See 2, 3 or 4 moves ahead



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Piotr Murdzia.
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.
Piotr Murdzia vs Jerzy Rutkowski, Bielsko-Biala, 1991
r2r3k/1p1b1R1p/n7/p2Pp2N/8/1P1B4/P5PP/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Nf6 ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Piotr Murdzia vs Hugues Laurent, Cappelle la Grande, 1993
3kn3/N1p5/p2p4/2PPp3/QP2Pp2/K4nq1/7r/2NR1B2 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6+ Kd7 Nxe5+ Ke7 Qd7+ Kf6 Qf7+ Kg5 Qg6+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Piotr Murdzia vs Thorsten Hoelscher, Hamburg, 1993
1r2r2k/p1p1q1b1/3p4/2pB1Q2/2P5/1P4PP/P2B3K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Bh6 Bc3+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Piotr Murdzia vs Andrei Sokolov, Lublin, 1993
1R6/q3N1bk/3p1rn1/3P2pp/4Q3/3B2P1/5PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if Qxb8 or Qd7 Ne7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Piotr Murdzia vs Grzegorz Protaziuk, Polanica Zdroj, 1993
1n2r3/8/3bP3/pP4pp/5k2/2B2P2/2B1R3/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Kg2 if Rxe6 Rxe6 Bb4 Bd4 ]

Piotr Murdzia puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Piotr Murdzia vs Wieslaw Kruzynski, Biala-Podlaska, 1994
8/1p3Q1p/p5pk/q1P5/7P/1Bn2P2/PP4PK/4r3 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kh5 g4+ ]

b)
Piotr Murdzia vs Grzegorz Murawski, Biala-Podlaska, 1994
rnbqk2r/1pp1ppbp/6p1/pN1n4/3P1B2/1Q3N2/PP2PPPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxd5 if Qxd5 Nxc7+ ]

c)
Piotr Murdzia vs Michal Geffert, Karvina, 1994
2r1k2r/pbq2p2/4pnpp/2b5/1pN1P1P1/4BP2/PPQ1B2P/2KR2R1 w k - 1 0
[ Bxc5 Qxc5 Nd6+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Piotr Murdzia vs Roman Sokolowski, Koszalin, 1998
2n2r2/p2q1pkr/5Rn1/1p1Pp1Q1/2p1P3/BPP3P1/P6P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ fxg6 Qxe5+ if Kh6 Bc1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Christian Syre vs Piotr Murdzia, Germany, 1998
2B1r1k1/5p2/6p1/R1P4p/1p1pNq2/1PnP3P/1QP2P2/4K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4+ if dxe4 Qxe4+ ]

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Piotr Murdzia puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Miroslaw Grabarczyk vs Piotr Murdzia, Swidnica, 1998
4r1k1/p2p1pp1/1p4r1/3N1R2/2b5/3n1B2/P3n2P/B4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Erich Maahs vs Piotr Murdzia, Hamburg, 2002
8/6k1/2bpP2p/2p3p1/1pP1P3/3P1q2/QP2Rb2/5K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Piotr Murdzia vs Sasa Simon, Internet, 2003
r2qr1k1/1b1n1pp1/p1pBpn1p/1p4N1/3P4/3BP3/PPQ2PPP/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ Bh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Piotr Murdzia vs Gerd Putzbach, Hamburg, 2004
2r1b1kr/4qp1n/p3pR2/1p2Q2N/6P1/1P6/P1P3B1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Piotr Murdzia vs Heiko Schneider, Germany, 2006
Rnk1r2r/5p1p/2Pbp3/7b/3p3N/3B2P1/3B1P2/1R4K1 w - -1 0
[ Ba5 ]

Piotr Murdzia puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Piotr Murdzia vs Tomas Petrik, Czech Republic, 2012
7k/p1p2qp1/1p6/3P2p1/2P1R3/P1Q3K1/1B4P1/7r w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ if Kh7 Qd3+ Qg6 Rh8+ ]

b)
Piotr Murdzia vs Barbara Jaracz, Zgierz, 2018
3r2k1/4qpb1/p2R2p1/2Q1n2p/4pB2/4P2P/P4PP1/5BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ ]

c)
Piotr Murdzia vs Radoslaw Filewicz, Zgierz, 2018
2r3k1/5p2/3Rp1p1/p1q4p/2PQ3P/6P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ ]


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