'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (ECO A94)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3
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)
Pablo Glavina vs Salvador Serrano Marhuenda, St. Cugat, 1992
4br1k/pp2r1pp/2p1pn2/2PpNp2/1P1PnN2/6P1/P1R1PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ f3 if g5 Nfd3 or if Ng5 h4 Nf7 Neg6+ ]
b)
Fernando Mancebo Ibanez vs Lluis Jove Grau, Mislata, 1994
r2q1rk1/1b1n4/2p1p2p/1pPpNpp1/pP1P4/4QPP1/P3P1BP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 Bxc6 Qxe6+ ]
c)
Ognjen Cvitan vs Juergen Somogyi, Oberwart, 1997
r5k1/ppqn1bpp/2p1p3/6N1/2PPp3/QP3BP1/P6P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7 if Rf8 Bxe4 h6 Bh7+ Kh8 Nxf7+ or if exf3 Qxf7+ Kh8 Nxf7+ ]
d)
Rafael Leitao vs Marcelo Tempone, Buenos Aires, 2000
3rbrk1/1p2q2p/2pn4/2NpN1Pn/PQ1P4/6pB/4P2P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ if Kxf8 Ne6+ Kg8 Rf1 or if Qxf8 Rf1 Qe7 Ne6 Rc8 Rf8+ ]
e)
Ekaterina Pakhomova vs Anastasia Kravtsova, Novosibirsk, 2004
1r1r3k/1p4pp/pQp5/4qp1b/1P1Nn3/3RP1P1/P4PBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 Rd6 Rxd6 Qxd6 Nxb8 ]
1e)
Ekaterina Pakhomova vs Anastasia Kravtsova
Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (A94) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Abbott vs Eliel Barcelona, Sydney, 2010
r4rk1/6pp/b3p1q1/3pPp2/1p1N1P2/1Pn2BP1/3QP2P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 Qf7 Nxb4 Bxe2 Bxe2 ]
b)
Mihail Kirkov vs Adela Sarbu, Varna, 2013
r5k1/pp3b1p/2p1r3/6pq/2QPp1N1/1P5P/P3PP2/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6 if Bxe6 Nf6+ ]
c)
Andrija Jergovic vs Dino Lovric, Osijek, 2015
r3qr1k/pp1b3p/2p1p3/4P1p1/2PQp3/1P4P1/P1N4P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Qxf8 Qxd7 ]
d)
Mogens Johansen vs Erik Jarlnaes, Denmark, 1976
r1b2rk1/pp2q1pp/2p1p3/3pPp2/2P1n3/1P3PP1/P3P1BP/RN1Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ Kh1 Nf2+ ]
e)
Uwe Ritter vs Heiner Klatt, Dortmund, 1998
r2q1rk1/pp1b4/2p1p3/3pPpnp/1NP3p1/1P3PP1/PQ2P1BP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if Qd4 or Rd4 Qxb4 ]
2b)
Mihail Kirkov vs Adela Sarbu
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