Tactics in the B40s Sicilian
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (ECO B43).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3
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)
Alexandre Abrosimov vs Mikhail Tal, Riga, 1959
r2r1bk1/2q3pp/p1p2p2/1pn1pP2/5P2/P2B3P/1PP1Q1P1/2BR1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e4 if Bxe4 Re8 Rd4 Rad8 ]
b)
Yakov Estrin vs Mark Taimanov, Moscow, 1964
2rq1rk1/1b3ppp/p2p2n1/2n2QN1/1p2P3/3B2N1/PPP3PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd3 if cxd3 Rc5 ]
c)
Tudev Ujtumen vs Choon Foo, Skopje, 1972
2r2rk1/1bq1bppp/p1n2n2/1p1p4/5P2/PNNBB2Q/1PP3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Esmail Safarzadeh vs Z Abi, Iran, 1974
1nb2k1r/3r2pp/p2N3n/1pq1BpQ1/8/8/PPP2PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kg8 Bxh6+ ]
e)
Pia Cramling vs Gyozo Forintos, Zurich, 1986
rn2k2r/1b1p1ppp/p3p3/q3P3/3Q1Pn1/2N5/PPP3P1/R1B1RB1K b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qd8 if Qe3 Qh4+ mates ]
1b)
Yakov Estrin vs Mark Taimanov
Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (B43) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Erich Maahs vs Klaus Bischoff, Bad Woerishofen, 1990
r1b1k2r/1pqpBppp/p1n1p3/8/4P1n1/2NB1N2/PPP1QPPP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qd1 Nxf3+ ]
b)
Milan Jovcic vs Igor Miladinovic, Arandjelovac, 1991
r1bq1rk1/5ppp/p1nppb2/1p5Q/4PP2/P1NBB3/1PP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 if g6 Qf3 Be7 Qxc6 ]
c)
Michael Spieker vs Dirk Dahlmann, NRW, 1996
r3k2r/1bqn1pb1/p2ppnp1/1p5p/3NPP2/P1N3PP/1PP3B1/R1BQR2K w kq - 0 1
[ Ndxb5 axb5 Nxb5 Qc6 Nxd6+ Ke7 Nxb7 Qxb7 e5 ]
d)
Hans Juergen Breves vs Ivan Farago, Boblingen, 1996
r1b1k2r/1pqp1ppp/p1n1pn2/8/1b1NPP2/2NQ4/PPP1B1PP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Qxd4 Bc5 ]
e)
Maurice Ashley vs Johan Hellsten, Bermuda, 1997
r1b2r1k/2qn1ppp/pp1ppn2/2b5/P2NP3/2N1BPQ1/1PP1B1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Nf5 g6 ]
2c)
Michael Spieker vs Dirk Dahlmann
Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (B43) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Robert Fontaine vs Didier Collas, France, 1998
r4k1r/1b1R1ppp/nq2pn2/1N6/5Q2/2N3P1/PPP2P1P/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Bc8 or Bc6 Rxf7+ mates ]
b)
Francis Shim Ng Min vs Daniele De Donatis, corr., 2000
1rb2rk1/2q1bppp/B3pn2/3p2B1/8/2N5/PPP1QPPP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxa6 if Qxa6 Ng4 f4 Bxg5 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Evgeny Rusakov vs Vladimir Popov, Novosibirsk, 2003
r1bk1b1r/3pnppp/2nNp3/q7/4P3/4BP2/PPPQ2PP/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxa5+ Rxa5 Bb6# ]
d)
Wilfried Kupfer vs Denis Resnjanskij, Rostock, 2003
r1b1kb1r/2qp1ppp/p3p3/1p2nP2/1n2P3/PNNBQ3/1PP3PP/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nexd3+ if cxd3 Nc2+ ]
e)
Anna-Maria Pavlova vs Svetlana Mustafina, Dagomys, 2004
r4rk1/1bqn1ppp/p2ppn2/1p6/1b1NPP2/2NBQ2P/PPPB2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5 if Nce2 e5 or if e5 fxe5 Nxe5 Rhe1 Nxd3+ Qxd3 Rad8 ]
3b)
Francis Shim Ng Min vs Daniele De Donatis
Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (B43) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Stefan Meyer vs Jonas Doeck, Leutersdorf, 2006
r1r3k1/2q2ppp/4pn2/p2p4/1b6/2P1BP2/PPQRB1PP/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 bxc3 Qxc3 Qxc3 Rxc3+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Marthe Benzen vs Anna Dobrusina, Willingen, 2007
rnbq1rk1/1p1p2pp/p4p2/3pPN1Q/8/3B4/PPPK1PPP/R6R w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Qxe7 Bxh7+ ]
c)
Andrew MacMillen vs Bernhard Bennewitz, corr., 2007
rnb1k2r/1pqp1ppp/p3pn2/8/Pb1NP3/2N3P1/1PP2PBP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3+ bxc3 Qxc3+ Bd2 Qxd4 ]
d)
Valerija Barinova vs Mikhail Likhoman, Novokuznetsk, 2007
rn3rk1/1bqp1ppp/p3pn2/1pb5/3NPP2/P1NBB3/1PP1Q1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 if Qf2 Ng4 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Sebastian Herrmann vs Viesturs Meijers, Reutlingen, 2009
r2qk2r/1b1p1pp1/p2bp3/4n2p/1p1BP1nP/3B1NN1/PPP2PP1/R3QRK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ..Nxf3+ if gxf3 Qxh4 ]
4e)
mate in 4
Sebastian Herrmann vs Viesturs Meijers
Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (B43) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Vladislav Lepkasov vs Andrey Kotchnev, Izhevsk, 2010
r4b1r/1b3kpp/p1qp4/5B2/n2N2Q1/8/1PP2PPP/2B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg6+ if hxg6 Qe6# ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Vecheslav Rozhkov vs Ramil Allajov, Moscow, 2016
rn2kb1r/5p1p/p2p4/q3ppB1/N3R3/2R3P1/1PP2P1P/3Q2K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Rxe5+ if Qxe5 Rc8+ Kd7 Nb6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Mohammad Minhaz Uddin vs Sariatullah Md, Dhaka, 2017
5rk1/1bqp1p1p/p1n3p1/1p1BrNQ1/8/4R3/PPP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6 if Rxf5 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Re8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Larisa Kuhar vs Tamara Ljikar, Biograd na Moru, 2018
r5rk/1q1p1p1p/p1n1pb2/8/3N4/2P4R/P1P2PPP/R1BQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ ]
e)
Albert Fischli vs Andri Arquint, Silvaplana, 2003
rn2r1k1/1pqb1ppp/p4n2/3p4/5P2/2PQ1B2/P1PBN1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb5 ]
5b)
mate in 5
Vecheslav Rozhkov vs Ramil Allajov
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