'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, Staunton Gambit (ECO A83).
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
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 7.
Emanuel Lasker vs NN, Europe, 1933
rn3rk1/pbppq1pp/1p2pb2/4N2Q/3PN3/3B4/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Nxf6+ Kh6 Neg4+ Kg5 h4+ ]
b)
Raul Cruz vs Osvaldo Bazan, Buenos Aires, 1960
r2qk2r/p2pp2p/n1p2bp1/8/1p1PN3/5N2/PPPQ2PP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qe2 w/Qxa6 or Nxf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Peter Travnicek vs Vasil Tulajdan, Prague, 1964
rnbq2k1/pp1p1R1p/2p1p1p1/4N3/3P4/3B4/PPP2QPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6 if hxg6 or Qg5 Rg7+ ]
d)
F A Destrebecq vs Michel Debard, Lyons, 1989
rn2qrk1/pbpp2b1/1p2p1Q1/8/3PN2P/3B4/PPP2PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Rxf6 Qxe8+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Gudmundur Jonsson vs Jennifer Fritz, corr., 1997
r2qkb1r/pb1pp1pp/1ppP2n1/6B1/4Q3/3B4/PPP2PPP/R3K1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ ]
1a)
mate in 7
Emanuel Lasker vs NN
Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A83) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Istvan Klinko vs Andras Lakatos, corr., 1997
r3r2k/ppp2Q1p/5pp1/8/2Bqb3/5P2/PPPb2PP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxd2 if Qxd2 Qxf6# ]
b)
White mates in 4.
ClaudiaMeissner vs Nicol Zahn, Germany, 1998
r2qr3/1p3bk1/2pb2p1/p5p1/2nP4/2NB1Q2/PPP1NP2/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ Kxh7 Qxf7+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Mihail Ciortan vs Ionut-Cristian Sorescu, Bucharest, 2002
r2q1r2/1bpp2pk/1pn1pb1p/8/p2PN2P/2PB4/PP2QPP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Kh8 Qe4 g6 Qxg6 Qe7 Qxh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Katerina Cedikova vs Werner Gerstorfer, Germany, 2002
rn1qr3/pbppNk1p/1p2p3/5pQ1/3P4/2NB4/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf5 Rf8 or Rg8 Bg6+ ]
e)
Ole Jakobsen vs Ove Hartvig, Copenhagen, 2004
2kr3r/p2p3p/1pbQpqp1/3n4/2R4P/5N2/PPP2PP1/2K2B1R w - - 1 0
[ Rxc6+ if dxc6 Ba6# ]
2c)
mate in 5
Mihail Ciortan vs Ionut-Cristian Sorescu
Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A83) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Patrick Bareyre vs Regis Martinet, France, 2005
r3r3/pppb2kp/2nb1pp1/7P/2BPq3/4NQ2/PPP2PP1/2KR2NR w - - 1 0
[ h6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Ulf Gohla vs Gerd Densing, Dortmund, 2005
rn1q1rk1/pbpp2p1/1p2pnQ1/6N1/3P4/3B2N1/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nh5 Qe7 Nxf6+ Rxf6 Qh7+ ]
c)
Viktorija Beinoraite vs Aija Upite, Liepaya, 2005
r1b1kn1r/2B1p2p/p1p1Nbp1/3p1q2/3P4/2N5/PPP1Q1PP/R3R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Ng7+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Viktor Ulyanovskyy vs Vladimir Ulyanovskky, Barreiro, 2006
r2qkb1r/pp1np1pp/2pp4/6B1/3PQ3/3B1b2/PPP3PP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qg6+ hxg6 Bxg6# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Claus Langmann vs Friedrich Clasen, Itzehoe, 2007
2rqk3/pp1nprbp/3pQ1p1/3N4/1PBP4/8/P1P2B1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc7+ ]
3b)
mate in 4
Ulf Gohla vs Gerd Densing
Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A83) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Manuel Maleki vs Carlos Permuy Lorenzo, Pontevedra, 2008
r1b1kb1r/pp1p1npp/4p3/6B1/4Q2P/8/PPP2qP1/2KR1BNR w kq - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ dxe6 Bb5+ ]
b)
Gintautas Petraitis vs Stefano Pomaro, Panevezys, 2008
r7/pbppk1pp/1pn1p3/6N1/3q2PP/3B1Q2/PPP2P2/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kd6 Ne4+ if Kd5 Qxd7+ or if Ke5 f4+ ]
c)
Olexandr Zakordonets vs Volodymyr Dorosh, Lvov, 2011
rnb1qb1r/ppppk1p1/5p1p/7Q/3Pp3/2N5/PPP2PPP/2KR1BNR w - - 1 0
[ Nd5+ if Kd8 Qxe8+ Kxe8 Nxc7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Alberto David vs Irina Feduk, Paleochora, 2011
r2q1rk1/2pb2p1/p1nppb1p/8/3PQ3/2pB1NN1/PP3PPP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf7 Bg6+ Ke7 Nf5# ]
e)
Martin Smyth vs Raphael Kalid, England, 2011
r1b2r1k/pp4pB/2n1pb2/q2p2N1/8/6N1/P1Q2PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg8 g6 Qxg6 Qc7 Nf7+ Rxf7 Bxf7 ]
4d)
mate in 3
Alberto David vs Irina Feduk
Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A83) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Shaul Weinstein vs Snorre Rygg, Caleta, 2014
r4rk1/ppp1q1pp/2npbb2/1B1p2B1/7P/5N2/PPPQ1PP1/2K1R2R w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 bxc6 Nd4 ]
b)
Jonathan Hawkins vs Juergen Brustkern, Hastings, 2014
r4rk1/pb1pbnpp/1p1p1p2/6q1/1P1N4/2PB2NP/P2Q1PP1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f4 if Qxg3 Nf5 or if Qd5 Be4 ]
c)
Hjalmar Theodorsson vs Bjorn Thorsteinsson, Reykjavik, 1970
r1bq1rk1/ppp3pp/3p4/2bPnp2/N7/7P/PPPQ1PP1/R3KBNR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Qe8 if Nxc5 Nf3+ ]
d)
Jorgen Jorgensen vs Michael Kjarbye, Vejle, 1974
r1bqkb1r/p2ppnpp/2p2n2/8/3QNB2/8/PPP2PPP/R3KBNR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Qe3 Nd5 or if Bxe5 Qa5+ ]
e)
John Butler vs Mosaddeque Ali, Box Hill, 2001
2k2r2/pbpp2p1/3b2q1/1p4r1/1P1Pp2p/4N2P/1P1QNPP1/2RB1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ if Nxg2 e3 ]
5a)
Shaul Weinstein vs Snorre Rygg
Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A83) puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Terji Petersen vs Torkil Nielsen, Faroe Islands, 2007
2kr3r/ppp2bp1/4p2p/8/1n1PQqP1/2N4P/PPPR4/2K2B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxa2+ if Kb1 or Kd1 Nxc3+ ]
b)
Leticia Gamboa Alvarado vs Sergio Bermudez, San Jose, 2012
r4k1r/ppp1q2p/5ppb/3N1b2/1n1P4/1Q6/PPP1BPPP/R3K1NR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nxd5 Qxd5 Be4 ]
c)
Ronaldo Alonso Moreira vs Joao Paulo Marques, Maringa, 2012
rnbk1b1r/pp1p3p/1qp2Np1/8/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/R2QKBNR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Qb4+ if c3 or Qd2 Qe7+ ]
6b)
Leticia Gamboa Alvarado vs Sergio Bermudez
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