1p/p1n1p1p1/4p3/2P5/P1BB1NQ1/1P3PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Nxe5 if f6 Nxg6 Qxg3 hxg3 ]
b)
Daniel Baron vs Romain Besombes, Elancourt, 2010
r2r2k1/p1n1qppp/1pbppb2/8/2P1PP2/1PN1BB2/P4QPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Vladimir Harasta vs Ludovit Balazec, Brno, 2004
r1b1k2r/1p2np1p/p1n5/4p3/4N3/q5P1/P2B1PBP/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Kd8 Ba5# or if Kf8 Bh6# ]
d)
Jane Wambugu vs Gloria Sukhu, Turin, 2006
r2q1r2/pp4kp/2npp1p1/2p1p3/2P1Pn2/2NP4/PP1QBPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5 if Bg4 Nh3+ Bxh3 Qxd2 ]
e)
Jozsef Ferenczi vs Zoltan Vargyas, Budapest, 2008
r3r1k1/pp4pp/8/2p2NP1/2Pq4/3n4/PP1Q2PP/4RR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ if Rxf2 Qxd2 or if Kg1 Qxd2 ]
3a)
Sega Carlos vs Eduardo Goncalves
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