Chess Puzzles from the games of Jon Arnason.

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series

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a)

Jon Arnason vs Han Janssen, Groningen, 1977
3n1R2/3r3p/p3p3/1p4k1/3P1N2/P7/1P4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8 if Rxd8 Nxe6+ ]

b)

White mates in 5.
Jon Arnason vs Rudy Douven, Groningen, 1980
1b2r1k1/4P1pb/2r5/P6p/P6q/2R5/4Q1BP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 Bd5+ ]

c)

Jon Arnason vs Yasser Seirawan, London, 1981
2rr2k1/p2R1pp1/1q2p1bp/2p5/n1P5/1N4P1/PP2QPBP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6 if Qxc6 or Nxb2 Rxd8+ ]

d)

White mates in 4.
Jon Arnason vs Georgi Tringov, Plovdiv, 1986
6k1/7p/p2p2pB/3N4/2p1R2P/8/2P2K2/3q4 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kf7 Re7+ ]

e)

White mates in 2.
Jon Arnason vs Jon Vidarsson, Akureyri, 1988
6k1/2nNrp2/2p1p1pQ/3nP2p/1q6/5N1P/5PPK/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kh7 Ng5# ]

1d)

mate in 4
Jon Arnason vs Georgi Tringov

Jon Arnason puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Jon Arnason vs Jaan Ehlvest, Reykjavik, 1994
3br1k1/1p3pp1/p3b3/2BN4/P5np/1P3B2/2Pr2PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Bb4 if Rd4 Bc3 ]

b)

White mates in 4.
Jon Arnason vs Halldor Einarsson, Reykjavik, 1994
2r5/p6p/1p3Qnk/3q3N/3P3P/B5Pb/P3PP2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Kxh5 Qxh7+ ]

c)

Jon Arnason vs Hannes Stefansson, Reykjavik, 2010
5r1k/6pp/p3Q3/1p6/8/2P2p1P/1P2RP1K/1q6 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7 if Rg8 Re8 mates ]

d)

White mates in 4.
Jon Arnason vs Leo Crevatin, Reykjavik, 2017
5rk1/3R1ppp/8/1p1P1Q2/8/3P4/2P3PP/1q2rR1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7 Rxf7 Rd8+ ]

e)

White mates in 2.
Jon Arnason vs Carlos Grushka, Rhodes, 2019
rq3kr1/2R5/4p3/p2pnbpQ/Pp1N4/4B3/1P3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6+ Bxe6 Bc5# ]

2b)

mate in 4
Jon Arnason vs Halldor Einarsson

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