'English Opening' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (ECO A39).
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4
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)
Willem Andriessen vs G De Geus, Alkmaar, 1984
r1b2rk1/pp2ppbp/2np2p1/3N4/2P5/1Q2B1P1/Pq2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxb2 Bxb2 Rab1 Bf6 Nc7 if Rb8 Bxc6 ]
b)
Kaj Funck vs Erkki Aaltio, corr., 1989
1rr3k1/3qppbp/p2pbnp1/1P6/4PB2/1PNQ2PP/P4PBK/4RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 ]
c)
Klaus Busch vs Andjelko Dragojlovic, Tapolca, 1989
r3r1k1/1p2ppbp/p2p1np1/8/2P1P3/1P1Q2PB/q2B1P1P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 Qb2 Bc3 Qxb3 Rfb1 ]
d)
Clarke vs Taylor, corr., 1990
3r1rk1/1p2qp1p/p2p1bp1/5bB1/8/5QPP/PP2PPB1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Qxf6 e4 ]
e)
Diego Guerra Bastida vs Pedro Ferrer Sanchez, Cordoba, 1991
r4rk1/1p3pbp/p2Q1np1/q3p3/2b5/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6 if Ne8 Qxf8+ ]
1a)
Willem Andriessen vs G De Geus
A39 Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Santiago Beltran Rueda vs Jose Ramirez Rio, Catalunia, 1995
r1b2rk1/pp2pp2/3p1bpQ/q7/2P5/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 if b4 Qe5 f4 Qd4+ ]
b)
Grzegorz Kopacz vs Artur Lapczynski, Augustow, 1996
2r2k2/3bppbp/3p1np1/1p1Nn3/8/1P2N1P1/PB1RPPBP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if dxe5 Nxf6 ]
c)
Oliver Nill vs Eldar Grigorjan, Ronneburg, 1996
1rb2rk1/ppq3bp/3p2p1/4pp2/2P5/1P1Q2P1/P2BPPBP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb4 if Rd8 Bxd6 Qb6 Bd5+ ]
d)
Antonio Frois vs Paulo Conceicao, Lisbon, 1998
r1br2k1/1pqpnpbp/p4np1/2P1p1B1/8/1NN3P1/PP2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6 Qxd6 cxd6 Nc6 Nd5 ]
e)
M Weeks vs Veronica Klimenko, Lucerne, 1999
1r3r2/p3ppk1/2N2bp1/4n2p/Q7/5PPq/P3PB1P/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb1 Rxb1 Qd7 Rc1 Rc8 ]
2d)
Antonio Frois vs Paulo Conceicao
A39 Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Pedro Rubio Nevado vs Jesus Baena, Cala Galdana, 1994
r1b2rk1/1p1pppbp/p1n2np1/8/N1PN4/q3B1PP/P3PPB1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 if dxc6 Bc5 or if Ne4 Bxe4 Bxa1 Bc5 Qxa2 Nxe7+ Kg7 Qxa1+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Ivan Souza vs J B Vidal, Fortaleza, 1994
1rb1r1kb/pp2pp1p/6pB/2pN3n/8/6PP/PP2PPB1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe7+ Rxe7 Rd8+ ]
c)
Leonid Sandler vs Matthew Chambers, Suncoast, 1999
1r3rk1/4ppbp/p1bp1np1/qp6/2P1P3/PPN3P1/1B1Q1PBP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 Bxg2 exf6 Bxf6 b4 ]
d)
Jozef Budinsky vs Gabor Goth, Slovakia, 2000
1rbqr2k/1p1p2bp/p4pp1/3Np3/2Pn1P2/4B1P1/PP1QP1BP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ fxe5 if fxe5 Bg5 or if Ne6 exf6 ]
e)
Alexander Kaliksteyn vs Sherif Khater, Framingham, 2001
r1b2rk1/1p2pp1p/p2n2p1/8/q1P4Q/6P1/P3PPBP/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6 exd6 Qf6 if Qe8 Bb2 ]
3e)
Alexander Kaliksteyn vs Sherif Khater
A39 Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bernat Fabregas Fernandez vs Cristian Molina Peris, Sant Adria, 2010
r4rk1/pp1b1pbp/2nppnp1/q2N4/Q1P5/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Bxf6 Bxc6 ]
b)
Qilin Bao vs Kacper Polok, Zadar, 2016
1r3rk1/pb2ppbp/1p1p1np1/6B1/2q1P2Q/2N3P1/PP3PBP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Qxa2 Nxe7+ Kh8 Bxf6 or if Bxd5 Rxc4 Bxc4 e5 ]
c)
Mario Antonio Sousa vs Ricardo Dias, Coimbra, 2017
r2q1rk1/pp2ppbp/3pbnp1/6B1/2PQ4/1PN3P1/P3PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd5 Qd3 Nxc3 Bd2 Bf5 Qe3 d5 Bxc3 d4 ]
4c)
Mario Antonio Sousa vs Ricardo Dias
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