King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente.
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)
Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente vs Kornel Havasi, Paris, 1924
r2q2k1/p1pbrpbp/2p2np1/3p1P2/8/1P1B1Q2/PBP1N1PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ fxg6 if Bg4 gxh7+ Kh8 Qxf6 or if fxg6 Bxf6 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente vs Herman Mattison, Hague, 1928
3R4/5k1p/bp2n1p1/4p3/1B2N2P/PP6/1K3PP1/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ Kg8 Nf6+ ]

c)
Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente vs Alexandru Tyroler, Hague, 1928
2kr4/1pqn1pp1/p1pb1np1/3p4/3P2rP/2NBPQ2/PP1B1P2/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ Nxd5 Qb8 Rxc6+ if bxc6 Bxa6+ or if Bc7 Ne7# ]

d)
Black mates in 5.
Valentin Marin Y Llovet vs Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente, Barcelona, 1926
1r1b2k1/5ppp/3p1P2/3P2P1/3qP3/3p3P/PBp5/K1Q2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2 Qxb2 d2if Qxd4 c1/Q+ ]

e)
Albert Becker vs Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente, Hague, 1928
rnb1r3/pp4k1/1np4p/3Pq3/8/1Q2B1P1/PP1KN1B1/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe3+ Qxe3 Nc4+ ]

1e)
Albert Becker vs Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente


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