'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.0-0-0 (ECO B78).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0
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)
White mates in 5.
Achim Longwitz vs Manfred Klein, Volklingen, 1970
2rqn3/3b1pk1/3pp1p1/1Pr1P1P1/5P2/p1N5/BPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh2 Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 exd6+ ]
b)
Hans Holaszek vs Massoud Amir Savadkouhi, Skopje, 1972
2rr2k1/1p2ppb1/2bp1np1/p1q5/P2NPQP1/1BN2P1R/1PP5/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if fxe6 Bxe6+ Kf8 Rh1 g5 Qh2 ]
c)
White mates in 6.
Nikolaos Gavrilakis vs Khosro Shahsavar, Nice, 1974
2r4k/ppq1pp2/6p1/4pbB1/2r5/1NN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6+ exf6 Qh6+ Kg8 Rh1 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Andras Adorjan vs Predrag Ostojic, Olot, 1974
3qr3/pp1b1p1Q/3pp1p1/4k3/2rN2P1/2N5/PPP5/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qh2+ Kxd4 Qxd6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Francesco Nitti vs Costanzo, Ciocco, 1975
rqr3k1/3bppBp/3p2P1/p7/1n2P3/1p3P2/1PPQ2P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ gxh7+ Kxg7 h8/Q+ ]
1d)
mate in 3
Andras Adorjan vs Predrag Ostojic
Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.0-0-0 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Bengt Hammar vs Olle Edelsvard, Sweden, 1976
rqr4k/1p1b1Qbn/3p4/3Bp3/p2BP3/2N2P2/PPP3P1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Bh6+ Be3 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Roberto Costantini vs Gyula Pinter, Szeged, 1994
r2r1k2/3bpp1p/p2p1nP1/1p1N4/3qP3/1B6/PPP4P/2KR2R1 w - - 1 0
[ g7+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Michiel Smissaert vs A Langbroek, Haarlem, 1995
r4r2/2q1ppk1/2bp2p1/pp6/Pn1NP1P1/1PN2P2/1P1Q4/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Kf6 g5+ Ke5 Qh2# ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Leo Armino vs Lutz Glaser, NRW, 1995
2q2r1k/pp2pp2/3pb3/7p/2r1P2P/2b1BP2/PPPQ4/1K1R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4+ if Kh7 Rg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Damjan Penjov vs Istvan Vojan, Laguna, 1996
rqr2Bkb/4pp2/2bp2pQ/p2B3n/4P3/2p2P2/PPP3P1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ Bg7 Qxf7+ ]
2c)
mate in 3
Michiel Smissaert vs A Langbroek
Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.0-0-0 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Axel Widmer vs Ralf Mainhardt, Tamm, 2000
5rk1/2rqpp2/p1bp1np1/1p6/4P1P1/1BN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if Nh5 Qxg6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Orsolya Horvath vs Zsuzsa Remete, Paks, 2000
4r1k1/pp1bpp2/2rpnbp1/q7/4P1P1/1BN2P2/PPPB3Q/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Bh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Nana Tsikarishvili vs Ketevan Jashiashvili, Tbilisi, 2001
2rq1r2/1p1bppk1/3p1np1/4n1B1/3NP1p1/1pN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ if Kxf6 Nd5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Bilal Gumusdagli vs Emre Yilmaz, Izmir, 2003
2r1rBkb/2qb1p2/p1nppnp1/3B4/1p1NP1P1/5P2/PPPQN3/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ Nh7 Qg7# ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Ganbaatar Saikhanzaya vs Beste Abdimanoglu, Kemer, 2007
3qr1k1/1p2ppb1/p2p2p1/8/2rNP3/2N4Q/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Ne6+ fxe6 Rdf1+ Bf6 Qh8+ ]
3e)
mate in 5
Ganbaatar Saikhanzaya vs Beste Abdimanoglu
Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.0-0-0 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 7.
Roland Verstraeten vs David Levy, Sinaya, 1965
2r4k/1p2BQ1p/p2p2p1/8/4P2P/1B3N2/PbP5/1K1nq3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3+ Kxb2 Qb1+ Ka3 Qc1+ Kb4 a5+ Kxa5 Qa3+ ]
b)
Raimo Lindroos vs Hugo Villiger, corr., 1973
1r4k1/4ppb1/3p2p1/4n2p/qNp1P2P/P1P1BP2/Q5P1/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ if Nxd3 Rb3 Nb2 Rxc3+ mates ]
c)
Roland Schweda vs Lajos Gyorkos, Oberwart, 1991
5rk1/1p1b1pbp/1q1pp1p1/p1r5/P2NP2P/1B2QP2/1PP3P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Nb5 Rxc2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 6.
Luiz Gentil vs Helder Camara, Brazil, 1976
4nr1k/pp2Np1p/3p2P1/1b2b3/2r3P1/1N1QBP2/1qPK4/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ if Ke1 Bg3+ Kf1 Bxd3+ or if Qxc2 Bc3# ]
e)
Ilkka Rasinmaki vs Jouko Ilmonen, Finland, 1985
rqr3k1/1p3pbp/3pp1p1/nB6/p3P2P/4BP2/PPPQ2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3+ axb3 axb3 Qb4 Rxc2+ mates ]
2a)
mate in 7
Roland Verstraeten vs David Levy
Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.0-0-0 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Juergen Meyer vs Arne Jea, Schleswig Holstein, 1988
1rr3kb/4pp1p/3p1npB/pq6/1n2P2P/1BN2P2/1PPQ2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Na2+ Nxa2 Qxb3 Qd3 Qxb2+ ]
b)
Bogdan Sokolik vs W Graczykowski, corr., 1992
r6q/pp1b1pk1/3pp1P1/2r1n3/3NPQ2/1B3P2/PPP5/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh1 Rxh1 Nd3+ ]
c)
Daniel Campora Perez vs Vadim Sharevich, Tallinn, 1997
2rq1rk1/pp1bppbp/2np1np1/8/2BNP2P/2N1BP2/PPPQ2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Qxd4 Ng4 if Qd3 Nxe3 ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Evgeny Iljin vs Anatoly Gorbushin, Perm, 1998
2r5/pp2ppbk/q2p2p1/3P1b1P/2r3p1/1NP1BP2/PP1Q4/K5RR b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxa2+ ]
e)
Alan Clark vs David Ottosen, Edmonton, 2000
2r3k1/pp2ppbp/1q1p2p1/8/2rNP2P/7Q/PPP1N3/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ Nxc2 Qxb2+ Kd2 Rxc2+ ]
5a)
Juergen Meyer vs Arne Jea
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