'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, Classical Variation (ECO A96)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6
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)
Robert Jankowicz vs Czeslaw Ambrosewicz, corr., 1974
r1q3k1/1pp3p1/3p4/p4bB1/2P3pQ/P7/1Pn1rPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ if Kf8 Qh8# or if Be6 Qxg4 Bxd5 Qxe2 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Michael Niermann vs Thomas Krueger, Cattolica, 1993
2brr1k1/pp1q2p1/n1p1p2p/3pB2R/2PP2BP/5RP1/PPQ2P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6 if Qf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Rxf7+ or if gxh6 Qg6+ ]
c)
Dominique Bouchez vs Denis Charpentier, corr., 1994
r4rk1/1p1nq2p/2p2n2/p7/P1P1pb2/1PQ4B/1B1R1P1P/R3N1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Nxd7 Qh8+ ]
d)
Stefan Wolff vs Jens Trzcielinski, Pinneberg, 1997
r1bbr1k1/1p4pp/p2p4/1NnP1p2/8/P4BP1/q3PP1P/1RRQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 Rf8 Rxc5 Be7 Rc2 Qxa3 Nc4 if Qc5 or Qa4 Nb6 ]
e)
Evi Gruenenwald vs Nicole Nentwig, Switzerland, 1997
r1bb1rk1/1pp3pp/p2pnn2/3N1p1q/2PN4/1P4P1/PB2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 Bxe6 Nf4 Qe8 Bxf6 Rxf6 Nxe6 Rxe6 Bd5 ]
1e)
Evi Gruenenwald vs Nicole Nentwig
Dutch, Classical Variation (A96) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Pablo Lafuente vs Juan Saenz Zabala, San Sebastian, 2008
r1b2rk1/1p2n1pp/2p1p3/p2pPp2/P1P2P2/1PQ1B1P1/4q1BP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc5 if Re8 Bf3 ]
b)
Ben Purton vs Christopher Russell, Millfield School, 2004
r1b1qr1k/p1p3pp/1pn2b2/2NBpp2/3P4/2P1P1P1/P1Q2P1P/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4 if Bd7 Nxd7 or if Nxd4 cxd4 Qxa4 Nxa4 ]
c)
August Hohn vs Berthold Plischke, Berlin, 2010
r2q1rk1/ppp1b1pp/2n5/4p3/2P5/1PNb2P1/PB3PBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ Kh8 Qxd3 ]
d)
Jha Sriram vs Klaus-Guenther Besenthal, Lueneburg, 2015
4rrk1/ppp3pp/2n5/q3Nb2/2P5/2P1Q1P1/3R1PBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ if Be6 Nxc6 or if Kh8 Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ mates ]
e)
Shah Sagar vs Thijs Roorda, Dieren, 2016
4rrk1/ppp2qpp/3p4/n3b3/2b2B2/2P1N1P1/P1Q2PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc4 Nxc4 Bd5 ]
2a)
Pablo Lafuente vs Juan Saenz Zabala
Dutch, Classical Variation (A96) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Giorgi Kacheishvili vs Brandon Jacobson, Philadelphia, 2016
rq4k1/1ppbRrpp/3p4/p1n5/2PB4/1P3PP1/P2Q2BP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 Kxf7 Bxc5 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Hing Ting Lai vs Thijs Roorda, Leiden, 2016
r1bb1r1k/1pp3pp/8/pN1Q4/2P1ppP1/PP5q/1BN1P1n1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7 if Rg8 Qxg7+ ]
c)
Daniela Larrea vs Juana Rueda Nessi, Montevideo, 2017
r4rk1/ppp5/3pnq1p/3B2p1/2P5/4B1P1/PPQ2P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4 Qe7 Qg6+ ]
d)
Yuto Otawa vs Yoshitaro Matsumoto, Tokyo, 2019
r4nk1/p2b2pp/1p1q4/2pPp1b1/2P1P3/1P3QP1/PB4BP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh8 Bxe5 ]
e)
Black mates in 6.
Grigory Goldberg vs Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Leningrad, 1932
6k1/ppp3pp/5r2/3P3q/3n1p2/1P4Pb/PB3Q1P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...fxg3 if Qxd4 Qe2 Rf2 gxf2+ or if Qxg3 Ne2+ ]
3b)
mate in 4
Hing Ting Lai vs Thijs Roorda
Dutch, Classical Variation (A96) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Donal O'Sullivan vs A J Roycroft, Dublin, 1953
r1bb1rk1/pp4pp/2pp4/7q/1BPPN1n1/6PN/PP3PKP/1Q2RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ Kxh3 Ne3+ g4 Rf3+ Ng3 Bxg4# ]
b)
Halldor Gardarsson vs Russel Chauvenet, Amsterdam, 1980
r1q1r1k1/pp1nb2p/2p1b3/1N1pNpp1/3Pn3/1Q2B1P1/PP2PPBP/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 dxe5 d4 ]
c)
Bobby Beeke vs Michiel Snuverink, Hengelo, 2001
r1b2rk1/ppp1b2p/8/4p2q/2P1N1n1/1PQ1PN2/PB4BP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 h3 Rxh3+ Kg1 Rh1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 5.
Alex Hamilton vs Timothy Taylor, Las Vegas, 2004
N1b2rk1/1p4pp/8/p2R1pb1/2P1p1n1/P5P1/1PQ1PPBq/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ fxe3 Bxe3 Ke1 Qxg2 ]
e)
David Sully vs David Adams, Paington, 2005
5r1k/1Qp3pp/3p4/p2Br2q/2b4P/6P1/PP1R1P2/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd5 if Rxd5 Qf3 ]
4a)
mate in 4
Donal O'Sullivan vs A J Roycroft
Dutch, Classical Variation (A96) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
David James vs Jonathan Nelson, England, 2013
r4rk1/1pp3pp/2n5/p1b2b2/2P1p3/2N3PP/PP2K1B1/R1BRN3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ if hxg4 Rf2# ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Roberto Hernandez Recio vs Johannes Melkevik, Prague, 2016
4rrk1/pppR2pp/8/8/2P5/1PQ2pPb/P3qP1P/3R2KB b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf2+ Kxf2 Re2+ ]
c)
Pierre Fogel vs Ralf Kaeck, Pardubice, 2017
r1bq1rk1/ppp1n1pp/3p1b2/3Pp1N1/2P5/1P2Q1P1/PB3PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf5 ]
5b)
mate in 3
Roberto Hernandez Recio vs Johannes Melkevik
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