'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch (EcO A84).
1.d4 f4 2.c4
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)
Akiba Rubinstein vs P P Benko, Kiev, 1903
r2q1rk1/pbpp2pp/1pn1pb2/5p1n/2PP1P2/P1NBP3/1PQ1N1PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ g4 fxg4 Bxh7+ Kh8 Bg6 ]
b)
Andrey Peterson vs Boris Vladimirov, Tashkent, 1958
rnb1k2r/pp4bp/3pp1p1/2q2pN1/2P5/1P4P1/P2NPPBP/2RQ1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxe6 Bxe6 Bxb7 Nc6 Bxa8 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Teppo Mantta vs Olavi Ilen, corr., 1975
rnbq1b1r/pp1pk1pp/2p1pn2/7Q/2PPpB2/2N5/PP3PPP/R3KBNR w KQ - 1 0
[ Bd6+ Kxd6 Qc5+ Kc7 Nb5# ]
d)
Pal Benno vs Gabor Kovacs, corr., 1987
rnb1q1k1/p4rpp/2p5/4NpP1/2QP4/4PP2/PP4P1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ g6 hxg6 Nxg6 ]
e)
Flavio Pavoni vs Marco Caressa, corr., 1989
r3k2r/p1qp3p/1p4p1/2p2pb1/1nP2N2/6P1/PP1QPP1P/R1BR2K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Nxd5 Qxd5 Rd8 Bxg5 or if Bxd2 Nxc7+ ]
1c)
mate in 3
Teppo Mantta vs Olavi Ilen
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vyacheslav Ikonnikov vs Martin Riedner, Werfen, 1991
r3qrk1/pbppb1pp/np2pn2/3P1p2/2PN4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d6 Bxg2 dxe7 Qxe7 Kxg2 ]
b)
Juan Carlos Gonzalez vs Nestor Velez, Cuba, 1992
rn1q1rk1/1b1p2pp/pp1bp3/2pP1p2/2P5/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ dxe6 Bxg2 Qxd6 Bxf1 e7 ]
c)
Ron Henley vs Kamran Shirazi, New York, 1992
r2q1rk1/pb1p2pp/1p2p3/2p1Pp2/2P1n3/P5P1/1PQ1PPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f3 Ng5 Bxg5 if Qxg5 f4 Qe7 Bxb7 ]
d)
Zsolt Szabo vs Gabor Bacso, Hungary, 1993
r4rk1/ppp1b2p/1n6/3n1pp1/1qNP1B2/1QN5/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxb6 Qxb3 axb3 if Nxb6 Rxe7 or if axb6 Nxd5 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Janos Bekesi vs Ferenc Naszadi, Hajduboszormeny, 1995
r3q1k1/pb4pp/nppp4/3N4/2P5/4PR2/PP3QPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Qxf8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Ne7+ ]
2c)
Ron Henley vs Kamran Shirazi
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Alexandra Nikolaeva vs Marina Pogosova, Smolensk, 2001
r1b1qk2/pp2p2Q/3p1bp1/1npPnpN1/2P1PB2/5P2/PP4P1/R3KB2 w Q - 1 0
[ Ne6+ Bxe6 Bh6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Sergey Anapolsky vs Iaroslav Martemianov, Dnepropetrovsk, 2005
rn2r2k/p2bPQpp/1ppq4/8/5N2/5RP1/PP2P1BP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Nh5 if Qxe7 Qxe7 ]
c)
Przemyslaw Ptaszek vs Krystian Klimczok, Rewal, 2006
rnb2rk1/pppp2pp/4p3/7q/1bPPN2n/3B1N2/PP2QPPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxh4 if Qxh4 Bg5 ]
d)
Viacheslav Karklin vs Andrej Veselov, Dubna, 2007
rn3rk1/p1p1b1pp/1pqp4/3n1pN1/5B2/2N3P1/PPQ1PPKP/R4R2 w - - 1 0
[ Qb3 ]
e)
Ruben Evengroen vs Daan Postma, Hengelo, 2007
rn1qk2r/p3b1pp/bpp1pn2/2Pp1p2/QP1P1B2/2N2N2/P3PPPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bxb8 ]
3a)
mate in 3
Alexandra Nikolaeva vs Marina Pogosova
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Tomislav Sunara vs Ante Klaric, Split, 2008
r2q1rk1/pbpnb1pp/1p1ppn2/5p2/2PP1P2/2NBPN2/PPQ3PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Qc8 Nxe6 Re8 Bxf5 ]
b)
Alon Greenfeld vs John Redmond, Dublin, 2008
r2q1rk1/pbppb1pp/np2pn2/3P1p2/2PN4/6P1/PP2PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d6 if Bxb2 dxe7 ]
c)
Sabino Brunello vs Massimiliano Lucaroni, Bratto, 2009
rn1qbrk1/p5pp/8/2bpNpn1/8/3BPP2/P3N1PP/1RBQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4 Bf7 Nxf7 Nxf7 Bxd5 ]
d)
Chantal Voss vs Svitlana Biryuk, Chemnitz, 2009
r3k2r/pb1qb1pp/np6/1Npp1p2/Q2P1B2/P3P3/1P3PPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nd6+ if Bxd6 Bb5 or if Kd8 Bb5 Qc7 Nf7+ ]
e)
Alexander Papp vs Matthew Bennett, Cammeray, 2011
r4rk1/pb2q1pp/1pp1p3/4Np2/2P1n3/2Q1PB2/PP3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe4 if fxe4 Rd7 ]
4e)
Alexander Papp vs Matthew Bennett
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Ginzburg vs Sergei Kiselyov, Irkutsk, 2011
r1bqr1k1/ppp4p/2n2bp1/4p3/2P5/P2B1N2/1PQB1PPP/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6 hxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Bg5 ]
b)
Jan Hinrichs vs Anton Brodmann, Germany, 2012
3r1rk1/1p4bp/p1npqnp1/2p2p2/Q1P2P2/2N1PB2/PP4PP/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5 Nxd5 cxd5 b5 Qxa6 ]
c)
Jorge Leonardo Gomez vs Nicolas Hernandez Aguilar, Bogota, 2013
r3k2r/1pp2pp1/p1n1b2p/3p2qn/3P4/P1PBPP2/4NBPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ g4 if Nf6 h4 or if Bxg4 Rg1 Qe7 Rxg4 ]
d)
Busra Arig vs Ozan Oz, Kocaeli, 2015
rn5r/p1p1q1k1/1p4pp/3p4/2BNb1Q1/P3P3/1P3PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxd5 if Bxd5 Nf5+ or if Re8 Bxa8 ]
e)
Aljaz Dusak vs Chase Watters , Budapest, 2017
rn2kbnr/5ppb/7p/qN1p4/p2PPB2/P4N2/1PQ2PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bd2 if Qxb5 Qc8+ Ke7 Bb4+ Kf6 e5+ mates
or if Qb6 Qc8+ Qd8 Nc7+ Ke7 Bb4+ ]
5a)
Alexander Ginzburg vs Sergei Kiselyov
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Donchenko vs Claus Seyfried, Douglas, 2017
r1b2rk1/pp2q1pp/3b4/3pnp2/4n3/1P1BPN2/PB2NPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe4 dxe4 Nxe5 Bxe5 Qd5+ ]
b)
Mori vs Pezzaldi, corr., 1981
rn1q1rk1/p1pp2pp/1p2p3/8/1BPPb3/4PN2/PP2QPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if gxf3 Qg5+ Kh1 Qg4 ]
c)
Manfred Baeunker vs Osman Palos, Cologne, 1989
r1b2rk1/p3b1pp/1qp1p3/3pNp2/2PPn3/P3P3/1BQ1BPPP/1R2K2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Qa5+ if Kf1 Nd2+ or if Kd1 Nxf2+ ]
d)
Karim Gundelfinger vs Ulli Drescher, Bad Neustadt, 1991
rnbqkb1r/pp4pp/2p1pn2/3p1p2/2PP4/BP3NP1/P3PP1P/RN1QKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxa3 Nxa3 Qa5+ ]
e)
Helmut Lachmann vs Reinhard Auschkalnis, Darmstadt, 1992
rnb3k1/p1p3pp/1p1p1q2/3Ppp2/2P5/2P1PQ2/P3BPPP/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...e4 if Qh5 Qxc3+ ]
6b)
Mori vs Pezzaldi
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
W Junge vs Andreas Gensch, Germany, 1992
4rrk1/pp1B2pp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp2P/4P1P1/P1Q1KP2/2R4q b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ Kxf2 Rf8+ if Ke2 Qg2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Athanasios Karayannis vs Robert Bellin, Corfu, 1993
r3k2N/p1Rq2p1/2n2n1p/2b5/Q1P3bP/2p1Bp2/P7/4KB1R b Kq - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ Bxd2 f2# ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Martin Roob vs Guido Marquart, NRW, 1997
r4rk1/p1p1b2p/1p6/4P1pq/2P1p1n1/1PN1P3/PBQ2PKP/6RR b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3+ ]
d)
Roman Svarc vs Jiri Krejcik, Czech Republic, 2007
r1b2rk1/pp2q1pp/2p5/1P1p1p2/Q2Pn1n1/2NBPN2/P4PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nexf2 Rxf2 Qxe3 Qc2 Nxf2 Qxf2 Qxc1+ ]
e)
Stefanie Dressel vs Bianca Stolcz, Willingen, 2007
rnbqk2r/p5pp/1p1b1n2/3N1p2/3P4/1Q1BP3/PP3P1P/R1B1K1NR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd5 if Qxd5 Bb4+ ]
7b)
mate in 2
Athanasios Karayannis vs Robert Bellin
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alessandro Jones vs Igor Naumkin, Porto Mannu, 2008
r4qk1/1bpp2pp/1p4n1/3Pp3/p1P1P1n1/P1BB2N1/1PQ3PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ if Kf1 Ne3+ or if Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nxd3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Enric Carrey Abellan vs Jordi Vives Cabau, Alella, 2010
r5k1/1bppq1pp/1p2p2r/p4p2/PnPP4/NP2P1P1/3QBP1P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 if gxh4 Rg6+ ]
c)
Dirk Voet vs Svetlana Fomichenko, Brasschaat, 2010
rn3rk1/pbpp2pp/1p2p1q1/4Np2/1bPPn3/1PNBP3/PB3PPP/2RQR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 if Bxc3 Qxg2# or if Nxg6 Nxd1 Rexd1 hxg6 ]
d)
Ruslanas Prigodinas vs Vaidas Setkauskas, Siauliai, 2011
5rk1/p1n1p1bp/3p1np1/2pP4/b1P1N3/Pr4P1/1B1N1PBP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2 if Rxb2 Nxe4 ]
e)
Alex Yakimenko vs Axel Rombaldoni, Plovdiv, 2012
2rr2k1/pb2q1pp/1pp1p3/2b1Pp2/2P1pP2/1PQ1P3/PB2B1PP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb4 Qc2 Rd2 ]
8d)
Ruslanas Prigodinas vs Vaidas Setkauskas
Dutch (A84) puzzles, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ivan Chudakov vs Akmalkhon Mukhitdinov, Kolomna, 2014
rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/4pn2/6B1/2PpN3/3P4/PP2PPPP/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 Bxd8 Bb4+ Qd2 Bxd2+ Kd1 Nxf2+ ]
b)
Fernando Gimeno Diaz vs Alvaro Bayo Milagro, San Sebastian, 2015
r1b3k1/pp1nq1pp/2pbp2r/3pNp2/2PPP3/1P1B1P2/PB1Q2PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 dxe5 Bc5+ if Kh1 Rxh2+ mates ]
c)
Philip Giulian vs Gopala Krishna, Prague, 2017
r2k1r2/pp2pq2/3p3p/2pPnb2/2PbN3/3B2P1/PP1NQPP1/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 if Qe1 Nxd3 ]
9a)
Ivan Chudakov vs Akmalkhon Mukhitdinov
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