King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Viktor Erdos.
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)
Viktor Erdos vs Csaba Szucs, Hungary, 1999
3r1rk1/pp1n1ppp/2q1pn2/2p1B1N1/2P2P2/3P2R1/PP2Q1PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne4 Kh8 Nxf6 gxf6 Bxf6+ Nxf6 Qe5 ]

b)
Viktor Erdos vs Zoltan Kiss, Budapest, 2004
3rrnk1/2qb1pp1/p2b1n1p/3pN3/1ppP1P1B/2N1P2P/PP4P1/1BRQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 if gxf6 Nxd5 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Erdos vs Vasily Papin, Herceg Novi, 2005
r5rk/1p3nRp/p4p2/2Pq1N2/1P4QP/P7/6P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Viktor Erdos vs Sang Cao, Hungary, 2006
2r1bR2/p2rp1k1/6p1/q1pPb3/2p5/4B1N1/P4QP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ ]

e)
Viktor Erdos vs Margarita Voiska, Porto San Giorgio, 2008
r1b1k2r/3qpp2/p5pp/2Q1P3/Pp4P1/1n4B1/NP3P1P/3RK2R w Kkq - 1 0
[ Qb6 if Qxg4 Qd8# ]

1a)
Viktor Erdos vs Csaba Szucs

Viktor Erdos Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 7.
Viktor Erdos vs Raj Tischbierek, Berlin, 2009
1q3r1k/pPp2ppp/2Bpbn2/8/7R/2Q2p1P/PPP2P2/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Be4 if g6 Qxf6+ Kg8 Rxh7 Kxh7 Bxg6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Erdos vs Eric Van De Wynkele, Vlissingen, 2010
5r2/2q1p2p/1NB2n2/2P1kp2/8/1Q4P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ f4+ Kd4 Qc4+ Ke3 Qc3+ ]

c)
Viktor Erdos vs Inna Gaponenko, Caleta, 2011
2R2bk1/pp1r2p1/4bp1p/4p3/4N1P1/P4B2/1P2PPKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5 if Re7 Nxe6 Rxe6 Bd5 ]

d)
Viktor Erdos vs Csaba Csiszar, Zalakaros, 2011
3r1rk1/1b1R1ppp/qp6/4p3/p2nP3/2B2P2/PP3QPP/3R1NK1 w - - 1 0
[ R1xd4 if exd4 Qxd4 ]

e)
Viktor Erdos vs Sandor Videki, Austria, 2012
3b2k1/p2n1ppp/2p5/4P3/5P2/1r4P1/2R1B1KP/3N4 w - - 1 0
[ Rd2 if Rb7 Bg4 ]

2d)
Viktor Erdos vs Csaba Csiszar

Viktor Erdos Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Viktor Erdos vs Maximilian Mueller, Deizisau, 2013
r4rk1/p2nqpp1/4p2p/1pp5/8/6Pb/PPPN1P1P/R1BQR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 if Bf5 Qxf5 ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Viktor Erdos vs Muris Konjicanin, Sarajevo, 2013
r1bq1rk1/p2n1p2/2p2n1Q/1p4N1/2BPNb2/7P/PP3PP1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Kh8 Bxf7 if Bxg5 Nxg5 ]

c)
Viktor Erdos vs Aleksadar Colovic, England, 2019
r4rk1/4qppp/p1Q1b3/1p4b1/8/2N2N2/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nd5 if 1...Qd8 2.Nb6 or if 1...Bxd5 2.Qxd5 Rad8 3.Qxg5 ]

3b)
mate in 5
Viktor Erdos vs Muris Konjicanin


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