Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English Opening (ECO A10).
1.c4
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
John Watson vs James Thibault, Lone Pine, 1979
rn3rk1/pppbb1pp/3p4/2q2p2/2PN1Bn1/2N1P1P1/PPQ2P1P/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Bd8 b4 or if Nc6 Nb3 Nb4 Qd2 ]
b)
Campbell vs W Taelemans, Gent, 1993
rnbq1r1k/ppp3pp/3p1b2/3Bp1N1/2P5/6P1/PP1P1P1P/R1BQK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxh7 if Kxh7 Qh5# or if Re8 Qh5 ]
c)
Johanna Kozlowski vs K Baumgarten, Kerkwitz, 1996
rn2kb1r/ppp1pppp/5n2/8/1q1P4/2N2P2/PP1B1PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Qxb2 Bc3 ]
d)
Reinhard Sonnberger vs Holger Schirrmeister, Schwabisch Gmund, 1999
r1b1r2k/1pp1q1pp/p1n5/2Nnpp2/1P5b/P2PPN2/1BQ1BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc4 if Nb6 Qxh4 ]
e)
Escalera Bovio Vigil vs Enrique Castano Garzon, Spain, 2000
r3kb1r/p1pbpppp/1pnq4/1BN5/3P4/1Q2PN2/PP1K1PPP/R6R w kq - 1 0
[ Nxd7 if a6 Bxc6 Qxc6 Nde5 ]
1c)
Johanna Kozlowski vs K Baumgarten
English Opening (ECO A10) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Juan Mellado Trivino vs Miguel Sancho Cortes, Zaragoza, 2001
r3kb1r/ppq3pp/2ppbn2/2n2p2/2PQ1B2/2N2NP1/PP2PP1P/R3KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxc5 dxc5 Bxc7 Bxc4 Bh3 ]
b)
Herbert Heinzelmann vs Helmut Egle, Austria, 2001
rnb2rk1/pp4pp/2pbpq2/3p1p2/2PPnB1P/1QN3PN/PP2PPB1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxe4 fxe4 Bxd6 ]
c)
Sylvain Joigneau vs Marc Plantet, Montigny le Bretonneux, 2002
rn1q1rk1/pb1pnppp/1p2p3/2p5/2P5/P1PQ1NP1/1P3PBP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 Ng6 Bxb7 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Ovidiu-Doru Foisor vs Martin Poulsen, Kiel, 2003
r1b2rk1/pp1nq1p1/2p4p/2b3N1/4B3/6P1/PPQ2P1P/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ if cxd5 Qh7# or if Rf7 Qh7+ ]
e)
Normunds Miezis vs Yana Gusakovskaya, Winterthur, 2004
r2qkb1r/1b2np1p/ppnpp1p1/1N6/2PNP3/6P1/PP3PBP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if fxe6 Nxd6+ or if Qb8 Nec7+ Kd7 Qxd6+ Kc8 Rd1 ]
2a)
Juan Mellado Trivino vs Miguel Sancho Cortes
English Opening (ECO A10) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Tomasz Kasprzyk vs Janusz Pipala, Pszczyna, 2009
rn1qrk2/pbp1b1pp/1p1pBn2/6N1/2P5/2Np2P1/PP3P1P/R1BQR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 ]
b)
Vladimir Burmakin vs Ilya Manakov, Schwaebisch Gmuend, 2013
r2q2k1/ppp3bp/1nnp2p1/8/6PN/2P3P1/P1P3BP/1RB2QK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb6 axb6 Bd5+ Kh8 Nxg6+ mates ]
c)
A Castelltort Fernandez vs Josep Chalmeta Torredemer, Barcelona, 2016
r1bq1rk1/1p4pp/1n1b4/p2p1p2/P7/1Q1P1NP1/1P3PBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 Qc7 Rac1 ]
d)
Holger Kuech vs Karl-H Schnegelsberg, Bruchkoebel, 1993
r2qkb1r/p1pp3p/1p2p2p/4Pp2/2PPb2P/P4N2/1P1QBPP1/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Ng5 if hxg5 Bh5+ Ke7 Qxg5# ]
e)
Rafael Konetzke vs Marc Becker, NRW, 1997
r2q1rk1/2p1n1pp/1p1p4/p3p1B1/2P1n2N/PP4P1/5P1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe7 Qxe7 Qd5+ ]
3b)
Vladimir Burmakin vs Ilya Manakov
English Opening (ECO A10) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ilia Smirin vs Nelson Gamboa, New York, 1998
r4rk1/pb1pq1pp/n1p1pn2/2P1Np2/1b6/1QN3P1/PP2PPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd3 if Bxc3 Qxb7 or if Rab8 Nxb4 ]
b)
Jussi Koivunen vs Lauri Alho, Finland, 2008
r2q1r2/pp1n1pbk/2n3pp/3Np3/4P3/4B1PB/PP3P1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd7 if Qxd7 Nf6+ ]
c)
Peter Arnaudov vs Veselin Pantev, Bankja, 2011
r1b2rk1/pp2b1pp/2p1P3/2n3N1/1q4n1/2NpB1P1/PP1Q1PBP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Ne4 or Qxd2 Nxe7+ ]
d)
Andre Palat vs Enis Arikok, Geneva, 1990
2rnqr1k/pppn2bp/3p2p1/4p1N1/2N1P3/1QP2PP1/PP5P/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...h6 Nh3 Qe6 Kg2 Nc5 Qb4 Nc6 ]
e)
Dmitry Lebedev vs Ivan Chichaev, Zaraisk, 2009
r2q1rk1/p3b1pp/1pp5/4pp2/2P3n1/P1N1BPP1/1P1QP2P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 if Qxe3 Bc5 ]
4d)
Andre Palat vs Enis Arikok
English Opening (ECO A10) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Matthias Hoensch vs Peter Hertzog, Herrenberg, 1986
r3kb1r/pppq4/3p1nnp/3PpbNB/2P1p3/2N1B3/PP3PP1/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxh5 if Qxh5 hxg5 or if Rxh5 Bg4 ]
b)
Siegfried Schiessl vs Michael Katzameyer, Germany, 1994
r2qk1nr/pbpp1ppp/1p2p3/2n5/1QP1P3/P1N2N2/1P1P1PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...a5 if Qb5 c6 ]
c)
Dieter Buchenthal vs Olaf Horstmann, Germany, 2007
r1bq1rk1/ppp3bp/3p2p1/2P1N3/5p2/1P2P3/PB1P2PP/2RQKB1R b K - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ g3 fxg3 if Bc4+ Kh8 Nf3 g2+ or if Rc4 g2+ ]
d)
Samuel Walker vs Tim Wall, Bournemouth, 2016
r2q1rk1/ppp3p1/1bn1bn1p/3p1p2/Q2N1B2/3P1NP1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Nxd4 Bd7 if Qb4 c5 ]
5d)
Samuel Walker vs Tim Wall
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