Here are some chess puzzles from the Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (ECO A69).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6
7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8
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)
Thierry Gouret vs Didier Leroy, Paris, 1993
rn4k1/pp4rp/3p1qp1/1PpP1PN1/3b4/3Q4/1P4PP/R1B2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if Rd7 fxg6 or if Re7 Bg5 ]
b)
Carsten Hellegaard vs Allan Christiansen, Aalborg, 1995
1nb1r1k1/2q1rpbp/pp1p1np1/2pP4/P1N1PP2/2N2B2/1P4PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 if dxe5 d6 ]
c)
Lefong Hua vs Ming Fang, Montreal, 1997
rnb1r1k1/1p3pb1/p2p1np1/2pP3p/PqN1PP2/2N4P/1P2B1P1/R1BQK2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Bd2 ]
d)
Mikhail Bemak vs Tamas Binder, Zemplen, 1999
r1bqr1k1/1p4bp/p4np1/2nP4/P1N1pB2/2N3Q1/1P2B1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bc7 if Qd7 Nb6 or if Qe7 Bd6 ]
e)
Rolf Doering vs Andreas Richter, Germany, 2002
rnb1r2k/pp2q2p/4p1pN/2p3B1/3b2R1/2N5/PP4PP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd4 if Qxg5 Nf7+ ]
A69 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Kai Kluss vs Sergej Datchenko, Internet, 2003
rn4k1/pp5p/3Pr1p1/2p2pB1/3b4/5Q2/Pq4PP/2R2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qd5 if Qe2 Rce1 or if Kf7 Rb1 ]
b)
Lubos Kuchynka vs Jiri Kratochvil, Brno, 2007
r3r1k1/pp6/n1bP2pB/q1p1bp2/8/2NB1Q2/PP4PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ w/Qh3 ]
c)
Josef Prachar vs Pavel Benes, Prague, 2005
r1b1r1k1/pp5p/1q4p1/2pPnpB1/2B2Q2/2P5/P5PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 if Qd6 Qg3 w/Bf4 ]
d)
Gunnar Kirschbaum vs Thomas Schwenkreis, Germany, 2005
r3r1k1/pp1n3p/5np1/2pP2N1/4b1P1/2N4P/PP2B3/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 if Rad8 Bxd7 ]
e)
Ronald Koehler vs Manfred Bauer, Wiesbaden, 1992
r3r1k1/1bqn1pb1/pp4np/2pPp1P1/P1B5/1PNQ1N2/1B2R1PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 if fxg6 d6+ ]
A69 Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
R Arndt vs Jaromir Florian, BRD, 1989
4r1k1/pp3p1p/2nP2p1/2p1b1B1/4b1P1/8/Pq1Q2BP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Kh1 Qxd2 Bxd2 Bxg2+ ]
b)
Rudolf Palme vs Ortvin Sarapu, Bad Woerishofen, 1991
1rb3k1/1p3pbp/p2p2p1/P2P4/2q1BP2/8/1PQ3PP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ ]
c)
Michiel Van Wissen vs Mihael Ankerst, Leeuwarden, 1993
r3r1k1/1p3p1p/pn1P2p1/q1p2b2/P2b4/2N1BR2/1P1QB1PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 ]
d)
Black Mates in 7. Manfred Rist vs Markus Kottke, Stuttgart, 1997
r5k1/pp3p1p/3PbBpQ/q7/2p5/3n1B2/P5PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ ]
e)
Andreas Jahnke vs Jan Priebe, Greifswald, 1998
rn2r1k1/1p2qpbp/p2p2p1/2pP3n/P3PPb1/2NB4/1PQN2PP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ if Kh1 Qh4 ]
f)
Koroly Karkus vs Attila Parkanyi, Budapest, 1999
4r1k1/pp3p1p/6p1/2p5/2bb2q1/2Nn2B1/PPQ3PP/R2R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re3 if Bb8 Bxc3 bxc3 Re2 ]
g)
Ivan Hausner vs Norbert Stull, Luxembourg, 1987
4r2k/p2n3p/2B3p1/2pQ2Bn/3b4/7P/Pq4PK/4RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1 Rxe1 Qb8+ if Kh1 Ng3+ mates ]
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