King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the Ruy Lopez, Closed, 9.h3 (ECO C92).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3
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)
Igor Zaitsev vs Boris Voronkov, Moscow, 1966
r1b1q1k1/2p2ppp/pn1p1b2/1p1P4/1n2r3/1B2BN1P/PPQ2PP1/R3RNK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe4 if Qxe4 Bxb6 ]
b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Gyula Sax, Hilversum, 1973
r4bk1/1b3pp1/p1r4p/1p2P1n1/2n1PN1q/2P4P/PPB1Q1PN/R1B1R2K w - - 0 1
[ g3 if Qxg3 Rg1 Qh4 Rg4 ]
c)
Heikki Westerinen vs Hans-Hubert Sonntag, Gausdal, 1987
r2q1r2/1bp2pk1/p2p2pp/1p1P1Q2/2nPN3/2P3RP/PPB3P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc5 if dxc5 Rxg6+ mates or if Qf6 Ne6+ ]
d)
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Dejan Nestorovic, Belgrade, 1988
1r2rbk1/1bqn1p1p/2p3p1/p1pPp3/B1P1P3/5NNP/P4PP1/1R1QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7 if Rxb7 dxc6 Rbb8 cxd7 Red8 Qd5 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Gonzalez vs Berson, Philadelphia, 1990
r2qr3/1bp1bQ1p/p1n2np1/1p2p2k/4P2N/2P4P/PP3PP1/RNB1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Rf8 Qxh7+ or if Rh8 Qxf6 ]
1b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Gyula Sax
C92 Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sergei Nistiriuc vs Daniel Keller, Duisburg, 1992
r2qrbk1/1b3p1p/pn3np1/1pp5/4PB2/PPNQ1N1P/2B2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd8 Rxd8 Rxd8 Rxd8 Bc7 ]
b)
Jose Seknadje vs Tibor Gacso, Gyongyos, 1994
4r1k1/2p2ppp/p4b2/1pqnNN2/8/2P4P/PP1Q1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 ]
c)
Krum Georgiev vs Ivajlo Papazov, Dupnica, 1998
r2q2k1/1bp2ppp/p2p1b2/1pn5/P3r3/NB3Q1P/1P2NPP1/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re5 if Qg3 Bh4 or if Qc3 Rxe2 ]
d)
Philipp Balcerak vs Georg Lorenz, Nickenich, 1998
r2q1r2/2pbbppk/p2p2np/1p1PpNn1/4P1N1/2P4P/PPB2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 if Bxf5 exf5 Nxh4 f6+ g6 fxe7 Qxe7 f4 ]
2d)
Philipp Balcerak vs Georg Lorenz
C92 Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Radoslaw Wojtaszek vs B Lesniak, Malbork, 1999
rn1qrbk1/5p2/p2p1npp/1p2p3/4b3/1BP1BNNP/PP3PP1/R1Q1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4 Nxe4 Bd5 ]
b)
Sergey Grigoriants vs Igor Polovodin, Nizhnij Novgorod, 1999
r2qr1k1/3n1ppp/p2p1b2/nPp5/3Pb3/N4N1P/BP1B1PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 Rxe4 Bd5 Re8 Bxa8 Qxa8 Bxa5 ]
c)
Edmond Paljusaj vs Zeljko Zufic, Pula, 1999
r2qrbk1/5p1p/p1bp1np1/np2p3/P1P1P3/1PB2N1P/2BN1PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxa5 if Qxa5 axb5 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Pablo Barrionuevo vs Victor Cabalini, Buenos Aires, 2002
r2qrbk1/1bp2ppp/p1n5/1p2P1N1/3Pp3/1B5P/PP3PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 Bb4 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]
3b)
Sergey Grigoriants vs Igor Polovodin
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