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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
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 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Bartlomiej Mazur, Ustron, 2007
4n3/2p2Rp1/pr1kr2p/1pR5/1P1P4/4PB2/P3K1PP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rd5+ Kc6 Rd8+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Wojciech Bronsztejn, Suchedniow, 2010
3r1rk1/pp4pp/4pp2/3bN1P1/7R/8/PPP2PP1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7 if fxe5 g6 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Caique Melo Reda, Caldas Novas, 2011
2r4r/1b1nqpk1/p5p1/1p1pP2R/3N4/P1NPQ3/1P4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ if Kg8 Rxh8+ or if gxf5 Qg3+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Stig Martinsen, Krakow, 2012
1r3r1k/2q1p3/3pPbQP/1p1B1p2/2Pp4/7R/P4P2/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Bxg7 hxg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Yiye Wang, Al-Ain, 2013
3k3r/1q2bP2/p1r5/1p1p1B1p/3P1B2/1bP3Q1/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ ]
1d)
mate in 3
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Stig Martinsen
Jan-Krzysztof Duda Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Oskar Wieczorek, Warsaw, 2014
r1b3k1/4q1pp/p3p3/2ppB2B/4nQ2/2P5/P1P3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Kh8 Qh6 or if Kf8 Qg4 g6 Bxe6+ Ke8 Bxc8 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Krzysztof Jakubowski, Warsaw, 2014
5rk1/6r1/pR1p2Q1/3Np3/q3P1pP/8/1PP2P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Qh6+ ]
c)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Omer Kali, Jerusalem, 2015
rr3bQ1/2n2qn1/b2p2k1/Rp1Pp3/1P2P2P/3B4/3B1PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ h5+ Kf6 Bg5+ Kxg5 Qxf7 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Varuzhan Akobian vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Riyadh, 2017
6k1/ppp2p1p/2n2ppP/5q1r/3Pr3/4PN2/PP1B1PK1/R2Q3R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rg4+ 2.Kf1 Qd3+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Levan Pantsulaia, Tbilisi, 2017
4rb2/1bp4k/4q2p/4N3/4p2B/5P2/PP4QP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bf6 ]
2c)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Omer Kali
Jan-Krzysztof Duda Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Marin Bosiocic, Katowice, 2017
8/4Q3/1pk1N1p1/8/1PpP4/q1P3P1/8/1K1b4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.b5+ if 1...Kxb5 2.Qe8+ Ka6 3.Qa8+ Kb5 4.Nc7# or if 1...Kd5 2.Nc7# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Igor Kovalenko, Katowice, 2017
3N1r2/k3bP1p/b7/Q5P1/4p2P/2Nn3B/1Pq5/K2R3R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nb5+ Kb8 2.Qb6+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Vladimir Fedoseev vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wijk aan Zee, 2019
3R4/5ppk/p7/1p2pN2/4n2K/P3P1P1/1rr2n1P/4BR2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...g5+ 2.Kh5 Nf6+ 3.Kxg5 N2e4+ ]
3c)
mate in 4
Vladimir Fedoseev vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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