Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 (ECO B66).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6
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)
White Mates in 10. Slezacek vs Jiri Hlavacek, Czech (corr), 1957
r2q1b1r/3bk2p/p1nppp2/1p5Q/3NP3/2N5/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ exf5 Nd5+ Ke6 exf5+ Ke5 Qe2+ Kxf5 Ne7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. J Ciprian vs Bernd Kievelitz, corr, 1990
1rb1kb1r/5pp1/p4q1p/3Q4/5P2/8/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w k - 0 1
[ Bb5+ if axb5 Rhe1+ ]
c)
Bernhard Stillger vs Frank Eckert, Leverkusen, 1997
3bk2r/1b6/p1pRpp1p/4B1p1/8/6P1/PPP2PBP/2K5 w k - 0 1
[ Rxd8+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Bengt Wikman vs Leo Peltola, Tampere, 1998
2rq1r1k/1b2bp1p/p1nppp1Q/1p3P2/4P1PP/2N2N2/PPP5/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 ]
e)
Martin Schulz vs Frank Muessig, Wiesbaden, 1999
r3k2r/1p1b1p2/p2bp2p/6p1/4qP2/1N2B3/PPPQ2PP/R2R2K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nc5 ]
B66 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Semyen Dvoirys vs Johann Kerschbaumer, Oberwart, 2000
rnb4r/1p2kp2/pq1Npp1p/3pP3/3R4/P3Q3/1PP1B1PP/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ exf6+ Kxd6 Rxd5+ if Kc7 Qe5+ mates or if Kc6 Qc3+ mates ]
b)
Juergen May vs Robert Zeier, Leimen, 2001
3rk2r/1p3pp1/p2bp2p/2qbQ3/8/2N1BP2/PPP3PP/2KR3R w k - 0 1
[ Bxc5 Bxe5 Nxd5 if Rxd5 Rxd5 exd5 Re1 ]
c)
Karel Wokurka vs Peter Luban, Leutersdorf, 2002
r1b2rk1/1p2bpp1/p1npp2p/7P/4PP2/2N2Nq1/PPPQ2P1/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 if Qg4 Nh2 ]
d)
Roberto Andrade vs Hector Walsh, Buenos Aires, 2003
r1b1kb1r/5pp1/pqpp1n1p/4p3/4N2B/5Q2/PPP2PPP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 1
[ Qxf6 if gxf6 Nxf6+ w/Nd5+ ]
e)
Kevin Spraggett vs Jay Khedkar, Winnipeg, 2004
2rrk3/2qn1pp1/p1b1p2p/1p1pP3/1Q1N1P1P/3B4/PPP3P1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 ]
B66 Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
Dmitry Nadezhdin vs Isaak Boleslavsky, Tashkent, 1965
r1r3k1/4bpp1/p2p1n1p/q2PpP2/1p5P/P2Q4/1PPRBBP1/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc3 if bxc3 Qa3+ ]
b)
Peter Liangov vs Zbigniew Szymczak, Sandomier, 1976
2kr4/1p3pp1/pqb1pn1p/8/4PQ2/2N2P2/PPP3PP/2K2B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh5 if Qh4 Qe3+ Kb1 g5 ]
c)
Wolfgang Koenig vs Thorsten Meyer, Germany, 1989
2r1k2r/2qb1ppp/p2ppb2/1p6/2nNPPP1/2NR1B2/PPP1Q2P/2K1R3 b k - 0 1
[ ...Nxb2 if Kxb2 Bxd4 ]
d)
John Yoos vs Fletcher Baragar, Toronto, 1996
r1b1k2r/5pp1/p4b1p/q7/1pB1P3/8/PPPQN1PP/2KR3R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 if Nf4 Qc7 ]
e)
Joris Broekmeulen vs Twan Burg, Kaatsheuvel, 2000
2r1k2r/1bq1bp1p/3p4/5P2/1p2Pp2/8/1PPQ2BP/1NKR3R b k - 0 1
[ ...f3 if Bxf3 Bg4 ]
B66 Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Thomas Schweinhagen vs Henning Schneider, Bad Wiessee, 2001
1r2k2r/3b1pp1/p3pP1p/1p6/3Np2P/2q2P1B/P1P2Q2/2KR3R b k - 0 1
[ ...e3 ]
b)
Black Mates in 5. Jozsef Imre vs Manfred Gruenwald, Hungary (corr.), 1967
r4rk1/3bbpp1/3pp2p/8/1p1BnP2/3B4/PPP3PP/1KRN3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2+ Ka1 Rxa2+ ]
c)
Fabrizio Natalucci vs Bela Toth, Reggio Emilia, 1977
1r3rk1/2qb1pp1/p2pp2p/7N/1pnRPP2/5B2/PPP3PP/1KQ4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Na3+ if Ka1 Nxc2+ or if bxa3 bxa3+ mates ]
d)
Semyen Dvoirys vs Konstantin Lerner, Simferopol, 1988
2r1r1k1/Q3bpp1/p1q1bn1p/B3p3/1n2P3/1NN2B2/1PPR2PP/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 if cxb3 Bc5 ]
e)
Matija Suskovic vs Peter Varga, Harkany, 1997
3r2k1/1p2bpp1/p3bn1p/3pQ3/4P1PP/2B2P2/qPP5/2KR1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd6 if Qd4 Bf4+ mates ]
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