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Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Bremen System, Keres Variation (ECO A23).



1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 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)
Dr Havlicek vs Mojmir Svabensky, Czechoslovakia, 1946
r2qk2r/pppb1ppp/5b2/3n4/Q7/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qe4+ Ne7 Qxb7 c6 Rd1 Qc8 Rxd7 ]

b)
Floriano Martins vs Jose Sanchez, corr., 1989
r1bq1r2/ppp1n1bk/3p2pp/4pp1n/PPP1P2N/2NP2P1/5PBP/1RBQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ exf5 Bxf5 Nxf5 if Nxf5 g4 or if gxf5 Qxh5 ]

c)
W Vermaas vs G Besemer, corr., 1989
r1b1r1k1/pp3ppp/2p5/q1nn4/2PN4/1Q4P1/PB2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa3 if Qxa3 Bxa3 ]

d)
Thomas Rachow vs Manfred Schmeling, Schleswig Holstein, 1990
r4rk1/pp1qbppp/2n1bn2/8/3NN3/3Q2P1/PP3PBP/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 if Qxd3 Nxe7+ or if Qxc6 Nxf6+ ]

e)
A Schirmer vs D Seng, Untergrombach, 1990
r4rk1/pppb1ppp/2n5/2bqp3/8/5NP1/PPQPPPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 e4 Nxe4 if b6 Nf6+ or if Qe5 Nxc5 ]

1d)
Thomas Rachow vs Manfred Schmeling

English, Bremen System, Keres Variation puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Comuzzi vs Ennio Contedini, Italy, 1973
r2qkb1r/pQ1n1ppp/4bn2/3pp3/8/2N2NP1/PP1PPPBP/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nc5 if Qb5+ Bd7 ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
P Lunsdorf vs Guenter Strenzke, corr., 1974
r1b1k2r/pppp1pp1/5q2/4P3/2P1P1n1/2N3Pp/PPQ4P/R1B2BKR b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ ]

c)
I Molero vs Andres Lootsma, Stockholm, 1980
rnbqkb1r/pp3ppp/2p2n2/4p1B1/2PpN3/3P2P1/PP2PP1P/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 if Bxd8 Bb4+ Qd2 Bxd2+ ]

d)
Roman Horejsi vs Michal Nisztuk, Decin, 1996
r2qk2r/p1p2ppp/3p1n2/1b2p3/N2nP3/5PP1/PP1P2BP/R1BQR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bd3 if Rd3 Bc2 ]

e)
Juergen Zimlich vs Juergen Wambach, Kahl, 1996
r2qkb1r/p4p1p/4bp2/1p2p3/3n4/6P1/PP1PPPBP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Rc8 if Be4 Bd5 ]

2a)
Comuzzi vs Ennio Contedini

English, Bremen System, Keres Variation puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Soenke Stiemer vs Walter Hasberger, Feffernitz, 1997
r2q1rk1/pp2bppp/2np1n2/2pN4/2P1PNb1/3P2P1/PP4BP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Bxf6 Qxg4 ]

b)
Manuel Larand vs Bruno Richy, Saint Chely d'Aubrac, 2002
rn2k2r/1pqb1ppp/p2b1n2/3pN3/Q2PpB2/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxd7 Nbxd7 Nb5 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Christoph Gerhold vs Florian Mueller, Imst, 2008
rn3r2/pp1p1p1p/4kp2/8/1B2p3/6P1/qP2PPBP/3QK1NR w K - 1 0
[ Bh3+ ]

d)
Clarke vs Paul Rodger, Great Britain, 1987
3r1rk1/pp2npp1/5q1p/2bp1b2/Q2N4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd7 ]

e)
A Schwaiger vs Igor Ivanov, Dearborn, 1992
r3r1k1/p3bppp/1qp5/3p4/QP2n1b1/P3PNP1/3B1PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 ]

3b)
Manuel Larand vs Bruno Richy

English, Bremen System, Keres Variation puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Fabrice Casier vs Vera Sadilkova, Cappelle la Grande, 1995
r1b1k2r/pp3pbp/2q5/4pp2/3n4/5NP1/PP1PPP1P/RBBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qxc1 if Qxc1 Nxe2+ ]

b)
Leonardo Andrade vs Alexander Moiseenko, Canary Islands, 1995
rnbqk2r/pp3ppp/2p2n2/8/4N3/1Q4P1/PP1PPKBP/R1B4R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ if Qe3 Ng4+ ]

c)
Iulia Bordean vs Emil Munteanu, Deva, 1999
2r1k2r/pp2bppp/1qpp1nn1/6N1/2PB2b1/1P2P1P1/P1Q1NPBP/R3K2R b KQk - 0 1
[ ...Qa5+ Bc3 Qxg5 ]

d)
Elena Dolgopolova vs Sanda Vetrila, Chisinau, 2007
2r1k2r/pp3ppp/5q2/2b2b2/8/3P1BP1/PPQ1PP1P/1RB2K1R b k - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ if Kg1 Bxf2+ ]

e)
Karsten Bodzyn vs Aleksandr Karpatchev, Guben, 2008
r2r2k1/pp3ppp/1qp1bn2/8/1b6/1N2P1P1/PPQB1PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 ]

4d)
Elena Dolgopolova vs Sanda Vetrila

English, Bremen System, Keres Variation puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Ilya Popov vs Evgeny Mazhukin, Nizhnij Novgorod, 2010
r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/5n2/3Np3/1P1n4/3P2P1/1P1BPPBP/q2QK1NR b Kkq - 0 1
[ ...Nc2+ ]

b)
Inigo Montoya Irigoyen vs Luis Marcos Pinto, Tossa de Mar, 2010
r3k2r/pp1nbppp/1qp1bn2/8/7Q/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BR2K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if Qh3 Nxf2 ]

c)
Alan Llewellyn vs Paul Evans, Leyland, 2010
r3kb1r/ppq2p1p/4bp2/4p3/3n4/5NP1/PP1PPPBP/R1BQ1K1R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nc2 if Rb1 Bxa2 ]

d)
Jaroslav Riha vs Jan Bartos, Teplice, 2013
2r1kb1r/pp3ppp/q3b3/4p3/3n4/P2P1NP1/1P2PPBP/R1BQ1K1R b k - 0 1
[ ...Bb3 Qd2 Nc2 if Rb1 Ba2 ]

e)
Nico Michaelis vs Alexander Fier, Basel, 2014
r2qkb1r/p2n1pp1/4bn1p/3pp3/8/1QNP2P1/PP2PPBP/R1B1K1NR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...d4 Nd5 Bxd5 if Bxd5 Qa5+ ]

f)
Jose Santos Gleydson vs Fernando Medrado Almeida, Maraba, 2014
r1bqk2r/pp2bppp/2n2n2/3p2B1/8/2N2NP1/PP1QPP1P/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...d4 if Nd1 Bb4 ]

5e)
Nico Michaelis vs Alexander Fier

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