'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, Leningrad, Main Var. w/...c6 (ECO A88).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6
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)
Andrew Muir vs Alois Lanc, corr., 1990
3r1r1k/pp4bp/1qppbnp1/2n2pN1/2P5/1PN3P1/PB1QPPBP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Na4 Nxa4 Nxe6 Nxb2 Qxb2 ]
b)
Oleg Kozlov vs Attila Karacsony, Budapest, 1995
r4rk1/pp1bpqb1/n2p2pp/3p4/2P1N3/6P1/PP1BQPBP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 if exd6 Bxd5 or if Qf6 Bxd5+ Kh7 Bc3 ]
c)
Vlastimil Babula vs Ulrich Schwekendiek, Germany, 1997
r1b1r1k1/p2q2b1/2p3pp/3n1pN1/Q7/6P1/P3PPBP/1RBR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd5 cxd5 Bxd5+ Kh8 Bc6 ]
d)
Nikolaus Stanec vs Andreas Bachofner, Vienna, 1997
4r3/1pq1r1kp/2p2np1/p2b1pN1/8/6P1/PP1RPPBP/2QR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 if cxd5 Ne6+ or if Nxd5 Rxd5 if Rxd5 cxd5 Ne6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
John Dould vs Stephen Hilton, corr., 2002
1r1q1r2/ppn1pnb1/3p2kp/2pP1bN1/2P2P2/6PP/PPQ3B1/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf5+ Kxf5 Be4+ ]
1e)
mate in 3
John Dould vs Stephen Hilton
Dutch, Leningrad, Main Var. w/...c6 (A88) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Juan Marco Catala vs Dimitri Fylipiu, Alzira, 2004
r2q1r1k/pp2p1b1/8/3P2B1/3nB3/6Pb/PP3P1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kg8 Qh7+ ]
b)
Robert Cvek vs Martin Bures, Ostrava, 2005
r1r3k1/p2n2qp/2p3p1/5p2/2P5/6P1/P2QPPBP/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 Rxc6 Qd5+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Quang Liem Le vs Phemelo Khetho, Khanty Mansyisk, 2010
r4r1k/pp5p/n5p1/1q2Np1n/1Pb5/6P1/PQ2PPBP/1RB3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6# ]
d)
Lucas Heinecke vs Leandro Tobares, Mar del Plata, 2012
5r2/ppq3kp/2p1b1p1/7r/3NQn2/1P6/P3PPBP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf4 if Qxf4 or Rxf4 Nxe6+ ]
e)
Mikhail Simantsev vs Jindrich Papay, Teplice, 2013
r4rk1/ppq3np/n1pbbQpB/5p2/8/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/1R1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Qxg7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rxd6 ]
2c)
mate in 2
Quang Liem Le vs Phemelo Khetho
Dutch, Leningrad, Main Var. w/...c6 (A88) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Uwe Boensch vs Volodia Vaisman, Halle, 1976
rnb2qk1/pp5p/3p2p1/2pPp1Nn/2Pb4/1PN3P1/PB1QP1BP/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ hxg3 Qh6+ ]
b)
Larry Weiler vs John Vehre, corr., 1977
3r1rk1/pp4bp/2pp1q2/4npp1/2PQ4/1P3PP1/P3P1BP/1N1R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ ]
c)
Hans Marzik vs Theo Hagenbach, corr., 1986
3r1rk1/pp1bq1bp/2pp2p1/5p2/2P1n1n1/1PN1P1P1/PBQN1PBP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 Bxc3 Nxe3 fxe3 Qxe3+ Kh1 Qxc3 ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Joerg Witthaus vs Wilfried Groenegres, Porta Westfalica, 1990
4rrk1/pp4b1/2pp2pp/2Pn4/1P1Pp1b1/P5P1/1B1R1qBP/R1Q1N2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Bxf1 Rxf1+ Kg2 Ne3# ]
e)
Roman Burstein vs Aleksander Hnydiuk, Polanica Zdroj, 1996
r3qrk1/pp4bp/n1pp2p1/5bN1/2P1B3/1P4P1/P1Q1PP1P/1RB2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 ]
3c)
Hans Marzik vs Theo Hagenbach
Dutch, Leningrad, Main Var. w/...c6 (A88) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Thomas Falk vs Peter Raab, Bad Wildungen, 1998
r5k1/pp3rbp/2p3p1/2Pp4/2nB4/1N3PPq/PPQ1P2P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4+ Nxd4 Ne3 ]
b)
Eric Machin vs Sergei Verlan, France, 2003
5rk1/1p5p/2ppr1p1/p3q3/2P1p1n1/1PN3PP/P1Q1PPK1/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ if Rxf2 Ne3+ ]
c)
Patrick Reinwald vs Martin Riedner, Austria, 2010
r5k1/pp1qp2p/n2p2p1/2pP2N1/2P2r2/1P3B1b/PQ2PP1P/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg4+ ]
d)
Erik Schoehuys vs Peter Wacker, Groningen, 2014
3rr1k1/Qp3qbp/2ppb3/5p2/2P2Pn1/1PN3P1/PB4BP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra8 Qb6 Ra6 Qb4 Bd4+ Kh1 Bc5 ]
e)
Martyn Hamer vs Ernest Kharous, Gibraltar, 2016
3q1rk1/p3p1bp/2p3p1/2N2p2/1rbPp3/6P1/PB1Q2BP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2 if Qxb2 Bxd4+ ]
4d)
Erik Schoehuys vs Peter Wacker
Dutch, Leningrad, Main Var. w/...c6 (A88) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hans-Georg Wastian vs David Halt, Bad Zwesten, 2017
r2q2k1/pp4bp/2ppr1p1/4np2/2PQn3/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/1RB2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if Qd3 Nexf2+ ]
b)
Adrian Conde vs Ernesto Real De Azua, Buenos Aires, 2018
r4rk1/pp2q1bp/2p5/2p2pN1/2P1P1n1/1P4P1/P5BP/2QR1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Kh1 Be3 ]
c)
Xiao Zhang vs Shanglei Lu, Qinhuangdao, 2019
rn3rk1/2q3bp/p1ppbnp1/5p2/P1N5/1QN3P1/1P2PPBP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf7 if Rd4 Ne4 Nxe4 fxe4 ]
d)
Beatriz Franco vs Robert Baskin, Barcelona, 2019
r4rk1/pp4bp/n1ppq1p1/5p2/2P1n3/1PNQ2P1/PB2PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 if Qf3 Nd2 ]
5a)
Hans-Georg Wastian vs David Halt
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