'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gilles Suez-Panama.
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)
Gilles Suez-Panama vs Thierry Baron, Paris, 2003
3r2k1/1bq2p2/pp3b2/2p3N1/7Q/2N2B2/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Ne6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Gilles Suez-Panama vs Sandu Ungureanu, Caleta, 2011
r2q2k1/2nb2p1/p1n1pr2/6N1/3P4/3Q4/5PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Ba3+ ]

c)
Gilles Suez-Panama vs Juan Urbina Perez, Gibraltar, 2013
r1r3k1/5pp1/7p/4p3/1P2P3/2q2P2/1QB3PP/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Gilles Suez-Panama vs Khalid Becham, Caleta, 2014
r1bR3Q/pp4p1/4p1k1/4Pp2/2q2B2/6P1/PP3P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Kh7 Qh5# ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Romuald Delabaca vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Besancon, 2006
1rr3k1/4qppp/4p3/p2pPP1P/2bN4/2pBQ3/P1P3P1/2K1R2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ Kxb1 Qa3 ]

1b)
mate in 4
Gilles Suez-Panama vs Sandu Ungureanu

Gilles Suez-Panama Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lolomari George vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Caleta, 2012
r4rk1/1pp4p/3p2p1/1N1Pp1q1/1PP1PnP1/1Q2p3/4B2P/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2+ if Rxe2 Qxg4+ Rg2 Rxf1+ Kxf1 Ra1+
or if Kh1 Rxf1+ Rxf1 Ra1 Rxa1 Qf4
]

b)
Fred Nardol vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Fort-de-France, 2013
r3k2r/pp1n1pb1/1qp1b2p/3p1Bp1/3P4/2N1PNP1/PPQ2PP1/R3K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxf5 Qxf5 Qxb2 ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Lasse Bjorn vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Caleta, 2014
8/5k2/4p3/ppP1n1R1/2p4P/P1P5/5r2/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3 if Rg2 Rf1+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Laurent Gauthier vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Schoelcher, 2014
2k2rr1/1p6/4p3/pb1p4/6P1/P4PKQ/3q4/R3R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rf8+ ]

e)
Daniel Mohnblatt vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Gibraltar, 2015
6rk/2p3qp/1p6/3P2n1/p4Q2/P3p2P/1PB3P1/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxh3 ]

f)
Oluwafemi Balogun vs Gilles Suez-Panama, Gibraltar, 2015
r1b2rk1/ppp3pp/1b4q1/3PPp2/8/1N1Q2P1/PP4KP/R1B4R b - - 0 1
[ ...f4 Qxg6 f3+ Kf1 Bh3+ Ke1 f2+ Ke2 f1/Q+ ]

2f)
Oluwafemi Balogun vs Gilles Suez-Panama


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