'King's Knight Openings C40-49'
Here are some chess puzzles from the King's Pawn Game (ECO C44).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Laszlo Dupsky vs Kalman Nagy, Hungary, 1993
1r1qk2r/p1pn1pp1/2Q1b2p/4P3/3p4/B2P4/P2pBPPP/R4RK1 w k - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ if fxe6 Bh5+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Leonore Braggaar vs Lucia Brandenburg, Hengelo, 2001
r1bqr3/ppbp1Bpk/5nNp/2p5/3p4/3Q1P2/PPPB2PP/RN3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf8+ Kh8 Qh7+ Nxh7 Ng6# ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Pawel Kukula vs Wieslaw Jankowski, Polko, 2005
r1bq2nr/pp1p1Qp1/1bpk3p/1P2n3/4PB2/2Pp4/P2N1PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe5+ Kxe5 Nc4+ Kxe4 Qf3# ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Doronine vs Lubov Zolotova, Kimry, 2007
r2q1rk1/2p2pp1/p1npb3/1pbNp2Q/2B1P3/1P5P/PBPP1PR1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Yoann Le Montagner vs Cecile Oberlin, France, 2007
r1bq1bnr/ppp3p1/3p1k1p/n3N2Q/3pP3/2P5/PP3PPP/RNB1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qg6+ if Kxe5 f4# or if Ke7 Qf7# ]
1b)
mate in 3
Leonore Braggaar vs Lucia Brandenburg
King's Pawn Game (C44) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Cherednichenko vs Victor Tkachenko, Voronezh, 2007
r1b3kr/pppp2pp/2n3P1/2b3pQ/3pq3/8/PPP3PP/RNB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ gxh7+ Rxh7 Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Yannick Le Coz vs Marcel Lieutaud, Fouesnant, 2008
r1b1qk2/ppppn1p1/2n4N/7Q/1b2P3/2p5/PP3PPP/RNB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf3+ Nf5 Qxf5+ Ke7 Bg5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Carlos Notivoli Bardaji vs Lluis Febrero Perez, Barcelona, 2010
r1b1kbQ1/pppp4/5pp1/3N4/2q1P3/8/PB3PPP/R4RK1 w q - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ Kd8 Bxf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Guillem Porta Tovar vs Ivan Gonzalvez Tamarit, Linares, 2010
r1bqkb1r/ppp3pp/2np2n1/4p1N1/2B1P3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Ke7 Nd5+ or if Kd7 Qg4+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Riccardo Marzaduri vs Andrea Quattrone, Palmi, 2012
r1b2rk1/ppp2ppp/2q5/4p1BQ/2B5/8/PP4PP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ ]
2a)
mate in 4
Viktor Cherednichenko vs Victor Tkachenko
King's Pawn Game (C44) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Imamali Askerov vs Kristina Luecke, Rotenburg, 2013
1k1r1bnr/pbp2ppp/8/4q3/3Np1Q1/2N1B3/PPP2PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Nc6+ if Bxc6 Rxd8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Chadha Meddeb vs Ioannis Salapatas-Hatzigiann, Nouakchott, 2013
r1bk1b1r/1pp2pp1/p6p/4p3/1n2P1P1/2N2N1P/PPPB1P2/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Bg5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Nukolay Zheryagin vs Anton Anisimov, Kimry, 2014
r1b1kq1r/pppp1pQp/8/8/8/2P3P1/P1P2RBP/R1B3K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Re2+ if Kd8 Qf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Karol Marinica vs Daniel Rusnak, Stara Lubovna, 2014
r3kb1r/pppq3p/3p4/4ppB1/2B4P/5Q2/PP3PP1/nN3K1R w kq - 1 0
[ Qh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Tor Kaasen vs Hans Jensen, Helsingor, 2015
r1b2rk1/pppp1ppp/2n5/4P1N1/1qBp4/8/2PN1PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 h6 Bxf7+ Kh8 Qg6 ]
3e)
mate in 5
Tor Kaasen vs Hans Jensen
King's Pawn Game (C44) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Francisco Galvez vs Robert Wade, Malaga, 1966
r1b2rk1/ppp3p1/2n4p/2b1Npq1/8/2BP1B1n/PPPN1PP1/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2+ Rxf2 Qh4+ ]
b)
Nigel Fullbrook vs Roman Jiganchine, Vancouver, 2000
2k1r1nr/ppp2ppp/8/3P4/1bqnN3/5B2/PP1B1PPP/2RQK2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ gxf3 Rxe4+ fxe4 Qxe4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 6.
Xavier Cochard vs Marc Lacrosse, Paris, 2003
r4k1r/ppp2pp1/3p1np1/3Pq3/Q1P4P/2PBBbP1/P4P2/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh4 gxh4 Ng4 ]
d)
Black mates in 6.
Sasa Popovic vs Miodrag Spasojevic, Belgrade, 2006
3r1rk1/2pqbp1p/Q5p1/3bP3/8/3n4/PP3PPP/RNBR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4 f3 Bxf3 Rd2 Bc5+ Kh1 Bxg2+ Rxg2 Qd1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Alexzndra Jule vs Lachlan Pedersen-Lee, Canberra, 2007
r1bk3r/ppppbBpp/8/2qN2B1/4PPn1/1Q6/PP4PP/2R2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ if Rxf2 Qxc1+ or if Kg1 Nh3+ ]
4d)
mate in 6
Sasa Popovic vs Miodrag Spasojevic
King's Pawn Game (C44) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 6.
Lucio Pede vs Marco Canali, Como, 2008
3q1rk1/p1p2ppp/2pb4/8/2QP4/1N2P3/Pr4PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 if h3 Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qg3+ or if Rf4 Bxf4 ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Jitka Kosutova vs Vladimir Dusek, Czech Republic, 2008
r2kr3/ppp2ppp/5b2/4nb2/8/2P3P1/PP1N1PBP/R1B1K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ if Kf1 Re1# or if Kd1 Nxf2# ]
c)
Black mates in 5.
Lenka Blechova vs Tereza Rohovska, Kouty nad Desnou, 2009
2kr2r1/ppp2p2/2np4/8/4P2q/2N1B3/PPP1QPP1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Rg8+ if Kf3 Qg4# ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Martin Steiner vs Valentin Dragnev, Tschagguns, 2012
4r1k1/1pp2ppp/p1n2q2/4p2n/1P2P1b1/P1P3P1/1BQN1bBP/R2R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ hxg3 Qh6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Jose Besga Lopez vs Marc Lacrosse, Benidorm, 2012
r3k2N/1pp3pp/pb1pB3/1P6/P2pq3/6P1/1BPN1n1P/R2R2K1 b q - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kxf2 d3+ ]
5e)
mate in 3
Jose Besga Lopez vs Marc Lacrosse
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