Caro-Kann: 567 Puzzles
Here are some chess puzzles from the Caro-Kann (ECO B10).
1.e4 c6
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lalfoldy vs Ivan Jankovec, Stary Smokovec, 1967
rnb2rk1/pp2b1pp/2p1p3/4qpN1/5NnP/3B1Q2/PPP2PP1/R1BK3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg4 if fxg4 Bxh7+ mates ]
b)
Caroline Claus vs Natasa Strizak, Dortmund, 1988
2kr1b1r/pp1nqppb/2p1p2p/3nN3/2BP1B1P/6N1/PPP1QPP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 if bxc6 Ba6# or if Nxf4 Nxe7+ ]
c)
Everaldo Matsuura vs Joao Xavier, Parnaiba, 1995
r1bqk2r/1p2ppbp/1n4p1/pN1n4/P2P1B2/1Q4P1/1P2NPBP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bxd5 Nxd5 Qxd5 Qxd5 Nc7+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Reinhold Ripperger vs Thomas Schuh, St. Ingbert, 1996
2kr3r/pp1n1pp1/3R1n1p/1Bp2b2/5B2/5N2/PPP2PPP/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rc6+ if bxc6 Ba6# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Bastian Ringsdorf vs Sebastian Schoeber, Weilburg, 1997
2rqkbnr/p2np1pp/2Q5/5p2/4p3/8/PPP1BPPP/RNB1K2R w KQk - 1 0
[ Bh5+ if g6 Qxg6+ or Bxg6+ ]
1c)
Everaldo Matsuura vs Joao Xavier
Caro-Kann (B10) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Olavur Simonsen vs Martin Hansen, Torshavn, 1997
rn2kbnr/pp2pp1b/2p3pp/3qN3/7P/5QN1/PPPP1PP1/R1B1KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxd5 cxd5 Bb5+ Kd8 Nxf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Vojtech Slovik vs Milan Rezak, Slovakia, 1999
r1bqr1k1/pp1n2pp/2p2p2/4N3/4QP2/4b1P1/PPP3BP/RN2K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qc4+ if Kh8 Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Mihail Prevenios vs Avraam Oran, Athens, 1999
r2qr1k1/3n1Nbp/b1pp1np1/p3p3/p2PP3/1QP3P1/1P1N1PBP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]
d)
Joel Lautier vs Viktor Bologan, Enghien, 1999
r2qkb1r/1p1bpppp/p4n2/3nN3/Q2P4/2N5/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxd7 if Qxd7 Bb5 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Daywalker vs Bluey, corr., 2002
r1bqkbnr/pp1n2pp/2pp1p2/4pN2/2B1P3/2N2Q2/PPPP1PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxg7+ if Bxg7 Qh5+ or if Ke7 Nf5+ ]
2b)
mate in 6
Vojtech Slovik vs Milan Rezak
Caro-Kann (B10) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Manoel Pereira vs Giovanni Costa, Santos, 2008
rn1q3r/pp2p1kp/2p3p1/8/4n1N1/8/PPPB2PP/R2QKR2 w Q - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Luis Maio Guedes vs Marcio Pessoa, Brasilia, 2009
rnbq1bnr/p2kpQpp/2p5/1p6/2B1P3/2P5/PPP2PPP/R1B1K1NR w KQ - 1 0
[ Bf4 if Qb6 0-0-0+ or if c5 Bxb5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Rick Frischmann vs Michael Hoecher, Internet, 2011
r1b1kb1r/p4ppp/1q2p3/2ppN1B1/3Pn3/2P5/PP3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Vladimir Valkov vs Ines Koelbl, Sunny Beach, 2011
r2q2kr/pp1nbp1p/2pNpnpB/4Q3/2B5/2PP3P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxe6 ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Raymond Cannon vs James Robinson, London, 2013
r1b1kb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p1p2p/q5B1/3P4/2PB1N2/PP2QPPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]
3e)
mate in 2
Raymond Cannon vs James Robinson
Caro-Kann (B10) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sylvain Chouinard vs Michel Del Gobbo, corr., 1992
r3k2r/pp2bppp/4p1b1/2ppPn2/1q1n1P2/PPNP1N1P/2PQBBP1/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qxc3 Qxc3 Nxe2+ ]
b)
Holger Ellers vs Adof Fink, corr., 1992
rn1qk2r/pp2ppb1/2p2np1/3p3p/3PPPbP/2NQBN2/PPP3P1/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...dxe4 Nxe4 Nxe4 if Qxe4 Bf5 ]
c)
Claude Wagener vs Tapani Sammalvuo, Bratislava, 1993
rn3r1k/pp4pp/5q2/3Q2N1/1b1Pp1bP/4B3/PP2BPP1/R2K3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2+ Kxe2 Qa6+ Kd1 Qd3+ Kc1 Rc8+ ]
d)
Trond Gabrielsen vs Patrik Lyrberg, Gausdal, 1994
r2qr1k1/p4ppp/b1pb4/3n4/2N5/4B3/PPP1BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc4 Bxc4 Qh4 g3 Qxc4 ]
e)
Peter Levermore vs Allan Stig Rasmussen, Hallsberg, 2000
r3kb1r/pp3p1p/2p1pp2/q4b2/3P4/1PP1Q3/P3BPPP/R3K1NR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bh6 Qf3 Be4 if Qxe4 Qxc3+ or if Qh3 Bxg2 ]
4d)
Trond Gabrielsen vs Patrik Lyrberg
Caro-Kann (B10) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Timon Thissen vs Joost Van Rosmalen, Hengelo, 2002
r2q1rk1/4ppbp/p1b2np1/1p1p4/3P2P1/2NQBP1P/PPPN4/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...b4 if Ne2 Bb5 ]
b)
Hannes Wendling vs Philipp Wenninger, Xanten, 2011
1r2k1nr/pp3pbp/2pp1qp1/4n3/P1PNP1b1/1PN3PP/3Q1PB1/R1B1K2R b KQk - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if Bxf3 or Nxf3 Bxf3 ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Marcio Machado Pereira vs Edson Fujishima, Campinas, 2008
r1b2rk1/pp4pp/4pq2/2bp1n2/5P2/2NB4/PPP1Q1PP/R1B2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ hxg3 Qh6+ ]
d)
Nathan Berthelot vs Andrei Nestor Cioara, Saint-Affrique, 2012
r1b1k2r/1pq2ppp/p1nbp1n1/2p1P3/P1Bp1N2/3P1NQ1/1PP2PPP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ Ncxe5 if Nh5 Nxc4 or if Nxg6 Nxf3+ Qxf3 Bxh2+ Kh1 hxg6 ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Mateusz Luksik vs Grzegorz Kubeczko, Warsaw, 2013
r1b3k1/pp3ppp/2p2p2/2b1r3/3q4/1Q1P1B2/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf2+ ]
5a)
Timon Thissen vs Joost Van Rosmalen
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