'English Opening' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Symmetrical (ECO A38).
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6
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)
Francois Bersoult vs Mickael Jeanne, Dieppe, 2002
r1bq1r2/pp2ppbk/2n3pp/2pn4/8/2NP1NP1/PP1BPPBP/R1Q2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Qxd5 Ng5+ ]
b)
Fabrice Moisan vs Stephane Bry, Avoine, 2009
r4rk1/pp2ppbp/3p1np1/3N4/2PQ4/1P4Pq/PB2PP2/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe7+ Kh8 Qxf6 ]
c)
Miguel Ribera Perez vs Enrique Barry Bertomeu, Valencia, 2009
r1b2rk1/ppp1ppbp/2n2np1/4N3/3q4/6P1/PP2PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 ]
d)
Markus Rehm vs Emil Szalanczy, Bad Mergentheim, 1988
2r2rk1/pb2pp1p/1p4pQ/2pq4/3n4/P2P1NP1/1P2PPBP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2+ Kh1 Qxf3 ]
e)
Juan Tebar Moreno vs Daniel Garrido Fernandez, Barcelona, 1995
1rq2rk1/3bppbp/p2p2p1/3Pn3/1P6/6P1/2N1PPBP/1RBQR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba4 Rb2 Nc4 ]
1b)
Fabrice Moisan vs Stephane Bry
A38 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Oleg Tuka vs Alexey Kislinsky, Evpatoria, 2002
r1q2rk1/pp1bppbp/2np1np1/8/2PN4/1PN3PP/PB2PPBK/R2Q1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Qxd4 Ng4+ ]
b)
Aldison Ordonez vs Dennis Villacres Jimenez, South America, 2006
r2qr1k1/pp3pb1/3p1np1/2p2bNp/2P1p3/1P1nP1PP/PBQPNPB1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb2 if Qxb2 Nh7 ]
c)
Nikolay Melkumjanz vs Dorian Jaeggi, Basel, 2009
1rb2rk1/5pbp/p2p1np1/qpp1p3/2PnP1PN/1PNPB2P/P2Q1PB1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc3 if Qxc3 Ne2+ ]
d)
Jutta Hagedorn vs Gabriel Svorono, Helsingor, 2013
r2q1rk1/ppn1ppbp/4b1p1/2p5/Q2n4/P1NP1NP1/1P2PPBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb3 Qa5 Nxf3+ Bxf3 b6 ]
2d)
Jutta Hagedorn vs Gabriel Svorono
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