Tactics in the B40s Sicilian
Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (ECO B46).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Panagiotis Cladouras vs Imre Szucz, Budapest, 1989
r1b1k1r1/4qp1p/p3pQ2/7B/4p3/8/P1P2PPP/3R1RK1 w q - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ ]
b)
Petar Petrovic vs Charles Lamoureux, Paris, 1989
r1b1kb1r/1pq1nppp/p1npp3/8/3NP3/P1N5/1PP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Ndb5 if axb5 Nxb5 Qd7 Nxd6+ Kd8 Nxf7+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Sven Wisloff Nilssen vs Tor Paulsen, Hammerfest, 1990
r1q1k2r/1b3ppp/p1pQp1n1/8/2P5/B5P1/P1P2PBP/1R3RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Rxb7 if c5 Bxc5 or if Qxb7 Bxc6+ ]
d)
T Czarnopys vs M Grat, Poland, 1992
r1b2rk1/1p1pbpp1/p1n1pn1p/q7/N2NPP2/2P5/P3BBPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 dxc6 Bb6 ]
e)
Clarence Lehman vs Patrick Howlett, USA, 1994
2rqkb1r/1b1p1ppp/p3p3/np6/4P3/2N1B3/PPPQBPPP/3R1RK1 w k - 0 1
[ Bb6 ]
1b)
Petar Petrovic vs Charles Lamoureux
Sicilian, Taimanov (B46) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Orlando De Abreu vs Moreau R Moron, Geneva, 1995
r4rk1/1q1nbppp/p3p3/P2pB3/R7/3B4/1PP1QPPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ if Kg8 Bxg7 ]
b)
Attila Czebe vs Miroslav Ivanovic, Budapest, 1996
1rbq3r/5pk1/p1p2n1p/3p2p1/8/3B1QNP/PPP2PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6+ if Kxf6 Nh5# ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Paul Benson vs P Ribeiro, Laguna, 1996
r1bkr3/1p3ppp/p1p5/4P3/2B1n3/2P1B3/P1P3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6+ if Kd7 Rad1+ or if Ke7 Rxf7# ]
d)
Horst-Gerhard Ballmann vs Bent Koenig, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2001
r1b1k2r/1p3pp1/2p1pn2/p3q2p/1Q3B2/2P5/P1P2PPP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Kxd8 Qb6+ ]
e)
Evgenij Kalegin vs Aleksandr Kutlijarov, Rochinskiy, 2006
r1bbk1nr/1p3ppp/p1p1p3/8/NP2PB2/8/P1P2PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8+ Kxd8 Nb6 Ra7 Bb8 ]
2e)
Evgenij Kalegin vs Aleksandr Kutlijarov
Sicilian, Taimanov (B46) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Daniel Birth vs Josef Haelterlein, Augsburg, 2007
r1b4r/1k2bppp/p1p1p3/8/Np2nB2/3R4/PPP1BPPP/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ Bxd7 Rxd7+ Kc8 Nb6# ]
b)
Arseny Glazkov vs Oleg Reshetov, Krasnodar, 2008
r3kb1r/1b3ppp/p1p1p2n/1p2P3/4N3/4B3/PPP2PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Bxh6 if gxh6 Nf6+ mates ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Iulia-Ionela Ionica vs Mariam Kankia, Tbilisi, 2009
r2k1b1r/3b1Qpp/p1pP4/6q1/Pp6/6P1/1PP2P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]
d)
Vladimir Akopian vs Joel Lautier, Paris, 2009
r4rk1/1bq1bppp/p7/2p5/N3p3/1P6/PBP1QPPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 if g6 Rd7 Qc8 Nb6 ]
e)
Christian Specht vs Nils Vonhoff, Frankfurt, 2009
r1b1kb1r/1p3ppp/p1N1p3/8/8/3BB3/PPP2PqP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Be4 if Qh3 Qd8# ]
3d)
Vladimir Akopian vs Joel Lautier
Sicilian, Taimanov (B46) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Johannes Minckwitz vs Wilfried Paulsen, Frankfurt, 1878
r4rk1/1bq2ppp/pp2p3/2b5/2P5/P4NNP/1P2QPP1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3 if b4 Bxf3 ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Jukka Hakola vs Jyrki Parkkinen, corr., 1991
2kr4/1bqp1p1p/p3ppr1/1pb5/4P3/PB1Q1P2/1PP1N1PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6+ Kg3 Rg8+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Zoltan Zerenyi vs Gyula Hajnal, Fuzesabony, 1994
2b2rk1/3p1ppp/p1p1p3/4Pnq1/N7/1PPB4/P4rPP/R2Q2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Penillas Ismael vs Francisco Lopez Pando, Asturias, 1997
r1b1k2r/1pqp1pp1/p1n1p3/6B1/3NP1p1/1BN3b1/PPP2PK1/R2Q1R2 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ Kg1 Bxf2+ Rxf2 Qg3+ ]
e)
Sebastian Scholl vs Gerhard Huchthausen, Greifswald, 1999
r1b1k2r/1pqp1pp1/p1n1pb1p/8/4P3/1NN5/PPPQBPPP/2KR3R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 ]
4b)
mate in 5
Jukka Hakola vs Jyrki Parkkinen
Sicilian, Taimanov (B46) puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Theodore Dias vs Hugo Devoille, France, 2007
r1b1k1nr/1pqp1ppp/p1n1p3/8/1b1NPP2/2N5/PPP1B1PP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Qxd4 Bc5 ]
b)
Sarkar Ahely vs Sharmin Shirin Sultana, Dhaka, 2009
r1b1k2r/2qp1pp1/p3p3/1pb5/4P1p1/P1N3P1/1PP2P1P/R1BQR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bxf2+ if Kg2 Rxh2+ Kf1 Qxg3 or if Kxf2 Rxh2+ Ke3 Qxg3+ ]
c)
Luis Cortijo Manso vs Pedro Lucas Garcia, Madrid, 2011
r2qr1k1/1p2bppp/p1n2n2/3p2B1/3N2b1/P5P1/1PP1NPBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Qxd4 Bxe2 or if f3 Nxe2+ Qxe2 Bc5+ ]
d)
Mate Tringer vs Tamas Nagy, Gyorujfalu, 2011
r1bq2k1/3pbrpp/p3pp1B/3pP3/6Q1/P2B4/1PP2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 Qg3 Bh4 Bg5 Bxg5 ]
e)
Stef Van Der Zon vs Eelke Wiersma, Dieren, 2017
r3r1k1/1pbb1ppp/p2q1n2/3pnNB1/3N4/3B3P/PPPQ1PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf5 Bxf5 Nc4 if Qc3 Qh2+ mates ]
5e)
Stef Van Der Zon vs Eelke Wiersma
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