Tactics in the English
Here are some chess puzzles from the English (ECO A25).
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
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.
Pavle Levnajic vs Venceljovski, Yugoslavia, 1979
1k1r3r/p1pqn1b1/1p1p2p1/3Bpp1p/QPP5/1R2P1Pb/P2PNP1P/2B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxa7+ Kxa7 Ra3+ ]
b)
Sabreen Abdel Hamid vs Myada Elgohary, Cairo, 2012
r2q1rk1/ppp3pp/2npbn2/2bNpp2/2P5/4P1P1/PP1PNPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d4 Bb4 Nxf6+ Qxf6 d5 ]
c)
Aleksandras Inciura vs Benas Mickus, Klaipeda, 2012
r3qrk1/1ppn2pp/1pnpb3/4p1N1/2P2p2/PQBP2P1/1P2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if Qxe6 Bd5 ]
d)
Beligto Rinchinov vs Anatoly Fedorov, Ulan Ude, 2012
r4rk1/ppp2pbp/2qp1npB/3N4/2P5/6P1/PP2PPKP/R2Q1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7 if Nxd5 cxd5 Qc4 Bxf8 or if Kxg7 Qd4 ]
e)
Athanasios Mitrandzas vs Lorenzo Dal-Zotto, Prague, 2014
r1bqk2r/pppp1ppp/8/3Pp3/1b1n4/6P1/PP1PPPBP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ e3 if Nb5 Qa4 or if Nf5 Qg4 Qf6 Qxb4 ]
1b)
Sabreen Abdel Hamid vs Myada Elgohary
English (A25) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Laura Gueci vs Antonino Lo Piccolo, Nicolosi, 2014
r1q2bk1/1pp2rpp/2npbn2/p2Npp2/2PP4/P3P1P1/1P2NPBP/1RBQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ if Rxf6 d5 ]
b)
+Rudy Van Kemenade vs Les Philpin, Fishguard, 2015
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/2npbn2/2b1p3/2P5/2N1P1P1/PP1PNPBP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ d4 exd4 exd4 Bb4 d5 Ne5 dxe6 fxe6 Qa4+ ]
c)
Christopher Seifert vs Peter Babrikowski, Germany, 2015
r2nr1k1/1ppq1ppp/1b1p1n2/p4b2/2PPpN2/P1N1P1PP/1P3PBK/R1BQ1R2 w - - 1 0
[ g4 if g5 Nfd5 or if Bg6 g5 ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Albrecht Colditz vs Winfried Taeger, Oberursel, 1972
r1b1q1k1/b1p3pp/p1pp3r/2P1p3/1P2N3/P5P1/4NpBP/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
e)
Art Marthinsen vs Mark Pinto, Dearborn, 1992
r1bb1rk1/ppp3pp/6q1/3Np3/2PnPp2/1P4P1/PB3PBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 if Bh1 Ne2+ ]
2b)
+Rudy Van Kemenade vs Les Philpin
English (A25) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Tim Kloenne vs Rudolf Broemmel, Germany, 2009
4rrk1/pppq1pbp/2np2p1/8/2PP1N2/P1NQP1P1/1P5P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if Qxe3 Bxd4 or if Qd2 Bxd4 ]
b)
Anton Kovaliov vs Zaven Andriasian, Internet, 2009
r4rk1/pp1q1ppp/1b1p4/3Bp2Q/1P3P2/P3P1Pb/1B1P3P/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 Qg5 Bd8 ]
c)
Tristan Cox vs Mark Lyell, Budapest, 2009
1r1n1rk1/Rbp3pp/1p1p1n2/1P3p1q/2PNp3/2BP2P1/3QPPBP/4K2R b K - 0 1
[ ...e3 ]
d)
Michal Berek vs Wojciech Kreft, Krakow, 2012
1r2kb1r/p1q2ppp/8/1p6/Pn2p3/3bPPP1/1P1PN1BP/R1BQ1RK1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Bc2 Qe1 Nd3 ]
e)
Matthew Peat vs Anna Iwanow, Erice, 2014
1r2k2r/2pqn1p1/3p1p2/p1b1p3/2P4p/P1NPPQPb/1P3PBP/R1B2RK1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 if Qe4 f5 ]
f)
Mozah Al-Moaamari vs Maria Domingos, Durban, 2014
r1q2rk1/pp2nppp/2ppbn2/4p3/1PP5/P1NPPQP1/5PBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 if Bh3 Bxh3 ]
3b)
Anton Kovaliov vs Zaven Andriasian
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