The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B88).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Svetozar Gligoric vs Arturo Pomar, Salamanca, 1960
5rk1/pp3ppp/3r1n2/q3pR2/4b3/1BN5/PPP2QPP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxe4 Nxe4 Rxf7 if Nxf2+ R7xf2+ or if Re8 Rf8# ]
b)
Martin Johansson vs Goran Brostrom, Eskilstuna, 1971
r3kb1r/2q2ppp/p1bp4/n2QpPB1/Bp2P3/8/PPP1N1PP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxa5 if Qxa5 Bxc6# ]
c)
Jana Krivec vs Anita Licina, Ljubljana, 1997
r1bq1rk1/4bppp/p3p3/1p2p3/3Q1P2/1PN1B3/1PP3PP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 if Bd7 Qb7 ]
d)
Jozsef Dobos vs Peter Andi, Szekszard, 1998
2rbnrk1/1bq3p1/p2p1pPp/3p1P1Q/1p2P3/1B2B3/PPP4P/2KR2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd5 Bxd5 Bxd5+ Kh8 Rg2 if b3 Bxh6 mates ]
e)
Petr Mach vs Pavel Vozka, Czech Republic, 1999
r1bqr2k/1p3p1p/p2p1p1B/4np2/7Q/1B6/PPP3PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7 if Nxf7 Qxf6+ or if Bd7 Rxe5 Rxe5 Qg3 ]
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B88) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Cherin Sakkal vs Detlef Doell, Bad Woerishofen, 2001
r1b2rk1/1p2b1pp/p2p4/2n2pP1/2qN1P2/2N1BQ2/PPP4P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Bd8 or Re8 b3 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
David Gross vs Joerg Hagenauer, Bad Zwesten, 2001
2rk2nr/1p1b1Qpp/p2pp3/q5b1/3NP3/1PN1B3/1PP4P/2KR1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6+ Bxe6 Rxd6+ ]
c)
Dusan Zdjelar vs Peter Levermore, Durham, 2002
r4rk1/1b2qp1p/p3p1pP/1p2P3/3R1Q2/1PN5/1PP3P1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 if Qxd7 Qf6 ]
d)
Stojan Ivanov vs Valentin Valev, Sunny Beach, 2005
2r2rk1/2qbbp1p/p1npp2Q/1p3nP1/8/1BN1B3/PPP1N2P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf5 exf5 Nd5 if Qd8 Nf6+ mates ]
e)
Ales Ruzicka vs Martin Sourek, Tabor, 2012
r4rk1/1bq1bppp/p3pn2/1p2p3/3B1P2/2NB3Q/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ fxe5 Bc5 exf6 Bxd4+ Kh1 h6 Qg4 ]
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Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B88) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nikolas Seretakis vs Georgios Efthimiou, Nikea, 2006
r1b1k2r/4bppp/p1q1p3/1ppN4/8/1B6/PPP1QPPP/2KR2R1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxe7 if Kxe7 Bd5 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Vladislav Nozdrachev vs Aleksandr Patsyk, Dubna, 2007
2r2rk1/1p1n1pp1/pqb3R1/2b1p3/4P3/1BN1BQ2/PPP4P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Qh5+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Jan Havlik vs Filip Hlavsa, Tabor, 2009
r1b1rbk1/1p3ppp/pqnp4/5NB1/8/1B3Q2/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ if gxh6 Qxf7+ or if Kh8 Nxf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ Kh8 Qxf8+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Alexandr Smirnov vs Leonid Abramov, Saratov, 2010
3r2rk/pb3ppp/4p3/2p5/2B2qQ1/2B4P/PPP2PPb/3RR2K w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Csaba Marosi vs Laszlo Zsiros, Kecskemet, 2011
1r1qnrk1/4bpp1/2ppb1P1/p3p3/4P3/1BN1B3/PPP4P/R2Q1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 Nf6 Rxf6 fxg6 Bxe6+ Rf7 Bxf7+ ]
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B88) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sameer Sursock vs Bent Larsen, Siegen, 1970
r1b1kbr1/1p3p1p/pq1ppp2/4n3/3NP3/1BN5/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b q - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 if Qxd4 Nf3+ ]
b)
Nigel Fullbrook vs D A Yanofsky, Edmonton, 1979
r2q1r1k/3bb1np/p2pp1pQ/1p2n1P1/3BPN2/1BN5/PPP4P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 Rxf4 Bxg5 Rf8+ Qxf8 if Qxg5 Nf3+ ]
c)
Blaz Kosmac vs Bhatia Beenish, Calicut, 1998
r1bq1rk1/1p2bppp/p1nppn2/5P2/3NP3/1BN5/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 Be3 e5 Nd5 Nxd5 exd5 ]
d)
Guifre Calaf Rellver vs Fernando Braga, Dos Hermanas, 2000
r1bq3k/p5pp/1p6/3Bn2Q/3b4/2N5/PPP2BPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 Bxd4 Bxh5 Bxe5 Rc8 ]
e)
Liboslav Cesek vs Karel Zejda, Brno, 2004
r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p1nppn2/6B1/2BNP3/P1NQ4/1PP2PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 Qg3 Qxc4 b3 Qxd4 Rad1 Qc5 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (B88) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Csaba Balogh vs Christopher Lutz, Budapest, 2004
5rk1/5ppp/1q2pb2/pb6/1pB2Q2/8/PPP3PP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5 if Bxb5 Bg5 ]
b)
Alonso Zapata vs Vladimir Dobrov, Neiva, 2005
1r1q1rk1/3nbppp/b1p1p3/p3P3/N1B2P2/4BR2/PP4PP/2RQ2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc4 Rxc4 Nxe5 ]
c)
Kamal Guillaume vs Andreea-Teodora Sasu-Ducsoara, Saint-Affrique, 2005
rq1b1rk1/1p3pp1/pB1pbn1p/4p3/2N1P3/1PN5/1PP1QPPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc4 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Francois Forlot vs Claire Marchadour, Avoine, 2008
3rr1k1/pp2qpp1/2n4p/1N5b/8/2Q2P2/PPPRB1PP/3K3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe2+ Kc1 Qe1+ ]
e)
Pavol Cisarik vs Peter Molnar, Kosice, 2010
r2q1rk1/4bppp/p1p2n2/2Bp1b2/N4P2/1B6/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc5+ Nxc5 Qb6 Qd4 Nd7 Ne6 fxe6 ]
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