"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com



Here are some chess puzzles from the Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (ECO D44).



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4



Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
White to move and win except where noted.

a)
White mates in 4.
Isaac Kashdan vs Charles Jaffe, Boston, 1938
rq3kB1/pp1b1p2/4pB1p/4P3/3P3Q/P1n5/5PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ Ke8 Bxf7+ ]

b)
Viacheslav Ragozin vs Eero Boek, Helsinki, 1946
2k3r1/5R2/pr1b3p/1p1B4/2pq3p/8/PPQ2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf5+ Kb8 Qh7 ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Jan Gadalinski vs Kazimierz Plater, Krakow, 1953
r3kr2/pb1q1pQ1/2pPp3/1p3P2/2p5/6P1/PP4B1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ Kxf8 f6 Kg8 Rd4 e5 Rdh4 ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Bennsdorf vs G Krepp, corr., 1954
r3kb1r/pb6/2p2p1p/1p2pq2/2pQ3p/2N2B2/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ ]

e)
Juhani Pitkanen vs Jaakko Pihlajamaki, corr., 1973
r3k2r/pb2qp2/2p1p3/1N6/2B5/5Q2/Pb3PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ Kf8 Qb3 ]

1e)
Juhani Pitkanen vs Jaakko Pihlajamaki

D44 Puzzles, Part II.
Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Andor Lilienthal vs Alexander Kotov, Moscow, 1948
2kr4/Q4p2/2q1pP2/1p4B1/2p4P/3n2P1/P4P2/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd7 if Qe3 Nf4 ]

b)
Black mates in 8.
Kaarle Ojanen vs Theo Van Scheltinga, Dubrovnik, 1950
1nkr4/p4p2/q1p1pP2/8/1b1r1B2/2N2QP1/P4P1P/R3KR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re4+ Qxe4 Bxc3+ Bd2 Bxd2+ Kd1 Bc3+ Kc2 Qa3 ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Alfredo Olivera vs Flavio Carvalho, Montevideo, 1954
3r2k1/5ppp/4p3/Rp2P3/1Qp4P/7K/1P3qP1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3+ Kh2 Qxh4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Hans-Jochen Schiffer vs MA Jorde, corr., 1964
r2Bk2r/pb1n1pQ1/3np3/1p2P3/2p3K1/3p4/PP1b1PPP/R4B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...f5+ if Kg3 Ne4+ Kf3 Nef6+ or if exf6 Ne5+ ]

e)
Using Mueller vs Werner Schreiber, corr., 1966
2k5/pbqn1p2/4pP2/2p3P1/Np1P1b2/2p3P1/PPQ1BK2/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ if Kxe3 Qxg3+ mates or if Kf1 Qxg3 Rh8+ Kc7 Bc4 Qg1+ Ke2 Qf2+ Kd3 Qf5+ mates ]

f)
Marta Kovacs-Pinter vs Reinhard Fuchs, Debrecen, 1967
2k3rr/pbq2p2/4pn2/2b3B1/PpN2P2/1Q5P/1P2B1P1/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 if Rf3 f6 ]

2b)
mate in 8
Kaarle Ojanen vs Theo Van Scheltinga

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