Tactics in the King's Knight Openings
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Here are some chess puzzles from the Scotch Game (ECO C45).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
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)
Black mates in 3.
NN vs Bird, England, 1850
N1bk4/pp1p1Qpp/8/2b5/3n3q/8/PPP2RPP/RNB1rBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ Kh1 Ng3+ or Rxf1+ ]
b)
Louis Paulsen vs M Bier, Nuremberg, 1883
r1b1k2r/ppp1nppp/4nq2/2b1p3/3N1P2/2PBB3/PP1Q2PP/RN2K2R w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if Bxe6 Bxe6 0-0-0 Qe2 or if Bxe3 Bb5+ ]
c)
Kantakusin vs Amateur, St Petersburg, 1898
r1b2rk1/pppp1p1p/2n2p2/2b5/3N3q/2PB4/PP3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Qg5 h4 Qf4 g3 if Qe5 Qg4+ mates ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Distl vs Filip Rozsypal, Prague, 1900
r1b1kb1r/pp2nppp/2pQ4/8/2q1P3/8/P1PB1PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Ba5+ ]
e)
Edward Lasker vs Sparrow, Chicago, 1922
5k1r/r1p2ppp/5n2/3p4/2q5/P1P2Q2/2P2PPP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6 if gxf6 Bh6+ mates ]
1d)
mate in 3
Distl vs Filip Rozsypal
Scotch Game (C45) Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dunbar vs Chawkin, USA, 1925
2bk2nr/p1p2ppp/2p5/2p5/2P1P3/2N5/Pr3PPP/R3KB1R w KQ - 0 1
[ 0-0-0+ ]
b)
L Neatby vs Joseph Rauch, Canada, 1945
r1bq1rk1/p1p1bppp/1p1p1n2/8/2BQPP2/1PN5/P1P3PP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d5 w/...Bc5 ]
c)
Black mates in 5.
Angel Martin Gonzalez vs Julius Kozma, Oslo, 1954
r3k2r/bpp2p2/p1npb3/P5q1/4P3/1N2nB2/1PPQ1PpB/R2NR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2 if fxe3 Rh1+ Kf2 Qh4+ Ke2 Bc4+ ]
d)
Abram Khasin vs Andor Lilienthal, Moscow, 1955
r1b1k2r/ppp1npp1/1q6/1Nbpn2p/4P3/2P1B3/PP2BPPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 Qxc5 Qd4 Qxd4 cxd4 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
George Botterill vs Nicholas Thomas, England, 1974
r1b1qrk1/1ppp1p1p/p3nBnQ/8/P3P2b/1N5R/1PP3PP/2K2B1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh4 Nxh4 Qxh4 ]
2c)
mate in 5
Angel Martin Gonzalez vs Julius Kozma
Scotch Game (C45) Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jose Hedman Senarega vs Yuri Razuvaev, Cienfuegos, 1976
r3r1k1/bpp2ppp/p3b3/8/P3P3/5PPq/1P5P/R1BQRN1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf2 if Re2 Bb3 ]
b)
Jacobus Sampouw vs Bjarne Andersen, Buenos Aires, 1978
r5k1/p1pqn1pp/1bpp2r1/8/Q1NB1P2/2P5/PP3RPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb6 cxb6 Nxb6 ]
c)
Harding vs Rene Franssen, corr., 1978
r3k2r/1pp1nppp/p1q5/P2pPb2/8/1NPBQ3/1P3PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 Qd7 Bxf5 Nxf5 e6 ]
d)
G Suravlev vs H Kristiansson, corr., 1984
r4rk1/p1p2p1p/1npP1qp1/5b2/2P1N3/1P6/P3QPPP/1K1R1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Na4 if bxa4 Qc3 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Panayotis Pandavos vs AB Arnold, Salonika, 1984
6rk/p1pb1p1p/2pp1P2/2b1n2Q/4PR2/3B4/PPP1K2P/RNB3q1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ ]
3c)
Harding vs Rene Franssen
Scotch Game (C45) Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Martin Weteschnik vs Bettina Trabert, Kecskemet, 1991
r1b2rk1/1p3ppp/p1pp4/b2Nn3/3BP3/3P2P1/PP1NKPP1/R6R w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Patrick Van Dongen vs Marc Lacrosse, Massy, 1992
r1b1k2r/pppp1pp1/8/8/3bP1p1/2NB2q1/PPQ2PP1/R1B1R1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rh2 Bf1 Qh4 g3 Qxg3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Blaz Kosmac vs Andrej Pinter, Slovenia, 1993
r3r1k1/p1p2ppp/2pb4/8/1Pq3b1/1PN3P1/2Q2P1P/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Kxf1 Bh3+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Martin Vrbovsky vs Erika Machalova, Bratislava, 1996
r2q2kr/p1pb1p1p/1p1p1p1Q/1B1N4/8/8/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Re7 ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Bernd-Michael Werner vs Erlingur Thorsteinsson, Reykjavik, 1996
r1bqr1k1/2p2ppp/2p5/p1bP4/4PPn1/3B4/PPQB2PP/R2N1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 h3 Qg3 ]
4a)
mate in 4
Martin Weteschnik vs Bettina Trabert
Scotch Game (C45) Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
O Stafanopoulos vs Alexandros Alexandrou, Patras, 1998
r1b3k1/p1p2ppp/1bppr3/4n3/2P1P2q/1P3PP1/PBB1N2P/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6+ Kg2 Bh3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Lukasz Kidzinski vs Michal Bartel, Warsaw, 1999
r4rk1/1pp1nppp/pb1p1q2/8/P3PPb1/1NNB4/1PPQ2Pn/R1B1R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3 if g3 or gxf3 Qh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Veronika Hari vs Rodolfo Stolfa, Nova Gorica, 2002
r1q1kb1r/p2b1ppp/1pBp1B2/2pN4/Q3P3/8/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxd7+ Qxd7 Nc7# ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Manuel Toews vs Jasmin Zimmermann, Willingen, 2009
r1b1r1k1/ppp2p1p/3p1QpB/4q3/8/3B4/P1P2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rae1 if Re6 Rxe5 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Mathis Hofele vs Lara Hagenbeck-Hubert, Magdeburg, 2014
r1bkr3/1pp2ppp/p1nN1nq1/8/8/2P1B3/P1PQBPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxb7+ Ke7 Bc5+ Ke6 Bg4# ]
5a)
mate in 4
O Stafanopoulos vs Alexandros Alexandrou
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