'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch Defense (ECO A91).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7
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)
Max Euwe vs Nicolaas Cortlever, Beverwijk, 1940
r1bq1rk1/ppp1b1pp/8/3nnp2/8/4P1PN/PP1N1PBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc4 Nxc4 Bxd5+ ]
b)
Fernando Belistri vs Richard Brent, Barcelona, 1965
r1b2rk1/pp1qb1pp/2ppnn2/1N3p2/2P2N2/1P4P1/P3PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if Qxe6 Nc7 or if cxb5 Nxf8 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
David Bekker-Jensen vs Jan Mortensen, Copenhagen, 1998
r1b2rk1/pp4pp/2p1nP2/6Q1/2q1P1N1/2N5/PP4nP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kh8 fxg7+ Nxg7 Rxf8+ ]
d)
Antonio Granero Roca vs Inaki Rebole Arbea, Mondariz, 2002
r5k1/pbn3qp/1p6/3p2Q1/3p1N2/1P2b1P1/PB4BP/4RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rxe3 ]
e)
Inna Ivakhinova vs Tatiana Ertel, Obninsk, 2007
r4r1k/pp1b2pp/1qp5/2bn4/3B1N2/1P3QP1/P2R2BP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Rxf3 Nxb6 Rxf1+ Bxf1 or if cxd5 Qxf8+ Bxf8 Bxb6 ]
1c)
mate in 4
David Bekker-Jensen vs Jan Mortensen
Dutch Defense (A91) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kelly vs D Geddis, Aalborg, 1987
r1b1q1k1/pp5p/2pp1r2/2P1n1p1/8/6PN/PP3PBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh3 Bxh3 Nf3+ if Kh1 Qh5 Qb3+ d5 or if Kg2 Qe4 Qb1 Qd5 ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Christopher Ward vs Robert Bellin, West Bromwich, 1997
r3qr1k/ppp3pB/6Q1/8/1nP5/4BpPb/PP5P/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe3+ if Rxe3 f2+ Kh1 f1/Q+ ]
c)
Esteban Moran Amezaga vs Victor Rodriguez Herreros, Albal, 1997
r2qr3/1p4k1/2pb3p/p5p1/Pn1PB1b1/3N2P1/1P1Q1B1P/R3R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 Rxe4 Bf3+ Kg1 Bxe4 ]
d)
Jesus Ariste Justo vs Justo Sanchez Ruiz, Benidorm, 2010
3r2k1/1p4pp/2p2n2/p1n1q3/2P3b1/PPN1B3/2Q2PBP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5 if Qb2 Ng4 or if Qc1 Nd3 ]
e)
Irina Turova vs Maria Leconte, Monaco, 2017
r4rk1/pp2b1pp/2p1Pn2/3qn3/5B2/3P2PB/PPQ2P1P/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kh1 Ne1+ ]
f)
Francisco R T Trois vs Jaison Jose Bassani, Florianopolis, 2017
2n2rk1/pp4pp/1b1p1nq1/1P1Pp3/4P3/B2Q2PP/P3N1BK/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ if hxg4 Qh6+ Bh3 Rxf1 or if Kh1 Rxf1+ Bxf1 Nf2+ ]
2b)
mate in 4
Christopher Ward vs Robert Bellin
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