'Tactics in the B50s Sicilian'
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack (ECO B55).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+
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)
Eero Boek vs Zigfrids Solmanis, Kemeri, 1939
2k2b1r/1p1n4/p3q1pp/4pp2/2P1N3/3QBP2/PP4PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Dragoslav Andric vs Luigi Santolini, Caorle, 1981
5b2/R4p1p/1r2kp2/1p2pN2/2r1P3/P1P3P1/1PK4P/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ Bxe7 Ng7# ]
c)
Giulio Borgo vs Rogier Van Egmond, Montecatini Terme, 1997
r3k1r1/1p3p1p/p3b3/2PNq3/4p3/3p4/PP3QPP/4RRK1 w q - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Kf8 Nd7+ ]
d)
David Budai vs Janos Gombar, Balatonlelle, 2001
r2qr1k1/1b3p1p/p4p1B/1p1np3/8/1B1Q1P2/PPP3PP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ 0-0-0 if Ne7 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxh7+ ]
1b)
mate in 2
Dragoslav Andric vs Luigi Santolini
B55 Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Heikki Westerinen vs Florian Dinger, Pforzheim, 2005
3rk2r/3q2pp/p4p2/1pbbp3/4Q3/1B3P2/PPPB2PP/2KR3R w k - 0 1
[ Bxd5 Qxd5 Ba5 ]
b)
Dimitra Vatkali vs Ageliki Papathanasiou, Halkidiki, 2007
r3k2r/pp3p1p/1n3np1/3qpN2/8/4QP2/PPP3PP/RN3RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nc3 if Qd8 Qxe5+ Kf8 Rad1 Nbd7 Rxd7 Qxd7 Qxf6 ]
c)
K Gallien vs Dieter Wolf, DDR, 1983
2k1r3/pp5p/5pp1/1q1n4/6N1/5P2/PPPB1bPP/R2Q3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]
d)
Dmitry Kononenko vs Vladislav Borovikov, Simferopol, 2003
3q1rk1/b5pp/p7/3Pp2n/5p2/5P2/PP1BQ1PP/R2R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ if hxg3 Qg5 ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Maria Manelidou vs Maria Ikonomopoulou, Greece, 2005
r3k2r/1p1b2pp/p7/2bPp1qn/5pN1/2N2P2/PPPQ2PP/R1B2R1K b kq - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ hxg3 Qh5+ Nh2 fxg3 ]
2e)
mate in 5
Maria Manelidou vs Maria Ikonomopoulou
B55 Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jose Ridameya Tatche vs Julien Dubreuil, Barbera, 2005
r4rk1/4bppp/p1q5/1p1bp3/8/2N2P2/PPPBQ1PP/3RK2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Bh4+ if Kf1 Bc4 or if g3 Bxf3 ]
b)
Illya Nyzhnyk vs K Nikologorskiy, Herceg Novi, 2005
4rrk1/3b2pp/p7/1pbP1pq1/2P5/1P1Q1PP1/P3N3/2RN1K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 if Kxe2 Re8+ or if f4 Re3 Nxe3 Qxg3 Ke2 Re8 ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Aleksandr Andreev vs Ruslan Dusenov, Astrakhan, 2007
4r1k1/3N1ppp/3r4/8/1n3p1P/5P2/PP3K1P/RN5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ if Kf1 Re1+ Kg2 Rg6+ ]
d)
Alban Delorme vs Sebastien Pucher, Nancy, 2007
r1bq2k1/6pp/p7/1pbPp2n/2P3P1/1P6/1P5P/RNBQ1N1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 if gxh5 Qe4+ mates or if Ne3 Bxe3 Bxe3 Bxg4 ]
e)
Hugo Chavarro vs Alejandro Mateus, Cali, 2008
r1b2rk1/bp4pp/p2N4/3Pp2n/5p2/5P2/PPP3PP/R1BQ1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ hxg3 Rf6 ]
3c)
mate in 4
Aleksandr Andreev vs Ruslan Dusenov
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