Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English with b3 (A12).

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3
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) 
Zbigniew Doda vs Milan Drtina, Trnava, 1983
rq2kb1r/pp1n1pp1/5n2/3ppb1p/8/1PN2NPP/PB1PPPB1/2RQK2R w Kkq - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Bd6 Rc8+ ]
b) 
Petra Tippmann vs Ann-Kathrin Schwoebel, Bad Zwesten, 2003
r2qr1k1/pp1n1pp1/2pbpn1p/3p1b2/2P5/1P1P1NP1/PB1NPPBP/R2QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ e4 if dxe4 dxe4 Bxe4 Nxe4 or if Nc5 exf5 Nxd3 fxe6 Nxb2 Qc2 ]
c) 
Pablo Garcia Castro vs Jorge Fernandez Rey, Marin, 2004
2r2rk1/ppq2ppp/2p1pn2/3pb3/2P1P1b1/1P1P2P1/PBQN1PBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d4 Bd6 e5 ]
d) 
Josef Jiruse vs Karel Jukl, Cesky Krumlov, 2009
r2qk2r/pp2bpp1/4p3/4Nb1p/3Pn3/1P4P1/PB4BP/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxe4 if Bxe4 Nxf7 ]
e) 
Bruno Ribeiro vs Jesus Coelho, Portugal, 1994
r3r1k1/1p1n1ppp/1qp2nb1/p1bp4/2PN4/PPQ1P1P1/1B1N1PBP/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb4 axb4 axb4 ]
1d) 
Josef Jiruse vs Karel Jukl
English with b3 (A12) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
M Schroettner vs Drago Bizjak, Graz, 1993
r4rk1/pp1n1ppp/2pbp3/q7/2PPp1b1/PP2P3/1B1NBPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh5 ]
b) 
Ernesto Reis vs Luis Galego, Portugal, 1994
rnbqk2r/pp3ppp/2p2n2/4N3/2P5/3P2P1/PB3K1P/RN1Q1B1R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if d4 Qxb2+ or if Kg2 Qxb2+ Nd2 Qxe5 ]
c) 
Ingo Zelazny vs Willy Rosen, Ruhrgebiet, 2000
rnb1kb1r/pp3pp1/2p2n2/q7/2P1N3/1P4P1/P3PPB1/R1BQNRK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 if Bxe4 Qh5 ]
d) 
Lech Stanczyk vs Andrey Levin, Koszalin, 2005
r2qk2r/pp3ppb/2pbpn1p/2n5/2P1P3/1P1B1N1P/PBQN1PP1/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd3 if Qxd3 Bh2+ ]
e) 
Bat-Ochir Gunsen vs Luciana Morales Mendoza, Moscow, 2006
r2qk2r/pp1n1ppp/2p1pn2/3p4/1bPP4/1P4P1/PB1NPP1P/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 Bc1 Qf6 f3 Qxd4 if fxe4 Qxa1 or if Rb1 Qf2# ]
2d) 
Lech Stanczyk vs Andrey Levin
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