'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (ECO A85).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3
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)
Momcilo Nikolic vs Zrnic, Venice, 1966
rnb2rk1/ppb3pp/2p5/3P4/1P1qB3/P5P1/2QB1P1P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc3 if Qb6 Bxh7+ Kh8 Qg6 ]
b)
Timothy Ward vs R Rencsok, Plymouth, 1984
r1b1k2r/pp1n2pp/3bp3/3p4/3Pp3/2N1P1Pq/PPQ2P1P/R1B1NRK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Bb8 Qxc8+ or if Be7 Nc7+ ]
c)
White mates in 6.
Erhard Grafe vs J Moench, corr., 1984
r4rk1/pbppq1pp/1pn1pb2/4N2Q/2PPN3/3B4/PP3PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Nxf6+ Kh6 Neg4+ Kg5 f4+ Kxf4 g3+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Istvan Somogyi vs Herbert Doppelhammer, Hungary, 1988
r1b3rk/pp1nq1pp/2pbp3/3pNp2/2PPnP2/2NBPR2/PP4PP/2RQB1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Johanna Paasikangas-T vs Sirkka Landry-Vuorenpaa, Finland, 1989
r1b1r2k/pp1p2bp/2pQ4/2P1Pp1R/NnB2B2/4P3/PP3q2/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ ]
1c)
mate in 6
Erhard Grafe vs J Moench
Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (A85) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sergio Estremera Panos vs Brian Vella, Cordoba, 1991
4rrk1/1b1n1qpp/ppN1pn2/2p2pB1/2BP4/1QP1PP2/P5PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd8 if Rxd8 Bxe6 or if Qe7 Nxb7 b5 Be2 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jacob Aagaard vs Jesper Lauritzen, Denmark, 1992
rnb1kr2/p1q1b1Qp/8/2p2p2/5P2/1B3N2/PP3PPP/2KRR3 w q - 1 0
[ Ba4+ if Nc6 Bxc6+ ]
c)
Alexey Dreev vs Evgeny Gleizerov, Moscow, 1992
rn1r2k1/p5pp/3q4/2pp4/4p3/BQP3P1/P3PP1P/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd5 if Qxd5 Rd1 ]
d)
Jessica Nill vs Petra Loebel, Binz, 1995
rnb2rk1/1pp1b1pp/3p4/p1qn1p2/3N1BP1/2N1P2P/PPQ2P2/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Qxd5 Bc4 or if Qxc2 Nxe7+ ]
e)
Harald Eitel vs Martin Lerch, Germany, 1995
r3r1k1/pbp3pp/1p2p1q1/4Ppn1/8/2P1BPP1/P1Q1P1BP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg5 Qxg5 f4 Qe7 Bxb7 ]
2e)
Harald Eitel vs Martin Lerch
Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (A85) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Luis Francisco Aguirre vs Kai Keggenhoff, Dortmund, 1999
r2q1rk1/pbppb2p/np3np1/3P1p2/3N4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d6 Bxg2 dxe7 Qxe7 Kxg2 ]
b)
Dimitru Coligaew vs Juergen Stock, Frankfurt, 1999
r2q1rk1/pp5p/2p5/3pbbp1/3PN3/3BP1PP/PPQ5/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ dxe5 if dxe4 Bc4+ ]
c)
Gerhard Fahnenschmidt vs Ferdinand Niebling, Bad Wiessee, 2003
r1bq1r1k/ppp4p/3p1b2/3QnpBN/2P5/4P3/PP4P1/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxf6 Rxf6 Rh6 c6 Qxe5 dxe5 Bxf6+ Qxf6 Rxf6 ]
d)
Frank Wiese vs Franz Miedeck, Rostock, 2004
rnbqk2r/ppp3pp/3ppn2/5p2/1bPP4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ Nc6 Bxc6+ bxc6 Qxb4 ]
e)
Wongklahan Tapanut vs Surintharaseree Kittitat, Pattaya, 2005
r1bqr2k/pppnp1bp/3p1np1/2P2p2/3P4/1QNBPN2/PP3PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Rf8 Ne6 ]
3c)
Gerhard Fahnenschmidt vs Ferdinand Niebling
Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (A85) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Adeline Chaumont vs Sarah Benmesbah, Calvi, 2005
rnb2rk1/pp2q1p1/3p1n1p/2pPp1B1/P1P1B3/2P2N2/2Q2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ if Kh8 Nh4 or if Kf7 Qg6# ]
b)
Petr Lebed vs Georgiy Tomashevich, Kiev, 2005
rn2q1k1/5rpp/1p2p3/1b1pPp2/8/B1Q1P3/4BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxb5 if Qxb5 Qc8+ mates ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Humpy Koneru vs Stephane Sorbe, Kuala Lumpur, 2005
r1b2nkr/pp2Q1b1/5np1/q2NppB1/2P5/4P3/PP3PP1/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Bxf6 Bxf6 Rh7 Rxh7 ]
d)
Igor Lutsko vs Virginijus Dambrauskas, Fuegen, 2006
1r2r1k1/1pRb2pp/pn1qp3/3p1p2/3P4/1PQBPN2/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc5 if Qxc5 dxc5 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Miroslav Jurka vs Magda Komarkova, Czech Republic, 2007
r2q1r1k/pp1bb3/n1p1pnQ1/4N3/3P1B2/P3P1NP/1P3P2/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 if Nh5 Nxh5 Bf6 Bg7+ ]
4d)
Igor Lutsko vs Virginijus Dambrauskas
Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (A85) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ognjen Jovanic vs Carles Otero Salgas, Sabadell, 2008
rn3rk1/ppq3p1/2p4p/4p3/2P4b/3B1Q1P/PP3PP1/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ ]
b)
Robert Thompson vs Kevin Hurst, Exeter, 2009
r1b1kb1r/pp4p1/2p1p2p/3pBp1n/2PP3q/2P1PP1N/P5P1/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nf2 Qg5 f4 if Qg6 Qxh5 ]
c)
Jan Rytel vs Iryna Stankevich, Warsaw, 2010
rn1r2k1/ppp4p/2q1bbp1/2P1pp2/1P6/2N1PN2/P1Q1BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5 ]
d)
Ivan Kozhevnikov vs Viktor Zhukov, Voronezh, 2010
3r2kr/ppp2qbp/2npp2B/3N1P2/2PP2Q1/5N2/PP3PP1/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ f6 exd5 Qxg7+ Qxg7 fxg7 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Marek Papay vs Jindrich Papay, Liberec, 2010
r2q1k1r/ppp1p1b1/2np1nQ1/8/2PP4/5N2/PP3PPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Ng5 Qe8 Ne6+ ]
5b)
Robert Thompson vs Kevin Hurst
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