'Chess Opening' series from wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the 2010/11 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 2.
David Howell vs Tomasz Warakomski, Germany, 2010
rnR5/p3p1kp/4p1pn/bpP5/5BP1/5N1P/2P2P2/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Be5+ ]
b) 
White mates in 2.
Tanja Butschek vs Julia Krasnopeyeva, Germany, 2011
r1b2k2/1p1p1r1B/n4p2/p1qPp3/2P4N/4P1R1/PPQ3PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 3.
Eva Kulovana vs Tatiana Melamed, Germany, 2010
5rk1/6pp/p3p3/1P6/3bB3/6P1/2P3P1/1R5K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf6 ]
d) 
Black mates in 3.
Anne Higgelke vs Kristyna Havlikova, Germany, 2010
5rk1/1p2p2p/2p3p1/3P1q2/P1b1n3/P3b3/6PP/B2RQB1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ if Qxg3 Qxf1+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Thomas Lentrodt vs Dennis Breder, Germany, 2011
4r3/p3P2r/4R3/5p2/1P3P2/P7/2Rn1k1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
1b) 
mate in 2
Tanja Butschek vs Julia Krasnopeyeva
2010/11 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Maria Schoene vs Veronika Kiefhaber, Germany, 2010
3r2k1/pp3p1p/1q2pQp1/3rR2P/3p4/1PP1RP2/P5P1/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ h6 if Kf8 Rxe6 ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Laszlo Gonda vs David Hoeffer, Germany, 2010
4q3/p4k2/1p1P2p1/3pQp1p/7P/P3P1R1/2r1r1PK/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5+ if Kg8 Qxe8+ Kh7 Rxh5+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Edyta Jakubiec vs Evgeniya Doluhanova, Germany, 2011
5rk1/1R4b1/3p4/1P1P4/4Pp2/3B1Pnb/PqRK1Q2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc3+ Kd1 Qb1+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 7.
Zbynek Hracek vs Stephen Gordon, Germany, 2010
1r6/3n4/1P1pp1k1/1R2p2p/N3n1pB/1P1RP3/6PK/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...g3+ if Bxg3 Ndf6 Be1 Ng4+ Kh3 Rxe1 ]
e) 
Mateusz Bartel vs Piotr Murdzia, Germany, 2010
r5rk/1pp2Rpp/n2q4/1b1Pp1Q1/4P3/3N2P1/P5BP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ R1f6 if gxf6 Qh6 or if Qd8 Nxe5 Nc5 Ng6+ mates ]
2b) 
mate in 4
Laszlo Gonda vs David Hoeffer
2010/11 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Christov Kleijn vs Arik Braun, Germany, 2010
2r1k2r/1p2bp2/1n2bp1p/2q5/p2NQ3/4RN2/PPP2PPP/2KR4 w k - 0 1
[ Nxe6 fxe6 Qg6+ Kf8 Nd4 ]
b) 
Benjamin Bok vs Aleksandar Berelovich, Germany, 2010
4r1k1/p4ppp/1p3n2/3p4/3B4/1PP5/P1r2PPP/R3RK2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8 Nxe8 Ke1 Nd6 Kd1 Rb2 c4 ]
c) 
Roman Slobodjan vs Andrei Maksimenko, Germany, 2010
r3k2r/5p2/p3bnpp/q3p3/4P1PP/b1p2P1B/P1Q1NB2/1R2K2R w Kkq - 0 1
[ Bb6 ]
d) 
Aleksander Mista vs Jan Smeets, Germany, 2011
2b4k/2q2pbp/5N2/3Pp3/2p1P3/1rQ3RP/1P4P1/1B5K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 Kxg7 Ne8+ ]
e) 
Anish Giri vs Viesturs Meijers, Germany, 2011
2r2rk1/4qp2/p3pp1p/npb5/8/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/1Q1R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Ba7 Rd7 Qxd7 (if Qb4 Nxf6+ mates) Nxf6+
or if Rfd8 Nxc5 Rxc5 Rxd8 Qxd8 b4 ]
3b) 
Benjamin Bok vs Aleksandar Berelovich
2010/11 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Igor Glek vs Malte Meyer, Germany, 2011
rnb2rk1/ppp2ppp/8/2q5/3N4/1Qb1P1P1/PPP3BP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 if Rxf7 Rf1 Qe7 Rxf7 or if Kh8 Qxc3 Qd6 Nf5 ]
b) 
Katerina Nemcova vs Evgeniya Doluhanova, Germany, 2011
3r4/1R4pp/5pk1/4p3/4N3/1PP2P2/br4PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb1 if h4 Rd1+ Kh2 Bxe4 ]
c) 
Wouter Spoelman vs Martin Kraemer, Germany, 2011
6k1/p1qbRnpp/8/3p4/8/P1P5/2Q3PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qf5 if Bxf5 Re8# or if Ne5 Qg5 Nf7 Qxd5 ]
d) 
Ralf Appel vs Andrei Nestor Cioara, Germany, 2010
2r2rk1/1b2qppp/1p6/pPnp4/3Q4/P1R1PN2/4BPPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3 ]
e) 
Michal Luch vs Etienne Bacrot, Germany, 2011
r1r2bk1/5p1p/2R1p1p1/p2q4/QP1P4/P3B1P1/5P1P/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...axb4 if Rxc8 Rxa4 Bh6 Ra8 Bxf8 Rxc8 Rxc8 Qb7 Re8 Qc6
or if Qc2 b3 Qc3 Rxc6 Qxc6 b2 ]
4b) 
Katerina Nemcova vs Evgeniya Doluhanova
2010/11 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Shayesteh Ghader Pour vs Ekaterina Borulya, Germany, 2010
r4rk1/5ppp/2pq1n2/p4P2/1pP5/3B4/PPQ3PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 g3 Ne3 ]
b) 
Svetlana Oleneva vs Dorota Sikorska, Germany, 2011
5rk1/ppp1q1pp/n2p4/3Ppn2/1PP1Brb1/P4NP1/3NQP1P/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 Qd3 Rxe4 Qxe4 Bxf3 Nxf3 Nxf3+ Kg2 Nd2 ]
c) 
Ilja Schneider vs Roeland Pruijssers, Germany, 2011
1r2r1k1/p4pp1/2pq3p/2nb4/NQ6/1P1B3P/P4PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ Rxe1 Rxb4 ]
5b) 
Svetlana Oleneva vs Dorota Sikorska
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