King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Emil Sutovsky.
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)
Emil Sutovsky vs Sebastian Van Esch, Budapest, 1992
3r1k1r/1pNbbppp/p7/2pPR2P/Q7/2P3P1/1q3PB1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 Bf6 Qxd7 Qxa1+ Kh2 if Rxd7 Re8# ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Mladen Muse, Ljubljana, 1994
8/2qn3R/P1bk1p1p/2p2P2/2PpP2P/2Q5/7K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qg3+ ]

c)
Emil Sutovsky vs Zvonimir Tomicic, Szeged, 1994
2kr3r/p4pbp/2n3p1/1NBpp3/8/2P2P2/PP3P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ if Kc7 Nxf7 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Emil Sutovsky vs Ronen Lev, Tel Aviv, 1995
r2n1k2/1pp2B2/p2p1PP1/4p3/4P3/2PP2K1/PP1Q2P1/7q w - - 0 1
[ g7+ Kxf7 g8/Q+ if Kxg8 Qg5+ ]

e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Adalberto Villavicencio, Vendrell, 1996
1rb1k2r/p2ppp1p/q5p1/2p1b1N1/2P1N2Q/8/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w k - 0 1
[ Nxh7 if Kd8 Neg5 ]

1d)
mate in 5
Emil Sutovsky vs Ronen Lev

Emil Sutovsky Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Emil Sutovsky vs Oscar Panno, Buenos Aires, 1997
2b2k1r/4rpR1/3Q3P/pp1p1p1P/6n1/2P5/1qPB1P2/2RK4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg4 fxg4 Bg5 ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Severino Stantic, Portoroz, 1997
3r3k/1p3p1p/2pb4/1p2pq1N/8/1PP4P/P2Q1PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 if Qg6 Rxd6 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Emil Sutovsky vs Bogdan Grabarczyk, Koszalin, 1998
3q2r1/p2b1k2/1pnBp1N1/3p1pQP/6P1/5R2/2r2P2/4RK2 w - - 0 1
[ Nh8+ ]

d)
White mates in 8.
Emil Sutovsky vs Grest Gritsak, Koszalin, 1998
r1r3k1/1p3pp1/7p/4Q3/pn1NP3/1Pq5/P1P2RPP/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 if Kxf7 Qe6+ ]

e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Vadim Milov, Essen, 1999
2b5/1p2knp1/5p2/1B2pP1p/2N1r1P1/2P4P/1PKR4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 Nd6 Nxc8+ Nxc8 Rd7+ if Ke8 Rd4+ ]

2e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Vadim Milov

Emil Sutovsky Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Emil Sutovsky vs Rustem Dautov, Essen, 2000
1q1r1bk1/7p/4NQ1p/1Bp1P3/1p2p3/r7/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd8 if Bg7 Qf7+ ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Pawel Blehm, Ohrid, 2001
2RN4/3n1Q2/3r1ppk/p6p/4p3/1P6/PKP3PP/3q4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Emil Sutovsky vs Harmen Jonkman, Tel Aviv, 2001
4n3/p3N1rk/5Q2/2q4p/2p5/1P3P1P/P1P2P2/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ ]

d)
Emil Sutovsky vs Zdenko Krnic, Amsterdam, 2002
2r4r/5kNp/p4b2/1p2p3/8/6R1/P1P3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nh5 if Rc6 Rg7+ ]

e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Alexey Dreev, Internet, 2002
3q3k/rp1r3P/2n1p1p1/2Rp1pP1/3P1Q2/PR6/4NK2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 if bxc6 Qe5+ Rg7 Nf4 ]

3e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Alexey Dreev

Emil Sutovsky Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Emil Sutovsky vs Ilia Smirin, Tel Aviv, 2002
r5rk/p4p1n/3p4/n2P1N2/2p1R3/7Q/PqP3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Kg6 Rh6+ Kg5 h4+ ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Andrea Ciganikova, Martin, 2003
r4r1k/p6p/1ppq4/1P3n2/8/2N1Q2P/2PB1P2/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Nxe3 Bc3+ Rf6 Nxd6 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Emil Sutovsky vs Alexander Goloshchapov, Moscow, 2003
8/p2Q2rk/1p5p/3p4/8/P1p5/3q1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf5+ ]

d)
Emil Sutovsky vs Robert Ruck, Neum, 2004
2kr4/pp2bRp1/2pqP1p1/3p4/3P2P1/P1Nr4/1P3QKP/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if cxb5 Qc2+ ]

e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Abhijit Kunte, Pune, 2004
2k3r1/1qNRbp1p/4Bp2/r3n3/5B2/1P6/1P2QPPP/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if Qxb5 Rd5+ ]

4a)
mate in 6
Emil Sutovsky vs Ilia Smirin

Emil Sutovsky Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Emil Sutovsky vs Dmitry Svetushkin, Subotica, 2008
4rbk1/3R3p/1q2pB2/1p2Pb1p/p4Q2/8/PP3P1K/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf5 if exf5 Rg1+ ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Ernesto Inarkiev, Poikovsky, 2009
r2b1k1r/pp3pp1/5n2/1B1q2Bp/3p1P2/3Q4/PP3P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3+ if Kg8 Re5 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Emil Sutovsky vs Evgeniy Najer, Natanya, 2009
r1Q2b1r/1p1R1pp1/p1b2k2/8/2q2Np1/2P1B2P/PP3P2/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bd4+ if Kg5 Rd5+ Qxd5 Qxg4+ or if Qxd4 Rxf7+ ]

d)
Emil Sutovsky vs Zhao Jun, Moscow, 2011
r4rk1/1p5q/p2p1p1Q/4p2N/2Pp4/8/PP5P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ Rxf6 Rg1+ Rg6 Rxg6+ Kh8 Qg5 ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Giga Quparadze vs Emil Sutovsky, Baku, 2011
4r2k/4q1pp/p1b5/8/5Q2/2P5/P4N1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ ]

5a)
mate in 5
Emil Sutovsky vs Dmitry Svetushkin

Emil Sutovsky Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Emil Sutovsky vs Sergey Grigoriants, Plovdiv, 2012
1r1rR3/2p2ppk/2n3p1/2nq4/1p4N1/2P2Q1P/1PB2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ R1e5 if Nxe5 Nf6+ if gxf6 Qh5+ mates ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Alexander Onischuk, Poikovsky, 2013
6k1/4Q1pp/p5b1/3r4/1B3q1P/6R1/5PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ if Qf7 Rf3 or if Bf7 Qc8+ ]

c)
Emil Sutovsky vs Viktor Bologan, Poikovsky, 2013
5r1k/1b4qp/pp6/5p2/2BQn3/2N5/PPPR4/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rd7+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Narmin Khalafova vs Emil Sutovsky, Baku, 2013
r6r/1p2kp2/pq1pp3/5np1/8/3Q2P1/P1P1B1PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]

e)
Emil Sutovsky vs Vilka Sipila, Yerevan, 2014
2r1k2r/p1pbb2p/4Nqp1/3Q4/8/7P/PPP2PP1/R3R1K1 w k - 1 0
[ Rad1 if Bxe6 Rxe6 Qf7 Qd7+ or if Ba4 Re4 Bxc2 Qc6+ ]

6a)
Emil Sutovsky vs Sergey Grigoriants

Emil Sutovsky Puzzles, Part VII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Arno Zude vs Emil Sutovsky, Caleta, 2014
6k1/2b4p/p1q5/3bBpn1/P6P/6Q1/1P5K/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2+ Kg1 Bb6+ ]

b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Evgeniy Najer, Poikovsky, 2017
5bk1/2Rb2qr/p2PpQ2/5p2/7p/8/1PP4P/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8 f4 Rxd7 if Qxd7 Rg1+ Qg7 Rxg7+ Rxg7 d7 ]

c)
Emil Sutovsky vs Luka Paichadze, Minsk, 2017
1bk3r1/pq3p1p/R3p1r1/1Pp2p2/3Pn3/2P2Q1P/1B3PP1/4RB1K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Ng3+ if 2.Kg1 Ne2+ 3.Kh1 Qxf3 mates ]

d)
Emil Sutovsky vs Christopher Yoo, Douglas, 2017
1r4k1/5pp1/2pp1P1p/8/1p1q2r1/5Q2/2B4P/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rad1 Qc4 2.Bd3 Qd4 3.Bh7+ ]

7b)
Emil Sutovsky vs Evgeniy Najer


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