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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Conrad Holt.
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.
Conrad Holt vs D Glascock, Stillwater, 2009
1r3k2/ppR4Q/3qb3/3pNn2/3P1P1p/PR2P1p1/4B1P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ Ke8 Qg8+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Conrad Holt vs Allen Becker, Wheeling, 2009
8/1p1brk1p/3p4/p4pQ1/2P1qP2/P3P3/1P1K3P/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Ke6 Rg6+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
K Cao vs Conrad Holt, Oklahoma City, 2009
r5k1/pQ4pp/2p1b1r1/3pp3/8/1N3P2/P2BqbBP/2R1N2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Bxf1 Rg1# ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Matt Anzis vs Conrad Holt, Indianapolis, 2009
6k1/pp3q1p/4p2Q/3pB1rP/3Pn3/2P5/PP4R1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ ]
e)
Conrad Holt vs Christopher Heung, Las Vegas, 2009
rn4k1/pbRr1pb1/6pp/1p1pp3/4P3/1B2BN1P/PP3PP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb7 if Rxb7 Bxd5 ]
1b)
mate in 3
Conrad Holt vs Allen Becker
Conrad Holt puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Conrad Holt vs Jason Wawrzaszek, Oklahoma City, 2009
r4rk1/pp1bq1pp/4ppn1/4P1N1/3P2Q1/3B4/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxh7 if Kxh7 Qxg6+ mates or if Nxe5 dxe5 f5 Qg6 ]
b)
Nenad Ristovic vs Conrad Holt, Mesa, 2010
r2qr1k1/pp3p2/2b3p1/1B1pb2p/1Q6/1PN1P1P1/P4PP1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 Rxc3 Qb6 a4 a6 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Conrad Holt vs Lev Milman, Berkeley, 2011
r4rB1/pp1b1Nk1/1n4pp/3pPp2/2P2B1P/b1P5/P4P2/1K4RR w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ Kxg6 h5+ ]
d)
Conrad Holt vs Istvan Sipos, Berkeley, 2011
3k3r/1pRrq3/p2p1p2/P2PbRBp/Qp2P1p1/8/5PB1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 if dxe5 Rxd7+ Qxd7 Bxf6+ or if Rxc7 Rxe7 Kxe7 Be3 ]
e)
Conrad Holt vs A Shvartsman, Herndon, 2012
1rb2rk1/4qpb1/2pp4/p1nPp1PQ/1pP1P2N/2N1B3/PP1K4/R6R w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kxh7 Nf5+ if Kg6 or Kg8 Nxf7# ]
2b)
Nenad Ristovic vs Conrad Holt
Conrad Holt puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Conrad Holt vs Miles Ardaman, Wheeling, 2012
6rk/2p4p/1pbp1p1r/p3q3/2P1PR2/1P3RNP/P2Q2P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rf5 if Qa1+ Rf1 ]
b)
Giorgi Kacheishvili vs Conrad Holt, Richardson, 2012
6k1/6p1/3Bppbp/1qPp4/r2n1PP1/1pQP3P/1P6/2R2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if Kf2 d4 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Conrad Holt vs Alfonso Almeida Saenz, Richardson, 2013
3k3r/q2n1p1P/2QR1P2/p5P1/Pp3B2/1Pp5/K7/8 w - - 1 0
[ Be3 if Qc7 Qa8+ Qc8 Bb6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Conrad Holt vs Leonid Kritz, Dallas, 2013
3q2k1/6p1/3p1bB1/p1pP3Q/Pn2N3/6PP/1P3B1K/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ if Qxf6 Qh7+ ]
e)
Conrad Holt vs C Camacho, Richardson, 2014
r1b1knQ1/1p3p2/pN1P1qr1/P1p1p2p/4P1p1/1R4P1/1P3P2/4RBK1 w q - 1 0
[ d7+ Bxd7 Qxf8+ Kxf8 Nxd7+ Kg7 Nxf6 ]
3e)
Conrad Holt vs C Camacho
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