King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Piotr Piesik.
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 2.
Piotr Piesik vs Pavel Zabystrzan, Czech Republic, 2014
8/pp4k1/2p2b1p/4n2Q/5B2/2P2qPK/PP5P/1B6 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Piotr Piesik vs Aleksander Kaczmarek, Katowice, 2017
5br1/4p2p/1pr1PpNk/1q1p1Q1B/2bP4/2P1R1P1/3n1PK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Be2+ Kg7 Nxe7 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Piotr Piesik vs Arina Petrovska, Katowice, 2017
r2k3r/1R6/4RP2/p1B1p1p1/4P1Bb/2nP4/6K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bb6+ Kc8 Ree7# ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Piotr Piesik vs Bartlomiej Rozycki, Katowice, 2018
3r4/4rpp1/1p2p1p1/1Np2kP1/p1PpRP2/3P3P/PP4B1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf3 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Piotr Piesik vs Emilio Cordova, chess.com, 2020
5r2/4Qpk1/3p2pp/p1q1p1Pb/2PpP2P/3P1NKB/P7/1R6 w - - 1 0
[ gxh6+ if Kg8 Qf6 ]
Piotr Piesik puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Piotr Piesik vs Viktor Bologan, chess.com, 2020
2r3k1/p3Qp2/1p3PP1/3q4/3p2pp/3P2P1/1P6/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]
b)
Piotr Piesik vs Rustam Khusnutdinov, chess.com, 2020
4r1k1/1b2rRbp/1q4p1/1p1p2P1/3p4/1P1P3B/P4Q1P/3N1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd7 if Rxd7 Rxd7 Rf8 Rxg7+ mates ]
c)
Piotr Piesik vs Jakub Suder, chess.com, 2020
6k1/5pp1/p4n2/1p4p1/3RP3/1P1B1P2/r5PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Kh7 e5+ ]
d)
Adrian Baydak vs Piotr Piesik, Giszowiec, 2006
r2n1rk1/1pp1q1pp/1p1pp3/4p2n/4P3/2PP1N1P/PPQ2PP1/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 gxf3 Nf4 Rd1 Qg5+ Kf1 Qg2+ Ke1 Qg1+ Kd2 Qxf2+ Kc1 Ne2+ Kd2 Nd4+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Martin Taus vs Piotr Piesik, Czech Republic, 2016
1r4k1/2r2ppp/3n4/p2p4/bP1Pp3/N3P2P/PR2RPP1/1N2K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Kd2 Rd1+ Kc3 Rd3# ]
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Piotr Piesik puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Renata Koloditsova vs Piotr Piesik, Frydek-Mistek, 2016
5rk1/1p1b3p/3p2p1/1PpPb2r/p1PpB1Pq/P3nP1P/1B1NQN2/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Miroslav Sorkovsky vs Piotr Piesik, Slovakia, 2018
2kr4/pp1qpnb1/2p2np1/4p3/2P4r/4B1NP/PP2Q1P1/2KR1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc4+ if Kb1 Qxd1+ ]
c)
Ryszard Grossmann vs Piotr Piesik, Wroclaw, 2018
3q1bk1/7p/2rpb1p1/1N4P1/p2pP3/P2P3P/1P1Q2B1/2R1K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc1+ Qxc1 Qa5+ Nc3 Bg7 Kd2 dxc3+ bxc3 Qxg5+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Roman Tomaszewski vs Piotr Piesik, Innsbruck, 2018
6k1/pb4rp/4pQ2/2R2p2/Np6/1P1rNn2/P4KPq/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd2+ if Re2 Qg1# ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Tomas Sosa vs Piotr Piesik, chess.com, 2020
4r1rk/1b4qp/3p1n2/Q4P2/P1pP4/1p5P/1P3RP1/RB4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2 if Qd2 Re1+ Rf1 Rxf1+ ]
Piotr Piesik (Kildepiotr) puzzles with rating, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
GermanoAntonio vs IM Kildepiotr, lichess, (1937)
5bk1/Q4p1p/2q1p1p1/1rNp4/2bP4/2P2PBP/P5P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc5 if dxc5 Bxc5+ ]
b)
IM Kildepiotr vs ZOZA2000, lichess, (1950)
8/8/2P1pk2/4N3/3PKP2/8/8/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ c7 Rc1 Nd7+ Ke7 Nc5 ]
c)
IM Kildepiotr vs MSTRXYZ, lichess, (2185)
4r1k1/1p1r1pp1/2p4p/p3p3/P2nP1qP/3BQ1P1/1PP2PK1/3RR3 w - - 1 0
[ c3 if Ne6 Be2 Nf4+ Qxf4 or if Nb3 Bc2 ]
d)
IM Kildepiotr vs tinotinotino, lichess, (2259)
6K1/R7/5Ppk/8/8/p3r2p/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ f7 if Rf3 Rxa3 ]
e)
IM Kildepiotr vs HIKMATULLO, lichess, (2740)
4rrk1/p3Q1n1/2R3p1/1p1p1bNn/3P3q/8/PPP2PB1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5+ if Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxh4 or if Rf7 Qxf7+ ]
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