King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Santosh Gujrathi Vidit.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Badamdor Ariunbuuvei vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, New Delhi, 2005
2r4r/1b2bkp1/p1q1p2p/4Pp2/Pp1p1PP1/3B1Q1R/1PPN3P/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf3 if Nxf3 fxg4 ]

b)
S P Sethuraman vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, New Delhi, 2005
r1r2nk1/1bq2pb1/p3p1p1/8/1p3N2/4BP1B/PPP2Q2/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 ]

c)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Artur Calugar, Batumi, 2006
R7/1pq3kp/b3p1p1/2PpNrP1/3PpP2/6QP/8/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh4 h5 gxh6+ Kh7 Re8 ]

d)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Babu Lalith, Dindigul, 2007
8/p2r1pk1/1p3n1p/2p5/2b5/2B2BP1/PP5P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ Kxf6 Be2+ ]

e)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Manish Joshi, Mumbai, 2008
5rk1/p2n1pp1/1p3n1p/3N3q/3Q4/1P3bP1/PB3PBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 if Qf5 Bxf3 or if Qg4 h3 ]

1d)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Babu Lalith

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nisha Mohota vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Chennai, 2008
r1b2k1b/1p2qp1P/p2Pp1p1/4n1N1/2P1p2Q/P6P/1P3P2/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg5+ Qxg5 Nf3+ ]

b)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs S P Sethuraman, Kemer, 2009
5rk1/p4p2/b1R1rnp1/B3p3/1P2PP2/5BP1/5K2/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ f5 ]

c)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Lahiru Munasinghe, Burdur, 2010
2rqr1k1/pb1nbppp/1p3n2/1N1p4/3N1B2/6P1/PPQ1PPBP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc7 ]

d)
G Vijayakumar vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Puri, 2010
r3kb1r/pp1b1ppp/2nppn2/qB4B1/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Bxd7+ Nxd7 Qxd4 Qxg5 ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Nikita Kraiouchkine vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Burdur, 2010
2r5/4k2P/p2p4/3P1pbQ/1p6/2N2B2/PPK3P1/4q3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ if bxc3 Qxc3+ ]

2d)
G Vijayakumar vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Dinesh Sharma vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, New Delhi, 2010
2k4r/pp3p1p/4p3/2b2p2/K7/2Nn2P1/Pr3PBP/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb4+ if Ka3 Rb6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 6.
Aleksandr Shimanov vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Chennai, 2011
2r3k1/p4ppp/1p4q1/1Qn5/8/5P2/PP4PP/K2N3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3+ axb3 Rc1+ Ka2 Qb1+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs K Rathnakaran, Aurangabad, 2011
3r1r1k/3q1n1p/p2p1P2/2pPp3/2P1N1R1/8/P5QP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Rxg8 Qg7+ Rxg7 fxg7+ ]

d)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Himal Gusain, Kolkata, 2012
2nrr1k1/pb3pp1/3B3p/q3PP1B/2pQ4/8/P5PP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Qxc4+ ]

e)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Joerg-Martin Schultze, Stockholm, 2016
4b1k1/pp3ppp/4q3/3p1Q2/P5n1/1P3N2/1B1N1PBb/4K3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6 fxe6 Bh3 ]

3c)
mate in 4
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs K Rathnakaran

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Alexander Areshchenko, Linares, 2017
4qr1k/1R5p/3p4/2b5/1pB1pp2/1P4P1/2P2PKP/3Q4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rb8 if 1...Qxb8 2.Qa1+ mates ]

b)
Olga Girya vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Wijk aan Zee, 2018
2k1r3/ppp3b1/6p1/3p4/3N3q/2P4p/PP1Q3P/5RKB b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bh6 if 2.Qf2 Qg4+ 3.Qg3 Be3+ ]

c)
Alexander Morozevich vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Malme, 2018
3r4/7p/8/4k3/1P2b3/R2BKp2/7P/8 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bxd3 if 2.Rxd3 f2 ]

d)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Wesley So, Internet, 2018
6k1/5p1p/pp2pp2/2br4/P2n4/3R1NP1/1P2PPKP/2B5 w - - 1 0
[ b4 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Das Debashish, Douglas, 2018
q3rbk1/rb3p1n/p3pnB1/2p1N3/2pP1B2/P5R1/1P2QPPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 Bc6 Qxh7+ Nxh7 Bxf7+ ]

4e)
mate in 4
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Das Debashish

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
David Eggleston vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Douglas, 2018
8/1pp1nk2/5r2/K1P5/P5P1/4pb2/8/Q7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Changren Dai, Xingtai, 2019
2rq3r/pp1n1Q2/3P2pk/4b1Np/3p1B1P/8/PP3PP1/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ne6+ ]

c)
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Ruslan Ponomariov, Hengshui, 2019
r4rk1/1p1b1p1p/pqn1p1p1/2b5/5Nn1/Q1N1P1P1/PP1B1PBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Na4 if 1...Bxa3 2.Nxb6 Bxb2 3.Rab1 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Sebastian Bogner, Biel, 2019
5kr1/1pr2p2/p2NpQpb/q1n5/1R6/7P/PP2BP2/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nf5 if 1...Rd7 2.Rxd7 ]

5b)
mate in 3
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Changren Dai


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