'Tactics in the B80s Sicilian'
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (ECO B86).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4
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)
R Rothgen vs U Wagner, corr., 1974
4k2r/1b2b2p/p1q1pppB/2p5/Pr2NP2/8/1PP1Q1PP/3RR2K w k - 0 1
[ Nd6+ Kd8 Nxb7+ or if Bxd6 Qxe6+ Kd8 Rxd6+ ]
b)
H Hassler vs Christoph Breitenbach, Bayern, 1987
r1b2rk1/1pq1bpp1/p1np1n2/4pPp1/4P3/1BN1B2R/PPP3PP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Nxd5 Qh5 mates or if Qd8 Nxf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Kaido Kulaots vs Hans Juergen Koch, Deizisau, 1997
4r1rk/2q2ppp/p3p3/1p1p2N1/3B1P2/1B4R1/PPP3PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh3 Rgf8 Rxh7+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Michael Bon vs Alexandre Desnos, Montlucon, 1997
2r2r1k/1pq1b1pp/p1bp1pP1/4pP2/P3P2P/1nN1B3/1PP1Q3/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 h6 Bxh6 Rfe8 Bxg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Denis Frolov vs Andrei Komarov, St. Petersburg, 1998
r2Nr1k1/1b2bp2/p2p2p1/2n3P1/1p2P1p1/1B2BP1R/PPP4P/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Kg7 Bd4+ or if Kf8 Rh8+ Kg7 Bd4+ ]
Quick Kills in the Gruenfeld Defense
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B86) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dieter Wallner vs Gerald Hecht, St Veit, 1998
r1bqk2r/4bppp/p2ppn2/1pn3B1/3NP3/1BN2Q2/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nc6 Qd7 Nxe7 Qxe7 e5 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Joel Lautier vs Loek Van Wely, Monaco, 1999
rn3rk1/1p3pB1/p4b2/q4P1p/6Q1/1B6/PPp2P1P/R1K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ hxg4 Rxg4+ Kh7 Rh4+ ]
c)
Nikola Ciganovic vs Tomislav Drmic, Pula, 2000
r6r/1bq1bk1p/p2p1n2/1pn2N2/4P1P1/P1N1BP2/1PP4P/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ g5 if Nd7 Nd5 Bxd5 Qxd5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Daria Zaichenko vs Yana Radchuk, Serpukhov, 2001
r3rk2/3qbppp/p1p5/4B3/P3n1b1/1B4Q1/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rg8# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Ana Grobelsek vs Maja Hocevar, Kranj, 2001
rn3N1k/5Ppp/p7/1p6/4p2q/PB6/1PP3Pb/R1BQ3K w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ hxg6 f8/Q+ ]
2a)
Dieter Wallner vs Gerald Hecht
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B86) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Nase Lungu vs Devarajen Chinasamy, Bled, 2002
r1b4r/1p2kpp1/p3p3/4P2n/2qN4/2N5/PPPQ3P/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ exf5 Qd6+ Ke8 Qd8# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Marcus Heinel vs Frank Kraus, Longerich, 2003
rn1q3r/1b2bR2/pN1kp1p1/3pp2Q/1p2n3/1B2B3/PPP3PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe5+ if Kxe5 Bf4# or if Kc6 Ba4# ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Francis Rayner vs Naomi Miller, Coventry, 2005
r1b1n1k1/1p2brpp/p7/2qNB2Q/4P3/1B6/PPP4P/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Nxf6 Qxf7+ Kh8 Bxf6 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Petr Vavrousek vs Vaclav Milfort, Usti nad Orlici, 2006
r4rk1/2qn1p1p/p1b1p1p1/1pb5/P2B1P1Q/1BNR4/1PP3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Robertino Greco vs Luciano Ciruzzi, Buenos Aires, 2006
1rbq1r2/5pk1/p2p1Np1/1p2p3/4Q3/8/PPP3PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6+ if Kh8 Qh4 or if Kxh6 Qh4+ ]
Quick Kills in the Tarrasch French
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B86) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Eric Brondum vs Allan Poulsen, Copenhagen, 1979
r1bq1rk1/1p2bppp/p1nppn2/5P2/3NP3/1BN5/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 if Be3 e5 or if fxe6 Qxd4+ Qxd4 Nxd4 exf7+ Kh8 ]
b)
Sandro Trindade vs Cicero Braga, Curitiba, 1983
2r1k2r/1pq1bppp/p7/3BpP2/1P1p2P1/5P2/P1PQ1B2/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 ]
c)
Bela Molnar vs Valery Loginov, Kecskemet, 1990
r1bqnrk1/5ppp/p2ppb1B/1p6/3NP1Q1/1P6/1PP1NPPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 Nf5 Kh8 if Be3 g6 ]
d)
Bernd Voekler vs Andrei Lukin, Katowice, 1991
r3r1k1/1p3ppp/p2q1n2/8/3p1P2/1PNQ3P/1PP3P1/4RR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1 if Rxe1 Qb4 ]
e)
Gary Lazar vs James Butler, California, 1993
3r1rk1/1bq1bppp/p4n2/3ppPB1/8/1BN4R/PPPQ2PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d4 if Nd1 Ne4 ]
Quick Kills in the Alapin Sicilian
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B86) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jose Andrade vs Paulo Pinho, Loures, 1996
r1b2rk1/2q1bppp/1n1pp3/p1n3PP/1p1NP3/1B2BP2/PPP1Q3/2KN2RR b - - 0 1
[ ...a4 Bc4 Nxc4 Qxc4 Ba6 if Nb5 Qc6 ]
b)
Jozef Mikita vs Yuri Solodovnichenko, Presov, 1997
2r2rk1/2q2ppp/3bp3/pNn3P1/4bP2/1B2B2Q/PPP2R1P/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb3+ axb3 Qxc2+ Rxc2 Rxc2+ Kb1 Rxh2+ ]
c)
Wilson Lorenzana vs Hector Leyva, Managua, 2001
rn2qrk1/4bppp/pB1pb3/8/Np2Q3/1B6/PPP2PPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 axb3 or cxb3 Bg5+ ]
d)
Aleksander Lukasiewicz vs Aleksandra Zmarzly, Wroclaw, 2007
r3kb1r/1q3ppp/p3p3/1pnnP3/3NN3/8/PPP3PP/R1BQR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 Rxe4 Nc3 ]
e)
Andrey Makushkin vs Ilja Prihodko, Kineshma, 2011
r1br2k1/2q1bppp/ppn2n2/3p4/P4P2/1NN1B3/1PP1BQPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d4 Nxd4 Nxd4 Bxd4 Rxd4 Qxd4 Bc5 ]
5e)
Andrey Makushkin vs Ilja Prihodko
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