Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English (A13).

1.c4 e6
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) 
Rudolf Mesiarik vs Stefan Lesny, Tatranske Matliare, 2012
r1b1kb1r/ppq3pp/2p1p2P/4np2/2P5/6P1/PBQPPP2/RN2KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qc3 if Bd6 c5 or if Ng6 hxg7 ]
b) 
Paul Roberts vs Charlie Mclaren, Cardiff, 2014
r2qk2r/p1p2pbp/1p1p1np1/3P2B1/4b3/5NP1/PP2PPBP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Qxf6 Qa4+ ]
c) 
Victor Mikhalevski vs Andrey Gutov, Berlin, 2015
rn1q1rk1/pbp2ppp/4pn2/1p6/2p5/P4NP1/PBQPPPBP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Nbd7 Bxb7 or if Qc8 Bxf6 ]
d) 
Flemming Fuglsang vs Viktor Volodin, Copenhagen, 1991
1rb1k2r/1pq2ppp/p2bpn2/8/4n3/2N2NP1/PPQ1PPBP/R1BR2K1 w k - 1 0
[ Qd3 Nxc3 bxc3 Ke7 Qxd6+ Qxd6 Rxd6 Kxd6 Bf4+ ]
e) 
Heinz Baumgartner vs Stefan Zoister, Germany, 2000
r2r2k1/pb2bppp/1p1qpn2/4N3/3PP3/4R1P1/P4PBP/1RBQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3 if Qc7 Rc1 or if Qxe5 dxe5 Rxd1+ ]
1d) 
Flemming Fuglsang vs Viktor Volodin
English (A13) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Alexandra Jule vs Eu Teh, Auckland, 2015
r3k2r/1b1n1ppp/pq2pn2/P1b3B1/1p6/2N2NP1/1PQ1PPBP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qc7 if Bf4 Qc8 or if Na2 Bxf2+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 6.
Tero Salopaa vs Sergey Birjukov, Uusikaupunki, 1991
r1b1r1k1/pp2qppp/2pb4/3pn3/8/PPNPPN1P/1B2BKP1/R2QR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ if Kf1 Qxe3 or if hxg4 Qxe3+ Kf1 Bg3 Ne4 Rxe4 ]
c) 
Asko Hentunen vs Vitali Golod, Fuegen, 2006
r2q1rk1/2p1bppp/pnb1p3/8/1pN3n1/1Q1P1NP1/PP1BPPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba4 Nxb6 Bxb3 Nxa8 Bd5 ]
d) 
Vladimir Poley vs Guy Ringoir, St. Lo, 2007
r4rk1/pp3p1p/2n2b2/2Pp1qp1/4n1b1/1P1NPNP1/PB3PBP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2 Nxb2 Ne5 ]
e) 
Black mates in 2.
A Kabakov vs Vladimir Zhukov, Kiev, 2007
r4rk1/pq2bppp/1p2pn2/1Np5/Q1P4P/4PnP1/PB1P1PK1/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne1+ ]
2c) 
Asko Hentunen vs Vitali Golod
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