Here are some chess puzzles from the English (ECO A21).



1.c4 e5 2.Nc3


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)
White mates in 3.
Ildar Ibragimov vs Dorian Rogozenko, Odorheiu Secuiesc, 1993
r2n1rk1/1pp1b1p1/p2p1n1p/3Pp1Nq/P1P1N1b1/6P1/1PQ2PBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ ]

b)
Marta Pinterne Kovacs vs Zsolt Farkas, Hungary, 2000
rnb2rk1/pp3qb1/2pp3p/5p1n/2P2P2/2NP4/PPQB2BP/R3NRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ if Kh1 Ng3+ hxg3 Qh5+ mates ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Sven Collet vs Stephane Bourlet, Val Thorens, 2002
r2qk3/p1pp1p2/1p2p1p1/nP2bn2/2P5/3PP1P1/P4N1K/1RBQ1R2 b q - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ Kg2 Qxg3+ ]

d)
Vladimir Piven vs Sergey Markosian, Belorechensk, 2009
r2q1r2/pppb2pk/3p3p/n2B1p1Q/2PP3P/2P3P1/P4P2/1RB1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 if Qc8 Re7 mates ]

e)
Black mates in 6.
Sam Grigg vs Moulthun Ly, Sydney, 2010
r1bB1rk1/pp4bp/3p2p1/2p2p1n/2P1P3/2NP1n1P/PP2BKP1/R2Q3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Kxf3 fxe4+ Kxe4 Bf5+ if Kf3 Be6+ Ke4 Ng3#
or if Kd5 Nf4+ Kxd6 Raxd8+ Ke7 Bf6#
]

1b)
Marta Pinterne Kovacs vs Zsolt Farkas

English (A21) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Filemon Cruz vs Laura Boulan, Barcelona, 2012
rnb1r2k/pp2q1p1/5n1p/1Pb2pN1/3p4/1Q1P2P1/P3NPBP/1RB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 if hxg5 Ng6+ ]

b)
Olivier Heurtebize vs Andreas Pfeifer, France, 2012
r1bqk2r/ppp1n1b1/3p3p/3Pnp2/2P2Pp1/2N1B1PN/PP5P/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ fxe5 if gxh3 Qh5+ Kf8 e6 or if dxe5 Nf2 ]

c)
Fernando Celso Poiani vs Marcio Netto Baeta, Laranjeiras, 2012
rnb2r1k/pBp1b1pp/3q1n2/4pp2/N7/1Q1P2P1/PP2PP1P/R1B1K1NR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Qb4+ Qxb4 Bxb4+ Bd2 Bxd2+ Kxd2 Bxb7 ]

d)
Gunnar Mallon vs John Sargent, High Wycombe, 2012
r2q1rk1/1pp1b1pp/p1npb1n1/3N4/2PNPB2/1P4PP/P5B1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd5 if Nxc6 Bxc6 or if cxd5 Nxd4 Qxd4 Bf6 ]

e)
Esmat Guindy vs Jens Fries-Nielsen, Karlstad, 2013
3r1rk1/pppq1ppp/1nn5/4p3/1b4b1/1PNPPNP1/P1Q2PBP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5 if e4 Qh5 or if Nh4 Bxd1 ]

f)
Black mates in 2.
Radomir Hacik vs Jergus Pechac, Slovakia, 2013
r5k1/ppp4p/3p1r2/2b1pnp1/2P1B1Pq/3P4/PP2N1PP/1RBQ1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6# ]

2c)
Fernando Celso Poiani vs Marcio Netto Baeta

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