Attack: 31 chess puzzles in the opening

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1) Donika Shivacheva vs
Paula Eglite
Kemer, 11/19/2007

8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1

11.Nxd5 Bd6
White mates in 2.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Kd6
White mates in 3.

12.Nb6+ 1-0

9.Qxd5+ Ke7 10.Qf7+ Kd6 11.Ne4# 1-0

2) Raphael Delivre vs
Florian Belli
France, 2001

4) Vittorio Vannelli vs
Arafat Abuhamdieh
Cecchina, 1997
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.d4 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1
11.Bxd5+ Kd7
White mates in 3.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke8
8.Bxd5 Be7 9.Bf7+ Kd7
White mates in 2.

12.Qf5+ Kd6 ( 12...Ke7 13.Qxe5+ )

13.Qxe5+ 1-0

10.Qd5+ Bd6 11.Qe6# 1-0

5) P Hricek vs
Karol Balyo
Slovakia, 1997
3) Horacio Fragola vs
Gonzalo Omar
Argentina (corr.), 1992
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1
11.Bxd5+ Ke7
White mates in 2.

12.Qf7+ 1-0

6) Busra Arig vs
Hulya Pehlivanlar
Istanbul, 12/18/2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 Qd6 10.Bg5 c6 11.OO-O e4 12.Nxe4 Qd8
White mates in 3.

13.Bg5+ Nf6 14.dxe5 Kd7 15.Bxf6 gxf6

16.Rd1+ Kc7 17.Rxd8 Kxd8 18.exf6
Bxa3 19.O-O Bb2 20.Qe7# 1-0

8) Max Kanbier vs
Timo Joosten
Borne, 8/5/2011
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1
11.Bxd5+ Kd7 12.Qd3 Bd6
White mates in 2.

13.Nc5+ Kd6 14.Bf4+ Nxf4 15.Qxf4# 10

13.Qf5+ Ke7 14.Qf7# 1-0

7) Marino Azzoni vs
Pierluca Cremonesi
Mantova, 1/18/2008

9) Doug Brown vs
D Troupe
Lansing, 1993

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Ke7 11.a3
Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd5

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 Qd6 10.O-O c6
11.dxe5 Kxe5 12.Re1+ Kd4 13.Qd3+
Kc5
White mates in 4.

14.Na4+ Kb4 15.Bd2+ Nc3 16.Qxc3+

Kxa4 17.Qa5# 1-0

10) Tobias Gorka vs

Meik Brueck
Bad Driburg, 1994
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.O-O c6 10.d4 exd4
11.Re1+ Kd6 12.Bf4+ Kd7 13.Nxd5
cxd5
White mates in 2.

14.Rxf5 Nxf5 15.Qg4+ Kf6 16.Ne4+ 1-0

12) Sebastian Vazquez vs

Saeed Norville
Bento Goncalves, 2000
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.Qg4+ Kd6 10.Ne4+ Kc6
11.Qf3 Nf4 12.a4 Nf5 13.Bb5+ Kd5
White mates in 3.

14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.Qh3# 1-0

14.Qb3+ Kxe4 15.f3+ Kd4 16.Qc4# 1-0
11) B Pettersen vs
I Renton
Internet (corr.), 1994
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Qe4 c6 10.f4 Qd6 11.f5+
Kf6 12.Bxd5 Bxf5 13.Rf1 Kg6

13) Aleksandr Tikhnenko vs

Alexander Makhnev
Kimry, 1/22/2011
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O c6 10.d4 Nxc2
11.dxe5 Nxa1 12.Rd1 Kxe5 13.Nxd5
Bg4
White mates in 3.

14.Qf4+ Ke6 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Qg5# 1-0

14) Michael Konik vs

Renate Niebling
Karl-Mala, 1997
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O c6 10.d4 Nxc2
11.Qe4 Nxd4 12.Re1 Kf7 13.Qxe5 Nc2
14.Nxd5 Bd6
White mates in 3.

15.Nf6+ Kf8 ( 15...Be6 16.Qxe6+ Kg6

17.Bd3# ) 16.Qe8+ Qxe8 17.Rxe8# 1-0

15) Nino Schiwarth vs

Felix Haense
Sebnitz, 1998
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Ng6 11.O-O
Qh4 12.f4 Qd8 13.f5+ Kf7 14.fxg6+ Ke6
15.Qxe5+ Kd7
White mates in 5.

16.Nxd5 hxg6 ( 16...Qe7 17.Qc7+ Ke8

18.Nf6+ ) 17.Rf7+ Be7 18.Rxe7+ Qxe7
19.Qxe7# 1-0

16) Axel Capelle vs

Kambiz Skandar
Hengelo, 2003
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O b6 10.a3 Nxc2
11.Rb1 Bb7 12.Bd3 Nd4 13.Qg4+ Kd6
14.Ne4+ Kc6 15.b4 h5
White mates in 2.

16.b5+ Nxb5 17.Bxb5# 1-0

17) Stelios Lazaris vs

Christis Roussos
Limassol, 1/12/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Bxd5+ Kd6 10.Qd3 Bf5
11.Be4 Bxe4 12.Nxe4+ Ke6 13.c3 Nc6
14.Qc4+ Kf5 15.O-O Na5
White mates in 4.

16.Qf7+ Qf6 17.Ng3+ Kg4 18.Qh5+ Kf4

19.d3#
1-0

18) Marina Ramos vs

Berdnavek Sandra Cubas
Guarapuava, 1995
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 Qd6 10.O-O Kd7
11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5
c6 14.Bf4 Qxb2 15.Nc7 Rb8 16.Rad1+
Ke7
White mates in 5.

17.Qe6+ 1-0

20) V Lunjaev vs
Evgeny Demchenko
Tula, 2002
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1
11.Bxd5+ Kd6 12.Nb5+ Kc5 13.Bxb7
Bxb7 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.b4+ Kc4
16.Qc6+ Kd3
White mates in 2.

17.Qc3+ Ke4 18.Qf3# 1-0

17.Bd6+ Kd8 ( 17...Kd7 18.Qf7+ )
18.Be7+ Kxe7 19.Rfe1+ 1-0
19) Eva Kremere vs
Nathalie Brockmanns
Tallinn, 1997
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 Qd6 10.Qe4 g6 11.f4
Bg7 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Bf4 Kd7 14.Bxe5
Qb4 15.Bxh8 Qxb2 16.O-O Nxc3
White mates in 3.

21) Daniel Guerra Arrocha vs

Jose Garcia Cruz
Las Palmas, 4/3/2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke8
8.Bxd5 Qf6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxf6 gxf6
11.d3 Rg8 12.g3 Bh3 13.Nc3 Bb4
14.Bd2 a5 15.a3 Bc5 16.O-O-O Bxf2

17.Ne4 1-0

22) Ulrike Schimmel vs

Cornelia Nieberle
Lingen, 2002
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 Qd6 10.Bg5 c6
11.Qg4+ Kf7 12.Qf3+ Ke6 13.O-O Ng6
14.Ne4 Qd7 15.g4 Qf7 16.Qe3 h6
17.Rad1 hxg5

18.Rd6+ Kxe5 19.Qg3+ Kf5 20.Qg5+

Ke4 21.Qf4# 1-0
24) Charlotte Lepintre vs
Maxime Leroy
Le Touquet, 1999
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O c6 10.Qg4+ Kf7
11.Qe4 Be6 12.Qxe5 Be7 13.a3 Bf6
14.Qe4 Na6 15.d4 Nac7 16.Bf4 Ne8
17.Rae1 Rb8 18.Qxe6+ Kg6
White mates in 3.

19.Bd3+ Kh5 20.Qf5+ Kh4 21.Qh3# 1-0

18.Bxd5+ cxd5 ( 18...Kxd5 19.Qb3+
Kxe4 20.Rfe1+ Kf4 21.Qg3# )
19.Nxg5+ 1-0
25) Colin Vieillot vs
Johan Sarfati
France, 2003
23) Christian Rauch vs
Peter Lielacher
Stockerau, 2003
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O c6 10.d4 Nxc2
11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Qg4+ Nf5 13.Rd1 Qh4
14.Bxd5+ cxd5 15.Qf3 Ne7 16.Nxd5
Qc4 17.Nb6 axb6
White mates in 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.O-O g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.Bg5
c6 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Rae1 Rf8 14.Qe4
Rf5 15.Bf4 Qd6 16.Bg3 Kf6 17.Qh4+
Kg7 18.Bxe5+ Rxe5

19.Qd4 Nf5 ( 19...Kf6 20.Ne4+ )

20.Qxe5+ 1-0

26) Hannes Schirmbeck vs

Michael Freygner
Stockerau, 2003
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.O-O c6 10.Qe4 g6 11.d4
Bg7 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Rad1 b5 14.Bb3 b4
15.Na4 Qd6 16.f4 Kd7 17.dxe5 Qc7
18.Nc5+Kd8 19.Bxd5 cxd5
White mates in 3.

20.Qxd5+ Bd7 21.Qxa8+ Qc8 22.Ne6#

1-0

27) Jaroslav Stopatshinski vs

Kenneth Brzezinka
Ditzingen, 5/6/2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.Qe4 g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.Bg5
c6 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Bxd5 cxd5
14.Nxd5+ Kd6 15.dxe5+ Bxe5 16.O-OO Qg5+ 17.f4 Bxf4+ 18.Nxf4+ Kc7
19.h4 Qg4
White mates in 4.

20.Qe5+ Kb6 21.Rd6+ Kc7 22.Nd5+ 10

28) Michael Budde vs

Dragan Muzdalo
Fredeburg, 1995
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Qd6 11.a3
Na6 12.Bf4 Kd7 13.Bxe5 Qe7 14.Nxd5
cxd5 15.Qxd5+ Ke8 16.Bb5+ Bd7
17.Qxb7 Nc7 18.O-O Bxb5 19.Rfe1 Ba6
20.Qc6+ Kd8
White mates in 4.

21.Bxc7+ 1-0
29) Prashant Mistry vs
C Wilson
Auckland, 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1
11.Nxd5 c6 12.Nb6+ Kd6 13.Nxa8 Qf6
14.Qe3 Qg6 15.d3 Qxg2 16.Re1 Bg4+
17.Kd2 Qxh2 18.d4 Qh6 19.dxe5+ Ke7
20.f4 Qh2+ 21.Re2 Bxe2 22.Qc5+ Kd8
White mates in 3.

23.Qd4+ Ke7 ( 23...Kc8 24.Be6+ )

24.Qd6+ 1-0

24.Bc2+ Kh8 25.Qh5+ 1-0

31) Elvia Gonzalez vs
Silvia Castro
Lalin, 2000

30) P Moceri vs
J Swartz
Flint, 1992
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 c6
11.Kxc2 h5 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 Be7
14.d4 Bf6 15.dxe5 Be7 16.Qh3+ Kf7
17.e6+ Kf8 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qf3+ Kg8
20.Qf7+ Kh7 21.Qxh5+ Kg8 22.Qf7+
Kh7 23.Kb1 Rf8

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6
8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 c6 10.dxe5 Nf5 11.Qg4
Qh4 12.Qxh4 Nxh4 13.O-O Bc5 14.Re1
Rf8 15.Be3 Bb4 16.Bd2 Nf5 17.Nxd5
cxd5 18.Bxb4 Rd8 19.Bd3 Nh4 20.Rad1
b6 21.f4 Bb7 22.Re3 d4 23.Rg3 g6
24.Bc4+ Kf5
White mates in 3.

White mates in 3.

25.Rg5+ Kxf4 26.Bd2+ Ke4 27.Re1# 10