King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of the 2012 Cappelle la Grande tourny.
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 3.
Tom Meurs vs Frans Van Eert, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
8/3N2k1/p1pB3p/5pp1/3P4/1B4K1/PPP5/5r2 w - - 0 1
[ Be5+ Kg6 Nf8+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Jean-Marc Degraeve vs Alexandre Platel, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
r2k4/pR3Q1p/2qp1p2/4b3/4P1r1/6P1/PPP4P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qf8+ Qe8 Rxd6+ Kc8 Qxe8+ ]
c)
White mates in 8.
Yaroslav Zherebukh vs Quentin Loiseau, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
6k1/p2b1pb1/6p1/2Rr4/1P1p2P1/8/q2B1P1Q/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ Bxc8 Re8+ Bf8 Qh6 ]
d)
Nicolas Giffard vs Wojciech Moranda, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
r2q1r1k/1p2R1b1/p2P3n/2pB2pp/2P5/5NPb/P1Q2P2/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 if Nf5 Nxg5 ]
e)
Igor Lysyj vs Anna Gasik, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
3qr1k1/p2rb2p/b5p1/2p2p2/4p3/1P2P2B/PBQ2PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Qxd7 Qc3 Kf7 Qg7+ Ke6 Bxf5+ gxf5 Qh6+ ]
f)
Bogdan Lalic vs Evgeny Vorobiov, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
3q1r1k/rbN1p2p/3pQ1p1/2p3N1/8/1P4PP/Pb3P2/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7 Rxf7 Nxf7+ ]
1b)
mate in 5
Jean-Marc Degraeve vs Alexandre Platel
2012 Cappelle la Grande Tourny Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jean-Pierre Le Roux vs Igor Naumkin, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
r2b2k1/1pn1qbpp/2n1p3/p4p2/2Q5/PNB1N1P1/1P2PPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 bxc6 Nxa5 ]
b)
Parimarjan Negi vs Nikita Maiorov, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
1r5k/5bpp/1ppN3n/1p1p1P2/6P1/P4B2/1PP4P/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 (if g5 Rd8) if Kg8 or Bg8 g5 ]
c)
Vasif Durarbeyli vs Chanda Sandipan, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
1k3r2/2n3p1/p1RNn3/1p3P2/1P6/1P5P/1K1b4/3B4 w - - 0 1
[ Rb6+ Ka7 Rb7+ Ka8 Bf3 ]
d)
Slavisa Peric vs Evgeny Vorobiov, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
5r2/1p4pk/2pp1r1p/p5q1/P3Pn2/1PN2RQP/2P3P1/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3 Qxg3 Ne2 ]
e)
Luiz Guilherme Abdalla vs Adam Horvath, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
5nk1/1r4p1/3p3p/q1pPp2P/p1P1P1B1/PbR2QPN/6K1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd1 ]
f)
Mark Berkovich vs Jean-Pierre Le Roux, Cappelle la Grande, 2012
r4rk1/2p1ppbp/6p1/2P1n3/2p1P3/N1Qq2P1/PP3PKP/R1B2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe4+ f3 Qe2+ Rf2 Qxf2+ Kxf2 Nd3+ ]
2f)
Mark Berkovich vs Jean-Pierre Le Roux
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