Puzzles of the Caro-Kann
Here are some chess puzzles from the Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (ECO B14).

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Dragoljub Minic vs Milan Vukic, Novi Travnik, 1969
r2r2k1/pp1q1pbp/5pp1/3n4/P2P4/1QN2N2/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 if Qxd5 Re8+ ]
b) 
Mario Leoncini vs Guglielmo Weber, Siena, 1975
r1b2rk1/pp1nbppp/2q1p3/1NPp4/1P1PnB2/3B1N2/P4PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nxa7 if Rxa7 b5 ]
c) 
White mates in 5.
Dieter Pirrot vs Didier Ratiarison, Metz, 1991
k2r1bnr/pp2pppp/8/3q1b2/NP3B2/5N2/1P3PPP/2RQKB1R w K - 1 0
[ Nb6+ axb6 Ra1+ Qa5 Qxd8+ ]
d) 
Soren Flink vs Gunnar Osterberg, Sweden, 1992
r1b2rk1/pp2nppp/8/8/3PB3/8/P4PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 Re8 Bf3 if Be6 Bxe7 Rxe7 d5 ]
e) 
Thom Hinks-Edwards vs DW Daniels, London, 1993
r1bq1rk1/p3bppp/1p2pn2/6B1/3P4/2PB1N2/P3QPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if gxf6 or Bxf6 Qe4 ]
1b) 
Mario Leoncini vs Guglielmo Weber
B14 Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Thomas Thiel vs Hendrik Seegers, Germany, 1996
r4rk1/pq1n1ppp/1p3n2/3pN1B1/1b1P4/2N2Q1P/PP3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd7 if Qxd7 Bxf6 gxf6 Nxd5 or if Nxd7 Nxd5 Bxe1 Ne7+ ]
b) 
Karlheinz Scheidt vs Thomas Schoenstein, Wuerzburg, 1998
rnbqkb1r/pp2pp1p/3p2p1/3PP2n/3Q4/2N5/PP3PPP/R1B1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1
[ Bb5+ if Nd7 e6 ]
c) 
Jakob Heissler vs Alexander Markgraf, Germany, 1999
r1bq1rk1/p3ppbp/1p3np1/3nN3/3P4/1BN5/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 Nxd5 Nc6 if Qd6 Bxd5 ]
d) 
Holger Ulbricht vs Jasmin Tobisch, Nuremberg, 1999
r1b2rk1/5ppp/pqn1p3/1p1pP3/3n2PP/3B1N2/PP1QNP2/2R1K2R w - - 0 1
[ Nexd4 Nxd4 Nxd4 if Qxd4 Bxh7+ ]
e) 
Thomas Keller vs Igor Eismont, Dortmund, 2005
rn1q1rk1/p4p1p/bp2pp2/8/3P4/3B1N2/PP1Q1PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Be4 Bxf1 Qh6 f5 Ng5 ]
2c) 
Jakob Heissler vs Alexander Markgraf
B14 Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Tobias Hirneise vs Alexander Kittler, Nuernberg, 2006
r4rk1/npqbbpp1/4p2p/pBPp3n/3P4/P1N1BN2/1P3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd7 Qxd7 Ne5 ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Wolfgang Geidl vs Mustafa Pitic, Baden, 2007
r1b2bkr/pp2p1p1/1q1p2B1/2pP3p/5BnP/2P2N2/PPQ3P1/RN2K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Rh6 Bh7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Jeferson Ortiz vs Alberto Bautista Cesar, Pereira, 2007
r1bq1rk1/ppp2pp1/2n1p3/3p2P1/2PPnQ2/P4N2/1P2PPP1/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qh2 if f5 g6 ]
d) 
White mates in 2.
Artyom Avtsynov vs Andrey Zakharov, Voronezh, 2008
r4b1r/pp1Pk1pp/2n3n1/q1N1p3/4P3/2P1B3/PP3PPP/RN1QK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bg5+ ]
e) 
Anton Maximov vs Alexei Mishin, Vladimir, 2009
r4rk1/pp3pbp/1n1p1np1/P4b2/2qP4/1QN2B2/1P2NPPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxc4 Nxc4 b3 ]
3e) 
Anton Maximov vs Alexei Mishin
B14 Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Mirko Ballmer vs Tomas Polak, Bern, 1996
r2q1rk1/pp2bppp/5n2/3p1bB1/1n1P4/1QN2N2/PP2BPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc2 if Qa3 Nd3 ]
b) 
Thierry Souche vs Binoy Shah, Paris, 1998
2r2rk1/pp3pbp/1q2p1p1/8/Q1Pn4/4NB2/PP1R1PPP/1K2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3 if gxf3 Bc3 ]
c) 
Black mates in 8.
Petr Palachev vs Vadim Moiseenko, Dagomys, 2004
r2q2k1/1p3ppp/p7/3prb2/4nP2/1P1B4/P2N2PP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ ]
d) 
Aminat Dotdaeva vs Vjacheslav Vitik, Belorechensk, 2005
2rq1rk1/p3pp1p/2n3p1/3pP3/3P2b1/2NQbN2/PP2B1PP/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 Qd1 Bf5 Kf1 Nc2 Rb1 Bxd4 ]
e) 
Dieter Ehling vs Roman Hild, Bad Homburg, 2007
1r3rk1/ppqb1ppp/2n1p3/6B1/2PP2n1/1Q3N1P/P3BPP1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 ]
4c) 
mate in 8
Petr Palachev vs Vadim Moiseenko
B14 Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 3.
Hakan Marcus vs Gottlieb Machate, Bad Pyrmont, 1949
2r1r1k1/p2n1p1p/5pp1/qQ1P1b2/N7/5N2/PP3RPP/3K1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Kxc1 Re1+ ]
b) 
Karel Sedivy vs Alois Bartos, Tibor, 2005
rnb1kb1r/pp1p1ppp/4pn2/q5B1/2PN4/8/PP1QPPPP/RN2KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bb4 Nc3 Ne4 ]
c) 
Sergey Novikov vs Peter Trzaska, Germany, 2008
rn3rk1/3bppbp/5np1/qBBp4/P2P4/R1N2N2/5PPP/3QK2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 Qc2 Nxc5 dxc5 Bxb5 ]
d) 
A Rocchia vs Markku Hartikainen, Cappelle la Grande, 2008
r2q1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/4n3/2B3b1/2P1QN2/PP1N1PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 gxf3 Qxd2 Qxd2 Nxf3+ ]
e) 
Viktor Hayuchi vs Anatoly Sedenko, Khanty Mansyisk, 2011
rnbqk2r/pp1p1ppp/4pn2/2b3B1/2PN4/4P3/PP3PPP/RN1QKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qa5+ Nc3 Bxd4 Qxd4 Qxg5 ]
5d) 
A Rocchia vs Markku Hartikainen
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