Here are some chess puzzles from the King's Indian Defense (ECO E60).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
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)
Emir Dizdarevic vs Srdjan Zelenika, Pula, 1990
2b1r1k1/rp2pp1p/p5p1/q1p1Q3/2P5/1P4P1/P3PPBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Qxb4 Qb8 Qb6 Rab1 or if Qb6 bxc5 Qb4 Qb8 Qxc5 Rd5 Qb6 c5 ]
b)
Wolfgang Krueger vs Andreas Ferch, Schleswig Holstein, 1991
r1b1k1nr/pp2ppbp/n5p1/1Npp4/3P1B2/P3PN2/1qP2PPP/R2QKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Rb1 Qa2 Qc1 ]
c)
Mark Taimanov vs Klaus Kolnsberg, Bad Woerishofen, 1992
r1b2rk1/1pq1ppbp/p2p2p1/8/2PQ2n1/1PN3P1/PB2PPBP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nd5+ ]
d)
Valery Zhidkov vs Ladislav Mista, Czechoslovakia, 1992
r1b1r1k1/1pp1qpbp/3pnnp1/pN4B1/2P1P3/2N3P1/PPQ2PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qd8 e5 ]
e)
Petr Janocko vs Stefan Koper, Prague, 2005
r1bqk2r/p3np2/1p2pnpp/1N1p4/3PP3/3B1N2/PP1Q1PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qf4 ]
E60 Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win.
a)
Maria Horvath vs Joseph Gallagher, Lenk, 1991
3rr1k1/pp3pbp/6p1/q1p2p2/PnP2Q2/1P3NPP/4PPB1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re4 ]
b)
Janne Kalsi vs Tommi Franssila, Tampere, 1991
r2qr1k1/p4pbp/3p2p1/2nP1b2/2p2P2/P5PP/1P2N1B1/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3 Ra2 Bb1 ]
c)
Shaun Davies vs Petar Jovanovic, Churchill, 2000
r1r3kb/pp1bp2p/1q1p1np1/6B1/1n1P4/2N2N2/PPPQBPP1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 ]
d)
Rodolphe Guyard vs Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Nice, 2002
r1br2k1/pp3pbp/5np1/q7/2P5/PP6/1B1NBPPP/R2QK2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 if b4 Qf5 ]
e)
Horacio Fernandez vs Gur Mittelman, Sao Paulo, 2003
r1bq1rk1/1pp2pbp/3p2p1/pPn1n3/2P5/Q3PN2/PB1NBPPP/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ned3+ ]
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