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Here are some chess puzzles from the 2012-13 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.
Fabrice Wantiez vs Martin Auer, Germany, 2012
3rNk2/pp3n2/6p1/6q1/1P1Q1R2/2P4P/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 2.
Brigitte Burchardt vs Franziska Beltz, Germany, 2012
2r5/3b2k1/Q4pp1/3Pp2p/3qB2P/KP1P2P1/R7/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 2.
Piet Peelen vs Eckhard Schmittdiel, Germany, 2012
r5k1/p3br1p/Q2p1q2/3B2p1/2P5/1P1N1nPP/P2B1P2/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa1+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Iris Mai vs Doreen Troyke, Germany, 2012
7k/6np/p1r5/q2p1p2/3P1P1Q/4P3/7P/3N2RK w - - 1 0
[ Qe7 if Ne6 Qf6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Andrea Mijatovic vs Erika Stegmaier, Germany, 2012
6k1/2r2p1p/p2R2p1/2B1p1P1/2P5/5P2/P4NKP/1b6 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Kg7 Bf8+ ]
Puzzles from the 2012-13 Bundesliga, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Fiona Sieber vs Sonja Willrodt, Germany, 2012
8/4Qqkp/6p1/1p6/3p1N2/4nP2/3r2PP/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Ursula Hielscher vs Lara Maria Paulweber, Germany, 2012
2rbk2r/2p1nppp/pp2p3/1N2P3/1PP3P1/P2R2B1/5P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ Rxd8 Nxc7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Thomas Bohn vs Oscar Lemmers, Germany, 2013
r1r5/ppn1P1kp/2p2R2/5p1B/3B1P2/7P/PPP1K3/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf5+ Kh6 Bf7 ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Lorenz Drabke vs Lutz Fritsche, Germany, 2013
r2qr3/pp1bbkp1/2n3Np/2p4Q/3p4/3P2PP/PPP2P2/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe7+ if Kf8 Qf3+ or if g6 Qxg6+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Cornelia Moritz vs Annegret Weng, Germany, 2012
2r4k/5Pb1/p2Q4/1p5p/3n1B2/3P4/PPP3q1/1K2RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2+ Ka1 Nb3+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Puzzles from the 2012-13 Bundesliga, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Aswathy Balagopalan vs Julia Schlein, Germany, 2012
2r3k1/pp2br2/2b1pn2/q5p1/1n1B4/1BP2N2/PP3PP1/1QKR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Rg7 Bxe6+ Kf8 Rh8+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Ewoud De Groote vs Daniel Schlecht, Germany, 2013
3r3k/4b1pB/b2qPp1p/p7/Prpp1N2/1P4P1/2Q2P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Kxh7 Nf8+ Kg8 Qh7+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Jennifer Thiery vs Astrid Froehlich-Dill, Germany, 2012
8/R1b1kppp/2B1bn2/2P1p3/1r2P3/6P1/3R1PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ if Kh2 Ng4+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 4.
Vera Ronkina vs Corinna Dietzen, Germany, 2012
6k1/p5bp/5pq1/1pQ5/2b4B/P5R1/2P1r1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kf2 Qxc2+ if Kf3 Qe2+ ]
e) 
Elena Sokalskaja vs Verena Wunderlich, Germany, 2012
3rrbk1/q4p1p/2pBb1p1/p1n4n/2P1P3/1PN2PP1/P4QBP/2RR3K w - - 1 0
[ Bxf8 Rxf8 Na4 ]
Puzzles from the 2012-13 Bundesliga, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Waldemar Zietek vs Liliane Mueller, Germany, 2012
2rr1b1k/p4Rpp/8/1p1q1Q2/2p5/P6P/BP3PP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ ]
b) 
Anna-Lena Schramm vs Marthe Benzen, Germany, 2012
r1b2rk1/p4ppp/2p3n1/n1b1p1N1/B2q4/2NP1Q2/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bb4 if Be3 Bxc3+ or if Nge4 f5 ]
c) 
Sylvia Wolf vs Anet Gempe, Germany, 2012
8/2k2p2/2bN4/2p1P3/p1P2P2/P6r/1R6/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ w/...Rh2+ ]
d) 
Katarzyna Woniak vs Clara Victoria Graf, Germany, 2012
7r/qrpR4/3p2k1/3Pp3/1p1nPPP1/3B4/PP1Q2K1/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ Kxh2 Nf3+ ]
e) 
Anet Gempe vs Anita Just, Germany, 2012
4r1k1/1p3ppp/p2Bbn2/8/8/1BP4P/PP3PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 if Rxe8+ Nxe8 ]
f) 
Anne Higgelke vs Katrin Grohmann, Germany, 2012
r4r2/pp4bk/1q1p2pp/3PPb2/4N3/3N4/PP1Q2PP/4RR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe4 if Rxf8 Rxf8 ]
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