Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English (ECO A26).
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6
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)
White mates in 2.
M Kropsch vs M Havemann, Germany, 1995
r2q1r1k/ppp4p/2np1bp1/3Bp3/2P3bN/1P1P2P1/P2Q1P1P/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6+ ]
b)
Stanislav Gschwendtner vs Petr Herejk, Klatovy, 1995
r1bq1r1k/ppp3bp/2np4/3B1p1P/2Pp1N2/3P2P1/PP3P2/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 hxg6 Be5 Qh5+ mates ]
c)
Martin Raabe vs Matthias Conrad, Hiddenhausen, 1996
r3nrk1/pppq2bp/2npb1p1/4ppN1/1PP5/2NP2P1/P1Q1PPBP/1RB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if Qxe6 Bd5 ]
d)
Timothy Spanton vs Georg Bonani, Lugano, 2000
rn1qnrk1/pppb1pbp/3p2p1/3NpP2/2P1P1P1/3P3P/PP2N1B1/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f6 if Bxf6 Nxf6+ Nxf6 Bg5 ]
e)
Jayson Gonzales vs David Scott, Framingham, 2001
r4r2/pp1q1pbk/2ppb1pp/4p3/2P1PP2/3PB1P1/PP2Q1BP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f5 gxf5 exf5 Bxf5 Rxf5 if Qxf5 Be4 ]
1e)
Jayson Gonzales vs David Scott
English (A26) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Jakovenko vs Andrey Malovetskiy, Dagomys, 2004
r1bq1rk1/pp3pbp/1npp2p1/BN6/2Pp4/1Q1P2P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxa7 if Rxa7 Bxb6 ]
b)
Wolfgang Kuechle vs Dieter Bauer, Illertissen, 2005
r4rk1/2pqnpbp/bp3np1/p3pP2/2P1P3/1PN3P1/P3N1BP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd7 Nxd7 f6 Nxf6 Bg5 ]
c)
Tatiana Shur vs Anna Chernova, Penza, 2008
r3nrk1/pppq2bp/2npb1p1/4ppN1/2P5/2NP2PP/PP2PPBK/1RBQ1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if Qxe6 Bd5 ]
d)
Vasil Vaklinov vs Dominique Metras, France, 2008
r2q1rk1/1pp2pb1/6pp/1P1bpn2/8/3PP1P1/5PBP/1RBQNRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 if Qxd5 e4 ]
2b)
Wolfgang Kuechle vs Dieter Bauer
English (A26) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nagueb Saleh vs Hilda Acevedo, Salonika, 1984
r4rk1/pppq2bp/2npb1p1/4pp1n/2P1P3/2NPB1PP/PP1QNPBK/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4 if gxf4 exf4 Bxf4 Nxf4 Nxf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Be5 ]
b)
Marcel Vicente vs Chevrey Ribaud, Torcy, 1991
r4rk1/pppq2bp/2npb1p1/4pp1n/2P1P3/1PNPB1P1/P2QNPBP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4 gxf4 exf4 Bxf4 Nxf4 Nxf4 Bh6 ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Guillaume Carlier vs Franck Dreumont, Bethune, 2000
2kr2nr/pppq1pb1/2Pp2p1/3Np3/Q1P1P3/3P2pb/P3NPBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...gxh2+ Kxh2 Bxg2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Sascha Lorenz vs Andrey Orlov, Germany, 2001
3rk2r/p3npb1/2p3p1/4p3/2P1P2p/5QPq/PP2NP1P/R1B2RK1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Kxf1 Rd1+ ]
3a)
Nagueb Saleh vs Hilda Acevedo
English (A26) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Kalliopi Giannopoulou vs Maria Oikonomopoulou, Greece, 2004
r4r1k/p1p3pp/3p4/nQb1p2n/4P1q1/2P3P1/PP1N1PKN/R1B2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ Rxf2 Qxg3+ Kh1 Qxf2 ]
b)
Anahit Mkrtchyan vs Jana Schneider, Osnabrueck, 2012
r1b2rk1/1pp2qb1/3p3p/p2N2p1/2Pn1p2/P2P2P1/1P1N1PBP/1R1Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 if Bh1 Ne2+ ]
c)
Karen Sargsjan vs Stanislav Juricek, Plzen, 2015
r2r2k1/pppq2b1/2n1b1pp/5p2/Q1P5/P3PBP1/4NP1P/1RB1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qxd7 Nxf3+ ]
d)
Mateusz Paszewski vs Bartosz Socko, Poland, 2018
4rrk1/pppq2bp/2npb3/5p2/2PBnP2/1PNQ2PP/P3N1B1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Nxd4 Nxc3 Qxc3 c5 ]
4d)
Mateusz Paszewski vs Bartosz Socko
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