'English Opening' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Symmetrical (ECO A33).

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.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.
Tihomir Toshkov vs Hristos Bousios, Yugoslavia, 1979
r3k2r/pRQb1ppp/2p2n2/4p3/2Pq4/B5P1/P3PPBP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 if Rd8 Rb8 ]
b) 
P Czarnolewski vs Andrzej Zawadka, corr., 1993
r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/3p1n2/2qNpP2/2P1P3/6P1/PP1RQ2P/4KB1R w K - 1 0
[ b4 Qc6 Ne7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Peter Lapka vs Slavomir Gulvas, Slovakia, 2006
r2r1bk1/1bqp1Npp/ppn5/3p4/8/1P2P1P1/PB3PBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ if Kh8 Qxd5 Ne7 Qg8+ or if gxh6 Bxd5# ]
d) 
Sergio Estremera Panos vs Maria Kouvatsou, Rijeka, 2009
2rq1rk1/p4ppp/2pb1n2/3p4/6b1/1P2PB2/PB2NPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Qxf6 Bxg4 Qh4 Ng3 f5 Bf3 ]
e) 
Valer Krutti vs Eszter Dudas, Hungary, 2016
r1b2rk1/1p3pp1/p3pn1p/qn1P4/8/1RNQ2P1/P4PBP/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxb5 axb5 Ra3 ]
1d) 
Sergio Estremera Panos vs Maria Kouvatsou
A33 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Serge Lacroix vs Frank Simon, Darmstadt, 1996
r1b1k2r/pp1p1ppp/2n1pn2/8/1bP2B2/2N1PN2/PqQ2PPP/2R1KB1R b Kkq - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2 Rxc2 Ne4 ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Shirin Navabi vs Zi Jing Wong, Dubai, 2004
2r4r/p3kpp1/1p2p2p/2bq4/4n3/P3PQ2/1P3PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bb4+ axb4 Rxc1+ ]
c) 
Rainer Gehler vs Frank Goetze, Berlin, 2004
r7/1p1bkpp1/p3p2p/q2rn3/1b2B3/2N1P1N1/PPQ2PPP/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Ba4 Qc1 Rd1+ Qxd1 Bxc3+ bxc3 Qxc3+ ]
d) 
Nasser Mzembaba vs Jacques Riols, Marseilles, 2012
B1b2rk1/q3bppp/p3p3/8/5n2/2N3P1/PPQ2P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Kg2 Qxa8+ Kxh3 e5+ g4 Qf3# ]
e) 
Santosh Vidit vs Rustam Khusnutdinov, Doha, 2016
r1br1k2/pp3ppp/1qn1p3/8/1b6/P1N3P1/1P1BPPBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 bxc3 Qb2 ]
2b) 
mate in 3
Shirin Navabi vs Zi Jing Wong
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