King-pawn Opening Series
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Here are some chess puzzles from the Ruy Lopez: 5.O-O (ECO C78).

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
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) 
H Kunkel vs Weatherill, corr., 1964
r2qkb1r/6pp/p3bp2/n2pp3/Pp6/5N2/BPPBQPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 if fxe5 Qxe5 Qe7 Bxd5 ]
b) 
Hans Roeder vs M Prein, Bayern, 1988
r2q1k1r/1b2bppp/p4n2/1p1p4/P2p4/1PP1RP2/2B1Q1PP/RNB3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Qxe7 Ba3 ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Thevonez vs Richard Polaczek, Geneva, 1988
4rbkr/3Q2pp/p7/1ppb4/8/1NP5/PP2qPPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Kxf1 Bc4+ ]
d) 
Robert Byrne vs J Bergquist, Chicago, 1989
r2qk2r/1bpp1ppp/3b1n2/p3p3/BpPnP3/P2P1N2/1P1N1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd4 if exd4 e5 Bxe5 Re1 ]
e) 
Black mates in 6.
Smaranda Lupu vs Olivier Adda, Paris, 1990
2kr2r1/1bpp1p1p/p2b3Q/1p2p3/4P2q/1P2B3/1PP2PPP/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ if Kh1 Rxh2+ Kg1 Rg8+ or if Kxg2 Qg4+ Kh1 Qf3+ ]
f) 
Marc Dutreeuw vs Vladimir Malaniuk, Forli, 1991
2kr2r1/1bp2p2/1b1p1p1p/1p1Pp3/2P1P3/5NPq/1P3P1P/RN1QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ hxg3 Rg8 ]
g) 
Stefan Haas vs Rudolf Mueller, Germany, 1998
r2qr1k1/2p2p2/p2bbn1p/1p1p2p1/3P4/1BP2QB1/PP3PPP/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 Qd3 Be2 ]
1c) 
mate in 4
Thevonez vs Richard Polaczek
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