Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Fabiano Caruana.
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)
Caruana vs Thomas Murphy, Nassau, 2000
rnbq1r1k/ppn1p1bp/2p3p1/3pN3/3P1N2/1B6/PPP2PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nexg6+ hxg6 Nxg6+ Kg8 Nxe7+ if Kf7, Kh8 or Kh7 Qh5+ mates ]
b)
Caruana vs Jose Guerra, Bogota, 2003
r1b1kbQ1/ppp1n3/3p4/5pPq/5P2/2N3K1/PPPB3P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ Kxe7 Nd5+ w/Nf6+ ]
c)
Caruana vs Josko Mukic, Arco, 2005
r1q2rk1/1p2bpp1/2p1p3/p1P1N3/1PP4p/P2R1QP1/5P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 w/Nb6 ]
d)
Caruana vs Osamu Katsuhara, Budapest, 2005
1r3r2/2q1b1k1/p2p1pPp/1p1B1bN1/3B2n1/8/PPPQ4/1KR4R w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ Bxe6 Bxe6 if Kxg6 Qxh6+ mates ]
e)
Caruana vs Javier Vallejo Diaz, Madrid, 2006
r2r2k1/1p1n1pbp/2p1p1p1/1qP5/1P1P1R2/1Q4PP/1B3PB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 Kxf7 Bf1 if Qa4 Qxe6+ mates ]
Caruana Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Caruana vs Jose Candela Perez, Alcala de Henares, 2006
r4k1r/1bq2pbp/3Np1p1/pBn5/4P3/4BPQ1/1PP3PP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb7 if Qxb7 Qd6+ Kg8 Bc6 or if Qxg3 Bxc5+ ]
b)
Caruana vs Maurizio Diotallevi, Porto Mannu, 2007
r4r2/1pq2pk1/p2b2pp/4p3/5nb1/1BP1QNB1/PP3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 if exf4 Qd4+ or if Bxf3 Bxh6+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. James Simpson vs Caruana, Gibraltar, 2007
1r3rk1/5qp1/2n1p2p/p1bpPp1P/3N4/1PP3P1/3Q1P1N/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if cxd4 Bb4 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Zlatko Ilincic vs Caruana, Budapest, 2007
8/5pk1/1p1p2p1/3Pp2r/2P1P1q1/PQ2R1P1/5PKn/2R3Nr b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf1 if Kxf1 Rxg1+ mates ]
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