King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Perelshteyn.
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.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Irina Krush, San Francisco, 1999
r2q4/pp1rpQbk/3p2p1/2pPP2p/5P2/2N5/PPP2P2/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ gxh5 Rh1 ]

b)
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Justin Sarkar, Catonsville, 2000
5k2/1pR3p1/p1b3B1/3pp1n1/5r2/P5K1/1P6/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rh1 if Kg8 Rh8+ mates ]

c)
Black mates in 7.
Andrie Zaremba vs Eugene Perelshteyn, Philadelphia, 2000
8/4p1bk/3pQ1p1/3Pq2p/4P1rP/7K/2R2PB1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh4+ Kxh4 Qh2+ Bh3 Bf6+ ]

d)
Hikaru Nakamura vs Eugene Perelshteyn, New York, 2001
r4rk1/1p2q2p/2pp2p1/2n1bb2/p1P2B2/P1N3Q1/BP3PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf4 if Qxf4 Bd3 ]

e)
Bernd Salvermoser vs Eugene Perelshteyn, Bad Wiessee, 2001
8/5p2/3p2k1/2pP2p1/2P1NbP1/r4R2/P1R1K3/7r b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Kxf3 Rh3+ Ke2 Re3+ ]

1c)
mate in 7
Andrie Zaremba vs Eugene Perelshteyn

Eugene Perelshteyn puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Daniel Shapiro, Philadelphia, 2001
r2qrk2/8/p1n1bpQN/P2pP2R/1b6/1NB5/1P4PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Bxf5 Rh8+ Ke7 Rh7+ ]

b)
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Tony Simpson, Bermuda, 2002
r1b2rk1/1q2ppbp/p2p1np1/1p1N4/4P3/1B2BP2/PPPQ2PP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ Bxf6 Bd5 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Anna Levina, Seattle, 2002
b7/p4R2/P1p3pp/2P1kp2/1PBr1N2/7P/6P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6+ ]

d)
Paul Meyer vs Eugene Perelshteyn, Las Vegas, 2005
r4rk1/pp2ppbp/2q3p1/5b2/8/2P1BP2/PP3QPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3+ if bxc3 Qxc3+ or if Bd2 Bxb2 Rd1 Bc2 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Justin Sarkar, Las Vegas, 2006
1r1r4/1b3ppp/pNkbp3/P7/4PBP1/1R3P2/2P4P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd6 if Rxd6 Rc3+ Kb5 Rb1+ ]

2b)
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Tony Simpson

Eugene Perelshteyn puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Michael Langer vs Eugene Perelshteyn, Stillwater, 2007
5rnk/4b1pp/8/1N1p4/P2P4/2p2PB1/1r4PP/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg5+ if f4 Rxf4 ]

b)
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Victor Plotkin, Toronto, 2009
k3r3/p4pp1/1pbq1n1p/3p4/N2P2P1/4PP2/PQ4P1/K1R2B2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxb6+ axb6 Qxb6 Rc8 Bb5 ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Anton Kovaliov, Edmonton, 2009
R6r/1r2qpk1/4p1p1/3bP3/6Np/4Q2P/1Pn2PP1/R4BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh8 if Nxe3 Raa8 or if Kxh8 Qh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Victor Mikhalevski, Mashantucket, 2014
2b2k2/q4pN1/1n3p1Q/1p2p3/p1p3P1/7R/1P2PP1P/3r1BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Nf5+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Leon Piasetski, Reykjavik, 2017
2q2r2/1R4Qp/5np1/2P1R3/2B2k2/1N6/r5PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Kxe5 Qg5+ Ke4 Re7+ ]

f)
White mates in 3.
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Alexander Chua, Philadelphia, 2017
5k1r/p4p2/1q1r1p1p/2R1pN2/4P2Q/P5P1/5PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxf6 if 1...Rh7 2.Qe7+ or if 1...Rxf6 2.Rc8+ ]

3e)
mate in 4
Eugene Perelshteyn vs Leon Piasetski


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