Tactics in the King's Indian
Here are some chess puzzles from the 2002-3 Bundesliga.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Martina Skogvall vs Maria Specht, Germany, 2002
3rrk2/1p4b1/p1bqBpp1/P1pNp3/4P3/7Q/1PP3PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ Bxf6 Qh6+ Bg7 Rf1# ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Anneliese Forchmann vs Marion Albert, Germany, 2002
4r1k1/pp5p/1bq1n1pB/4P3/1P3QB1/5R1P/P1r5/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ Qxe6 Qf8+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Astrid Froehlich-Dill vs Mirjam Engel, Germany, 2002
r4b1r/1qN1kppp/pPnp4/P1p1p3/8/1Q6/1P1B1P1P/R3K1NR w KQ - 1 0
[ Bg5+ if Kd7 Qh3+ or if f6 Qe6+ ]
d) 
Marion Albert vs Angelika Schwebbach, Germany, 2002
4rrk1/pp1bn1bp/1q4p1/2p1ppB1/3nP2N/2NP2P1/PPPQ2BP/1R3R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxe7 Rxe7 Nd5 ]
e) 
Ursula Muench vs Kathrin Von Zweydorf, Germany, 2002
1r4k1/pbq1rpbp/1p3np1/3p4/4P3/1P4P1/PBQN1PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc7 Rxc7 Be5 ]
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