The English Opening
Here are some chess puzzles from the English (ECO A15).
1.c4 Nf6 w/o 2.Nc3
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)
Nezhad Hasan vs R Rezapoor, Teheran, 1993
r1b2rk1/pp2qp1p/6p1/2pp4/3bn3/BP4P1/P2NPPBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4 if dxe4 Qxd4 ]
b)
Michael Cerezo vs Dominique Le Bourhis, Apt, 1997
r4rk1/ppqnbpp1/2ppb2p/4p1n1/2PPP3/1P3NP1/PB1NQPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg5 if hxg5 d5 or if Bxg5 f4 ]
c)
Roberto Pezzaldi vs Dante Guglielmi, Italy, 1997
rnb1r1k1/pp3p1p/2p1qbp1/6B1/8/3P1NP1/PP3PBP/R1Q2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 ]
d)
Viktor Ianov vs Jozsef Gonczi, Hungary, 1998
1r1r2k1/2q2p2/pp2bbpp/2p1p3/1nP5/1PN1P1PP/PB2QPB1/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ a3 if Nc6 Qf3 ]
e)
White mates in 8.
Gerald Moore vs David Bareham, Exmouth, 2003
r3r1k1/pppb1p1p/6p1/2qNn3/2B2QP1/P3P3/1P3PP1/3RK2R w K - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kf8 Nxh7+ Kg8 Nf6+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kf8 Nxd7+ Kg8 Rh8+ ]
1e)
mate in 8
Gerald Moore vs David Bareham
English (ECO A15) puzzles, pt. ii.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Jan Salamon vs Edward Twardowski, Rowy/Fianchetto, 2006
rnb1kb1r/pppqpppp/8/8/Q1B1n3/5N2/PP1P1PPP/RNB1K2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne5+ ]
b)
Joaquin Exposito Cabrera vs Joan Escofet Llongueras, Castellar, 2007
r1b2rk1/3n1pbp/p1nq2p1/1p2p3/1P1p4/PN1PP3/1B1NBPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 if Qxc6 Bf3 ]
c)
Gunnar Hanssen vs Peter Flermoen, Tromsoe, 2007
rn1qr1k1/pb2bppp/1p6/2pn4/7N/2N3P1/PP1P1PBP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Nxc3 Qg4 if g6 Bxb7 ]
d)
Juan Mellado Trivino vs Emilio Sanchez Jerez, La Massana, 2008
r4rk1/1pq1ppbp/p2pb1p1/8/2PQ2n1/1PN3P1/PB2PPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nd5+ Nf6 Nxc7 ]
e)
Jerry Dibai vs Eduardo Dos Santos Mello, Sao Paulo, 2013
r2qkb1r/1bp1pppp/1pnp1n2/p7/Q1P5/5NP1/PP1PPPBP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nd4 if Rb8 Bxc6+ Nd7 Bxb7 or if Qd7 Bxc6 ]
2d)
Juan Mellado Trivino vs Emilio Sanchez Jerez
English (ECO A15) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jan Misovic vs Igor Harasta, Zilina, 2013
r1b2rk1/pp2qpbp/2pp2p1/2n5/2PQP1n1/1PN2NP1/PB3PBP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Bxd4 Nxe7+ ]
b)
Ruediger Thoene vs Jorge De Castro De Leon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2014
r1bq1rk1/p2pbppp/1pn1pn2/2p5/2PP4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d5 if Nxd5 cxd5 Nb4 a3 or if exd5 cxd5 Nb8 d6 ]
c)
Plamen Grabchev vs Dobrotich Andreev, Sofia, 2017
rn1qk2r/pp2bppp/2p1pn2/3p4/2P5/BP1PP3/P3QPPP/RN2K1NR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxa3 Nxa3 Qa5+ Qd2 Qxa3 ]
3c)
Plamen Grabchev vs Dobrotich Andreev
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