'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (ECO A87).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nikolay Minev vs Georgios Ioakimidis, Sofia, 1979
rn3rk1/p2bp1bp/1p1p1np1/2pP1p2/q1P5/NN4P1/PP1BPPBP/R1Q2RK1 w
[ Na5 if bxa5 b3 or if Be8 Nb5 Bxb5 b3 ]
b)
Andreas Stickler vs Milon Gupta, Bad Orb, 1989
r1b2rk1/1p1np1b1/p2p3p/2pP1ppq/NPP3n1/P2QPNP1/1B3PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2 if Nxb2 Nde5 ]
c)
White mates in 8.
Igor Jelen vs Srecko Truta, Ptuj, 1990
r1b2r2/ppp3k1/3p3p/6p1/2PN2Pq/1PN4P/PBQ2Pp1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ Bxe6 Nd5+ if Rf6 Bxf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Oliver Reeh vs Laszlo Barczay, Kecskemet, 1990
rnb2rk1/ppp2qb1/6pQ/2pN1p2/8/1P3BP1/PB2PP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Qxe7 Bd5+ ]
e)
B Chwallek vs F Haller, Nuernberg, 1990
1rbqr1k1/ppp4p/3p1bp1/4n1N1/2P5/6P1/PP3PBP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ Kh8 or Kg7 Rxe5 ]
1d)
mate in 4
Oliver Reeh vs Laszlo Barczay
A87 Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Wolfgang Raddatz vs Andreas Neumann, Schleswig Holstein, 1991
r1bq1r1k/ppp3bp/3p2p1/6N1/2npQ3/6P1/PP3PBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh4 if h5 Nf7+ ]
b)
Kimmo Muukkonen vs Unto Raisa, Kuopio, 1991
r2q1rk1/1p1bp1bp/3p1np1/p1pP1p2/2P1n3/1PN1BNP1/P1Q1PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 if Qxc3 Nxd5 ]
c)
Semko Semkov vs Tihomir Dovramadjiev, Burgas, 1993
r5k1/1Rp1rb1p/n2p1bp1/p2P1p2/P7/q2NBBP1/2Q1PP1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 if Qxa4 Rb8+ ]
d)
J Rettke vs A Leissner, NRW, 1994
r3q1k1/pppr2bp/2n1bnp1/3NppN1/2P5/4P1P1/PPQ2PBP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 Qxe6 Nxf6+ if Bxf6 Bd5 ]
e)
F Kreh vs Tobias Jugelt, Germany, 1995
r1b1qrk1/ppp1p1bp/3p2p1/3P1p2/1PPNn3/5PP1/P3P1BP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3 Qd2 Bxd4+ if Qxd4 Nxe2+ ]
2d)
J Rettke vs A Leissner
A87 Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alejandro Moreno vs Rafael Espinosa, Villa Clara, 1995
r3qrk1/ppp3bp/2npbnp1/5pN1/2P5/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 Qxe6 Bd5 Nxd5 cxd5 ]
b)
M Musielak vs Lukasz Porebski, Augustow, 1996
rnb2rk1/ppp2qbp/5n2/3Np3/2P1Pp2/1N6/PP3PBP/R1BQ1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd5 if cxd5 f3 ]
c)
Joseph Bradford vs Larry Moss, Dallas, 1996
4qrk1/p1nbp1b1/r4npp/2P1Np2/N2Q4/6P1/1B2PPBP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ c6 Bc8 Nc5 Rb6 Ncd7 ]
d)
Aimo Koivunen vs Janne Viirret, Finland, 1998
r4rk1/ppn1p1bp/3p2p1/3P4/4N1b1/PP2P1P1/5qBP/1RBQR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd1 Nxf2 Bc2 ]
e)
Michael Genkin vs Mihail Kopylov, Gelsenkirchen, 2000
r4rk1/pppbp1b1/3p1n1p/2nP2pq/1PPN4/P5P1/1BQNPPB1/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 N4f3 Ba4 if Qb1 Nb3 Nxb3 Rxf3 mates ]
3c)
Joseph Bradford vs Larry Moss
A87 puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Kolesar vs Pavol Malar, Slovakia, 2001
r1b1r1k1/pp1np1b1/n6p/2pNP1p1/2P2pq1/BP1Q1N2/P4PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 if Rf8 h3 ]
b)
Lev Psakhis vs Jacob Pallesen, Copenhagen, 2001
5rk1/p1p2r1p/1pnp1bp1/3Np3/1PP1P3/6Pq/P2QNP1P/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Rxf6 Qd5+ ]
c)
Juan Gomez Esteban vs Miguel Rada Equiza, Subijana de Alava, 2001
r4rk1/pbq1p2p/1pn3p1/2p1Np2/2P5/1P2Q1P1/P3PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 Bxc6 Qe6+ ]
d)
Aleksander Marcinkiewicz vs Ethan Civan, corr., 2001
r1b2r2/ppp1p1k1/n2p2p1/5pN1/3q4/6P1/PP2PPBP/R1Q2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxb7 if Bxb7 Ne6+ ]
e)
Frank Koenig vs Armin Krawatzki, Neukoelln, 2004
r1b1kr2/1p1np1b1/3p2pp/3B1p2/1PPN4/6P1/4PP1P/1RB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6 if Rg8 Nc7+ ]
4b)
Lev Psakhis vs Jacob Pallesen
A87 puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dusan Schwarz vs Jiri Kociscak, Piestany, 2006
r2r2k1/pp1n3p/2p1bqp1/5p2/4P3/2Q2NP1/PP3PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Qxc3 Rxd8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Natalia Landina vs Mariya Arslanova, Vladivostok, 2007
r2qr2k/pppb2bp/5np1/2P1ppN1/3n1B2/1QN3P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]
c)
Daniele Genocchio vs Alessandro Bonafede, Civitanova Marche, 2012
rnb2rk1/ppp3bp/3q2p1/4np2/1P6/5NP1/PB2PPBP/RN1QK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxe5 Bxe5 Qd5+ if Qxd5 Bxd5+ Kg7 Bxe5+ ]
d)
Pierre-Emmanuel Poulet vs Tristan Laverdet, Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, 2013
rn3rk1/pp5p/2pp1bp1/5bN1/2P2B1R/6P1/Pq3PBP/R2Q2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ if cxd5 Qxd5+ mates or if Rf7 Bxf7+ Kf8 Qxd6+ Be7 Re1 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Jovica Radovanovic vs Gavin Wall, London, 2014
r1br3k/pp2R1bp/n1pp1pp1/3B4/1q1P4/4BQP1/PP1N1P1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 cxd5 Bxg7+ Kg8 Qxd5+ ]
5c)
Daniele Genocchio vs Alessandro Bonafede
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