King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Peter Heine Nielsen.
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)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Marcelo Playa, Buenos Aires, 1993
5rk1/5ppp/p1p2rn1/2Qp4/3N1Pq1/4R1P1/PPP2P2/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if Nh4 Rae1 Nxf5 Qxf8+ mates ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Jonas Barkhagen, Copenhagen, 1995
r2r1b1k/pR6/6pp/5Q2/3qB3/6P1/P3PP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ Kxh7 Qxg6+ ]

c)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Hannes Stefansson, Aarhus, 1997
r4rk1/p4ppp/bbp1p3/1q1n4/N3B3/P5P1/1PQ1PP1P/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3 if Qa5 Bxh7+ Kh8 Bd2 Qb5 Bd3 ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Ole Jakobsen, Copenhagen, 1998
5r2/4P1bk/p1qr3p/8/5p2/1QB2Rn1/PP4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ exf8/N+ Kh8 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Re7+ Kf6 Qf7+ Kg5 Nh7+ Kg4 Rxf4# ]

e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Henrik El-Kher, Aarhus, 1999
1rb2rk1/1p1nQp1p/p3p1p1/2q5/2PN3P/4P1P1/P4PB1/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if bxc6 Qxc5 or if Ra8 Rxd7 Qxe7 Nxe7+ ]

1d)
mate in 6
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Ole Jakobsen

Peter Heine Nielsen Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Jonathan Speelman, Esbjerg, 2001
2b3Q1/p1r5/4q2p/7k/3Bpp2/P6P/6P1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4+ ]

b)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Sergey Kishnev, Germany, 2001
2r2rk1/pp2nppp/4p3/1qn5/1B6/6P1/P2QPPBP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rfc1 ]

c)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Robert Rabiega, Germany, 2001
5rk1/p4pp1/2pr2n1/3q4/4RP2/P4NP1/2Q2PK1/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rd4 ]

d)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Jan Timman, Malme, 2002
4kb1r/1p2pp1p/rnp3p1/p7/P2PP3/1QN1BqP1/1P5P/2KRR3 w k - 0 1
[ d5 if Nd7 Qxb7 ]

e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Valerij Popov, Panormo, 2002
1r4k1/5p1p/pn3Bp1/3pP3/8/7P/P4PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ e6 if fxe6 Be5 Rb7 Bd4 ]

2e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Valerij Popov

Peter Heine Nielsen Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Alexander Huzman, Panormo, 2002
1k4r1/pp6/2p5/2br3p/P7/5NP1/1P2P2K/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ e4 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Ferenc Berkes, Panormo, 2002
1q1r1k2/1b2Rpp1/p1pQ3p/PpPp4/3P1NP1/1P3P1P/6K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ if Kg8 Qe5 or if Kxf7 Qe6+ ]

c)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Sergey Karjakin, Hastings, 2003
3k1b1r/p5pp/1q1P1p2/2p1p3/Q1B1n3/5N2/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be6 Qb7 Qa5+ if Qb6 Rb1 or if Ke8 d7+ ]

d)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Nils-Gustaf Renman, Malme, 2003
r7/pp1qnkp1/2p3r1/2PpQpP1/3P1P1P/1P4P1/P7/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ h5 Re6 g6+ if Nxg6 Qxf5+ Ke7 Qxg6 ]

e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Nigel Short, Reykjavik, 2004
2RNq1bk/6p1/1p3n1p/3Pnp1P/p2Q4/P3BBP1/5PK1/1r6 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5 if Qxe5 Nf7+ ]

3d)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Nils-Gustaf Renman

Peter Heine Nielsen Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Mihail Golubev, Internet, 2004
3r1r1k/p2bN1bp/1p1P4/5pQ1/8/6P1/Pq4BP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ hxg6 Qh4+ Kg8 Bd5+ Rf7 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qe7+ Kg8 Qxd8+ ]

b)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Igor Glek, Internet, 2004
1rb2r2/1p2qpbk/pNp1n1pp/1nP1p3/1PN1P3/4B2P/P4PP1/R1QR1BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Bd7 Nxb5 ]

c)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Victor Nithander, Copenhagen, 2007
3q2k1/5r1p/p2p4/n1pP1p2/2P2b2/2BQ2NP/P7/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxa5 Qxa5 Rb8+ if Kg7 Nh5+ or if Rf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qxf5+ ]

d)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Veselin Topalov, Monte Carlo, 2006
1b4k1/1B3pp1/1P2b2p/8/3p4/6P1/2rB1P1P/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf4 if Bxf4 Ra8+ Ke7 Be4+ ]

e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Thies Heinemann, Germany, 2008
rn3rk1/p4ppp/1pq2n2/2p3N1/8/2N3P1/PPQ2P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Nxd5 Qxh7# ]

4d)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Veselin Topalov

Peter Heine Nielsen Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Peter Svidler, Copenhagen, 2010
r2q1rk1/p5bp/1pn1b1p1/3npp2/1p6/P1NPP1P1/1B2NPBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 Bxd5 e4 fxe4 dxe4 Bf7 Rxc6 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Vasily Papin, Aix les Bains, 2011
r3r2q/pp6/2n5/3p1B2/k2P3P/PR6/1P1Q1PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb7 ]

c)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Jacob Carstensen, Helsingor, 2011
r2r2k1/6p1/2p1R2p/1p1n4/7P/2q2B2/PQ3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ if Kh7 Qxc3 or if Rxe8 Bxd5+ ]

d)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Andrei Volokitin, Rogaska Slatina, 2011
r1b3k1/pp3pbp/q3pnp1/6N1/4PB2/1BNn3P/PP3PP1/3Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc2 if Nc5 Qd8+ mates ]

e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Andreas Skytte Hagen, Denmark, 2011
b1r5/pq2kpp1/4pn2/PPp1Q2p/2P5/2B1PPN1/2r1B1PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ Kf8 Nd6 ]

5a)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Peter Svidler

Peter Heine Nielsen Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mircea Parligras vs Peter Heine Nielsen, Khanty Mansyisk, 2011
5rk1/p3ppbp/1q1pb1p1/1N3r2/2PB1Qn1/1P4P1/P3PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 if Qxd4 Rxb5 ]

b)
Tapani Sammalvuo vs Peter Heine Nielsen, Sweden, 2013
6k1/p5b1/4p1Q1/2B2p1p/q1P5/6P1/P6P/3r1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ Kxf1 Qxc4+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Tahir Vakhidov, Dubai, 2014
4rk2/p4p2/1p6/2p1Nb2/2B5/q1P1Q3/P4PP1/3RK3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

6a)
Mircea Parligras vs Peter Heine Nielsen


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