'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch (ECO A90).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2
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 2.
Elod Macskasy vs C Patrick, Canada, 1963
1r3r1k/1ppbq1pp/3p1n2/p2Bp1Nn/2PP3N/6P1/PPQ2P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
b)
Roland Wutzke vs Knab, Nuernberg, 1988
r1b1r1k1/ppq3pp/2p1p3/3pnp2/2P3n1/1P3NP1/PB1QPPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5 Nxe5 Qf4 ]
c)
Zdenko Kozul vs Johann Pocksteiner, Oberwart, 1988
r4rk1/p5pp/1p1bp3/2nb1pB1/3N4/6P1/PP2PPBP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 Bxe6 Bxa8 ]
d)
Vladimir Sutorikhin vs Jacques Elbilia, Kecskemet, 1991
1rb2rk1/p2nq1pp/1pQ1pn2/3P1p2/P2P4/bP3NP1/4PPBP/RN3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ Qxe6 dxe6 Bd6 exd7 Bxd7 Nbd2 ]
e)
Einar Gausel vs Stefan Briem, Reykjavik, 1996
rn3rk1/1b2q1pp/1pp5/p2pNp2/3P1P2/PQN5/1P1nPPBP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Nxb3 Nxe7+ mates or if cxd5 Bxd5+ Kh8 Ng6+ ]
1a)
mate in 2
Elod Macskasy vs C Patrick
Dutch (A90) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sanford Greene vs James Chessing, corr., 1997
rnq1brk1/pp2b2p/3np3/2NpNp2/3P1Pp1/1Q4P1/PP2P1BP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if Rf6 or Qxe6 Bxd5 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Maja Kostic vs Vesna Zivkovic, Belgrade, 1999
rnb3k1/pp1q2pp/4p3/3N4/3Pp3/4b1PN/PPQ1P1BP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ if Qxe7 Qxc8+ ]
c)
Alessandro Patelli vs Robert Schlichthaar, Arco, 2000
1bb2rk1/p5p1/1np1pn1p/6Nq/P1pPN3/6P1/2Q2PBP/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ if Rxf6 Qh7+ Kf8 Ba3+ Ke8 Qxg7 ]
d)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Koen Leenhouts, Belgium, 2001
r1bq1r1k/p2n2p1/1ppb1n2/3p1QN1/3P4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh3+ Kg8 Qe6+ Kh8 Qxd6 ]
e)
Translightor vs Morphyzghost, corr., 2002
5rk1/1ppq2pp/p2pr3/8/2P5/6P1/PP1Q1PBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6 if Qxe6 Bd5 ]
2d)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Koen Leenhouts
Dutch (A90) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bernd-Guenther Meissner vs Rene Junker, Germany, 2002
r1b2rk1/pp1n2pp/3bqn2/3N1p2/3P1B2/1Q4PN/PP2PP1P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kf7 Ng5+ ]
b)
Jordan Boksinski vs Thomas Kuehn, Bad Zwesten, 2006
rnbqk2r/ppp3pp/3ppn2/5p2/1bPP4/6P1/PP1NPPBP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ Nc6 d5 ]
c)
Ivan Farago vs Gerd Fischer, Seefeld, 2009
rnb1r1k1/p4npp/1p1qp3/3p1p2/3P4/NP3PP1/PBQ1P1BP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Qc6 Qxc6 Nxc6 Nc7 ]
d)
Arne Bracker vs Gerd Fischer, Hamburg, 2010
r4rk1/1b3qpp/p1n1p3/1pQp1p2/1P1P1P2/5N2/P3PPBP/1RR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Qg6 Nxe6 Rfe8 Nc7 or if Qf6 Nxe6 Rfc8 Qxd5 ]
e)
Pawel Kulczyk vs Rafal Bukowski, Chojnice, 2010
rq2brk1/pp4p1/1npbp2p/3p1p2/2PP1B2/1Q1N1PP1/PP2P1BP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd6 Qxd6 c5 ]
3c)
Ivan Farago vs Gerd Fischer
Dutch (A90) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anahi Meza vs Betania Lozano, Buenos Aires, 2014
r2r2k1/pp5p/n1p5/3P2p1/4B3/q1PQ2Pb/P4R1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kh8 Qd4+ if Kxh7 Rf7+ mates ]
b)
Anders Gjerdum Hagen vs Johan Holmstrom, Ballerup, 2016
r1bqk2r/p2n2pp/1p1bpn2/3p1p2/3P4/2N2NP1/PPQ1PPBP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Nb8 Nxd6+ or if Bb8 Qc6 ]
c)
Brian Gosling vs Jim Robertson, Cardiff, 2016
r1b1kn1r/pp6/3b2q1/3p3p/3P3p/1P4P1/PBQ1P1BP/2R2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ ]
d)
Erik Hedman vs Linus Olsson, Sweden, 2017
4brk1/rpqn2pp/pNp1p3/2PpNp2/3PnP2/1Q6/PP3PBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nbxd7 Bxd7 Qb6 ]
e)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Carlos Torre, Baden-Baden, 1925
r1b2rk1/pp4pp/2pbpq2/3pPp2/2P1n3/1P3PP1/PBQ1P1BP/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5+ Kh1 Nxg3+ hxg3 Qh6+ mates ]
4e)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Carlos Torre
Dutch (A90) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Joergen Svenningsson vs Julio Alberto Muhana, corr., 1978
r1b1k2r/pp1p2p1/4p2q/2b1np2/2P5/2N2NP1/PP2PPB1/R2QR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bxf2+ Kxf2 Ng4+ Kf1 Qe3 if Qd4 Nh2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Gabriele Lauchner vs Matina Beltz, Bad Neustadt, 1990
r1b1qrk1/pp4pp/2p1p3/2bpNp2/4nP2/P5P1/1P1NP1BP/R1BQ1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ hxg3 Qh5+ ]
c)
Fernando Garcia Gonzalez vs Daniel Canteli Martinez, Asturias, 1995
rnbq1rk1/pp4pp/2pbpn2/3p1p2/2PP1N2/BP4P1/P3PPBP/RN1QK2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bxa3 Nxa3 Qa5+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Kvetoslav Pagac vs Martin Mydlarik, Slovakia, 1998
r1b2rk1/pp1n2pp/2p1p3/3PP2q/6n1/1P3NP1/PB2PPB1/2RQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Sopehe Haman Hamdar vs Hindemburg Melao, Sao Paulo, 1999
r4rk1/pp4p1/2p4p/3p4/3PPb2/2N2PpB/PPQ4q/3RRK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd2 Be6+ Kh8 Rxd2 Qh1+ ]
5a)
Joergen Svenningsson vs Julio Alberto Muhana
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