Tactics in the King's Indian
Here are some chess puzzles from the KID, Fianchetto, Classical Var., 8.e4 (ECO E68).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4
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)
Buergo Luis vs Mario Larrea, El Berron, 1993
r1bqr1k1/ppp3bp/3p1pp1/8/2nNPBn1/2N3P1/PP3PBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb3 ]
b)
U Teschler vs Michael Janson, Germany, 1994
r1b1r1k1/ppq2pbp/2pp2p1/3P4/2PQn3/1PN3PP/PB3PB1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nb5+ f6 Nxc7 ]
c)
Igor Stohl vs Tomas Likavsky, Pardubice, 1997
r2rb1k1/pp2qpbp/2pp1np1/2n5/2P1P3/1NN1BPP1/PP1Q2BP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 if Nfd7 exd6 Qf8 Nxc5 or if dxe5 Bxc5 Rxd2 Bxe7 ]
d)
Henning Hupe vs Tilman Heisterhagen, Bad Zwesten, 2003
r2qr1k1/2pb1pbp/p1np2p1/1pn5/P1PNP3/1PN1B1PP/2Q2PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 Bxc6 Bxc5 ]
e)
Andrey Baryshpolets vs Olga Kalinina, Kiev, 2006
r1b1r1k1/1p3pbp/2pp1qp1/p1n5/2PN4/1P2B1P1/P2Q1PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]
1b)
U Teschler vs Michael Janson
ECO E68 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Braslav Rabar vs Alvise Zichichi, Reggio Emilia, 1962
r1bqr1k1/1p3pbp/2ppn1p1/p3n3/2PNP3/1PN1B1PP/P1Q2P2/R2R1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Bxd4 Nf3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 6.
Yulia Gorozhankina vs Olga Mololkina, Kazan, 2003
r2qr1k1/ppN2pbp/6p1/4p3/2P1P1b1/2Nn1PP1/PP4BP/2RQR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ ]
c)
Bogdan Borsos vs Mateusz Lapaj, Warsaw, 2013
r3r1k1/1p4bp/1qpp2p1/p3nb2/2PR4/1P4PP/P1N2P2/BR1Q1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc2 if Qxc2 Nf3+ ]
2b)
mate in 6
Yulia Gorozhankina vs Olga Mololkina
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