Tactics in the King's Indian
Here are some chess puzzles from the KID, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (ECO E65).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O
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)
Peter Trzaska vs M Havers, Dortmund, 1991
r4rk1/1pqnppbp/pn1p2p1/8/2PQP1b1/1PN2NPP/PB3PB1/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nd5+ ]
b)
V Goni vs Hermosilla, Villalba, 1993
2rr1bk1/ppqb1p1p/3pnnp1/4p3/2P1P3/BPN2NP1/P2Q1PBP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 Nxd5 cxd5 Nc5 b4 ]
c)
Antal Szittar vs Ferenc Balazs, Keszthely, 1994
r1b2rk1/1p2ppbp/pq1p1np1/2n5/3NP3/P1N1B1PP/1P1Q1PB1/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ b4 if Ncd7 Ne6 ]
d)
Hendrik Schulte vs Tobias Voelkel, Muelheim, 1997
r1b1r1k1/1pq1ppbp/p1np1np1/8/2PN4/1PN3P1/PB2PPBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Nxd5 cxd5 or if Qd8 Nxc6 bxc6 Nxf6+ exf6 Bxc6 ]
e)
Ljubisa Nedimovic vs Saska Bilbija, Portoroz, 2003
2rq1rk1/3nppbp/3p1np1/pp1P2B1/2pPP3/6PP/PP1Q1PBN/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 if Ne8 exd6 ]
1b)
V Goni vs Hermosilla
E65 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Eoin Campbell vs Nikolay Lastochkin, Denham, 2011
2b3k1/r2nppbp/pp3np1/2p1N3/2P5/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 Rc7 Nxe7+ Kf8 Bf4 ]
b)
Wolfgang Kuecher vs Patrik Leiner, Neumarkt am Walersee, 2012
rnb2rk1/pp2ppbp/3p1np1/8/NqPp4/1P3NP1/P3PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd2 Qa3 Nxd4 Nd5 Nb5 ]
c)
Dimitar Serafimov vs Gediminas Petrauskas, Kaunas, 2013
r1b2rk1/1pqnppbp/p2p2p1/8/2PQ4/1PN3P1/PB2PPBP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nd5+ Nf6 Nxc7 ]
d)
Guenther Lossa vs Bruno Moritz, Bamberg, 1965
r1q2rk1/pp1bppbp/2np1np1/8/2PN4/2N3PP/PP2PPBK/R1BQR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Qxd4 Ng4+ ]
e)
Pierluigi Beggi vs Edward Formanek, Reggio Emilia, 1976
r1b2rk1/pp1nppbp/2n3p1/q1p5/Q1P5/2N1BNP1/PP2PPBP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 ]
2b)
Wolfgang Kuecher vs Patrik Leiner
E65 puzzles, pt. iIi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Constantin Ungureanu vs Patrick Laub, Geneva, 1993
5rk1/pp1qppbp/3pbnp1/2r3B1/2P1P2Q/1PN3PP/P4PBK/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...h6 if Bh6 Rh5 or if Bd2 g5 ]
b)
Y Gokyigit vs Alda Shabanaj, Szeged, 1994
r1bq1rk1/pp3pbp/1n1p1np1/2pPp3/2P5/1PNQ1NP1/P3PPBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e4 Nxe4 Nxe4 if Qxe4 Bxa1 ]
c)
Alfred Engelbrecht vs Ronald Kempter, Germany, 1996
r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/3p4/2P1n3/1PN1Q1P1/PB2PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 if Bxc3 d4 ]
d)
Thomas Zankl vs Martin Ramsauer, Niederbayern, 1997
r2r2k1/pp2ppbp/2b1nnp1/2p5/2P5/2N1PNP1/PP1B1PBP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 ]
e)
Alexander Huzman vs Hrant Melkumyan, Berlin, 2015
1rr3k1/1p2ppbp/p1np1np1/7q/2PN1Pb1/1PN1PBP1/P3Q2P/R2RB1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 ]
3b)
Y Gokyigit vs Alda Shabanaj
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