New Titles from wtharvey.com
Thanks for supporting wtharvey.com !
Here are some mate in 2s from Caro-Kann Defense miniatures.
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.
Reinhold Ripperger vs Thomas Schuh, St. Ingbert, 1996
2kr3r/pp1n1pp1/3R1n1p/1Bp2b2/5B2/5N2/PPP2PPP/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rc6+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Manoel Pereira vs Giovanni Costa, Santos, 2008
rn1q3r/pp2p1kp/2p3p1/8/4n1N1/8/PPPB2PP/R2QKR2 w Q - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Raymond Cannon vs James Robinson, London, 2013
r1b1kb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p1p2p/q5B1/3P4/2PB1N2/PP2QPPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Mateusz Luksik vs Grzegorz Kubeczko, Warsaw, 2013
r1b3k1/pp3ppp/2p2p2/2b1r3/3q4/1Q1P1B2/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf2+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Joan Tomas Batet vs Jordi Pros Heras, Catalunya, 1994
2r2b1r/p2Qnkpp/1qB1pp2/1N5P/3p2P1/8/PPbP1P2/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nd6+ ]
Caro-Kann mate in 2s, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
H Raja vs Ramil Faizrakhmanov, Palic, 2016
r1q1kb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p1p2p/6B1/3PQ3/2PB3P/P1P2PP1/1R2K2R w Kkq - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Mario Lanzani vs Nikolaos Skalkotas, Halkida, 1997
2kr1nr1/pp1nqp1p/2p1p1pP/4B3/2BP4/5QP1/PPP2P2/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Dmitri Saveliev vs Alexander Lukianov, Uljanovsk, 2008
r3kbnr/3q1pp1/p3p2p/2pNP3/Q5PP/2N1B3/PPb2P2/2KR3R w kq - 1 0
[ Nc7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Max Moser vs Sven Bakker, Tingkaerskolen, 1997
r3kb1r/pp3ppp/1qn1p3/2npPb2/8/1NP2NP1/PP1B1PBP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ ]
Caro-Kann mate in 2s, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Rug Weaver vs Kappa, corr., 2002
r2q3r/pp1n1kp1/2p1p3/3pPp2/1P1P2P1/P1N1b3/2PN2PP/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Evgeni Vasiukov vs Alexander Zaitsev, Berlin, 1968
r2q1b1r/4kppp/p1Q1p3/8/1n1N4/5P2/PP3P1P/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bg5+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Manfred Mueller vs Georg Porubszki, Bad Woerishofen, 2003
2rqkbnr/pp1bpppp/n7/3NN3/2QP4/8/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R w KQk - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Nikolay Cholakov vs Nikolay Georgiev, Sofia, 2014
3rkb1r/1p2ppp1/1p3n1p/1N1nNb2/2BP4/8/PP3PPP/R1B2RK1 w k - 1 0
[ Nc7+ Nxc7 Bxf7# ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Artyom Avtsynov vs Andrey Zakharov, Voronezh, 2008
r4b1r/pp1Pk1pp/2n3n1/q1N1p3/4P3/2P1B3/PP3PPP/RN1QK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bg5+ ]
Tactics you can use from wtharvey.com
Caro-Kann mate in 2s, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Vincent Lau vs Mitchell Carey, Hervey Bay, 1999
r2q3r/pp1bb1kN/2p2np1/5p2/3P4/1QPBB3/PP3PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Cristian Atomei vs Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu, Voineasa, 2009
1rb1k2r/p3ppb1/2p3p1/q3P2p/2BP4/Ppn1BN2/1PPQ2PP/K2R2R1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Qxa3+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Alessandro Frignani vs Edwin Quintero, Pocos de Caldas, 2013
r2qk1r1/pb1n1pp1/1ppBpn1p/8/2PP4/3B1NP1/PP2QP1P/R3K2R w KQq - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Radomir Hacik vs Jozef Dlhy, Slovakia, 2004
r2r2k1/pp2bppp/2p1p3/4qb1P/8/1BP1BQ2/PP3PP1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc3+ ]
Caro-Kann mate in 2s, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Marko Srebrnic vs Peter Lendero, Slovenia, 2005
2kr3r/pp1nqpp1/2p2np1/2b5/Q4B2/2P3N1/PP2BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ bxc6 Ba6# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Alexander Herbrig vs Clara Graf, Internet, 2012
r2q1bnr/pp1npkp1/2p4p/6p1/3P2Q1/3B2N1/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bg6+ Kxg6 Qf5# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Aleksandr Esipenko vs Daniel Kolomeets, Gelendjik, 2017
r2qkb1r/p2n1p1p/4pp2/1B2Nb2/2p5/1N6/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bxd7+ Ke7 Nc6# ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Jorden Van Foreest vs Igor Khenkin, Riyadh, 2017
r2q1k1r/pp1nb1pb/2p1R2p/7Q/2BP3P/8/PPP2PP1/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf6+ ]
Back to the Index