The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Scheveningen (ECO B82).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Boris Spassky vs Josef Marsalek, Leningrad, 1960
r4rk1/1bq1bppp/p2p2n1/5NQ1/Pp1Bn3/1N1B4/1PP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if Bf6 Bxf6 ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Alexei Suetin vs Laszlo Barczay, Budapest, 1976
r1q1kb1r/3b1pP1/4p2p/1N6/1n4P1/1p2BQ2/PPP1B2P/2KR3R w kq - 1 0
[ Nd6+ Bxd6 gxh8/Q+ Bf8 Qxf7+ Kxf7 Rhf1+ ]
c)
Valentin Stoica vs Andreas Kofidis, Athens, 1984
2r2k1r/1pq2p1p/p2b2p1/3Rp1P1/B3Pn2/4B3/PPP2Q1P/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Bxf4 exf4 Qd4 ]
d)
Nikolaos Sirigos vs Endre Vegh, Balatonbereny, 1992
r2k1b1r/1bq4p/4p1p1/1B1nn3/8/P7/1PP2QPP/R1B2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bg5+ if Ne7 or Be7 Qf8+ mates or if Kc1 Qxf8+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Ferran Reig Albero vs Leonardo Solino Nebot, Spain, 1995
r2rn1k1/1pq1b1p1/p3P2p/4pQ2/2b1N3/3B4/PPP3PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Bxf8 Rxf8+ Kh7 Ng5# ]
Sicilian, Scheveningen (B82) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Goran Todorovic vs Mihai Suba, Bucharest, 1996
r3nr1k/1bq1bpRp/pp3n1B/3ppP2/P3P3/2NB1NQ1/1PP4P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh3 Nh5 Qxh5 Nf6 Ng5+ Kh8 Bg7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Klaus Klundt vs Stefan Reisch, Germany, 1997
r1r3k1/2q1bp1p/p2p2p1/4B1PQ/1p2PN2/3B2R1/bPP4P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Dmitrij Rodin vs Evgen Iliushkin, Voronezh, 2003
r1r3k1/pp2bp1p/3pnP1Q/q3p1P1/3Bb3/2N4R/PPP4P/2K2BR1 w - - 1 0
[ g6 fxg6 Qxh7+ Kf8 Qxe7+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Paul Wallace vs Alain Dekker, Gibraltar, 2007
r1b2rk1/2q1bppp/p1n1p3/1p6/4Nn2/2BB1N1Q/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Nikolaos Sandalakis vs Sevastianos Papadogiannis, Hania, 2008
2kr1b1r/1b1n1Q1p/p1n1pq2/3p4/Np3Bp1/1N1B4/PPP3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb6+ ]
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Sicilian, Scheveningen (B82) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Guido Caprio vs Adnan Tahirovic, Conegliano, 2008
r1b2rk1/1pq2pp1/p4R1p/4b3/3p3Q/2NB4/PPP3PP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Bxf6 Qe4 or if Qd8 Qe4 ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Tomasz Warakomski vs Robert Kempinski, Warsaw, 2009
r4r1k/ppn1Nppp/4b3/1q2Pp2/3B1Q2/P2R4/1PP3PP/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rh3 g5 Qxg5 Rg8 Qf6+ Rg7 Rxh7+ ]
c)
White mates in 7.
Suri Vaibhav vs M R Venkatesh, New Delhi, 2010
r1b2rk1/p2R1ppp/2p5/q3pP2/2p1P3/b1N1BQ2/PPP4P/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg3+ Kh8 Bg5 ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Stefan Beukema vs Ulvi Sadikhov, Antwerpen, 2013
r3kb1r/3n1ppp/p1q5/4pN1N/1p4PQ/4B3/PPP4P/3RKb2 w kq - 1 0
[ Nhxg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Roberto Martin Del Campo vs Jacob Furfine, Charlotte, 2017
1rb1rnk1/4bp1p/p2pp3/2q2PPQ/4P3/2B4R/PpP4P/1K3BR1 w - - 1 0
[ g6 if fxg6 Rxg6+ or if f6 gxh7+ ]
Sicilian, Scheveningen (B82) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Richard Zellner vs Klaus Lindoerfer, Germany, 1985
r1b2rk1/2q1b2p/p3N1p1/4p3/4P1B1/2p3Q1/PPP4P/2KR2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 Qxc3 Bxe6 Qxe5 Bxg4 Rxg4 Bf6 ]
b)
Bruno Belotti vs Jorge Sanchez Almeyra, Biel, 1992
b1r2rk1/1q2bppp/p2p1n2/5QB1/2N1P3/2NP4/1P4PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc5 if Qf4 Nh5 ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Bruce Wheeler vs Leonard McLaren, Auckland, 2001
r5k1/4bppp/1p6/3p1P2/1q2nP2/1N1B1Q2/1PP3PP/3KR3 b - - 0 1---
[ ...Ra1+ ]
d)
Malkhaz Sulashvili vs Giorgi Paresishvili, Tbilisi, 2002
r4rk1/1bq1n1bp/3pp1p1/p1n2PP1/Pp1N1P1P/3BB3/1PPQ1N2/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 if Bxd4 Qc6 ]
e)
Anja Hegeler vs Yelena Dembo, Germany, 2004
r1bq1rk1/p4ppp/2p5/2b1p3/4P1n1/2NB1Q2/PPP3PP/R1B2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxh2 if Kxh2 Qh4+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Sicilian, Scheveningen (B82) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Tomas Olsson vs Ole Jakobsen, Copenhagen, 2006
1k1r1b1r/1bq3pp/p1n1Q1p1/2p5/1p2PP2/3BB3/PPPN3P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc8 Qb3 Na5 Qa4 Bd7 ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Fernando Manrique vs Faber Alberto Narvaez, Bogota, 2011
6Q1/kpq1b3/p7/4p3/4P3/3rn3/PPPR2PP/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2+ ]
c)
Juan Miguel Cadavid vs Natalia Andrea Aguilar, Dosquebradas, 2013
2r1kb1r/1pq2ppp/p1b1p3/3n4/2R2PP1/2N1B3/PPP2Q1P/2K2BR1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 Qxe3 b5 if Rd4 Bc5 ]
d)
Rodolfo Cantero vs Antonio Almiron, Asuncion, 2017
2r1k2r/1bq1bppp/p2pp3/4n1PP/1p2PQ2/1N2B3/PPPRN3/2K2B1R b k - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ ]
e)
Sofie Huttl vs Heredia Valentina Argote, Montevideo, 2017
r3k2r/1pqbbppp/p3p3/6P1/Pn2QP2/1N2B3/1PPR3P/2K2B1R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bc6 if Qc4 b5 0-1 ]
f)
Tero Kokkila vs Konstantinos Tsarouhas, Antalya, 2017
r2qkb1r/1b3ppp/p4n2/4pP2/1p2N3/3BBQ2/PPP3PP/R3K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 Bxe4 Qh4+ ]
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