Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.0-0-0 (ECO B78).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Milan Vukcevich vs Van Hoorne, Leningrad, 1960
r4k2/2rbppbQ/p2p2p1/q2n2B1/1p1NP1P1/1P3P2/PP6/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bh6 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Ove Kinnmark vs Peter Lee, Zurich, 1964
1r4k1/4ppbp/3pb1p1/pNq5/PrnNP1PP/1B1Q1P2/1PP5/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb2 if Kxb2 R8xb5 axb5 Rxd4 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Owen Hindle vs PA Sorensen, Bognor Regis, 1965
rq3rk1/1p1bpp1p/3p2pQ/p2N3n/2BnP1P1/5P2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 Nxe7+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 7. Roland Verstraeten vs David Levy, Sinaya, 1965
2r4k/1p2BQ1p/p2p2p1/8/4P2P/1B3N2/PbP5/1K1nq3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3+ Kxb2 Qb1+ Ka3 Qc1+ Kb4 a5+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Achim Longwitz vs Manfred Klein, Volklingen, 1970
2rqn3/3b1pk1/3pp1p1/1Pr1P1P1/5P2/p1N5/BPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh2 ]
B78 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Hans Holaszek vs Massoud Amir Savadkouhi, Skopje, 1972
2rr2k1/1p2ppb1/2bp1np1/p1q5/P2NPQP1/1BN2P1R/1PP5/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if fxe6 Bxe6+ Kf8 Rh1 g5 Qh2 ]
b)
Gennadi Kuzmin vs Louis Levy, Cienfuegos, 1973
2rr1k2/pp3pbR/3ppNp1/6Q1/qP6/2P2P2/1P4P1/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 Kxg7 Ne4 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Raimo Lindroos vs Hugo Villiger, corr., 1973
1r4k1/4ppb1/3p2p1/4n2p/qNp1P2P/P1P1BP2/Q5P1/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3 if Nxd3 Rb3 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Nikolaos Gavrilakis vs Khosro Shahsavar, Nice, 1974
2r4k/ppq1pp2/6p1/4pbB1/2r5/1NN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6+ exf6 Qh6+ Kg8 Rh1 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Andras Adorjan vs Predrag Ostojic, Olot, 1974
3qr3/pp1b1p1Q/3pp1p1/4k3/2rN2P1/2N5/PPP5/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qh2+ Kxd4 Qxd6+ ]
B78 Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Francesco Nitti vs Costanzo, Ciocco, 1975
rqr3k1/3bppBp/3p2P1/p7/1n2P3/1p3P2/1PPQ2P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ gxh7+ Kxg7 h8/Q+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 6. Luiz Gentil vs Helder Camara, Brazil, 1976
4nr1k/pp2Np1p/3p2P1/1b2b3/2r3P1/1N1QBP2/1qPK4/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ Ke1 (if Qxc2 Bc3#) Bg3+ Kf1 Bxd3+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Panayotis Balaskas vs Mihail Kaloskambis, Greece, 1976
2r3k1/2q2p1p/3p1pp1/8/4P2P/pPrb1P2/B1PR1QP1/1KR5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb3+ Bxb3 Qc3 if cxd3 Qxb3+ Rb2 a2+ mates ]
d)
Marcelo Carrion vs C Brunk, Haifa, 1976
2r3k1/p3pp1p/3pb1pQ/q4PPn/1pr1P3/2NR4/PPP1N3/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 f6 mates ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Bengt Hammar vs Olle Edelsvard, Sweden, 1976
rqr4k/1p1b1Qbn/3p4/3Bp3/p2BP3/2N2P2/PPP3P1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ ]
B78 Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. F Donarelli vs Fausto Govoni, Lacona, 1987
1qr3k1/r3ppbp/3p1np1/3B2B1/1p2P3/3Q1P2/1PP3PP/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd5 if exd5 Bc3 ]
b)
J Raphael vs Joerg Wegerle, St Ingbert, 1987
2r3r1/3bqpbk/p2p1pn1/1p5p/3NP2P/1B2BPR1/PPP3Q1/2K3R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 if fxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qxh5+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Juergen Meyer vs Arne Jea, Schleswig Holstein, 1988
1rr3kb/4pp1p/3p1npB/pq6/1n2P2P/1BN2P2/1PPQ2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Na2+ Nxa2 Qxb3 ]
d)
Mario Schuster vs Celio Sormani, corr., 1991
2q2r1k/pp2ppbp/4bnp1/3p4/2r1PBPR/1NN2P2/PPP4Q/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ if Nxh7 Rh1 mates or if Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kg8 Rh1 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Roland Schweda vs Lajos Gyorkos, Oberwart, 1991
5rk1/1p1b1pbp/1q1pp1p1/p1r5/P2NP2P/1B2QP2/1PP3P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Nb5 Rxc2+ ]
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