Tactics in the King's Knight Openings
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Here are some chess puzzles from the Petrov, Modern Attack (ECO C43).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4
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)
Hrvoje Messing vs Dragoslav Andric, Belgrade, 1968
r3k2r/ppp1bppp/4b3/3qP3/4n3/3B4/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
John Nunn vs TC Fox, Bristol, 1980
r1b2rk1/p3Rp1p/3q2pQ/2pp2B1/3b4/3B4/PPP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bh6+ ]
c)
D Arnrich vs Wolf, corr., 1989
r4rk1/ppp2p2/3n1bpp/1B3n2/5B2/2N5/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 ]
d)
Erika Sziva vs Eric Cheymol, Budapest, 1991
1k1r3r/1ppqbppp/p1nn4/5b2/5Q2/2NBBN1P/PPP2PP1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 if Qxf5 Rxd6 ]
e)
M Poy vs Lopez Nadal, Tortosa, 1992
r1bq1rk1/ppp1bppp/2np4/2n1P3/3N4/2N1B3/PPP1QPPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 bxc6 Bxc5 ]
1b)
mate in 4
John Nunn vs TC Fox
Petrov, Modern Attack (ECO C43) Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Samuel Wischmeyer vs Carsten Warnecke, Uetzen, 1999
rn3rk1/pp4pp/1bp2p2/3qN3/1P1P1P2/P7/2BQ2PP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd3 if fxe5 Bb3 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Jiri Horak vs Jaroslav Hejl, Havlickuv Brod, 2006
r4k1r/pppb2pp/1qnp1p2/b7/2B2Q2/2P2N2/P4PPP/RNB1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ gxf6 Bh6# ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Melissa Castrillon vs Migle Lepeskaite, Kemer, 2007
2kr1b1r/pp3ppp/2p5/3N1q2/3Qp3/6P1/PPP2P1P/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb6+ if Kb8 Qxd8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Martin Beil vs Zdenka Blumelova, Czech Republic, 2008
r1b2rk1/p3Qppp/nqp5/3p1P2/3P1Bn1/2NB4/PPP3PP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bd6+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Eduard Miller vs Jonas Lampert, Internet, 2008
1rb2rk1/ppN2ppp/1n1p4/2q5/3p1Q2/1B6/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ ]
2d)
mate in 3
Martin Beil vs Zdenka Blumelova
Petrov, Modern Attack (ECO C43) Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Helmut Held vs Rainer Dirks, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, 2011
rn4k1/ppp2p1p/3p4/3Q4/8/2P1BN1b/P2N1P1P/R3KB1q w Q - 1 0
[ Qg5+ if Kh8 Bd4+ or if Kf8 Qd8+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Ondrej Stanek vs Ondrej Cach, Hrdonov, 2012
rnbq2k1/p5p1/1p3bP1/3p3Q/2pP4/2P5/P1P3PP/1RB2K2 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3 if Bd6 Qh7+ ]
c)
P Belmar vs Helen Miligan, Lucerne, 1982
r1bq1rk1/ppp2ppp/5n2/4N3/1b1PpB2/2N1R3/PPP2PPP/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 Rxc3 Nd5 ]
d)
Black mates in 8.
A Stoker vs Owen, corr., 1988
6k1/ppp3pp/2n2r2/5q2/2P2P2/2Qp4/PP1Br1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qe4+ Kh3 Rh6+ ]
e)
Marianne Spiel vs Max Steffelmaier, Pfarrkirchen, 1988
r1b1q1k1/pp3ppp/2pb1n2/3p4/2PP4/3B1N2/PPQN1KPP/R1B5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ if Kf1 Ne3+ or if Kg1 Qe3+ mates ]
3d)
Black mates in 8.
A Stoker vs Owen
Petrov, Modern Attack (ECO C43) Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Christo Cave vs Ennio Arlandi, Novi Sad, 1990
r2q3k/pQp1b1pp/2n2r2/3pNp2/3Pn1b1/2PB4/PP1N1PPP/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 if dxe5 Rb6 ]
b)
Pascal Souevamarien vs Arnaud Delanoy, Torcy, 1991
r2qk2r/ppp1bppp/2n1b3/3pP3/3Nn3/2N5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Qxd4 Bc5 ]
c)
Black mates in 6.
K Kukla vs W Niewiadomy, corr., 1993
r1b1r1k1/ppp2ppp/3q4/3P4/Q2nn3/3B4/PP3PPP/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ gxf3 Qg6+ Kh1 Bh3 ]
a)
Thomas Boehm vs Alexander Krueger, Germany, 1995
rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/8/2bQP3/4n3/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bxf2+ if Ke2 Nxc3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Edmund Grabarczyk vs Zdzislaw Zarow, Rowy, 2007
r4rk1/pp2bppp/8/3pP3/1P2n1q1/P4P2/1BQ1n1PP/RN2NR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...N4g3+ ]
4b)
Pascal Souevamarien vs Arnaud Delanoy
Petrov, Modern Attack (ECO C43) Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Mihovil Vucic vs Filip Mravic, Novi Vinodolski, 2009
r3k2r/pp1Nqp2/2pnb1p1/3p4/3b4/2NB4/PPPBQ1PP/R4R1K b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
b)
Lisa-Marie Moeller vs Daniel Savchenko, Oberhof, 2011
r1bqkb1r/pppn1ppp/8/3pN3/3Pn3/3B1P2/PPP3PP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ if g3 Nxg3 or if Ke2 Qf2# ]
c)
Dorian Van Den Heede vs Anton Siagodnik, Maribor, 2012
r2qk2r/p1pb1ppp/1p1n1b2/3Q4/3n1B2/2N2N2/PPP1BPPP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Be6 if Qh5 g6 Qh6 Nxe2+ Nxe2 Nf5 ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Peter Kasper vs Wolfgang Junge, Berlin, 2014
2krr3/ppp1bppp/8/8/3n1P2/8/PPbN2PP/R1BBK2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bh4+ Kf1 Re1# ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Zofia Frej vs Karel Kratochvil, Brno, 2014
r2q2k1/p1p3pp/2p3r1/2N5/3Ppp2/5bP1/PPPQ1P1P/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 if Qxf4 Qh3 or if Ne6 Qxh2+ ]
5c)
Dorian Van Den Heede vs Anton Siagodnik
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