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Here are some chess puzzles from the 2019-20 Bundesliga games.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Matthias Dann vs Mark Kvetny, Germany, 2019
6k1/3r2pp/4Np2/r7/PnB5/8/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Johannes Florstedt vs Fabian Mueller, Germany, 2019
3nk3/q3r3/2pRNpp1/p3p2p/PpQ1P2P/1P3P2/6P1/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Wolfgang Homuth vs Bernd Voekler, Germany, 2019
r3k3/1b2p3/p2pprpQ/q7/1n6/Pn3P2/1P2N1PP/1K1R1BNR b q - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Ulf Von Herman vs Rainer Polzin, Germany, 2019
8/5R1p/p2p2rk/2p4P/3q1P2/P7/1rQ5/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Demidov vs Arnd Lauber, Germany, 2019
5r2/7k/1pq2Pp1/p1pR3p/4Q1bP/P1B1P3/1P6/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7+ ]
Puzzles of the 2019-20 Bundesliga, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Lorenzo Lodici vs Volodymyr Vyval, Germany, 2019
r2q3r/2n1p1k1/p2pP1p1/1bpP2P1/2B2Pn1/1PN5/P3Q1P1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Roland Ollenberger vs Miloje Ratkovic, Germany, 2019
6k1/1p5p/5pp1/1q5r/3BKb2/1P6/P3R1Q1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ Kf3 Bd2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Nils Richter vs Erik Zude, Germany, 2019
5rk1/5p2/P2p2p1/3Qb1qp/2B1P3/1N4P1/2r4P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Marc Weber vs David Musiolik, Germany, 2019
r1q2k2/p2b3Q/1p6/2Pp2n1/8/1P4P1/5P2/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7+ Kg8 Qxg5+ Kh8 Qh6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 6.
Wolfgang Linhart vs Markus Lammers, Germany, 2019
8/pp1b1k1p/3b4/5pp1/3r4/P4PPK/6NP/R4N2 b - - 0 1
[ ...g4+ fxg4 fxg4+ Kh4 Be7+ Kh5 Rd5+ Kh6 Bf8+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Puzzles of the 2019-20 Bundesliga, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 6.
Volodymyr Vyval vs Jonas Hacker, Germany, 2020
6k1/5p2/p5p1/1pb4p/7P/2P1pqP1/PPB2P2/4QK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...e2+ if Kg1 Qxg3+ Kh1 Qh3+ Kg1 Bd6 ]
b)
Vyacheslav Ikonnikov vs Florian Schwabeneder, Germany, 2019
3b4/3bqpk1/pPp3p1/3Pp3/2N1P3/4QBP1/5K2/8 w - - 1 0
[ d6 if Qe6 b7 ]
c)
Dusan Popovic vs Inna Gaponenko, Germany, 2019
1r6/p4R2/P7/1n2kppp/8/N6P/5PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rb7 ]
d)
Mateusz Paszewski vs Frank Haas, Germany, 2019
1r1r2k1/5pp1/p2b1n1p/1pn1pN2/6q1/2P1B2Q/PPB2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 if Qxh3 gxh3 Rxd6 Bxc5 ]
e)
Matthias Mueller vs Olaf Epdin, Germany, 2019
6k1/2qb2pp/p1r2r2/1p1pR3/5P2/1P2QBP1/1PP4P/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ if Kf7 Bh5+ mates or if Bxe8 Qxe8+ Rf8 Bxd5+ ]
Puzzles of the 2019-20 Bundesliga, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kamil Stachowiak vs Fiona Sieber, Germany, 2019
4r1k1/2p2pp1/1p1pq3/2n5/2PBnPPp/rPP4P/1RQ3BK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Re1 if f5 Bxc5 bxc5 gxf5 ]
b)
Yannick Gozzoli vs Dennis Nasshan, Germany, 2019
6k1/3qQ1pp/pp1P1p2/2n5/3N4/1P4PP/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ b4 Qxe7 dxe7 Kf7 bxc5 ]
c)
Christoph Eichler vs Johannes Raps, Germany, 2020
1rbqrbk1/1p3p1p/p3pnp1/8/3PN3/1Q3B2/PPRN1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc8 Rxc8 Rxc8 if Qxc8 Nxf6+ ]
d)
Fiona Sieber vs Piotr Dudzinski, Germany, 2019
8/5pk1/pp2p2p/2b1Nq2/2P2Q2/1P4KP/P5P1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd6 if Qxf5 exf5 Kf4 Kf6 ]
e)
Paul Doberitz vs Rafal Szyszylo, Germany, 2019
3r4/rp1N1pkp/n5p1/p1p5/4P3/P3Q2P/1qP2PP1/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd7 ]
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