Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (ECO A39).
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Willem Andriessen vs G De Geus, Alkmaar, 1984
r1b2rk1/pp2ppbp/2np2p1/3N4/2P5/1Q2B1P1/Pq2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxb2 Bxb2 Rab1 Bf6 Nc7 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Frank Staiger vs Stefan Loeffler, Viernheim, 1986
r2r2k1/pp2ppbp/4b1p1/q7/1n4P1/1PN1QP2/P3P1BP/3RBRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc2 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Kaj Funck vs Erkki Aaltio, corr., 1989
1rr3k1/3qppbp/p2pbnp1/1P6/4PB2/1PNQ2PP/P4PBK/4RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 ]
d)
Klaus Busch vs Andjelko Dragojlovic, Tapolca, 1989
r3r1k1/1p2ppbp/p2p1np1/8/2P1P3/1P1Q2PB/q2B1P1P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 Qb2 Bc3 Qxb3 Rfb1 ]
e)
Clarke vs Taylor, corr., 1990
3r1rk1/1p2qp1p/p2p1bp1/5bB1/8/5QPP/PP2PPB1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Qxf6 e4 ]
A39 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Diego Guerra Bastida vs Pedro Ferrer Sanchez, Cordoba, 1991
r4rk1/1p3pbp/p2Q1np1/q3p3/2b5/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6 if Ne8 Qxf8+ ]
b)
Pedro Rubio Nevado vs Jesus Baena, Cala Galdana, 1994
r1b2rk1/1p1ppp1p/p1N3p1/8/N1P1B3/q3B1PP/P3PP2/b2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc5 Qxa2 Nxe7+ Kg7 Qxa1+ ]
c)
Santiago Beltran Rueda vs Jose Ramirez Rio, Catalunia, 1995
r1b2rk1/pp2pp2/3p1bpQ/q7/2P5/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 if b4 Qe5 ]
d)
Grzegorz Kopacz vs Artur Lapczynski, Augustow, 1996
2r2k2/3bppbp/3p1np1/1p1Nn3/8/1P2N1P1/PB1RPPBP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if dxe5 Nxf6 ]
e)
Oliver Nill vs Eldar Grigorjan, Ronneburg, 1996
1rb2rk1/ppq3bp/3p2p1/4pp2/2P5/1P1Q2P1/P2BPPBP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb4 if Rd8 Bxd6 Qb6 Bd5+ ]
A39 Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tanja Belamaric vs Iva Silic, Medulin, 1997
r3r1k1/1pqbppbp/p1n3p1/2B1P3/5Pn1/1NN3P1/PP2Q1BP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qd8 Rfd1 w/Nb6 ]
b)
Antonio Frois vs Paulo Conceicao, Lisbon, 1998
r1br2k1/1pqpnpbp/p4np1/2P1p1B1/8/1NN3P1/PP2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6 Qxd6 cxd6 Nc6 Nd5 ]
c)
Black to move and win. M Weeks vs Veronica Klimenko, Lucerne, 1999
1r3r2/p3ppk1/2N2bp1/4n2p/Q7/5PPq/P3PB1P/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb1 Rxb1 Qd7 ]
d)
Sergei Krivoshey vs Martin Ciprys, Rymarow, 1999
1rbq1r1k/1p1pn1bp/pN3np1/2P1ppB1/8/1N4P1/PP1QPPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6 if Nc6 Bxc6 ]
e)
Leonid Sandler vs Matthew Chambers, Suncoast, 1999
1r3rk1/4ppbp/p1bp1np1/qp6/2P1P3/PPN3P1/1B1Q1PBP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 if Bxg2 exf6 ]
A39 Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Paul Mangei vs Christoph Berberich, Germany, 2000
r1b2rk1/pp2ppbp/3p2pn/nP1N4/2q5/P5PP/2N1PPB1/1RBQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb4 if Qa2 Nxe7+ w/Bd5 or if Qc5 Be3 ]
b)
Jozef Budinsky vs Gabor Goth, Slovakia, 2000
1rbqr2k/1p1p2bp/p4pp1/3Np3/2Pn1P2/4B1P1/PP1QP1BP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ fxe5 if fxe5 Bg5 or if Nc6 Bb6 ]
c)
Albert Sanchez Niubo vs Joan Prat Llables, Barcelona, 2001
rqbr2k1/pp3p1p/2np2p1/3N4/5Bn1/1N4P1/Pb2PPBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 if bxc6 Ne7+ Kh8 Nxc6 Qc7 Nxd8 w/Bxa8 ]
d)
Alexander Kaliksteyn vs Sherif Khater, Framingham, 2001
r1b2rk1/1p2pp1p/p2n2p1/8/q1P4Q/6P1/P3PPBP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 if exd6 Qf6 ]
e)
Nicolas Giffard vs Arnaud Durufle, Le Touquet, 2001
1r3rk1/1p2ppbp/pqbp1np1/8/PnP5/1QN1N1P1/1P1BPPBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ a5 Qc5 Nb1 if Bxg2 Bxb4 ]
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