Tactics in the King's Indian
Here are some chess puzzles from the King's Indian, Fianchetto (ECO E67).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7
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)
Jorgen Hvenekilde vs Rudolf Christensen, Arhus, 1959
1rbqrnk1/1p3p1p/p2p1npQ/2pNb3/2PNP3/1P4P1/PB4BP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Bxf6 Nc6 ]
b)
Nassir Wajih vs Saheli Dhar-Barua, Calcutta, 1994
r1b1r1k1/pp3pbp/1npp1np1/q5B1/2PN4/2N3PP/PP1QPPB1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Bxf6 Nd5 if Qxd2 Nxf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Dario Bezmalinovic vs Danijela Predovic, Pula, 1998
r1b1nrk1/pp1n1Nbp/2p3p1/2q1pp2/2Q5/5NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]
d)
Jaan Eslon vs Fernando Lopez Gracia, Zaragoza, 1998
r1b1r1k1/1p1n1pbp/q1pp1np1/p7/2PNP3/2N1B1PP/PPQ2PB1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ndb5 if cxb5 cxb5 ]
e)
Manfred Hangweyrer vs Andreas Kuthan, Austria, 1999
3rr1k1/pp3pbp/2ppbnp1/q7/2PB4/1PN2PPP/P2Q1PB1/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Bxf6 Nd5 if Qxd2 Nxf6+ ]
1e)
Manfred Hangweyrer vs Andreas Kuthan
E67 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jurij Vasiljev vs Nicolas Vandenbergen, Hilden, 2002
r1b2n2/ppqr1Nkp/2pN1bp1/2P1pp1n/2Q5/BP4P1/P3PPBP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8+ Kg8 Nh6+ ]
b)
Kjell Spaens vs Steven Muylaert, Aalst, 2013
1rbr2k1/1pq2pb1/p2p1npp/2n1p1B1/2P1P3/2N2NPP/PP2QPB1/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Bxf6 Nd5 ]
c)
Paul Byway vs Jim Vickery, Torquay, 2013
r3r1k1/1pq2pbp/pnp1b1p1/4p3/2P4N/1PQ1B1PP/P3PPB1/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa5 if Nd5 Rxd5 ]
d)
Pavel Certek vs Jean-Michel Mataigne, Cappelle la Grande, 2016
1rb2rk1/4qpbp/5np1/1pn1p3/8/P1N1BNPP/4PPB1/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 Nxd5 Bxc5 ]
e)
F Lindberg vs Walter Stilling, corr., 1967
3rr1k1/ppq2pbp/2p2np1/4p3/2PnP3/1PN1QBPP/PB3P2/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh6 if Qxh6 Nxf3+ or if Qd3 Nxb3 ]
2d)
Pavel Certek vs Jean-Michel Mataigne
E67 puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Barris Fite vs Luis Garcia, Nice, 1974
r4rk1/1pp3qp/3p2p1/p2P1p2/2P1p3/1P2P1Pb/P4P1P/R2QKB1R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Qc3+ Ke2 Bg4+ f3 Bxf3+ if Kf2 Bxd1 ]
b)
John Cox vs Alan Norris, London, 1982
r1bq1rk1/ppp3bp/3p1np1/3P1n2/2P1NP2/1P1Q3P/PB2N1B1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 if Bxg7 Qh4+ ]
c)
Patrick Gobe vs P Deunette, France, 1989
r4rk1/2pbq1bp/1p1n2p1/p1pPpp2/P1P1P3/1PN1B1PP/3Q1PB1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...f4 gxf4 exf4 Bxf4 Bxc3 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Ralf Graeber vs Christoph Maeurer, Cologne, 1994
r1b1r1k1/pp3pbp/2Pp2p1/7n/2PN2n1/4q1P1/PBQ1P1BP/R2N1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ hxg3 Qh6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Tuong Phung Nguyen vs Quang Bao, Quang Ninh, 1997
4rrk1/ppp2pbp/2qp1n2/4pP2/2P5/1PNQ1nPK/PB1PN2P/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng5+ Kh4 Qg2 if Kxg5 h6+ or if Nf4 Qxh2+ ]
3a)
Barris Fite vs Luis Garcia
E67 puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igors Rausis vs Stefan Kindermann, Germany, 1999
r1b1rnk1/pp3pbp/2pq2p1/2RP4/8/1P2BNPP/P4PB1/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 ]
b)
Thomas Egger vs Martin Heika, Bayern, 2006
r3r1k1/pp3pbp/2pp2p1/8/1PPPq3/B5P1/P2Q1P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 if Qd3 Re1+ or if Bc1 Bh6 Qc2 Re2 ]
c)
Helmut Abraham vs Lothar Kollberg, Berlin, 2014
r2r2k1/1p2qpb1/2pp3p/p1n3p1/2PN1Pb1/PPR1P1P1/2Q1N1BP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2 if Qxe2 Bxd4 or if Nxe2 Bxc3 ]
d)
Ervand Khachikyan vs Mazdak Bakhtiari, Yerevan, 2016
r1b1r1k1/ppp2pbp/6p1/3qN3/3P4/1P3QP1/P4P1P/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe5 ]
4b)
Thomas Egger vs Martin Heika
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