'Chess Opening' series from wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Emilio Cordova.
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)
Emilio Cordova vs Fabiano Caruano, Guaymallen 2001
rn1r2k1/4ppbp/p5p1/1p1bB3/1P1P4/1B6/P4PPP/2R1K1NR w K - 0 1
[ Bxd5 Rxd5 Rc8+ ]
b)
Mateo Arcos vs Emilio Cordova, Guaymallen, 2001
r2q1rk1/5pp1/pp1pb3/4p2p/Pn2PP2/1NN4P/1PP2RPQ/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 if cxb3 Nd3 ]
c)
Black mates in 6.
Cristian Moya vs Emilio Cordova, Arequipa, 2003
r1bq1rk1/p4ppp/2p5/3pb2Q/4n2R/2NB4/PPPB2PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 8.
Nikolay Noritsyn vs Emilio Cordova, Halkidiki, 2003
3r1bk1/pR2q2p/5p1Q/6p1/4P1b1/P5N1/7P/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3+ Kg1 Qc5+ if Rxc5 Bxc5+ Kf1 Rd1# ]
e)
Dante Lopez vs Emilio Cordova, Lima, 2004
3Q4/3n1pk1/1p2p3/4P2p/1P1K4/P5p1/4q3/R1R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ if Qe4 f5+ exf6+ Nxf6+ Kf3 Qf2# or if Kc4 Nxe5+ ]
1c)
mate in 6
Cristian Moya vs Emilio Cordova
Emilio Cordova Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Fernando Fernandez vs Emilio Cordova, Lima, 2004
r1q2rk1/pb2bppp/1p6/4BP2/Q1P3n1/6P1/P2N1PBP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5 if Re2 Nxf2 Rxf2 Bxf2+ Kxf2 Qc5+ ]
b)
Emilio Cordova vs Anton Kovaliov, Buenos Aires, 2005
7r/p1pk2pp/1rpb1pn1/4p3/Q1B1P3/1PR2N2/PKP2qPP/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd2 Qc5 Be6+ Kxe6 Rxc5 Bxc5 Qc4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 7.
Alonso Zapata vs Emilio Cordova, Merida, 2007
8/8/6kp/R5p1/4p3/PP1nBrPK/4R2P/6r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if Rxe3 Nf2# ]
d)
Bernardo Roselli Mailhe vs Emilio Cordova, Montevideo, 2018
3r2k1/2p2r1p/1p4p1/p1q3b1/P1P1Q3/3B1P2/KP2R1PP/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Re7 if Qg4 Rxd3 ]
e)
Emilio Cordova vs Haik Der Manuelian, Sturbridge, 2019
r2q1rk1/pp3ppp/3b1n2/3pn3/6b1/1PN1PN2/PB2BPPP/R2QK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ 1.Nxe5 if 1...Bxe2 2.Nxe2 or if 1...Bxe5 2.Bxg4 ]
2b)
Emilio Cordova vs Anton Kovaliov
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