King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jean-Luc Chabanon.
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)
Black mates in 3.
Jean-Piere Alet vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Val Thorens, 1988
6rk/pp3r2/3p1q2/1R1Pp2p/3n4/B2QR3/P5PP/4N1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ ]

b)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Pierre Wavresky, France, 1989
2r1kb1r/p2bpn2/1q5p/2p3p1/1p2Q3/1N4B1/PP2PPBP/R2R2K1 w k - 1 0
[ Rxd7 Kxd7 Bh3+ if Kd8 Qf5 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Ivan Radulov, Sofia, 1990
4n2r/1Qrk4/p2p2p1/1p2R3/4NqpP/5N2/2P2P2/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5+ Kd8 Qb8+ Rc8 Rxd6+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Eric Prie vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Aix les Bains, 1991
7r/1p6/3Bk3/3p4/Q5P1/6K1/PP3P2/7q b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh3+ Kf4 Qc1# ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Angel Mera Cedeno, Parana, 1993
6k1/pp3r1p/3p4/3Q4/6P1/P4q1P/1P6/K1R5 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ ]

1c)
mate in 4
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Ivan Radulov

Jean-Luc Chabanon puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs David Marciano, Nantes, 1993
r3k2r/p1q1bppp/1p6/2pBn3/6b1/3P2P1/PP1N1P1P/R1BQR1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ if Bd7 Qf4 or if b5 Qxg4 ]

b)
Andreas Brenke vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Lippstadt, 1993
r2r2k1/pbq2pb1/1p2p1p1/8/3nNP2/3B2P1/PPP1N3/2KRQ2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc2 if Bxc2 Bxe4 ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Christian Bauer vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, France, 1994
2r5/p2k1p1p/3p2p1/3P1p1P/5P2/1P1R4/K5P1/4r1NR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2+ Ka3 Ra1+ Kb4 Rc5 ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Laurent Verat vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, France, 1996
r7/1p5k/p2P2r1/8/P2n4/R4P1q/1P3PB1/5QK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Jean-Pierre Vegh vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Geneva, 1996
8/p1R2p1k/4pbp1/8/P3QPq1/7p/1P2PP1P/3rNK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ ]

2c)
mate in 4
Christian Bauer vs Jean-Luc Chabanon

Jean-Luc Chabanon puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Pablo Glavina vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, France, 1998
8/1p1q1kbQ/p4N2/7P/1n6/1P4Nb/P1r4P/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg2+ Rxg2 Qd1+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Emmanuel Bricard, Bischwiller, 1999
q2r4/5k1p/p1b1p3/2p1PBp1/2P3P1/1P6/P3N2P/2K2Q2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg6+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Vladimir Lazarev, Montauban, 2000
3n2r1/3p1QBk/p6r/1q6/1p4R1/8/6PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg8+ Kxg8 Rf8+ ]

d)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Koen Leenhouts, Belgium, 2001
r1bq1r1k/p2n2p1/1ppb1n2/3p1QN1/3P4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh3+ if Kg8 Qe6+ Kh8 Qxd6 ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Jean-Rene Koch, Marseilles, 2001
1n6/p7/3Rb3/k1N2p2/2P5/1P6/PK2PP1r/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nb7+ ]

3d)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Koen Leenhouts

Jean-Luc Chabanon puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Charles Lamoureux, Lido Estensi, 2002
r3rn1k/p3p1b1/4B1Qp/1p1P2N1/5B1P/2q3P1/PR3P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Nxh7 Nf7+ Kg8 Ne5+ ]

b)
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Paris, 2003
6k1/p2r2b1/2p1r2p/2R2ppQ/R2Pq3/1P2B1P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ d5 if Qb1+ Rc1 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Paul Johansen, Ohrid, 2009
1n2r2k/5q1n/r2p1P1Q/1p1P3P/1PpB4/8/5KP1/1BR5 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Qxh7 f7+ Re5 f8/Q+ Qg8 Qh6+ ]

d)
Black mates in 6.
Vladimir Poley vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Vienna, 2009
5rk1/pp1n1pp1/3b3p/3p1P2/6Pq/2r2N2/P5BB/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Thomas Dionisi, Nancy, 2013
5Q2/pp5p/2p3p1/2P1q1k1/PPB1n3/6P1/7P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ h4+ Kg4 Be2+ Kh3 Qf1+ ]

4a)
mate in 4
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Charles Lamoureux

Jean-Luc Chabanon puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Pierre Barbot vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Nancy, 2013
1r1q1k1r/p1N2ppp/Q1R5/4Pb2/Pb1p4/4n2N/1P2PPPP/2K2B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd2+ Kxd2 Rxb2+ Ke1 Rb1+ ]

b)
Kevin Roser vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Nimes, 2014
r1b1k2r/q4pb1/p3p1n1/1P1p4/1P1NnB2/2P1Q3/1N2B1PP/2R2RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 if Rxc3 Bxd4 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Carlos Sanchez Ruesga, San Sebastian, 2015
4r2k/p3N1Rp/1p1pP2B/2p2p2/2q5/8/5PK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Bf8+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Jean-Luc Chabanon vs Carl Ekeberg, Helsingor, 2015
r6k/pbpnq3/1p4p1/4p3/Q1BpP3/2P2PB1/P5K1/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd7 if Qxd7 Bxe5+ Kh7 Rh1+ or if Re8 Rh1+ Kg7 Bxe5+ ]

e)
Quentin Loiseau vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Agen, 2016
3r1r1k/6b1/p1p3p1/4P2p/3q1P2/1B3QN1/P7/2R1K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ Kf1 Rxf4 ]

f)
Michail Feygin vs Jean-Luc Chabanon, Belgium, 2017
1r4k1/p4pb1/4p2p/P5p1/N7/B2b4/1P1r1PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Bc2 ]

5a)
mate in 5
Pierre Barbot vs Jean-Luc Chabanon


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