The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles

Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (B87).

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Stefano De Eccher vs Pietro Garofalo, Valenza, 1975
r1bbk2r/2q3pp/pnNp4/3Pp1P1/Bp6/4B3/PPP2Q1P/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Nxa4 Qf7+ Kd7 Nf5+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Jukka-Pekka Haapasalo vs Hannu Salokangas, Tampere, 1985
rnq2b1r/3b1kpp/p3R3/2pQ4/Bp6/8/PPP2PPP/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kxe7 Bg5+ Ke8 Qe6+ ]
c) 
Jeroen Bosch vs Per Andreasen, Groningen, 1989
r1b2r1k/2q2p1p/p2bp1p1/1p5n/4N1Q1/1B6/PPPB1PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 Qxd6 Bb4 ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Nabil Doghri vs Abdelkarim Zair, Manila, 1992
rnbrR3/2q2kbp/p2p1p2/1p1P2B1/8/1B4Q1/PPP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 if Be6 Qxg7+ Kxe8 Rxe6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 6.
Emory Tate vs David Coleman, Philadelphia, 1993
rn3rk1/5ppp/p1bNpb2/4p3/4N3/1B3P2/PPP2P1P/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ gxf6 Rhg1+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rd8+ ]
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (B87) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Roy Shankar vs Dipanjan Das, Calcutta, 1993
rnb2rk1/5ppp/p1q1p3/1N5Q/2p5/4B3/PPP3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rd8+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Vasily Yemelin vs Mikhail Nepomnishay, St. Petersburg, 1996
r1b1r2k/1q2bp1p/p5pQ/1p1Np1P1/4P3/1P4R1/1PP2P1P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6 Bxf6 gxf6 Rg8 Rd8 ]
c) 
Goulwenn Herdier vs Jean-Yves Soyer, Fouesnant, 1997
r4r1k/1bq1b1pp/p2pBn2/6B1/1p2n3/4R2Q/PPP1NPPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Nabil Doghri vs Zlatko Ilincic, Istanbul, 2000
r1b1kr2/1q1n1pQp/3pp2B/3N4/4R3/1p6/PpP2PPP/1K1R4 w q - 1 0
[ Rxe6+ Kd8 Bg5+ Nf6 Qxf8+ ]
e) 
Peter Lichman vs Viacheslav Kulakov, Chalkidiki, 2001
r2qkb1r/5ppp/p2p1n2/1p2pP2/4b3/1BN5/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxe4 Nxe4 Qd5 ]
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Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (B87) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Dawid Ziolkowski vs Jacek Pietrzycki, Krynica, 2001
r6r/2qnkp2/p4npp/4p1B1/B7/2p5/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd7+ Qxd7 Bxf6+ Ke6 Bxd7+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Martyn Kravtsiv vs Marcin Sieciechowicz, Warsaw, 2007
r1b1k2r/1q1nb1p1/p2ppn1p/1p6/3NP3/2N1B1Q1/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qg6+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Lucas Wickstrom vs Andreas Landgren, Vaxjo, 2008
rn2nrk1/3b1ppp/p2pp3/q3PNQ1/Np6/1B6/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Qe7 if Nf6 Qxf8+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Julian Andres Munoz vs Henry Contreras, Puerto Boyaca, 2012
rn3k1r/1b4Np/p4bn1/1p1N3Q/7q/1B2B3/PPP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxh4 Nxh4 Rxf6+ Kxg7 Bh6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Dieter Morawietz vs Franz Scheckenbach, Bad Wiessee, 2015
r3kr2/5p1p/p1bp1Q2/2q1nP2/B4P2/8/P1P3PP/1R3R1K w q - 1 0
[ Rb7 Bd7 fxe5 Rd8 Bxd7+ Rxd7 Rb8+ ]
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (B87) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Andras Adorjan vs Bjorn Brinck-Claussen, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
3r1r1k/6pp/p4b2/1p1b4/3B4/2N5/PPP3PP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4+ Rxd4 Rxf1+ Kxf1 Bxg2+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 4.
Ludwig Fantin vs Pierre Olivier, Toulouse, 1995
5k2/1b1q1p1p/pN1p1p2/P3p3/1p1n4/1B6/1PP2PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ Kh1 Bxg2+ Kxg2 Qg4+ ]
c) 
Christian Esplana vs Milton Iturry, Peru, 1997
r3r1k1/1b3ppp/p1qb1n2/1p1p1P2/3Q4/PBN1B3/1PP1R1PP/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5 if Qc5 or Qd2 d4 ]
d) 
Jules Reyskens vs Fabien Krzewinski, Charleroi, 2003
r4rk1/1bq2ppp/p4n2/1pbp1P2/3B4/PBN5/1PP2QPP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 Qg3 Bxd4+ Kh1 Qxg3 ]
e) 
Antonio Hernandez Munoz vs Daniel Moreno Gracia, Padrun, 2008
r4rk1/1b3ppp/pq1ppb2/1pn5/3NPP2/1BN3Q1/PPP3PP/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 if Rxd4 Nxb3 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (B87) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Jonathon Zaczek vs Mateusz Eggink, Warsaw, 2011
Qnb2rk1/2q1bppp/p4n2/1p2ppB1/8/1BN5/PPP2PPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb7 Qa7 Bc5 ]
b) 
Andreas Nikomanis vs G Kanakaris, Agios Kirykos, 2011
2r2r1k/1b2bppp/p3pn2/qpn1Q3/3N4/1BN1BP2/PPPR2PP/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...b4 if Nd1 Nxb3 or if Nd5 Nxd5 Nf5 Bf6 ]
c) 
Adrian Grzeskow vs Miroslaw Lewicki, Szczyrk, 2013
r2qk2r/1b2bppp/1n1pp3/pNn5/1p2P1P1/1B2BP2/PPP1N1QP/2KR2R1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...a4 Bxc5 axb3 if a3 or Qc8 Qc8 ]
d) 
Black mates in 3.
Jurij Khalakhan vs Reinhard Heimberger, Austria, 2016
3k1b1r/1b4p1/p1qp2B1/1p5p/4nPn1/P1P1B3/2P1Q1PP/R3R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nef2+ Qxf2 Nxf2+ ]
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