Caro-Kann: 567 Puzzles
Here are some chess puzzles from the Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (ECO B11).
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
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)
Andreas Balzar vs H Fuchs, Dortmund, 1988
1k1r3r/ppq2ppn/2p4p/4bQ2/1P6/2PB3P/P2B1PP1/1R2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 Rxd3 Bf4 if Rd6 Qxh7 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Joan Tomas Batet vs Jordi Pros Heras, Catalunya, 1994
2r2b1r/p2Qnkpp/1qB1pp2/1N5P/3p2P1/8/PPbP1P2/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nd6+ ]
c)
White mates in 7.
Claudio Fucek vs Mario Sandhu, Szeged, 1994
r3k1nr/p1q3pp/4p3/3pp2P/3P2P1/2P5/P1P1Q3/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb5+ Qd7 Rf8+ Ke7 Ba3+ Qd6 Qb7+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Mario Lanzani vs Nikolaos Skalkotas, Halkida, 1997
2kr1nr1/pp1nqp1p/2p1p1pP/4B3/2BP4/5QP1/PPP2P2/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ ]
e)
Stefan Christensen vs Henrik Sorensen, Denmark, 1997
r4nkr/pp1q2pp/2pQpp2/7B/8/2PPR2P/P1P3P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 if gxf6 Rg3+ or if Qxd6 Bf7# ]
1c)
mate in 7
Claudio Fucek vs Mario Sandhu
Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (B11) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Martin Berger vs Richard Hamilton, Exclam, 1999
r1bqr3/pp1nbkpp/2p2n2/5N2/3P4/5N2/PPP1Q1PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if Kf8 Qe6 Ne5 Nxh7+ or if Kg8 Qe6+ Kh8 Nf7+ ]
b)
Oscar Vallejos vs Mariano Longueira, Argentina, 1999
rn1q1r2/pp2nppk/2pb4/3p3b/3P4/2N2N1P/PPP2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if Kg6 g4 Qc8 gxh5+ Kh6 Nxf7+ ]
c)
Jyrki Kiltti vs Joel Sellberg, Finland, 1999
r2qkbnr/pp1npppp/6b1/1B1p4/6P1/2N2N1P/PPPP1P2/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Ne5 Ngf6 Nxd5 if a6 Nxf6+ exf6 Bxd7+ Ke7 Nxg6+ or if e6 Nxf6+ gxf6 Nxd7 ]
d)
Bogdan Grabarczyk vs Kestutis Kaunas, Warsaw, 2005
2r1k2r/pp1n1ppp/2n1p3/2qpP3/5P2/2NQ3P/PPP3P1/2KR1B1R w k - 1 0
[ Ne4 if Qa5 Nd6+ Ke7 Nxc8+ ]
e)
Hans Simonsen vs Jorge Molina, Turin, 2006
3r1rk1/p4ppp/2pqpb2/8/1Pp5/P1Q4P/1BPP1P2/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 if gxf6 Rdg1+ mates ]
2b)
Oscar Vallejos vs Mariano Longueira
Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (B11) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Libor Spacek vs Lukas Jandourek, Czech Republic, 2008
rn3rk1/1pb1qpp1/p3p3/2ppP2p/3P1PN1/2P2R2/PP2Q1PP/R2N2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Kh8 Rh3 or if gxf6 Rg3+ ]
b)
Peter Kornilov vs Andrei Rasstriguine, Voronezh, 2008
r3k2r/pp3pp1/1qpbpn1p/4n3/3pP1PP/3P2Q1/PPPBNP2/2KR1B1R w kq - 1 0
[ f4 Nexg4 e5 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
H Raja vs Ramil Faizrakhmanov, Palic, 2016
r1q1kb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p1p2p/6B1/3PQ3/2PB3P/P1P2PP1/1R2K2R w Kkq - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]
d)
Ruifeng Li vs David Berczes, Dallas, 2016
r3r1k1/1p3ppp/p1pbpn2/P4q2/2BP4/2P4P/1P2QPP1/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ g4 if Qg6 Bd3 or if Nxg4 hxg4 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Dragisa Pavlasevic vs Dimitrije Krstic, Belgrade, 2018
rn1q1k1r/pp3ppp/2p2p2/4R3/2B5/5Q1P/PPPB1PP1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4+ ]
3c)
mate in 2
H Raja vs Ramil Faizrakhmanov
Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (B11) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sofia Blokhin vs Eline Roebers, Riga, 2018
r3k2r/pp2npbp/2n3p1/qB1Np1B1/3pP3/3P1Q1P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ b4 if Qd8 Bxe7 or if Qxb5 Nc7+ ]
b)
Clive Dechant vs Ian Truscott, corr., 1976
r3k2r/pp1n1ppp/1qp1p3/2b3P1/1n2P2P/1PNP1Q2/P2B1P2/2R1KB1R b Kkq - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 if Qg3 Bxf2+ Qxf2 Nexd3+ or if Qh3 Bxf2+ Kd1 Qd4 Ne2 Qxd3 ]
c)
Sandor Deak vs Pal Kiss, Fuzesabony, 1996
rn2k1nr/pp3pp1/4p1p1/N7/2p1PqP1/2PP3P/P3QP2/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qe5 Nxc4 Qxc3+ ]
d)
Alexander Zorin vs Anton Filippov, Rybinsk, 2000
r2qk2r/pp1nnppp/2p1p1b1/b2p4/3PP3/P1NB1N1P/1PPB1PP1/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 Bxc3 dxe4 Bc4 exf3 ]
e)
Leonid Ger vs Sebastiano Calpona, corr., 2001
2r2rk1/pp4pp/1qn1p3/3PP2P/1b4P1/2N5/PPPBQ3/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 Qd3 Nxc2+ Qxc2 Qf2+ ]
4e)
Leonid Ger vs Sebastiano Calpona
Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (B11) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Adrian Miranda vs Adriano Valle, Minoxel, 2004
rn1q1rk1/pp3ppp/2pb4/3ppPP1/4Pn2/2NP2QP/PPP3B1/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d4 ]
b)
Jose Alarcon vs Ariel Recalde, Asuncion, 2010
r3k2r/pp1n1ppp/1q1bp3/3N4/8/3P2PP/PPP1QP2/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qc6 if Qe4 Qxd5 or if c4 O-O Qg4 exd5 cxd5 Rfe8+ Be3 Qxd5 ]
c)
Jonas Feldheim vs Thomas Hoefelsauer, Nuernberg, 2011
2kr3r/pp3p1p/2p1pq2/4R1p1/1P1P1n2/2PB2QP/P4PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd3 Qxd3 Qxe5 ]
d)
Willy De La Rosa vs Carlos Paul Abreu, Santo-Domingo, 2016
r4rk1/pp1n2np/1qp1pbp1/3p4/6P1/P1NP3P/1PPBQPB1/1R1K3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 Bxc3 Rxf2 ]
5c)
Jonas Feldheim vs Thomas Hoefelsauer
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