The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian (B83).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2
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)
White mates in 6.
Janis Klovans vs Valery Zilberstein, URS, 1969
r2b2k1/1bqnr1Pp/p2pppP1/7B/4P3/2B5/PPPQ3P/2KR1R2 w - - 1 0
[ gxh7+ Kxh7 Rg1 Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ Kf8 Qh6+ ]
b)
Thomas Ristoja vs Richard Meulders, Stockholm, 1969
1rbq1rk1/1p2b1pp/p3pn2/4N3/P7/2NBp2R/1PP3PP/R2Q3K w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Nxh7 Qh5 ]
c)
David Friedgood vs Hugh McGrillen, Nice, 1974
1rq2rk1/3bbppp/pp1ppn2/8/P1n1PP1B/1NN2B2/1PP1Q1PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 dxe5 fxe5 Nd5 Bxd5 Bc5+ Nxc5 Qxc5+ Bf2 ]
d)
Hakan Akvist vs Gennadi Kuzmin, Reggio Emilia, 1976
3rr1k1/pq2bppp/1p4b1/4B3/6Q1/3B1R2/PPP3PP/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 if Kxf7 Bc4+ Rd5 Qf3+ or if Kh8 Rxg7 ]
e)
Elena Stupina vs Thomas Jahn, Budapest, 1980
r1b2rk1/pp2bppp/2n2n2/q2p4/3N4/2N1B3/PPP1BPPP/3RQRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 bxc6 Nxd5 ]
Sicilian (B83) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Arnaud Delanoy vs Lorenzo Carbone, Mendrisio, 1989
r2rn2k/1q2N1pp/p2pb1n1/1p1N2P1/4P3/5Q2/PPP4P/R1B2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Nxf8 Rxf8+ ]
b)
Abdelkarim Zair vs Josep Basas Gamazo, St. Cugat, 1993
r3r1k1/1p2bppp/p1bppn2/8/Pq2PP2/R1N1BB2/1PPQ2PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb3 if Qa5 Bb6 or if Qc4 Be2 ]
c)
Guido Coppola vs Luigi Boffi, Como, 1999
r1bqk2r/pp3ppp/3bp3/1N1n4/8/4B3/PPP1BPPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxd6+ Qxd6 c4 ]
d)
Alyona Goreskul vs Pascal Andrist, Winterthur, 2003
2rr2k1/1p2bppp/1q1p1n2/p3pP2/P1BnP1P1/1PN1B3/1P5P/R2Q1R1K w - - 1 0
[ g5 Nxe4 Nd5 ]
e)
Adil Rodionov vs Yuri Bedny, St. Petersburg, 2003
r1bbr1k1/5ppp/p3p3/1pBn4/4NP2/5B2/PPP3PP/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 Be7 Nxe8 Bxc5 Nc7 ]
Tactics you can use from wtharvey.com
Sicilian (B83) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ingbert Johannsen vs Gert Wolffram, Bad Woerishofen, 2003
2r1nrk1/2qbbppp/p1n1p3/1p2p3/5P2/1NN1BB2/PPP2QPP/2RR3K w - - 1 0
[ Bb6 if Qd6 Rxd6 Bxd6 Nc5 or if Qb7 Na5 Qb8 Rxd7 ]
b)
Andrea Femiano vs Massimiliano Valotta, Campobasso, 2004
r1b4k/pp3prp/3ppQ2/2q5/3nPP2/1RN5/P1P1B1PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Na4 if Qxc2 Rg3 mates ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Bahtijar Kahramanov vs Denis Makalov, Saratov, 2008
r3nrk1/p4p1p/1qb1p1p1/1pb5/3B1P2/2NR3Q/PPP1B1PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Krzysztof Grabara vs Alicja Stodolnik, Warsaw, 2010
1r1qkb1r/1p3p2/pNnp4/3Np2p/6Q1/8/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w k - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Ruben Felgaer vs Andres Carlos Obregon, Saenz Pena, 2014
r1b2rk1/1p3Rp1/p3p3/4n1NQ/3b4/8/PPq3PP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ ]
Sicilian (B83) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Andras Toth vs Tibor Ladanyi, Hungary, 1994
r2qr1k1/pp3ppp/8/2bb4/8/2B5/PPPQB1PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Kxg2 Qxd2 Bxd2 Rxe2+ ]
b)
Aleksandar Berelovich vs Aleksandr Poluljahov, Azov, 1995
r4rk1/3bb1pp/p2pp3/4n3/1QN1P1P1/4B3/qPP1B2P/2KR2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2 if Bxf2 Nxc4 Bxc4 Bg5+ mates or if Rde1 Rxe2 Rxe2 Nxc4 ]
c)
Jan Masek vs Jiri Bauma, Prague, 1996
r4rk1/ppq1bppp/2b1n3/3pP2R/6P1/2NBB3/PPP1Q2P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...g6 Rh3 d4 if Bxg6 fxg6 Bxd4 Nf4 ]
d)
Peter Laveryd vs Mikhail Rytshagov, Stockholm, 1997
r2qr1k1/pp3ppp/8/2bp1P2/3N1Rn1/8/PPP1B1PP/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 Qd2 Qg5 Rf2 Bxd4 Qxd4 Nxc2 ]
e)
Viktor Turkin vs Evgenij Gajsin, Samara, 2003
2r2rk1/2q1bppp/p7/1p1Pp1P1/6B1/P7/1PPQ3P/2KR2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg5 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Sicilian (B83) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Irfan Redzepovic vs Harald Boca, Germany, 2003
r4rk1/pp3ppp/1qnpbR2/8/N2NP3/6Q1/PPP1B1PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Nxb6 Nxe2+ Kf2 Nxg3 or if Kf1 Nxe2 Kxe2 Qb5+ ]
b)
Ana Ivekovic vs Andreja Sambolec, Bjelolasica, 2007
r1bq2k1/pp3ppp/8/3pr3/5b2/1NP2B1P/PPQ2PP1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5 ]
c)
I Papadopoulos vs Ivan Ivanisevic, Kallithea, 2008
r2r2k1/pb2bppp/1p2p3/4P3/2q1pP2/2N5/PPP1QBPP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe2 Nxe2 Ba6 if Rde1 Rd2 or if Rfe1 Rxd1 ]
d)
Michael Massoni vs Samvel Ter Sahakyan, Batumi, 2010
r1bqr1k1/pp3ppp/2np1n2/3Nb3/3NP3/4BB2/PPP3PP/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd5 exd5 Qh4 Bg1 Nxd4 g3 Qf6 Be4 Qe7 ]
e)
Grigoriy Oparin vs Ognjen Jovanic, Trieste, 2012
2rr2k1/pbq2ppp/1p2p3/4P3/4pP2/2N1Q3/PPP2RPP/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc3 ]
Back to the Index