King-pawn Opening Series


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Here are some chess puzzles from the Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (ECO C79).



1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6



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)
Joaquin Torres Caravaca vs Alexander Alekhine, Seville, 1922
5r1k/1b4p1/p6p/4Pp1q/2pNnP2/7N/PPQ3PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3 if gxh3 Nf2+ Kg1 Nxh3# ]

b)
Friedrich Saemisch vs Alexander Alekhine, Prague, 1943
6r1/1bp2k1p/3r4/1p2pp2/pP6/2P2P2/RPN1RKPP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd5 Ra1 Bc4 if Ree1 Rd2+ ]

c)
Janis Klovans vs Oleg Kalinin, Kaliningrad, 1986
r4rk1/1bp3pp/8/2p1Pp2/P1Pp1n2/Q2NqP2/P5PP/R2R1N1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf3 if gxf3 Bxf3+ Kg1 Nh3# or if Rd2 Nxg2 Kg1 Nf4 ]

d)
Jose Seknadje vs Tibor Szobi, Gyongyos, 1994
r2qkb1r/2p2ppp/p3bn2/np2N3/3p4/1B6/PPP2PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 Kxf7 Bxe6+ if Ke8 Bd5+ or if Kg6 Qd3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Daniel Boden vs Holger Kubiak, Braunschweig, 1995
7r/2pk2p1/p2p1b2/1p6/4P3/1PN1Bb2/RPP2P2/4K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3+ bxc3 Rh1+ ]

f)
White mates in 4.
Enrique Lorita vs Siegfried Halwachs, Austria, 1996
r1bq1bkr/6pp/p1p3P1/1p1p3Q/4P3/8/PPP3PP/RNB2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ gxh7+ Rxh7 Qf7+ ]

1a)
Joaquin Torres Caravaca vs Alexander Alekhine

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