Here are some chess puzzles from the games of the 2009/2010 Bundesliga.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Sune Hansen vs Ilja Schneider, Germany, 2009
2R2bk1/1pR1r1p1/1P1p1p1p/q2Pr3/8/4BQ1P/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 if Re4 Bxf6 gxf6 Qxf6 mates ]
b)
Tomi Nyback vs Ulf Von Herman, Germany, 2009
r1bqrbk1/p4p1p/2n3p1/2ppP1Nn/6Q1/PP1B4/1B1N1PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e6 if Bxe6 Qxh5 or if f5 Bxf5 ]
c)
Alexei Shirov vs Jean-Marc Degraeve, Germany, 2009
2r4k/2nq2bp/1p1pN1pN/3P4/8/7Q/1P3P1P/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 ]
d)
Karina Szczepkowska vs Nadine Busse, Germany, 2009
6kb/ppq1n3/6p1/3bp1N1/3p4/P2P2P1/1PPB1QB1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb4 ]
e)
Stephanie Bauer vs Katrin Berthold, 2009
2q1r1k1/ppr4p/5n1B/3pN1p1/3Pn1P1/4Q2R/PP5P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Nxf6 Qxg5+ mates ]
2009/2010 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Katharina Boeck vs Hanna Hoffmann, Germany, 2009
2rk3r/RQ3ppp/5b2/2p1p3/3q4/2NP3P/1PP3P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 ]
b)
Ursula Hielscher vs Maia Amirezashvili, Germany, 2009
r1b4k/1pb3pp/p6r/4np2/P3pN1q/1QB1P2P/1P1RNPP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if Bxe5 Qf7 ]
c)
Dana Reizniece 2341 vs Evgenija Ovod 2447, Germany, 2009
r1r5/1b1nq1k1/p2b2p1/4ppP1/1p1P2Q1/1B2PN2/1P1B1P2/1K1R3R w - f6 0 1
[ Rh7+ if Kxh7 Qh3+ mates ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Monika Socko vs Edyta Jakubiec, Germany, 2009
5r1k/1q4b1/p1b3Qp/1pPNp3/1P2p3/PB5R/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 ]
e)
Heike Vogel vs Anke Freter, Germany, 2009
r3k2r/pb1n1p2/1p1bpn1p/6p1/1qNPP3/3B4/PP2Q1PP/R4KNR w kq - 0 1
[ a3 ]
2009/2010 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Michael Bezold 2517 vs Alexei Shirov 2732, Germany, 2009
r2q1rk1/1ppnbppp/2b1p3/p5B1/Pn1PP3/2N2NP1/1P2QPBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ d5 ]
b)
Igor Glek vs Romuald Mainka, Germany, 2009
5rk1/pp2q2p/6p1/2p1n1N1/2PpQ2P/P2P4/1P4N1/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Re1 if Rf5 Qd5+ ]
c)
Dennis Breder vs Drazen Muse, Germany, 2009
r2r4/pp2k1p1/5p1p/2bB4/3n4/P4N2/1P3PPP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rhe1+ ]
d)
Rustem Dautov vs Maria Schoene, Germany, 2009
3r4/1n2pp2/3p1kpQ/2pP4/1pP1q3/1P1N2P1/r4P2/2R3KR w - - 0 1
[ Rh4 if Qxd3 Rf4+ mates ]
e)
Michail Feygin vs Mladen Muse, Germany, 2009
r1b1q1k1/ppp2np1/8/2n5/2B5/7Q/PPP3PP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Qh5+ w/Qxc5 or if Qxf7 Rd8+ ]
2009/2010 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Roeland Pruijssers vs Stephan Giemsa, Germany, 2009
1r4k1/pp1b2pp/2n1pr2/q1np4/3N1P1P/2N5/PPPQ2P1/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if Bxc6 Nxd5 ]
b)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Sergey Fedorchuk, Germany, 2009
3q1rn1/2p2ppk/1bb4p/4pN2/4P3/1BP2Q2/5PPP/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 ]
c)
Rainer Polzin vs Nazar Firman, Germany, 2009
r1q1r1k1/2p1n1pb/p2n1p2/1p1P4/2P3PN/P3R3/4BP2/B2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ c5 if Ne4 d6 cxd6 cxd6 Ng6 d7 ]
d)
Ilja Schneider vs Igor Glek, Germany, 2009
1r1r4/1pk2p1p/p7/3Q1bq1/2PP1N2/P3P3/7p/2R2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qc5+ Kd7 Ng2 ]
e)
Andrei Cioara vs Georg Nippgen, Germany, 2009
r5rk/3n1q1p/b1p5/p2pP3/2pP2R1/2N1P2Q/1P5P/4B1RK w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]
2009/2010 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win.
a)
Erasmus Gerigk vs Henrik Teske, Germany, 2009
8/5pkp/p3q3/8/2PnpQ2/3r3P/P5P1/4BR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ if gxh3 Qxh3+ Kg1 Ne2+ ]
b)
Vlastimil Babula 2566 vs Stefan Fruebing 2305, Germany, 2009
2rr2k1/p4pPp/1p1p2p1/3R4/1PPpPQnq/P4P2/7P/2R2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ Kh1 Ne3 ]
c)
Stefan Bromberger vs Evgeniy Najer, Germany, 2009
r1b1k2r/1pq1bp2/p2pp3/4n1B1/4P1n1/2NB1N1P/PPPQ2P1/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ Kh1 Nxf3 ]
d)
Rainer Polzin vs Zahar Efimenko, Germany, 2009
2r1r2k/6p1/pBn2bqp/1p3n2/4N1bP/P1pQ1N2/1PB2PP1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 Nxe5 Bxe5 if f3 Qxb6+ ]
e)
Christian Maier vs Falko Bindrich, Germany, 2009
r4rk1/1p4pp/pq1P4/4P3/4Qpbb/2N5/PPPK2P1/R1B2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ if Qxe3 fxe3+ w/...Rxf1 ]
2009/2010 Bundesliga Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Peter Enders vs Alexandre Dgebuadze, Germany, 2009
6k1/3b1qp1/2nBp1pp/3pP3/R1pP2QP/2P3N1/1rP2PP1/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ Ke2 Nxd4+ ]
b)
Thomas Lentrodt vs Michael Hoffmann, Germany, 2009
2kr4/1pp5/p1b1pR2/4P3/2P4p/3Bb2P/PPK1N2r/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be4 ]
c)
Black Mates in 8. Anna Muzychuk 2542 vs Oliver Reeh 2442, Germany, 2009
1k4r1/pPb5/P1q2Q2/4P3/2p5/2P2P1p/1P2R1r1/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 if Qxc6 Rxe1+ Kh2 Rxe5 or if Rxe2 Qc5 ]
d)
Black Mates in 5. Marta Michna vs Nikoletta Lakos, Germany, 2009
6k1/6pp/4q3/1p1p4/1P4P1/3PR2Q/1RK4P/3rr3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6+ (or ...Qc8+) Kb3 Rxd3+ ]
e)
Sarah Hoolt vs Tatiana Kononenko, Germany, 2009
2kn2rr/p2n2q1/P3p3/1R1pP3/2pP1Q1p/2P4K/2P1R1N1/2B5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Qxg3 hxg3+ Nh4 g2 Rxg2 Rxh4+ ]
f)
Claudia Steinbacher vs Kristyna Havlikova, Germany, 2009
2r2rk1/4q1bp/p4pp1/1p2p3/1n2N2Q/3p1P2/bP1N2PP/2BRKB1R b K - 0 1
[ ...Qa7 if Qf2 Nc2# ]
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