King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Albin Planinec.
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 2.
Albin Planinec vs Milan Matulovic, Novi Sad, 1965
r3n1rk/q3NQ1p/p2pbP2/1p4p1/1P1pP1P1/3R4/P1P4P/3B2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ ]

b)
Rajko Bogdanovic vs Albin Planinec, Novi Sad, 1965
2k2r2/pbp3q1/1p2p3/3p4/3P1P1Q/P7/1PPnNK1P/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh8 if Qg5 or Qg3 Ne4+ ]

c)
White mates in 7.
Albin Planinec vs Darko Gliksman, Cateske Toplice, 1968
5rk1/p4p1p/3N1Qp1/8/8/1P1B2P1/2P3KP/1q6 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if gxf5 Qg5+ Kh8 Qxf5 Kg7 Qg5+ Kh8 Qh6 ]

d)
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Albin Planinec, Cateske Toplice, 1968
3b1r2/6k1/3pq1pp/1P1Qp3/4Pp1N/1P4PP/6PK/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...fxg3+ Kxg3 Bxh4+ if Kxh4 Qf6+ mates ]

e)
Albin Planinec vs Stojan Puc, Novi Travnik, 1969
3q3Q/r3bkr1/p1b2p2/1p2p3/6R1/1P6/P4P1P/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Ke6 Qxd8 ]

1c)
mate in 7
Albin Planinec vs Darko Gliksman

Albin Planinec Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Albin Planinec, Novi Travnik, 1969
2k5/1p1n3p/p2Bp3/2P2pP1/PPK5/5BbP/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd6 cxd6 Ne5+ ]

b)
Albin Planinec vs Hristo Gerenski, Varna, 1970
r3k2r/1bq3pp/8/pPb2R2/4p1BP/8/1PP3P1/R2Q3K w kq - 0 1
[ Rxc5 if Qxc5 Qd7+ mates or if Qe7 Re5 ]

c)
Georgi Tringov vs Albin Planinec, Athens, 1971
8/Q1pr2k1/4q2p/4P1p1/P7/3rR2P/5Pp1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1+ Kg2 Qc6+ Rf3 Rd3 ]

d)
Albin Planinec vs Srdjan Cvetkovic, Yugoslavia, 1972
2rr3k/q2b3p/p3pp2/8/1RPP2Q1/6P1/3N2BP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rb7 Qa8 Rxd7 ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Silvino Garcia Martinez vs Albin Planinec, Madrid, 1973
8/Q3pk1p/4p3/1p3p2/2p1n1PK/P4q1P/1P6/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf4 ]

2c)
Georgi Tringov vs Albin Planinec

Albin Planinec Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Aleksandar Matanovic vs Albin Planinec, Yugoslavia, 1975
r2q2k1/1pp1n1pp/p1pb4/5r2/3Q4/2N2N2/PPP1RPPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if gxf3 Bxh2+ ]

b)
Albin Planinec vs Nikola Padevsky, Majdanpek, 1976
4rrk1/ppnq1b2/2p3p1/3pBp2/2nP4/2PB1P2/PP1QN1P1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc4 if dxc4 Qh6 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Albin Planinec vs Nino Kirov, Maribor, 1977
6rk/1b6/p5pB/1q2P2Q/4p2P/6R1/PP4PK/3r4 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Kxg7 Qxg6+ ]

d)
Albin Planinec vs Wlodzimierz Kruszynski, Polanica Zdroj, 1979
5r1k/1p4qp/3P4/p2Pn3/P2BB2Q/8/1P5P/5rRK w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Qxh7 Bxe5+ R1f6 Bxh7 ]

e)
White mates in 7.
Albin Planinec vs Liuben Spassov, Polanica Zdroj, 1979
2rq1rk1/3bbp1p/p4p1Q/3ppP2/2n4B/3B1N2/PPP3PP/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if fxg5 f6 ]

3c)
mate in 4
Albin Planinec vs Nino Kirov


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