'Tactics in the Openings' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jorge Cori.
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)
David Pacheco vs Jorge Cori, Balneario Camboriu, 2005
1r3r1b/5k1p/1q6/n4P1N/1p1p1P2/1bnPpB2/1B2N2P/R1Q3RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2 Bxe2 Bd5+ Rg2 Nb3 ]
b)
Jorge Cori vs Juan Zuluaga, Espol, 2006
Q2r3r/1ppk4/3p2pp/5N2/2n5/8/PPq3PP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kc6 Qxd8 Rxd8 Nd4+ ]
c)
Jacqueline Bosch vs Jorge Cori, Espol, 2006
2r1kb1r/p1qn1p1p/bp2p1p1/n2pP3/3P1P2/P4N2/1P2N1PP/RBBQR1K1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2 if Qxe2 Nb3 ]
d)
Jorge Cori vs Leonardo Tristan, Buenos Aires, 2009
r3r1k1/ppBnbpp1/2p1p1p1/5q2/2PPn3/2N4P/PP1QBPP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe4 if Qxe4 Bg4 ]
e)
Leonardo Fusco vs Jorge Cori, Villa Martelli, 2009
2kr4/pp6/1qb1p3/5pP1/5n2/P1QB4/2P5/R1KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3 if Qh8+ Qd8 or if cxd3 Ne2+ ]
1b)
Jorge Cori vs Juan Zuluaga
Jorge Cori Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jorge Cori vs Robert Hovhannisyan, Chotowa, 2010
8/p2nkpR1/1p2p3/6rq/2PQ4/3BPP2/P4K2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh7 ]
b)
Jorge Cori vs Jhon Alexander Morales, Cali, 2010
2r1r1k1/1b1n1p2/pp1q2p1/3pn3/1P1B4/P4PPp/1Q1N3P/2R1RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc8 if Rxc8 Bxe5 or if Bxc8 f4 ]
c)
Jorge Cori vs Oskar Conislla, Cali, 2011
r4rk1/4b2p/p1q2pp1/3n1N2/1p6/1P1QPP2/PB3P1P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qxd5+ Qxd5 Nxe7+ Kf7 Nxd5 ]
d)
Manuel Cristobal vs Jorge Cori, Montevideo, 2011
2r2rk1/5ppp/p1R1p3/3n2q1/N2P4/8/PPQ2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4 g3 Qd5 ]
e)
Jorge Cori vs Jorge Molina, Lima, 2013
nr4k1/2n1pp1p/3p2p1/P1pP4/4P3/Nq3N2/1bQB1PPP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxb3 Rxb3 Nc4 ]
2c)
Jorge Cori vs Oskar Conislla
Jorge Cori Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Lazaro Bruzon vs Jorge Cori, Cochabamba, 2013
8/2b4k/R1N1p2p/3pn1p1/8/2P3Q1/5PPK/2B1q3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ Kh3 Nxf2+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jorge Cori vs Felix Graf, Barcelona, 2014
r2q1bk1/3p2pp/4p3/1P1N1P2/2BQ4/1n2P2P/1B1P1n2/1K4Rb w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Daniel Pulvett vs Jorge Cori, Badalona, 2015
8/5pk1/4p1pp/4b3/4P3/5q2/P1Q2P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ Kh1 Qh3 ]
d)
Black mates in 5.
Raven Sturt vs Jorge Cori, Barcelona, 2015
4kbQB/p2p1p2/4p3/7p/PRrnN3/6P1/4bPBP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Bxf3 Rc1+ Kg2 Bf1+ ]
e)
Jorge Cori vs Cristhian Cruz, Florianopolis, 2017
1r3bq1/1p1r3k/p1pNb1p1/P1P1pp1p/1Q5P/4P1P1/1P1RBP2/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ne4 if 1...Rxd2 2.Nf6+ ]
f)
Jose Cuenca Jimenez vs Jorge Cori, Linares, 2019
6k1/2r2pPp/4p3/1P2P1N1/1b1p1BPP/1K1P1Q2/1P6/q6R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rc3+ if 2.Kxb4 Qxb2+ 3.Ka5 Qa3+ mates or if 2.bxc3 Qxc3+ ]
3b)
mate in 3
Jorge Cori vs Felix Graf
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