Tactics in the King's Indian



Here are some chess puzzles from the KID, Fianchetto, Classical (ECO E69)).



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 c6 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)
Bela Badea vs J Buchmayr, Aschach, 1993
1rb2rk1/2q2pbp/p1p2np1/1pp1n3/4P3/2N1BNPP/PPQ2PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5 if Qxe5 Bf4 ]

b)
Claudia Meissner vs Adele Pramann, Leipzig, 1995
r1b1nrk1/1p3p1p/2pp2p1/8/1qPBPP2/1nN3PP/3Q2B1/1R3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Qxd2 Ne7# ]

c)
Zoltan Nemeth vs Attila Forgacs, Solymar, 1996
r1b1r1k1/pp3p1p/2pQ2p1/8/2q1P3/2Nn2PP/PP3PB1/1R2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf1 ]

d)
Ana Matnadze vs K Bibilashvili, Tbilisi, 1998
r1b2rk1/pp3pbp/2ppn1p1/8/1qP1P3/1NN1BPnP/PP6/R2QRBK1 w - - 1 0
[ a3 ]

e)
Jose Luis Agdamus vs Andre Ribeiro, Vitoria, 2004
r3r1k1/1p3pbp/2p1bnp1/p1p5/NqP1P3/4B1PP/PPQ2PB1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ b3 if b5 Bxc5 or if Bf8 Bd2 Qa3 Bc1 Qb4 a3 ]

1a)
Bela Badea vs J Buchmayr

KID, Fianchetto, Classical (E69) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Oleg Romanishin vs Roberto Mogranzini, Frascati, 2006
r1b1r1k1/1p2qpbp/2p2np1/2n1p3/1pP1P3/P1N1BNPP/2Q2PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc5 if Qxc5 axb4 ]

b)
Paulo Dias vs Carlos Carneiro, Lisbon, 2008
r1b3k1/1p3pbp/1qppr1p1/p1n5/2P1P3/1PN1B1PP/P2Q1PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Na4 Qa7 Nxc5 dxc5 Qd8+ Bf8 Bh6 Bd7 Rxd7 Rxd8 Rxd8 mates ]

c)
Romain Edouard vs Daniyyl Dvirnyy, Plovdiv, 2012
3rq1k1/3n1pbp/p2P2p1/1pp5/4r3/1N2BQPP/PP3P2/R3RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]

d)
Markus Klostermann vs Bernd Teuchert, Germany, 1994
r1b1r1k1/1p3pbp/2pR2p1/q1n5/2P1PP2/p1N1B1PP/PPQ3B1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...axb2 Qxb2 Na4 ]

e)
Mario Horvath vs Vasil Hlinka, Topolcianky, 1994
r1b1r1k1/1p2qpbp/2ppn1p1/p3n3/2P1P3/1PN1BNPP/P2Q1PB1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ Bxf3 Qf6 ]

2b)
Paulo Dias vs Carlos Carneiro

KID, Fianchetto, Classical (E69) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Zlatko Martic vs Ante Jurkovic, Pula, 2000
r3r1k1/pp3pbp/2ppb1p1/q3n3/2P1N3/4N1PP/PP3P2/R1BQRBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe1 Qxe1 Nf3+ Kh1 Nxe1 ]

b)
Francisco Martin Garcia vs Sergio Cardenas Serrano, San Sebastian de los Reyes, 2010
r1b1r1k1/pp3pbp/2pp1np1/2q1n3/1PPNP3/2N3PP/P4P2/1RBQRBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 ]

c)
Milutin Kostic vs Momcilo Nikolic, Belgrade, 2014
r1b1r1k1/1p3pbp/2pp2p1/q1n1n3/p1PNPB2/P5PP/1P2QP2/1N1RRBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ned3 ]

3a)
Zlatko Martic vs Ante Jurkovic

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