King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Constantin Lupulescu.
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.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Gabor Pinter, Hungary, 1997
Qr6/2kn1p2/4p3/P3P3/2pP2p1/q5Br/1R5P/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ Rb7+ if Rxb7 Rxb7+ ]

b)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Bogdan-Gabriel Vioreanu, Litohoto, 1999
rr3bk1/5ppp/2q5/pNPpp3/P2nP3/B2Q4/5PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ exd5 if Qxd5 Nc7 or if Qc8 Nxd4 ]

c)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Valentin Raceanu, Romania, 2000
r5rk/1bq2p1p/p3pP2/4p3/1p2P2Q/2N5/PPP4P/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rd3 if Bxe4 Qxe4 or if bxc3 Rh3 ]

d)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Constantin Ionescu, Bucharest, 2002
1rbr2k1/2q2ppp/p4b2/P3pP2/1p1n4/1N1BB3/1PP3PP/R3QR1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxd4 exd4 Bf4 ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Jan Markos, Peniscola, 2002
5nrk/5p1p/4pP1Q/p3P3/2qN2P1/r7/1pP4R/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

1a)
mate in 4
Constantin Lupulescu vs Gabor Pinter

Constantin Lupulescu Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Anastacios Mihailidis, Kavala, 2004
5rk1/2p1R2p/p5p1/8/BrP5/5nP1/P4RKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6 if Ng5 Bd5+ or if Nd4 Bd5+ mates ]

b)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Fabricio Patuzzo, Istanbul, 2004
4qn2/pkn2r2/1p2p1p1/3p3r/1B1N2RP/P1R3Q1/1PP5/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf8 if e5 Bd6 or if Nb5 Nxb5 Qxb5 Bd6 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Gennadij Timoscenko, Calvia, 2004
5rk1/2b2pPp/p7/1p5N/2n4P/4R3/b1B2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 gxf8/Q if Kg6 Qg7+ ]

d)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Iulia-Ionela Ionica, Bucharest, 2004
r2r2k1/5ppp/p1bNp3/R2nn1P1/8/B4P2/1PP2K1P/5B1R w - - 1 0
[ c4 ]

e)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Borko Lajthajm, Bucharest, 2006
r3kb1r/pp1npppp/2p2n2/q4b2/2BP4/2N5/PPPBQPPP/R3K1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Qb6 or Qa4 Nd6+ Kd8 Nxf7+ ]

2c)
mate in 5
Constantin Lupulescu vs Gennadij Timoscenko

Constantin Lupulescu Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Danilo Milanovic, Bucharest, 2007
4qkn1/5r2/2p3RR/p1Pb1Q1P/1p6/5P2/PPP5/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg8+ if Kxg8 Qg6+ or if Ke7 Qe5+ ]

b)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Victor Agafii, Predeal, 2007
3r4/r4pk1/2bqp1p1/8/p2Pp1P1/P1N1Q2P/1P4R1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d5 ]

c)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Petar Arnaudov, Plovdiv, 2008
3q2k1/1b3ppp/pp1nr3/2r5/3Q1B2/5P2/P1N3PP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6 fxe6 Qxd6 if Qc8 Qxb6 ]

d)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Mihai-Lucian Grunberg, Bucharest, 2008
3r3k/pp3q2/2p4p/7n/2P5/1P3B1b/P2BrQP1/2RR3K w - - 1 0
[ Bc3+ if Kh7 Be4+ or if Ng7 Rxd8+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Lucian Filip, Eforie Nord, 2009
7k/2q1b2p/4QrpP/3p4/3P4/6P1/1P3P2/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ra8+ if Rf8 Qf6+ ]

3c)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Petar Arnaudov

Constantin Lupulescu Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Nicolae-Costel Burnoiu, Baile Olanesti, 2010
2r3k1/1p3p2/7p/1p1n1Np1/8/1P3PP1/P2b1B2/4RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Re5 if Rd8 Rxd5 or if Rc1+ Ke2 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Valeri Lilov, Albena, 2010
2r3r1/3k1pPQ/n1pB3p/pq2P3/8/2P3P1/P1P4P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ Kd8 Qf6+ ]

c)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Kiril Badev, Albena, 2010
r1b1k2r/4bppp/p2q1n2/2pp4/3N4/1N6/PPP1QPPP/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bf4 Qd7 Nxc5 Qa7 Nc6 if Qxc5 b4 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Dan-Sebastian Horvat, Brasov, 2011
8/1q1b1k1p/5pp1/2BPp3/pp2P3/3B1P2/6PP/2Q3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Tigran Gharamian, Germany, 2011
rr4k1/2q1ppB1/2Pp1n2/3P1P2/6P1/1pP1Q3/p5B1/K2R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]

4c)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Kiril Badev

Constantin Lupulescu Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Angelos Sandalakis, Skopje, 2013
1r4rk/1p2bpR1/2pp3P/p3qp2/2P1P3/P1N5/1P3Q2/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg2 if Rxg7 hxg7+ Kg8 Qh3 ]

b)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Boris Grachev, Legnica, 2013
2r3k1/p6p/2P3p1/6q1/1p1Qp3/8/PP6/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qd7 if Qf5 c7 e3+ Qxf5 ]

c)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Doru-Alexandru Ionescu, Mamaia, 2013
3r2k1/1b1rnp1p/pp1pqpp1/1N1R4/2P1P3/1P3P2/P4QPP/R4BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd4 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Constantin Lupulescu vs Ricardo Garcia, Tromsoe, 2014
2r3k1/p4ppp/4bb2/qP2p3/N7/P3P3/2Q2PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc8+ Bxc8 Rxc8+ ]

e)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Michele Godena, Gjakova, 2016
1k1r1r2/1p6/2n2NPp/p3q3/P2p1Q1R/8/1P3PK1/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7+ Rxd7 Qxf8+ ]

f)
Black mates in 5.
Sarunas Sulskis vs Constantin Lupulescu, Batumi, 2018
6k1/5pb1/6p1/p2R4/1p2P3/1PpN1P2/Pr6/K7 b - - 0 1
[ ...c2 ]

5b)
Constantin Lupulescu vs Boris Grachev


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