Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (A11).
1.c4 c6
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Joachim Hoffmann vs M Frenz, Bargteheide, 1989
r3kb1r/1p1qpppp/p4n2/3p3b/Q7/2N1P2P/PP1P1PP1/R1B1KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bb5 ]
b)
Siegfried Weber vs Sandor Videki, Budapest, 1993
r3kb1r/pb1q1ppp/n3p3/1p6/8/1Q4P1/1B1PPPBP/RN3RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Rxa6 Bxg2 Kxg2 Qb7+ Qf3 ]
c)
Harald Merges vs Uwe Jungbluth, Nickenich, 1998
r4rk1/pp1b1pbp/2n1pnp1/3pN1B1/3P4/1PN3P1/1P2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 if Bxf6 Nxd7 ]
d)
Martin Rehorek vs Jan Chura, Czech Republic, 2001
rn1qkb1r/p3pppp/b1p5/3nN3/P1p5/1pQ3P1/1P1PPPBP/R1BNK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qf3 f6 Qh5+ g6 Nxg6 hxg6 Qxh8 ]
e)
Matej Sebenik vs Christian Hess, Schwarzach, 2004
rnbqk2r/p3ppbp/2p3p1/1p1nN3/8/N5P1/PP2QPBP/R1BR2K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxc6 Nxc6 Bxd5 ]
1b)
Siegfried Weber vs Sandor Videki
English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (A11). puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Otomar Pejko vs Peter Korytko, Slovakia, 2006
r1bq1rk1/1p1nb2p/p3p3/3p1pp1/2nP4/2NN2P1/PP2PPBP/2RQBRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Ncb6 Nc7 Rb8 Nxe6 or if exd5 Bxd5+ ]
b)
Ernani Francisco Choma vs Thiago Crema, Paranava, 2007
rn1qkb1r/pp3ppp/4pn2/3pN3/6b1/6P1/PP1PPPBP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxg4 Nxg4 Qa4+ ]
c)
Daiva Batyte vs Michael Ernst, Austria, 2007
r4rk1/pp1nqppb/3b3p/4p3/2N1n3/1P3NP1/PB3PBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 Nxd6 Ba3 ]
d)
Hannu Salokangas vs Kimo Boissonnier, Finland, 2009
r3k2r/pp1n1ppp/1qp1pn2/8/2Pb4/2N2BP1/PBQPPP1P/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Na4 ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Attila Czebe vs Julian Estrada Nieto, Budapest, 2012
r3kb1r/p1Qbpp1p/1nN2np1/1N6/8/6P1/P2PPPBP/q1B2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Rxd8 Nc7# ]
2b)
Ernani Francisco Choma vs Thiago Crema
English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (A11). puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Carlo D'Amore vs Daniele Genocchio, Siena, 2010
5rk1/r2nbppp/nq2p3/pp1pN2b/8/PP1P2PP/1BPN1PB1/1R2QRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd7 Rxd7 Qe5 Bf6 Qxh5 ]
b)
Lev Polugaevsky vs Arkady Novopashin, URS, 1963
3rr1k1/pp2ppb1/n5pp/2pn3q/3P1B2/1QN2NPP/PP2PPK1/2R1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Be5 if Nf6 Bxf6 Bxf6 g4 or if Bxe5 dxe5 ]
c)
Leon Mons vs Julian Kramer, Oberhof, 2012
r2qkb1r/p2n1ppp/2Q1pnb1/4N1N1/8/6P1/PP1P1P1P/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if Rc8 Nxe6 Be7 Nxg7# or if hxg6 Nxf7 ]
d)
Sergey Kofanov vs Alexander Filipenko, Novgorod, 1999
rn2k2r/pp3ppp/2p1bq2/2b1p3/2P5/5NP1/PPQ1PPBP/RN2K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...e4 if Qxe4 Qxb2 or if Nh4 Qxf2+ ]
e)
Sabreen Abdel Hamid vs Eman Elansary, Cairo, 2014
r3kb1r/pp2pppp/1qn5/3p2B1/3Pn1b1/1N3NP1/PP2PPBP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 Bxf3 Nxg5 ]
3a)
Carlo D'Amore vs Daniele Genocchio
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