Here are some chess puzzles from the Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense (ECO C93).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.e1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6
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)
Black to move and win. Edson Tsuboi vs Antonio Rocha, Sao Paulo, 1988
2r1rbk1/1bqnn1p1/p2p3p/1p1Ppp2/4P3/BP1B1P1P/P2N2PN/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc3 if Bf1 b4 ]
b)
Ekaterina Polovnikova vs Lea Mauko, Szeged, 1994
r1bq1rk1/4bppn/p5np/1pp1P2Q/3N4/1BP4P/PP4P1/RNB1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 if cxd4 Bxh6 or if c4 Qe4 or if Bg5 Nc6 ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Werner Hobusch vs Liebscher, corr., 1984
2bq1rk1/r1p1b1pn/p2pP1Np/1p1B1Q2/4P3/2P4P/PP3PP1/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ ]
d)
Dragoljub Ciric vs Frans Kuijpers, Amsterdam, 1968
3qr1k1/r4p2/p2p2pQ/2pPn3/b1n1P3/6NP/P5PN/R3RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc4 if Nxc4 Ng4 Ne5 Nh5 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Antonio Medina-Garcia vs Svetozar Gligoric, Palma de Majorca, 1968
2rqr1k1/Q2b2b1/p2p2pp/1p1PppnP/nPp1P3/2P3N1/P2BBPPN/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4 if Ngf1 Ra8 w/...Re7 ]
C93 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Dimitar Pelitov vs Georgi Daskalov, Bulgaria, 1969
r1q5/2p2k2/p4Bp1/2Nb1N2/p6Q/7P/nn3PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh7+ w/Qe7+ ]
b)
Alexei Suetin vs Eldis Cobo Arteaga, Havana, 1969
r1b1rqn1/3n1pk1/p2p3p/1ppP4/5B2/2PB1N1P/PP1Q2P1/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh6 if Nxh6 Qg5+ w/Rxe8 ]
c)
Maia Chiburdanidze vs Zorica Puljek-Salai, Jajce, 1986
2r1r3/1bpq3k/4nPpb/1p1p4/3P2N1/1B1N1PnP/1P4P1/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nde5 if Qd6 Nxh6 ]
d)
Thomas Martin vs Thomas Pieper, Germany, 1991
5bk1/2R2p2/6pp/1p2r3/4p3/2P1B2P/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if g5 b4 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Michiel Abeln vs Walter Verdonk, Netherlands, 1994
b2qr1k1/2p2pb1/3p1npp/1P6/1P1NNP2/6P1/1BB3K1/1Q2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 if Bxe4 Bxd4 Bxd4 Bxe4 w/Qa8 ]
C93 Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Qu Ying vs Daniel Taboas Rodriguez, Sao Lourenco, 1995
4rr2/1bp1qp1k/pn4pp/1p2b3/3P4/1PPQ2NP/P1B2RP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qxg6 w/Rxf7 ]
b)
Bjorn Brinck-Claussen vs Frank Vang, Copenhagen, 2002
5r2/1b3p1k/p2p1qpp/1p6/1P1RPn2/P3Q2P/B4PP1/4N1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 ]
c)
Viktor Ciocaltea vs Gildardo Garcia, Havana, 1965
2r3k1/3b2b1/pq1P1rp1/1p6/1P1p3p/3B1Q1P/P2BR1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ if Kf8 Rxf6+ mates or if Kh8 Rxf6 w/Qf7 ]
d)
CDW Jansen vs Rudolf Sevecek, corr., 1968
4r2k/nbp3p1/p6p/1pb2B2/6R1/P1P4P/1PQN1rP1/R1B4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Nf1 Rexf1+ Kh2 Rxc2 or if Kh2 Bd6+ mates ]
e)
Black to move and win. Aleksandar Matanovic vs Hans Hecht, Raach, 1969
4r1k1/5pp1/p7/6QP/3q4/P7/6P1/1R5K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re5 ]
C93 Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Fischer vs Svetozar Gligoric, Rovinj/Zagreb, 1970
r1nq1n2/3b2k1/p2p1p1R/Pp1Pp1p1/1Pp1P1P1/2P1BPN1/2BQ2K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Jerzy Konikowski vs Mitchell, corr., 1973
r4b2/5kp1/5p1p/N7/2pP4/2n4P/5PP1/R1B2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb4 if Nb3 Ra2 ]
c)
Heikki Westerinen vs Steven Odendahl, London, 1979
2r1r1k1/q2b1pb1/p2P2pp/1pN1p3/3nBn2/1P3N1P/PB1Q1PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd4 ]
d)
Black to move and win. V Bagusis vs Ignas Zalys, Montreal, 1984
4r1k1/1bp3p1/3b2r1/1p3p1q/3Q3N/1P2p2P/P1B2PP1/3R2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg4 ]
e)
Aleksander Sznapik vs Pawel Stempin, Wroclaw, 1987
3r1b2/3q1ppk/7p/3N1P2/2b1P3/3p1QRP/1B4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if gxf6 Qg4 mates ]
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