'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli.
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)
White mates in 4.
Eduardo EduardoEduardo Iturrizaga vs Villalonga Mairata, Binissalem, 2004
1r2r3/1q2p1k1/2R3p1/2pPP1Np/1p5P/4Q1P1/1P4K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if Kxg6 Qe4+ ]
b)
Segura Ariza vs Eduardo Iturrizaga, Binissalem, 2004
qr4k1/3Qppbp/3p2p1/2pPP1B1/rn6/5N1P/1P1R1PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb7 if Qg4 Nc2 Rxc2 Rxg4 ]
c)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs O Bouhaddoun, Calvia, 2004
rn2r1k1/1p3pb1/q1p3pp/p1B1P3/5P2/6P1/2Q3BP/1R1R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bb6 w/Bf1 ]
d)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Velez Marlon Lopez, Balneario Camboriu, 2005
1rb2rk1/p3bp1p/1qn1pnp1/1p1pN1B1/3P4/2PBR3/PP1N1PPP/2RQ2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 Qxc6 Qf3 Kg7 Qf4 Rb7 Bh6+ ]
e)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Victor Issac Michelen, Bogota, 2006
2q2rk1/5pp1/1p5p/1p2p3/3n4/1B3Q2/1P3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ if Kh8 Rxc8 ]
1d)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Velez Marlon Lopez
Eduardo Iturrizaga Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Eduardo EduardoEduardo Iturrizaga vs Yuri Solodovnichenko, Internet, 2006
r1r4k/2q3bp/3p4/4pPB1/pp6/1Q6/PKP1N3/3R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Bh6 Rxh6+ Kg7 f6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Jose M Dominguez vs Eduardo Iturrizaga, Santo-Domingo, 2007
4k3/p5p1/2p4r/2NPb3/4p1pr/1P4q1/P1QR1R1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ Rxh2 Qe1+ ]
c)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Nana Dzagnidze, Gibraltar, 2013
2Rr2k1/4q1pp/8/pP1bN3/P5Q1/4n3/1B5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if Bxc6 Rxd8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Pontus Carlsson, Dubai, 2014
6k1/3R4/2r1q1p1/2bN3p/4pp2/4P2P/Q7/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Kf8 Qa8+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs H Aguiar, Matosinhos, 2015
2rr1q1k/pb2bp2/1pp1pn1p/4N3/1PPP1Q2/P5RP/2B2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ ]
2a)
mate in 5
Eduardo EduardoEduardo Iturrizaga vs Yuri Solodovnichenko Eduardo Iturrizaga Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Valentin Dragnev, Gibraltar, 2015
3r4/p1Q2N1p/bp4p1/5p1k/4pP2/qP2P1P1/P5BP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ if Kxg4 Ne5+ or if Kh4 Qxd8+ ]
b)
Marc Esserman vs Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gibraltar, 2016
4rrk1/1pq1n1b1/2p1p2p/N1Pp4/PP1Pb1n1/2B2NP1/4BP2/2RQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if fxe3 Qxg3+ Kh1 Rf5 mates ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Eduardo Iturrizaga, Baku, 2016
r5k1/1p5p/3pp1p1/p7/2PNn2r/1P3Pq1/P1R1B3/3R1KQ1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1 ]
d)
R Praggnanandhaa vs Eduardo Iturrizaga, Sharjah, 2017
r5k1/p4pbp/1pN3p1/5q2/3P1P2/PPR1r1Pn/1B4KP/3R1Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5+ Kxh3 Qh5+ Kg2 Re2+ Qxe2 Qxe2+ ]
e)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Max Warmerdam, Vlissingen, 2018
2r3k1/1p2pp2/2bp1b2/2qP1PpR/6P1/1P3P2/3Q2K1/B7 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg5+ Kf8 Bxf6 if exf6 Qxf6 mates or if Ke8 Qg8+ Kd7 dxc6+ ]
3d)
R Praggnanandhaa vs Eduardo Iturrizaga
Eduardo Iturrizaga Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Meilis Annaberdiev, Lisbon, 2019
8/2P5/1R4pb/3N3k/2qP4/2N1P1P1/6P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nf6+ Kg5 2.Nce4+ ]
b)
Maran Senthil vs Eduardo Iturrizaga, Mumbai, 2019
2b2rk1/4pN2/p2p2p1/q1pPb3/P1P5/1rNQ4/2R3PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bd4+ 2.Kh1 Kg7 if 3.Qf3 Bf6 ]
c)
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Gabriel Flom, Biel, 2019
r3k1nr/pp2ppbp/2qpb1p1/2PN4/1B2P3/5P2/PP3P1P/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ 1.Bb5 Qxb5 Nc7+ ]
4a)
mate in 3
Eduardo Iturrizaga vs Meilis Annaberdiev
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