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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kick Langeweg.
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)
Paul De Rooi vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1961
4rrk1/2n4p/1p2q1p1/p1p3P1/Q4B1P/2P5/PP4R1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 if Qxa5 Rxf4 Qxc7 Qe3+ Kh1 Rxh4+ ]

b)
Kick Langeweg vs Paul Ellrich, Bamberg, 1962
5rk1/p3Q2p/1p1p1rpb/2pP4/2P2pq1/1P4Pn/P2N2BP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Rf5 Bf3 or if R6f7 Qe6 ]

c)
Stefano Tatai vs Kick Langeweg, Reggio Emilia, 1962
5rk1/1p3q2/2p3p1/p3Q1Pp/2P2n2/1P5P/P4PB1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg2 if Kxg2 Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Alvise Zichichi vs Kick Langeweg, Reggio Emilia, 1962
7k/3N1p1p/4p1pP/4P3/3Q4/1P1P1qPK/P1r2P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Kick Langeweg vs Franz Auer, Brunnen, 1966
r2r1k2/pbq2pp1/2p1p1p1/1pP1N1P1/6Q1/P6R/1P3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6+ if Ke8 Rxe6+ or if fxg6 Rh8+ ]

1a)
Paul De Rooi vs Kick Langeweg

Kick Langeweg Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kick Langeweg vs Coen Zuidema, Amsterdam, 1967
3r2k1/q1n2pp1/7p/4PP2/3p4/r2R1B1P/b3N1P1/1QR4K w - - 0 1
[ Rxa3 if Qxa3 Qb6 ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Kick Langeweg vs Michael Rosenthal, Zierikzee, 1967
3qr2k/pp4pB/2p5/7R/P3N1P1/3rQ3/1P3P1P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bg6+ Kg8 Nf6+ gxf6 Rh8+ ]

c)
Carlos Cuartas vs Kick Langeweg, Siegen, 1970
5rk1/3b2bp/6p1/p1qP1P2/1pPp3N/6P1/P1Q3BP/1R5K b - - 0 1
[ ...g5 if Nf3 Bxf5 ]

d)
Eddie Scholl vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1971
2r1r1k1/bbq2pp1/p4n2/1p1N2p1/4P3/PN1B3P/1PP3P1/3RRQ1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd5 exd5 Nh5 if Qf3 Rxe1+ Rxe1 Ng3+ Kh2 Nf1+ mates ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Kick Langeweg vs Hans Bohm, Leeuwarden, 1972
4r2k/1R5p/2pQ2p1/p7/P4P2/2b3Pq/2P2B2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4+ if Kg8 Rg7+ Kh8 Rxg6+ ]

2b)
mate in 6
Kick Langeweg vs Michael Rosenthal

Kick Langeweg Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jan-Hein Donner vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1972
3R4/pp3kp1/2r5/3P4/P1n5/2p2PPK/2B4P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh6+ if Kg2 or Kg4 Ne3+ ]

b)
Max Blau vs Kick Langeweg, Vienna, 1972
2r1r1k1/bq1b1ppp/p4n2/8/2pNP3/P1N2PPP/1B1Q2K1/3RR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 if Qxd4 Qxb2+ ]

c)
Kick Langeweg vs Hans Ree, Wijk aan Zee, 1974
5k2/1R2p1np/3r4/5p2/8/pB5P/R4PPK/2r5 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ Ne8 Ba4 ]

d)
Friedhelm Bachmann vs Kick Langeweg, Dortmund, 1975
r5k1/1pnn1rpp/1qp5/p2p1p2/Qb1P1P2/PPN3PP/1B2RPB1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 Bxc3 Qa6 if Re3 b5 or if Bf1 Nb6 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Kick Langeweg vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Amsterdam, 1977
1r3q2/4N2p/p7/1n2Qbk1/2B2p2/4R3/6PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ h4+ if Kh5 Qxf4 Qf6 Be2+ or if Kh6 Nxf5+ Kg6 Ne7+ ]

3c)
Kick Langeweg vs Hans Ree

Kick Langeweg Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Michael McDonald-Ross vs Kick Langeweg, London, 1979
r3k2r/pb3p2/4pp1p/1Pp1n3/5N2/q1P1P3/4BPPP/2RQK2R b Kkq - 0 1
[ ...Rd8 if Qc2 Be4 ]

b)
Kick Langeweg vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Leeuwarden, 1980
4r1k1/pbn1q1pp/1p6/2p2p2/5N1Q/2P2P2/6PP/3R1BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ if Kf8 Ng6+ mates ]

c)
Hans Bohm vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1982
2k4r/p2r1ppp/2p5/5b2/1bP5/1P4P1/P2B3P/RNK1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 Nxd2 Rd8 Re2 Bc3 ]

d)
White mates in 8.
Kick Langeweg vs Jaap Vogel, Amsterdam, 1983
br2r2R/4kpp1/2n2n2/2PpNB2/1q3P2/1pQ1P3/1B4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6+ Bxc6 Qe5+ Kd8 Qd6+ Nd7 Bxg7 ]

e)
Kick Langeweg vs Kiril Georgiev, Wijk aan Zee, 1984
5nk1/1prr1pp1/1q1Nb2p/p7/2p5/2Q3P1/PP1RPPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8 ]

4d)
mate in 8
Kick Langeweg vs Jaap Vogel

Kick Langeweg Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kick Langeweg vs Jeroen Vanheste, Amsterdam, 1985
1r2k2r/pp3pp1/2nppq2/3p1b2/3PPn1p/1QPB1N1P/PP1N1PP1/2KR3R w k - 0 1
[ Bb5 if Bg6 Bxc6 ]

b)
Ramon Pujol Clua vs Kick Langeweg, Candas, 1992
5r1k/pp3qpp/3b4/2p3B1/2Pn4/1P4P1/1P1Q2BP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ if Bxf1 Nf3+ ]

c)
Kick Langeweg vs Roland Storm, Biel, 1993
3q1k2/4rrpp/2p1bn1Q/ppPpBp2/3P1P2/P2BP2P/1P4R1/2K3R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Rxg7 Qxf6+ ]

d)
Jose Martinez Garcia vs Kick Langeweg, Zaragoza, 1993
5R2/4rppk/8/p4r1p/P1B3nP/8/1PPR4/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kg2 Ne3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Jan Willem Van De Griendt vs Kick Langeweg, Netherlands, 1995
2B1r1k1/5p2/1p4p1/7p/1P6/6PK/2N2q1P/2QRb3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Kh4 Re4+ Kg5 Kg7 ]

f)
Teun Van Der Vorm vs Kick Langeweg, Netherlands, 1996
1rq2rk1/3bb2p/pp2p1pP/3p1nP1/Pn3P2/1NN5/1PP2RB1/R1B1Q2K b - - 0 1
[ ...d4 ]

g)
Kick Langeweg vs Hans Ree, Hague, 2002
r4rk1/pb1q1pbp/1n1p1np1/2pPp3/PpP1P3/1P3NP1/1BQN1PBP/R4RK1 w - e6 0 1
[ a5 if Nc8 a6 ]

5b)
Ramon Pujol Clua vs Kick Langeweg


Dutch GMs

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