King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Benjamin Gledura.
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)
Benjamin Gledura vs Peter Lizak, Budapest, 2013
7r/3k3P/8/p2p1p2/1p3N2/3P2P1/PP4K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6 Rxh7 Nf8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Benjamin Gledura vs Vladimir Petrov, Budva, 2013
6rk/7p/p5P1/3Np2P/2P3Q1/5p2/PR5K/4q3 w - - 1 0
[ g7+ Rxg7 Rb8+ ]

c)
Benjamin Gledura vs Aleksander Kumala, Katowice, 2016
5rk1/ppp3pp/5q2/3Pp3/1Pb5/P3P2P/1B2Q1P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc4 Qf2+ Kh2 if Qxe1 d6+ Kh8 dxc7 ]

d)
Barbara Juhasz vs Benjamin Gledura, Zalakaros, 2011
r1b1kb1r/pp2pp1p/2p3p1/5q2/1n1PQ3/2N5/PPPB1PPP/2KR1B1R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxa2+ if Kb1 Nxc3+ ]

e)
Valeriy Kazakovskiy vs Benjamin Gledura, Al-Ain, 2013
3rr1k1/5pb1/2p1p2p/1pN1PP2/1QnP3q/4B2P/1P3P1K/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 fxe3 Bxe5+ if dxe5 Qxb4 ]

1c)
Benjamin Gledura vs Aleksander Kumala

Benjamin Gledura Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Tobias Hellwig vs Benjamin Gledura, Reykjavik, 2014
6k1/pp1r4/4p1p1/7p/2qPK2P/P5P1/1P1RQ3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4+ if Kf3 Qd5+ or if Ke3 Re4+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Sigurdur Steindorsson vs Benjamin Gledura, Reykjavik, 2014
6k1/p5b1/1p1p4/2p1p3/1PbnPqP1/P1K2P1R/1B6/1R5Q b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ if Kxc4 Qb3# ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Benjamin Gledura vs Thanh Trang Hoang, Ajka, 2018
6q1/7p/1p5k/p2bQ3/P3p2P/BP2P1P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf8+ if Kg6 h5+ Kf7 Qe7# ]

d)
Benjamin Gledura vs Adrien Demuth, Skopje, 2019
r3r2k/pp5p/2pRn1p1/4N3/1P2qpP1/8/PB3P1P/Q5K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nd7+ ]

2d)
Benjamin Gledura vs Adrien Demuth


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