'Dutch Defense' by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 (ECO A99).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3
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)
Rolf Schlieder vs Manfred Kahn, Zwickau, 1955
r1b2r1k/1pp1b1pp/3p4/3B4/1NPq1p2/1P4P1/P1Q1PP1P/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...fxg3 Rxd4 gxf2+ if Kf1 Bh3+ ]
b)
Peter Wells vs David Collier, Bristol, 1981
r1b2rk1/p2n2pp/2N1p1q1/2bp4/4p3/1P4P1/PBQ1PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc5 Nxc5 Ne7+ Kf7 Nxg6 ]
c)
Anatolij Golikov vs Peter Szakolczai, Kecskemet, 1990
4rrk1/1pnb2pp/2pbp1q1/p2p4/2PPP3/PP3NP1/1B2Q1BP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ c5 if Be7 Ne5 ]
d)
John Marconnet vs Keith Hayward, corr., 1993
3r1rk1/1pp3pp/p7/4p2q/1PPnP1n1/N4NP1/P5B1/3RQRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ Rxf3 Qh2+ Kf1 Rxd1 if Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qxd1 Nxe3+ ]
1a)
Rolf Schlieder vs Manfred Kahn
Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 (A99) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Bachmayr vs Igor Naumkin, Germany, 1996
2b2rk1/3n2pp/r1p5/p2N1p2/2P3nq/BP1N2bP/P5B1/R2QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Nxf5 Rxf5 Re8+ Nf8 Qxg4 ]
b)
Tim Foster vs Sydney Jacob, Ascot, 2011
3r1r1k/p1p1b1pp/8/3Npp1q/2P3nP/1P4P1/PB2PP2/R1Q2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh4 Kg2 Bg5 Rh1 Bxc1 Rxh5 Bxb2 ]
c)
Paulo Pinho vs Freek Schouten, Gibraltar, 2017
2b2rk1/1pN3pp/2n5/p1b1p2q/2P1Q1n1/1P3NP1/PB2PPB1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 ]
d)
Peter Nielsen vs Zeev Ben Porat, Helsingor, 2019
rnb2rk1/1pp1b1pp/3pp1q1/p7/2PPp3/1P4P1/P1QNPPBP/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e3 Be4 exf2+ Kg2 fxe1/N+ ]
2a)
Peter Bachmayr vs Igor Naumkin
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