King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the Pirc, Austrian Attack (ECO B09).



1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4



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)
Susan Caldwell vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Buenos Aires, 1978
r4r1k/ppp1p1np/2n2bp1/8/2B2Pb1/2N1BNPP/PPP1K3/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3+ Kxf3 Bxc3 bxc3 Ne5+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Charles Diebert vs R Rundle, Chicago, 1991
rnbq1r1k/pp1npPbp/3p4/4P3/5P2/2p2N2/PPP3P1/R1BQKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qd3+ if Kh8 Ng5 or if Kh6 Nh4 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Johannes Glanz vs Josef Klapsch, Werfen, 1992
rn1q1r1k/pp2pPbp/3p1P2/5bN1/5P2/2p5/PPP3P1/R1BQKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Bxh7 Qh5 ]

d)
Bohuslav Kokes vs Miloslav Drabek, Hradec Kralove, 1992
r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/5np1/1B2Q3/5P2/2N2N2/PPP3PP/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd5 if Qe2 Nxc3 ]

e)
Karl Sieker vs Hans Wild, Dresden, 2001
r2qk2r/1b1nppbp/p2p2p1/1ppP3n/1P2PP2/P1N1BN1P/2PQ2P1/R3KB1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3 Rg1 Nxe4 ]

1a)
Susan Caldwell vs Nona Gaprindashvili

B09 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Arkadiy Makarov vs Anatoly Shmit, Riga, 1964
r1q2rk1/ppn1ppb1/1np3p1/4PbN1/5P2/2NBBQ2/PPP3P1/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Bxf5 Qxf5 g4 Qxc2 Rh8+ mates ]

b)
Malcolm Dann vs Ian Friedlander, Croydon, 1965
3r1r2/p3ppkp/1q4p1/4PP2/1p1pN2Q/4n3/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ f6+ if exf6 exf6+ Kh8 Qh6 Nf5 Rxf5 ]

c)
Robert Fischer vs Francisco Perez Perez, Habana, 1965
2r3k1/2p1p1bp/p3Nrp1/n2q4/3P1B2/1Pp4P/P3Q1P1/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg7 if Qxd4+ Kh2 Kxg7 Qxe7+ ]

d)
Leonid Stein vs Vladimir Liberzon, Yerevan, 1965
r1b2rk1/pp4b1/1q2p1pp/n7/4NnPQ/2P2N2/PP1BB3/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 Rxf4 Rd8+ Rf8 Nf6+ if Kh8 Qxh6+ mates or if Kf7 Ne5+ ]

e)
Valerij Zhuravliov vs Rein Etruk, Riga, 1967
r3n1k1/pppr2bp/4b1p1/1P2p3/1Bn2P2/P1N2N2/2P1BKPP/R6R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 ]

2a)
Arkadiy Makarov vs Anatoly Shmit

B09 Puzzles, Part III.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Bernard Zuckerman vs Pal Benko, New York, 1968
r4rk1/1p1q1pbp/p2p1n2/P1p2pB1/R6Q/2PP1N2/6PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Bxf6 Qxf6 Qxa4 Nh4 ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Jorge Rubinetti vs Peduran, Buenos Aires, 1970
rnb1qrk1/pp2pNb1/4n3/2pp3p/3P1PQ1/2PB4/PP6/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kxh7 Rxh5+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxf7 Qf5+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Paul Davies vs Chris Franklin, Swansea, 1970
rnbq2k1/pp1np1bN/3p4/4P3/5P2/8/PpP3P1/R1BQK2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Qd5+ Kh8 Nf8+ Bh6 Rxh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Peter Jost vs W Berchtold, Lugano, 1980
rnb2r1k/pp1nq1bp/4B1p1/8/4Np2/5N2/PPP2QP1/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Ng5+ ]

3b)
mate in 6
Jorge Rubinetti vs Peduran

B09 Puzzles, Part IV.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ad Van Den Berg vs Frans Kuijpers, Leeuwarden, 1972
r1bq1k2/p3rpbQ/1p3pp1/1Bn5/5P2/1P3NK1/P1P3P1/R1B4R w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Bxh8 Rxh8+ Kg7 Rxd8 ]

b)
Jean-Claude Letzelter vs J L Seppings, Strasbourg, 1972
r4k2/pbp1np2/1p2p3/4b1N1/3r1PR1/3B4/PPPBK3/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Nh7+ Ke8 fxe5 Rxg4 Nf6+ ]

c)
Aleksandar Matanovic vs Josip Rukavina, Yugoslavia, 1975
1rb3k1/1pNnrpbp/p5p1/8/2pP1P2/4BN2/1qPQ2PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Re8 Rfb1 ]

d)
D Lewandowitz vs Martin Wolf, DDR, 1977
2r2rk1/1bqn1pbp/p5p1/4p1N1/Np2n3/1B2B2P/PPP2QP1/2KR1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ if Rxf7 Rxf7 or if Kh8 Qg8+ mates ]

4b)
Jean-Claude Letzelter vs J L Seppings

B09 Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Pentti Palmo vs Kalevi Peljo, Finland, 1977
r1b1r1k1/pp3pbp/1nqp2p1/1N2P3/5P2/P1N5/1PP2QPP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 if Qc4 b3 ]

b)
Aleksander Sznapik vs Goran Antunac, Lublin, 1977
2r2rk1/4ppbp/pq1p2p1/1p2P2n/5P2/P1NB3Q/1PP3PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qb7 Be4 if Kh8 g4 or if Bh8 Nf6+ ]

c)
White mates in 6.
John Van Der Wiel vs Paulo Baptista, Graz, 1978
r1r3k1/pp2np2/1q2p1pQ/3p3p/3P1PP1/1PPB3R/P6P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 Bh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Georgios Alexopoulos vs Nikolaos Dedes, Greece, 1979
2rr2k1/1pp1p1bN/n3PpP1/1q1p3Q/p2P4/2P1n1N1/PP4PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ if exf6 e7 ]

5c)
mate in 6
John Van Der Wiel vs Paulo Baptista

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