Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ngoc Truongson Nguyen.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Nguyen vs Duc Hoa Nguyen, Ha Tinh, 2000
r2q2k1/pp4pp/2nbpr2/2p5/4BP2/P7/1PP2RPP/R1BQ2K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Bxc6 if bxc6 Rd2 ]
b)
Nguyen vs Chi Binh Nguyen, Tan Binh, 2000
1k1r3r/pppn1ppp/1q2pn2/3p1b2/P2N1P2/BP2P3/2PPB1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Be7 if Rde8 a5 ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Nguyen vs Phuc Tuong Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City, 2001
6k1/1p2q2p/p3P1pB/8/1P2p3/2Qr2P1/P4P1P/2R3K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qg7+ ]
d)
Nguyen vs Quoc Dung Tran, Ho Chi Minh City, 2001
2r3k1/pbq4p/1p1QR1p1/3P1p2/7P/6PB/5P1K/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Re8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Nguyen vs Juergen Brustkern, Budapest, 2002
1r3k2/3q3p/4RP2/3Pp3/2N1P1Q1/2b3P1/8/7K w - - id 1-0
[ Re8+ ]
Nguyen Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Nguyen vs Dirk Oosthuizen, Kuala Lumpur, 2002
5r1k/p3R2p/b4Pp1/3PN1P1/4P3/1P4K1/P7/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Nf7+ if Kg8 Nh6+ Kh8 Rg7 w/Rg8+ ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Nguyen vs Timothy Taylor, Budapest, 2003
5rk1/2R5/p2rpppP/1p1b2N1/8/1P6/1B3PnP/5RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ h7+ Kh8 Bxf6+ Rxf6 Rc8+ ]
c)
Nguyen vs Tamas Banusz, Budapest, 2004
r1b3nr/p1B2kpp/1pn1pp2/qNbp4/8/2P1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - id 1-0
[ a3 w/b4 & Nd6(+) ]
d)
Nguyen vs Sergey Erenburg, Budapest, 2004
3q1r2/5p1R/p3p1k1/3p4/3P3Q/4P2K/6P1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Qh5+ Kf6 Rxf7+ ]
e)
Nguyen vs Loek Van Wely, Khanty Mansyisk, 2007
r3r1k1/1bq1bp2/p2p2p1/1p2n3/3B2B1/P1N3Q1/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - id 1-0
[ Bxe5 dxe5 Be6 ]
Nguyen Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Nguyen vs Zhang Jilin, Budapest, 2005
1r2rbk1/pbq2p1p/6p1/2n1p2n/4P3/B2BNNP1/P3QP1P/1RR3K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Bxc5 if Bxc5 Rb5 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Nguyen vs Habibullah Fidaeyee, Esfahan, 2005
3q4/ppr3kB/1n1b3p/3pNR2/3P4/2P3P1/P1Q3K1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Rf7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 7. Nguyen vs Damian Lemos, Belfort, 2005
2R5/p4pk1/6p1/3Q1p1p/5q1P/4n3/6R1/6K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rg8+ if Kxg8 Rxg6+ or if Kh6 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Hoai Nam Nguyen vs Nguyen, Thua Thien Hue, 2001
4q1k1/1b3ppp/p7/1pb2P2/6P1/P2pn2P/1P3B1Q/R2N2K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Nxg4 if hxg4 Qe1# ]
e)
Black to move and win. Heather Richards vs Nguyen, Budapest, 2002
2kr2r1/p6p/2p2p2/1pb5/P3P1b1/1QPq4/1P1N2PP/R1B1R2K b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bh3 if g3 Rxg3 mates ]
Nguyen Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win.
a)
Zulaikha Siti vs Nguyen, Kuala Lumpur, 2002
8/5qpk/4Q2p/3pP3/r2N4/2P1N2P/3K2P1/8 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxd4+ ]
b)
Tibor Reiss vs Nguyen, Budapest, 2004
2r1r1k1/p5bp/6p1/3q1p2/2p2B2/PpN2PPP/1P4K1/RQ2N3 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bxc3 bxc3 Re2+ w/Rce8 ]
c)
Valerij Popov vs Nguyen, Moscow, 2007
2r3k1/Q5pp/8/5p2/5N2/P1q1P1P1/5P1P/5K2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qc6 if Kg1 Qf3 ]
d)
The Anh Duong vs Nguyen, Phu Quoc, 2007
3r4/kp6/p1p4r/2P1q3/3bPQp1/1B4P1/P1R3KP/1R6 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxh2+ if Kxh2 Qh5+ mates or if Kf1 Rf8 Qxf8 Rh1+ mates ]
e)
Raul Garcia vs Nguyen, Turin, 2006
2r1r1k1/3b1p1p/1q1p2p1/3Pb3/1ppNPP2/6PP/1P1Q3K/3RRB2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...c3 bxc3 bxc3 if Qd3 c2 ]
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