King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Hansjuerg Kaenel.
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.
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Alejandro Bauza, Lucerne, 1982
2r4k/p3nr1p/5p2/1pp1p2q/3p3P/1P1P3Q/P1P3RN/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qxc8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
S Abdulla vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Lucerne, 1982
6k1/5p1p/p3bp2/3rq3/1b2Q2P/1Pr2P2/PK2B1P1/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb3+ if Kxb3 Qc3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
P Augousti vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Lucerne, 1982
8/pb2nk1p/8/7q/4P3/2Q3b1/P5B1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Ba6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Basel, 1986
r4k2/ppp1r2Q/6B1/6N1/1nPqp3/1P6/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
P Lay vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Dubai, 1986
7k/pp6/4N1pp/2P1bp2/PP6/2nr3P/4pKP1/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg3+ Kg1 Rd1+ ]
Hansjuerg Kaenel puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ruedi Staechelin vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Switzerland, 1993
2r1q1k1/5ppp/1Qbppn2/2p5/1pP1PP2/1P1P2PP/3N2BK/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd7 if Qa6 Ra8 ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Martin Roth, Switzerland, 1994
r3r2k/4Nq1p/6p1/1P2R3/3Q4/6Pb/7P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Rxe5 Qxe5+ Kg8 Nh6+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]
c)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs P Rizzi, Ticino, 1994
1qr2rk1/pb1n1ppp/5b2/3p1N2/1Pp1n3/P3PN2/1B2BPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Ndxf6 Ne7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Daniel Portmann vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Lucerne, 1994
5rk1/p4pb1/4p3/2B1n2Q/1p2qpP1/5r2/PP3N2/R4K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd3+ if Kg1 Rg3+ Kh2 Nf3# or if Ke1 Re3+ Bxd3 Nf3# ]
e)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Joerg Gruenenwald, Bad Zurzach, 1995
rn3k1r/1p3ppp/pq1bpn2/1B1pN3/Q2Pb3/2N5/PP1B1PPP/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ Nxe4 if Nxe4 or dxe4 Rc8+ ]
Hansjuerg Kaenel puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Markus Martig, Lenk, 1995
2r3k1/pq2nppp/np1bp3/4N1P1/5Q2/1P2P3/PB3P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ Kh8 Ng6+ ]
b)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Uwe Beimfohr, Lenk, 1995
5rk1/1r1nnppp/1p2p3/pB6/3p4/PP2P3/2RN1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 ]
c)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Heinz Ernst, Bern, 1999
2r3k1/1p2n1pp/pq2bp2/3p4/1n6/BP2PN2/P3BPPP/3Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd4 if Qxd4 Nxd4 ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Ralph Bauert, Switzerland, 1999
8/5Qbk/1p5p/p4N2/2P5/2q3PK/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7 if h5 Qxh5+ Bh6 Qg6+ ]
e)
Philippe Berset vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Bern, 1999
3r1rk1/3pbppp/pNb5/1q2p3/1P2P1n1/P3B1P1/2Q2P1P/2RR1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 ]
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Hansjuerg Kaenel puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Stefan Hubschmid, Bern, 2000
r1r3k1/1b3ppp/1q6/p2p4/2nQ4/3NPN1P/P1R2PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc4 ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Bogdan Bozinovic vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Biel, 2000
6k1/6p1/2n1pp2/2Pr3p/pr6/5PPK/P1RNq2P/2QR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh4+ if gxh4 Rxd2 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Eli Vovsha, Biel, 2000
8/2q5/1p4kp/nPp1r1pN/4N1P1/4P3/2Q3P1/5bK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6+ ]
d)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Stefan Hirt, Germany, 2000
r4rk1/1p1qppbp/p2p2p1/3Pn3/1P1N2b1/P3P3/1B2BPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f3 ]
e)
Hansjuerg Kaenel vs Wladimir Bounianer, Leimen, 2001
r1b2rk1/p3bppp/2p2n2/2qp4/8/1P2PN2/PB3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - -1 0
[ Ba3 ]
Hansjuerg Kaenel puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Donjan Rodic vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Baden, 2006
1r6/4pk2/3p2p1/2pPPpK1/5P1p/PP2R2P/2R1Q1P1/6rq b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg2+ if Qxg2 Rh8 e6+ Kg7 ]
b)
Florian Jenni vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Leukerbad, 2007
5qk1/3pR2p/Q4np1/1p1r1p2/8/2P5/PP4PP/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe7 ]
c)
Achim Bluhm vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Graechen, 2009
1r4k1/5pbp/3Q2p1/P1p5/4qP2/3RB2P/1rR3PK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf8 ]
d)
Juan Fernandez Aguado vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Baden, 2010
5bk1/5p1p/p3p3/2n1P3/2pB2P1/5BK1/P1Pq3P/3Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4+ if Kh3 Ng5+ Kg3 Nxf3 ]
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