Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Bremen System with ...g6 (ECO A24).
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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)
White mates in 4.
Florencio Campomanes vs Francisco Benitez, Munich, 1958
rnq2r1k/ppp2p1p/3p2p1/4p2N/2P5/3P1NP1/PP1QPPbP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if gxh5 Ng5 ]
b)
Thomas Bartelborth vs Juergen Cygon, Espelkamp, 1975
rn3rk1/pppq1pbp/3pb1p1/4p2n/2P1PP2/2NP2P1/PP2N1BP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f5 gxf5 exf5 Bxf5 Bxb7 ]
c)
Martin Siepmann vs Stephen Raach, Germany, 2000
r2q1rk1/1pp3bp/3pb1p1/1PPnpp2/2Q5/3P1NP1/4PPBP/1RB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Nf4 Nxe6 ]
d)
Paolo Nannelli vs Filippo Cedriano, Corsico, 2003
r4rk1/pppq1pbp/2npb1p1/7n/2P1PP2/1PN4P/P2PN1BK/R1BQ1R2 w - - 1 0
[ d4 if Ne7 d5 ]
e)
Rikard Medancic vs Mario Kukina, Zadar, 2011
r1q1r1k1/ppp1npbn/3pb1pp/3Np3/2P5/PPN1PPP1/1B1P2BP/2RQR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Nxd5 cxd5 Bd7 Nxc7 or if Bxd5 cxd5 Nxd5 Nxe6 ]
1b)
Thomas Bartelborth vs Juergen Cygon
English, Bremen System with ...g6 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Edgar Turizo vs Bernardo Raad, Cartagena, 2012
rr4k1/3q1pbp/p1npbnp1/1pp1p3/2P1PP2/P1NP2PP/1P2N1BK/1RBQ1R2 w - - 1 0
[ f5 gxf5 exf5 Bxf5 Bxc6 ]
b)
Paul Stuemer vs Robin Boy, Goch, 2012
rn1qk1nr/p1pp1p1p/1p2p1p1/8/2P1b3/2P2NP1/PP3PBP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qd4 if Nf5 Bg5 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Andrew Gilfillan vs Natasha Regan, England, 2017
r1b2r1k/ppp1q2p/2np4/3Bb3/2P2BP1/2NP1Q2/PP3P2/R4K1R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ if Qxh7 Bxe5+ or if Kxh7 Qh3+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Alparsian Isik vs Ildar Idrisov, Internet, 2020
r1bq1r2/pp2n1kp/2n2Np1/5p2/2P5/B4NP1/3PPPBP/Q4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ Kf7 Qf6+ Ke8 Ng7+ ]
e)
Jonathan Voth vs W Raudenbush, USA, 1982
r2q1rk1/ppp2pbp/3p2p1/7n/2PnPP2/3PN3/PP3QBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf4 if Kh1 Nxd3 or if Qxf4 Ne2+ ]
2a)
Edgar Turizo vs Bernardo Raad
English, Bremen System with ...g6 puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Haruna Hama vs Joice Cathcart, Sao Paulo, 2011
r2q1rkb/pQ1b1p1p/n1pp2p1/4p2n/2P1P3/P1NP1NP1/1P3PBP/1RB2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc5 Qb4 a5 ]
b)
Hugo Bernardino vs Renan Reis, Manaus, 2014
r1q3k1/ppp2rpp/2np4/4p1B1/4P3/6P1/PPP1QP1P/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 w/Nf3+ ]
c)
Corbin Yu vs Kevin Davidson, Las Vegas, 2014
r3r1k1/ppp2pbp/2np1np1/4p2q/2P3b1/P1NPPNP1/1P2QPBP/1RBR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e4 if dxe4 Ne5 or if Nxe4 Nxe4 h3 Nxg3 fxg3 Nd4 ]
d)
Sejfudin Miskic vs Miladin Beric, Prijedor, 2015
r1bqrbk1/pp1n1p1p/2p2np1/4B3/2P5/1PN2NP1/P2QPPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 if Qxd8 Nxf3+ ]
3d)
Sejfudin Miskic vs Miladin Beric
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