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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Romain Edouard.
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)
Romain Edouard vs Paul Pachta, Herceg Novi, 2005
2r2rk1/1p1bppbp/p2p1np1/2q3B1/4P3/1PN3PP/1PPQ1PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 if Nh5 g4 or if dxe5 Bxf6 ]

b)
Romain Edouard vs Kevin Terrieux, Besancon, 2006
1q5k/r2b2bp/P2r1p2/1P1QpP2/8/3B4/5PPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd6 Qxd6 b6 if Ra8 Be4 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Romain Edouard vs Ivan Salgado Lopez, Herceg Novi, 2006
1q6/p2rB2k/2p3RN/5Npp/3P1p2/7P/Pr2QPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ ]

d)
Romain Edouard vs Christine Flear, France, 2007
3rr1k1/p4p1p/1p1qnQp1/8/2Pn4/2B2B2/2P3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bd5 if Qe7 Bxd4 ]

e)
Romain Edouard vs Diego Flores, Andorra, 2007
r1r5/pb2k1pp/1p2pp2/P1n1n3/2PN4/1P2BP2/4BKPP/R2R4 w - - 0 1
[ b4 Na6 b5 Nc5 a6 ]

1e)
Romain Edouard vs Diego Flores

Romain Edouard Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Romain Edouard vs Yvain Bruned, Sautron, 2007
r1r3k1/1b1p1p1p/p3pQ2/1p2R3/8/2qB1P2/P1P3PP/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kf8 Bg6 ]

b)
Romain Edouard vs Pavel Govciyan, Pau, 2008
3rqk2/4b1p1/1Q3r2/3R1p2/2BRpP1P/6PK/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd8 if Bxd8 Rxd8 ]

c)
Romain Edouard vs Martin Zumsande, Germany, 2008
5rk1/7p/p7/3p4/Pp1Ppbq1/1P2B3/6PP/4QRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf4 Rxf4 h3 if Qh4 g3 ]

d)
Romain Edouard vs Axel Bachmann, Bad Wiessee, 2008
3r4/1pR4p/3r1pk1/5p2/P4P2/1R6/1P6/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rg3+ Kh6 Rh3+ Kg6 Rcxh7 mates ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Romain Edouard vs Cristobal Pons, Palma de Majorca, 2008
r3r2k/1q1np1b1/pnp1Q1Pp/3pP1N1/R2P2P1/1PN1B3/2P5/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ Kg8 Nxh6+ ]

2e)
mate in 4
Romain Edouard vs Cristobal Pons

Romain Edouard Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Romain Edouard vs Beat Zueger, Rijeka, 2010
1R6/5k1p/3n2p1/6P1/4rB1P/b2N1K2/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8 ]

b)
Romain Edouard vs Adrien Demuth, La Massana, 2010
r3r1k1/p4p1p/2nRbBp1/1pq5/2p1P3/8/PQ2NPPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd2 if Qh5 Ng3 Qg4 Qh6 ]

c)
Romain Edouard vs Lukas Cernousek, England, 2011
r2q1rk1/pp2ppbp/2p2np1/n2P4/1Q2P1b1/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ e5 if Bxf3 exf6 Bxe2 fxg7 ]

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

e)
White mates in 4.
Romain Edouard vs Rout Padmini, Hastings, 2012
1q1k3r/1pNnb1pp/p5b1/N3p1P1/r7/2Q1B3/PPP5/2KR1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ Ke8 Nxg7+ Kd8 Bb6+ ]

3e)
mate in 4
Romain Edouard vs Rout Padmini

Romain Edouard Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jean-Pierre Le Roux vs Romain Edouard, Warsaw, 2012
3r4/8/p4kp1/1b3p1n/1P1R4/4KP1P/P1R5/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4+ Ke4 Ng3+ Kxf4 Rxd4+ Kxg3 Rxb4 ]

b)
Romain Edouard vs Dmitry Svetushkin, Eilat, 2012
5k2/pp1q1pb1/2r1p1pQ/6B1/P7/2P4R/3r1PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6 if Bxh6 Rxh6 Rd1+ Kh2 Qd6+ g3 Ke8 Rxd1 ]

c)
Romain Edouard vs Elisabeth Paehtz, England, 2013
6k1/4q2p/3nNp1Q/1p1P3p/2b1B3/6P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kh8 Kg2 if Bb3 Nf4 Qxh7 Ng6+ mates ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Romain Edouard vs Henrik Danielsen, Helsingor, 2013
k6r/pp2Qp1q/2pB1pp1/5P2/7p/P1N4P/1PP5/1K3B1b w - - 1 0
[ Ba6 bxa6 Bc5 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Romain Edouard vs Jean-Marc Degraeve, Nancy, 2013
7k/6rb/5Q2/1p3nNq/8/1PP3P1/5P2/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Bg8 Rxg8+ Kxg8 Qd8+ ]

4e)
mate in 4
Romain Edouard vs Jean-Marc Degraeve

Romain Edouard Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Romain Edouard vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Linares, 2013
2nq2k1/1p1r2p1/3p1r2/2PRpPpQ/4P3/1P6/8/3R1B1K w - - 1 0
[ Bc4 if Rdf7 Rxe5 ]

b)
Romain Edouard vs Sebastien Maze, Bastia, 2013
r7/2p2rk1/1p3q1p/pBnPR1p1/8/1PQ5/P5PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf1 if Ne4 Qd4 ]

c)
Vladislav Kovalev vs Romain Edouard, Warsaw, 2013
1Q6/p5k1/7p/2p5/7R/2P2pnP/P4P1K/3q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kxg3 Qg2+ Kf4 Qh2+ Kxf3 Qxb8 ]

d)
Aleksandar Colovic vs Romain Edouard, England, 2014
1k3r1r/pbp5/1p3q2/1B1p4/2nP2p1/1PR3Pp/P1Q1NP1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na3 Qd3 Qf3 Qxf3 gxf3 ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Chitumbo Mwali vs Romain Edouard, Tromsoe, 2014
7r/p4kp1/Pp3p2/3p1q1n/1NnPr3/2P1p1B1/2Q1P2P/5RRK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ if Rxg3 Qxf1+ Rg1 Rxh2+ ]

5c)
Vladislav Kovalev vs Romain Edouard

Romain Edouard Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Romain Edouard vs Zhongyi Tan, Gibraltar, 2016
4Rn2/6kp/1p3r2/p2BK3/P7/8/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kg6 Be4+ Kg5 h4+ ]

b)
Romain Edouard vs Thomas Dionisi, Chartres, 2017
1r3n2/p5k1/2p1q1r1/3pb1RQ/7P/2P1P3/P3NP2/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxg6+ Nxg6 2.Rxg6+ Qxg6 3.Qxe5+ ]

c)
Romain Edouard vs David Larino Nieto, Caleta, 2018
4r1k1/5p1r/pp6/3RnN1p/1QP2qp1/8/PP6/K2R4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qe7 if 1...Rf8 2.Qxf8+ or if 1...Qxf5 2.Qxe8+ ]

d)
Romain Edouard vs J Azarya, Barcelona, 2019
6k1/3rbr1p/p6q/3N1bp1/3Q4/5P2/PP1R1B2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxe7+ if 1...Rdxe7 2.Qd8+ or if 1...Rfxe7 2.Qc4+ Be6 3.Rxe6 ]

6b)
Romain Edouard vs Thomas Dionisi


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