The Sicilian Dragon: 547 Puzzles



Here are some chess puzzles from the Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12.h4 (ECO B79).



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4



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)
Hans Zeitler vs Wilheim Weiss, Volklingen, 1970
r1r3k1/3bppbp/p1p2np1/3p4/3BP2P/1BN2Pq1/PPPQ2P1/1K4RR w - - 0 1
[ e5 if Nh5 Ne2 ]

b)
Kurt Essegern vs Klaus Trautmann, corr., 1974
r1r2k2/1p2ppbp/4bnp1/qp2R1B1/8/1BN1Q3/PPP3PP/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Qxe6 ]

c)
More Crusi vs Kristensen, corr., 1992
r5k1/pp2ppbp/3p1np1/1b2q3/2r1P2P/1NNQBP2/PPP3P1/1K1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Bernd Baum vs Wirsam Mueller, Giessen, 1995
2r4k/ppqbpQ1p/3p1bpB/8/8/1Nr2P2/PPP3P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Bxg7 Rxh7+ ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Dimitrios Marianidis vs M Kapetanakis, Ermoupoli, 1996
2r4k/p2b2bp/q2p1pp1/1p1Q4/2r1P3/1NN2P2/PPP3P1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ ]

1d)
mate in 4
Bernd Baum vs Wirsam Mueller

Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav, 12.h4 (B79) puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
c)
Daniel Cabrera Moreno vs Javier Alcon Herrero, Zaragoza, 1999
r5k1/pp1b1p1p/3pp1pQ/3Nq2n/2r1P3/1N3P2/PPP3P1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 Nf6+ or if Qg7 Ne3 ]

e)
Maximilian Eibl vs Robert Weber, Bayern, 2007
2r3kb/pp2pp2/3p1np1/q5B1/4P3/1BP2n2/P1PQ4/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh8+ Kxh8 Bxf6+ if exf6 Qh6+ mates ]

a)
White mates in 3.
Zoltan Molnar Saska vs Balazs Horanyi, Budapest, 2010
2r2rk1/4ppb1/p1bp2p1/q2B4/1p1BP1P1/5P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh2 if Rfe8 Qh8+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Axel Segarra Martinez vs Juan Cebrian Flores, Valencia, 2011
r3n2k/p2bp1bp/q2p2p1/1p1Q2P1/2r1P3/1NN1BP2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Bh6 Qf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Eudismar Abreu vs Werton Bastos, Teresina, 2011
r1r1b1k1/pp2Rp1p/3p3Q/q5pP/2nN4/1B3P2/PPP3P1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6 if Qe5 Qf8# ]

2e)
Maximilian Eibl vs Robert Weber

Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav, 12.h4 (B79) puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Rune Averby vs Bela Toth, corr., 1978
1r4k1/p3ppbp/3p2p1/q7/1n2nP2/NP2B2P/PP4P1/1K1RQ2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3+ if bxc3 Qxa3 Qd2 Nxa2 Qxa2 Rxb3+
or if Kc1 Nbxa2+ Kc2 Qf5+ Rd3 Nb4+
]

b)
A Petelin vs Alexei Shirov, Ivano-Frankovsk, 1988
2r3k1/pp2pp1p/3p2p1/6P1/b3P2P/2PQBPn1/qP6/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ if Qxc3 Ne2+ or if bxc3 Qa1+ ]

c)
Manfred Nimtz vs Wolfgang Andre, Germany, 1994
2r3k1/pp1bppbp/q2p1npB/8/2r1P1P1/1NN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 if bxc3 Nxe4 fxe4 Bxc3 ]

d)
Dennis Schumacher vs Jonas Markgraf, NRW, 1996
1rr5/3bppk1/3p2p1/2qP3p/p2Q3P/P1N2P2/1PpR2P1/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 Rxd4 Rxc3 ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Pierangelo Trotto vs Alessandro Caresana, Eporediese, 2001
r5k1/2qbppbp/3p2p1/p2P4/1p1N3P/n2Q1P2/PKP3P1/2BR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4+ if c3 Bxc3+ or if Qxd4 Qxc2+ ]

3c)
Manfred Nimtz vs Wolfgang Andre

Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav, 12.h4 (B79) puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
A Dikinov vs Sergey Zelensky, Krasnodar 2001
r1r3k1/pp1bppbp/2np1np1/q7/2BNP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ3P/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Qxd4 Nxg4 Qd5 Qxd5 ]

b)
David Baragano vs Victor Ocnarescu, Aviles, 2004
2r3k1/pp1bpp1p/q2n2p1/8/2rN2PP/2N2P2/PPPQ4/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 bxc3 Nc4 ]

c)
Luiz Santos Junior vs Souza Pozza Thiago, Campinas, 2010
r1r3k1/pp1bppbp/2np1np1/q7/2BNP1PP/2N1BP2/PPPQ4/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Qxd4 Nxg4 Qd5 Qxd5 if Nxd5 Nxe3 Nxe3 Bh6 ]

d)
Adela Bierska vs Sandra Valencikova, Kouty nad Desnou, 2012
2r3kb/pp1bp2p/1q1p1npB/3N4/2rNP1P1/5P2/PPPQ4/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd5 exd5 Rxc2 ]

e)
Martin Simet vs Martin Novak, Hrdonov, 2012
2r3k1/pp1bppb1/q2p1npB/8/2r1P1P1/1NN2P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 bxc3 Nxe4 if Qh2 Qa3+ or if fxe4 Bxc3 ]

4c)
Luiz Santos Junior vs Souza Pozza Thiago

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