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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jorden Van Foreest.
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)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Franz-Josef Schleime, Bugibba, 2011
4r1k1/1bq3Pp/pp4p1/3p2n1/P2B4/2N4Q/1PP4P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 gxf8/Q+ Kxf8 Qh6+ Ke8 Qxg5 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Jorden Van Foreest vs Martin Percivaldi, Prague, 2012
r1b1r1k1/1p4p1/p2np3/3pN1PQ/5P2/4q2B/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ ]
c)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Hans De Lange, Vlissingen, 2013
r2r2k1/5pp1/p3p3/4q2p/Ppb1N3/1N3Q2/1PP5/1K1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 ]
d)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Mark Lyell, Can Picafort, 2014
3rr1k1/1p3ppp/p1p3n1/q1Pp4/3P2nP/P1N3P1/1P1Q1PB1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ h5 Nf8 Qf4 if Nf6 b4 ]
e)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Ramon Chalmeta Ugas, Dieren, 2014
4k3/1p3p1p/p3p3/2qPQp2/4b3/P7/KP5P/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Ke7 d6+ if Qxd6 Re8+ ]
1d)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Mark Lyell
Jorden Van Foreest Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jorden Van Foreest vs Etienne Goudriaan, Amsterdam, 2015
r3r1k1/1b3pp1/p2ppb1p/q1Pn3P/1p2Q3/3B1NB1/PPP1NPP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Bxd6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jorden Van Foreest vs Thomas Mollema, Maastricht, 2015
3q1r2/1p2R3/2pp1k1p/p1n2PpB/2P5/1P4P1/P4P2/4Q1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc3+ Kxe7 Qg7+ Rf7 Qxf7# ]
c)
White mates in 6.
Jorden Van Foreest vs Thomas Feldtmann, Wunsiedel, 2015
r1bqk2r/3pbp1p/2n2p2/1N6/1pB2p2/5Q2/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 w kq - 1 0
[ Nd6+ Kf8 Qh5 if Ne5 Rxe5 ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Jana Marikova vs Jorden Van Foreest, Potsdam, 2012
r4rk1/p4pp1/Q1R4p/4p1b1/P3P1b1/5q1P/NP2nPP1/3B1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ gxh3 Bf3+ ]
e)
Paul-Gerhard Urbanek vs Jorden Van Foreest, Lueneburg, 2015
8/p1q2p1k/5Bpp/1rbQ1p2/2P1r3/8/PP4PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg1 ]
2d)
mate in 3
Jana Marikova vs Jorden Van Foreest
Jorden Van Foreest Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anne Haast vs Jorden Van Foreest, Maastricht, 2015
2k5/pp1r1p2/2p1p1p1/2b4p/1PP2P1P/R1Q3P1/P1K5/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...R7d2+ if Qxd2 Rxd2+ Kxd2 Bxb4+ ]
b)
Jens-Uwe Maiwald vs Jorden Van Foreest, Germany, 2015
5rk1/r1q1bp1p/3Np2p/4n3/1Q6/R4BP1/1P1R1PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxa3 if Qxa3 Nxf3 Kxf3 Rd8 ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Joerg Mehringer vs Jorden Van Foreest, Heusenstamm, 2015
2kr4/pp3pp1/q7/Pb2PpP1/3P1P2/NP3KR1/4r3/R2Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6+ d5 Qc3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Yining Xu vs Lucas Van Foreest, Tarvisio, 2017
6rk/1p6/p7/2pQp3/P3Nq1B/4bPnK/R5P1/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qf5+ 2.Kh2 Nxf1+ 3.Kh1 Qh3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Andrei Volokitin vs Jorden Van Foreest, Germany, 2018
5rk1/1b6/1p2ppp1/pPb5/2p2P1P/P2r1R1q/1B1NQ2N/R6K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxd2 ]
3d)
mate in 4
Yining Xu vs Lucas Van Foreest
Jorden Van Foreest Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Erwin L'Ami, Amsterdam, 2018
3r4/1pb2ppk/p1p2q1p/P1B1pP2/1P2Q3/2P2RPP/3r1P2/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be7 if Qxe7 f6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Jonathan De Kleuver vs Jorden Van Foreest, Vlissingen, 2018
4rrk1/6pp/3p4/p1pP1pq1/P1P3n1/1P3N1R/R1BQ1bPP/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd2 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Jorden Van Foreest vs Alisher Suleymenov, Moscow, 2019
5rk1/p5r1/4p1p1/1p1b1NQ1/2pP4/P6R/q1P2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Qh6+ ]
d)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Philippe Brochet, Brest, 2019
3rk2r/1q2bpp1/2p2n1p/1p3Q2/3P1B2/5N2/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w k - 1 0
[ 1.Rxe7+ if 1...Kxe7 2.Qc5+ mates or if 1...Qxe7 2.Re1 ]
e)
Lucas Van Foreest vs Alberto David, Dieren, 2019
7r/3rpk1p/p4pp1/1p1q4/7Q/3P1N2/PB3PPP/K3R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxe7+ if 1...Rxe7 2.Qxf6+ ]
4a)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Erwin L'Ami
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