'Tactics in the B50s Sicilian'



Here are some chess puzzles from the Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (ECO B51).



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+



Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
White to move and win except where noted.

a)
Ladislav Kotan vs Milos Kebis, Bratislava, 1992
r4rk1/1p1bb1pp/pq1ppn2/n7/B3P3/2N2N1P/PP3PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 ]

b)
Rafael Gonzalez Custodio vs Pablo Glavina, Spain, 1994
r3k2r/3qppbp/p4np1/n7/2p5/2P5/P1BPQPPP/RNB1R1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Ba4 if Nc6 Bxc6 ]

c)
Bo Kyhle vs Ulf Lenneman, Stockholm, 1994
r1b2rk1/1p2qppp/p3p3/4Q3/8/2N5/PPP2PPP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qc5 Nf6 or if Qh4 Nb6 Ra7 Qb8 ]

d)
Laszlo Pergel vs Laszlo Feher, Budapest, 1996
r1b1k2r/p1q1b1pp/2p1pp2/2pnN3/2N5/3P4/PPP2PPP/R1BQR1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Qh5+ ]

e)
Kaido Kulaots vs Jyrki Kiltti, Hyvinkaa, 1996
r3k2r/1pqb1ppp/p3pn2/2b1N3/3Q1B2/2N5/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nxd7 if Nxd7 Qxg7 ]

1c)
Bo Kyhle vs Ulf Lenneman

Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sergej Berezjuk vs Alexey Bulygin, Minsk, 1996
r1b1k2r/1p3p1p/4pp1b/2Q5/5q2/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 ]

b)
Steven Young vs Leigh Emrich, San Antonio, 1997
r1b1kb1r/1p1n1ppp/p2pp3/6B1/3QP3/2N2N2/PqP2PPP/3R1RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qxc2 Rc1 Qxc1 Rxc1 exd5 Qa7 or if Qd4 Nc7# ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Kalle Kiik vs Hannu Salmela, Seinajoki, 1997
r1kq1b1r/5ppp/p4n2/2pPR1B1/Q7/2P5/P4PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc6+ if Qc7 Re8+ Nxe8 Qxe8+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Fletcher Baragar vs Roland Ott, Winnipeg, 1997
r1b1r1k1/1pq1bp1p/p2p2pB/3P4/P7/5Q2/1P3PPP/R3RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6 if Bf8 Rxe8 ]

e)
Sopio Gvetadze vs Eka Kheladze, Tbilisi, 2000
4k2r/1p1bppbp/p1rp1np1/3Nn3/2P1P3/4NP2/PP2B1PP/R1B1K2R w KQk - 0 1
[ Nxf6 if Bxf6 f4 ]

2c)
mate in 4
Kalle Kiik vs Hannu Salmela

Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Tomas Oral vs Stanislav Jasny, Pardubice, 2000
2r1kb1r/1p1nppp1/p1b4p/2pN4/4PB2/5N2/PPP2PPP/1K1RR3 w k - 0 1
[ Nc7+ if Kd8 Ne5 Kxc7 Nxd7+ Kd8 Nf6+ ]

b)
Konstantin Chernyshov vs Krystian Jedryczka, Pardubice, 2001
r2qk2r/1Q2bp1p/p3bpp1/8/3p4/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Qc6+ if Bd7 Rxe7+ Kxe7 Nd5+ Kf8 Bh6+ mates ]

c)
Torsten Sarbok vs Ronald Heydecke, Bad Harzburg, 2002
r2qkb1r/4pp1p/p1np1np1/P1p5/1p2P3/2P2Q1P/1PBP1PP1/RNB1K2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Ba4 if Rc8 e5 ]

d)
Luke McShane vs Computer "Kuppenheim 12hB", Kuppenheim, 2002
2rqr1k1/1p1bppbp/p1np1np1/6B1/3PP3/2N2N1P/PP3PP1/R2QRBK1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 dxe5 dxe5 Nh5 g4 h6 Bd2 ]

e)
Jason Luchan vs John Kenny, Parsippany, 2003
r1b1kb1r/1p1n1ppp/p2pp3/q5B1/4P3/1RN2N2/P1PQ1PPP/5RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qc5 Rc3 ]

3a)
Tomas Oral vs Stanislav Jasny

Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Miroslav Markovic vs Dusan Radovanovic, Budva, 2003
4kb1r/3rpppp/p1Qp1n2/3P1q2/8/2N5/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w k - 0 1
[ Qc8+ Rd8 Qxf5 ]

b)
Christian Rebber vs Peter Becker, Recklinghausen, 2003
r2qk2r/1p3pbp/p1b3p1/3Np3/4P1n1/5N2/PPP3PP/R2Q1RBK w kq - 1 0
[ Bb6 if Qd7 Nc7+ or if Ne3 Bxe3 ]

c)
Adrian Negulescu vs James Burden, Virginia Beach, 2003
2r1k2r/1p2bpp1/p1bp1n1p/4p3/Pq2P3/R1NQB3/1PPN1PPP/1R4K1 w k - 1 0
[ Rb3 Qa5 Bb6 ]

d)
Markus Fischer vs Wolfgang Kordts, Bayern, 2007
r4rk1/1pq1bpp1/p3bn1p/2p1N3/4P3/2N3Q1/PP3PPP/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6 Rfc8 Bf4 ]

e)
Olga Zimina vs Maria Schoene, Olbia, 2008
3rk2r/1p2ppb1/p3b2p/q2NN1p1/3Q4/6P1/PPP2PP1/2KRR3 w k - 1 0
[ Qa4+ if Qxa4 Nc7+ Kf8 Rxd8+ ]

4e)
Olga Zimina vs Maria Schoene

Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Svetlana Vasilkova vs Maria Schoene, Neustadt, 2008
r4rk1/3bqppp/p3p3/1p2N3/4Q3/8/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb7 if Rfd8 Nc6 or if Qd6 Nxd7 Rfd8 Rad1 ]

b)
Vladimir Talla vs Robert Cvek, Prerov, 1994
r3k2r/p4ppp/1qp3n1/2bpP3/8/2Q1B3/PP3PPP/RN1R2K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...d4 if Bxd4 Rd8 or if Rxd4 Bxd4 Qxd4 Qxd4 Bxd4 Rd8 ]

c)
Gorodish vs Alexb, corr., 2003
2r2rk1/p3pp1p/2pp1bp1/q1p5/4P3/1Q1P3P/PPP2PP1/1R1N1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb8 if Qc4 Rb4 ]

d)
Guenter Albinus vs Rene Schildt, Berlin, 2006
r3k2r/p3bppp/3p1n2/qp1Nn3/4P1b1/1B3N2/PP3PPP/R1BQR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Qxe1+ Qxe1 Nxf3+ ]

e)
Dalia Kanceljak vs Kristina Solic, Sibenik, 2009
r2q1rk1/pp1bppbp/2np2p1/1B6/3NP1n1/4B3/PPPQNPPP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Nxd4 Bxd4 ]

5d)
Guenter Albinus vs Rene Schildt

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