Here are some

chess puzzles from

the games of the
2009/2010
Bundesliga.

The dot on the right side

of the diagram indicates
whose move it is. 3) 6) White Mates in 3.

1)
7)
4) White Mates in 4.

2) 8)
5) (Black’s last move was
f7-f5)
9) 12) 15)

10) 13) 16)

14)
11) 17)
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24)

19) Black Mates in 8. 22)

25)

20)
23) White Mates in 5. 26)
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30) White Mates in 3. 33)

28)
31)
34) Black Mates in 5.

29)

32) White Mates in 6. 35) Black Mates in 5.

 39) Black Mates in 9. 42)

36) Black Mates in 5.

43)
40) Black Mates in 4.
37)

41) 44)
38)
 1) Tomi Nyback vs Ulf Monika Socko vs Edyta
Von Herman, Germany, Jakubiec, Germany, 2009
2009
[ Nf6 ]
[ e6 if Bxe6 Qxh5 or if f5
Bxf5 ]
7) Heike Vogel vs Anke
Freter, Germany, 2009
45) 2) Karina Szczepkowska
[ a3 ]
vs Nadine Busse,
Germany, 2009

[ Bb4 ] 8) Michael Bezold 2517

vs Alexei Shirov 2732,
Germany, 2009
3) Stephanie Bauer vs
[ d5 ]
Katrin Berthold, 2009

[ Rxf6 if Nxf6 Qxg5+

mates ] 9) Dennis Breder vs
Drazen Muse, Germany,
46) 2009
4) White Mates in 4.
[ Rhe1+ ]
Katharina Boeck vs
Hanna Hoffmann,
Germany, 2009 10) Rustem Dautov vs
Maria Schoene, Germany,
[ Rxf6 ]
2009

[ Rh4 if Qxd3 Rf4+ mates

5) Dana Reizniece 2341 ]
vs Evgenija Ovod 2447,
Germany, 2009
47) Black Mates in 6.
11) Roeland Pruijssers
[ Rh7+ if Kxh7 Qh3+
vs Stephan Giemsa,
mates ]
-----Solutions----- Germany, 2009

[ Nxc6 if Bxc6 Nxd5 ]

6) White Mates in 3.
12) Maxime Vachier- 17) Christian Maier vs
Lagrave vs Sergey Falko Bindrich, Germany,
22) Dmitry Svetushkin
Fedorchuk, Germany, 2009
vs Arnd Lauber,
2009
[ ...Qe3+ if Qxe3 fxe3+ Germany, 2010
[ Ba3 ] w/...Rxf1 ]
[ Nf6+ if gxf6 Qg4+ ]

13) Rainer Polzin vs 18) Peter Enders vs

23) White Mates in 5.
Nazar Firman, Germany, Alexandre Dgebuadze,
2009 Germany, 2009 Katerina Nemcova vs
Doreen Troyke, Germany,
[ c5 if Ne4 d6 cxd6 cxd6 [ ...Rb1+ Ke2 Nxd4+ ]
2010
Ng6 d7 ]
[ Nf6+ if Rxf6 Qd5+ ]
19) Black Mates in 8.
14) Erasmus Gerigk vs
Anna Muzychuk 2542 vs
Henrik Teske, Germany, 24) Carmen Beltz vs
Oliver Reeh 2442,
2009 Karin Haack, Germany,
Germany, 2009
2010
[ ...Rxh3+ if gxh3 Qxh3+
[ ...Rxe2 if Qxc6 Rxe1+
Kg1 Ne2+ ] [ Qe3 if d5 Nd4 w/Qxe8+
Kh2 Rxe5 or if Rxe2 Qc5 ]
or Qh6 ]

15) Vlastimil Babula

20) Liviu-Dieter
2566 vs Stefan Fruebing 25) Robert Huebner vs
Nisipeanu vs Ilja
2305, Germany, 2009 Ruud Janssen, Germany,
Schneider, Germany,
2010
[ ...Qf2+ Kh1 Ne3 ] 2010
[ Nd5 ]
[ Rb1 if Qf6 Rb8+ Rd8
Rd1 ]
16) Stefan Bromberger
vs Evgeniy Najer, 26) Pawel Jaracz vs
Germany, 2009 Stefan Fruebing,
21) Arkadij Naiditsch vs
Germany, 2010
[ ...Qc5+ Kh1 Nxf3 ] Ulf Von Herman,
Germany, 2010 [ Bxe7 ]
[ Ng2 Qh5 fxg4 Qxh2
Qg5+ Kh8 Qxf6+ Kg8
Nxf7 ]
27) Marine Zschischang Thies Heinemann vs 37) Vyacheslav
vs Petra Blazkova, Sebastian Siebrecht, Ikonnikov vs Vugar
Germany, 2010 Germany, 2010 Gashimov, Germany,
2010
[ b3 w/Rge1 & Bb2 ] [ Re1+ if Be6 Rxe6+ ]
[ ...Rg4 ]

28) Regina Hedwig 33) Pauline Mertens vs

Berglitz vs Hanna Marie Martina Skogvall, 38) Norman Schuetze vs
Klek, Germany, 2010 Germany, 2010 Juergen Kaufeld,
Germany, 2010
[ Bg5 Nxg5 hxg5 Qe6 g6 [ ...Rh6 Qf3 Qh4 Rfe1
if Ng8 g7+ Kh7 Qg5 Qg6 Qxa4 ] [ ...Nxb3 if Qd1 Nxa1 Nd3
Qh4 ] Qc4+ Kxa1 Qc3+ mates ]

34) Black Mates in 5.

29) Marlena Chlost vs 39) Black Mates in 9.
Drazen Muse vs Liviu-
Manuela Mader,
Dieter Nisipeanu, Evgeny Degtiarev vs
Germany, 2010
Germany, 2010 Anna Muzychuk,
[ Rb1 if Na4 Rb8+ ] Germany, 2010
[ ...Ng4+ Kxh3 Nf2+ ]
[ ...Qh4+ Kg1 Rxg2+ Kxg2
Bh3+ ]
30) White Mates in 3.
35) Black Mates in 5.
Pauline Mertens vs
Martina Skogvall vs
Katrin Grohmann, 40) Black Mates in 4.
Franziska Hippe,
Germany, 2010
Germany, 2010 Julian Jorczik vs Christian
[ Rg7+ w/Rf7+ ] Scholz, Germany, 2010
[ ...b4+ if Kxb4 Rb1+ ]
[ ...Ka3 if Nd4 a5 ]

31) Dana Reizniece vs

36) Black Mates in 5.
Kristin Mueller-Ludwig,
41) Zoltan Medvegy
Germany, 2010 Michael Adams vs
2556 vs Lars Thiede
Alexander Areshchenko,
[ Rxe8 Qxe8 Bh3 ] 2450, Germany, 2010
Germany, 2010
[ ...Qxa2 Rxa2 Rc2 &
[ ...Re1+ Rxe1 Qh1+ ]
...Bd5 ]
32) White Mates in 6.
42) Erasmus Gerigk vs Lars Thiede 2450 vs
Ralf Appel, Germany, Christian Troyke 2350,
2010 Germany, 2010

[ ...Ng3+ if hxg3 Rh5+ [ ...Rxh3+ if Bxh3 Rh2+ ]

Kg1 Qc5+ Nd4 Bxd4+ ]

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43) Andreas Schenk vs http://www.wtharvey.com
Evgeny Postny, Germany,
2010

[ ...Qh6 ]

44) Arkadij Naiditsch

2687 vs Wouter
Spoelman 2540,
Germany, 2010

[ ...Qh1+ Kc2 Ra2+ Kd3

Qf1+ ]

45) Hans-Joachim Vatter

vs Roeland Pruijssers,
Germany, 2010

[ ...Qxg4 hxg4 Bf2 if Re2

Rh7+ mates ]

46) Martina Skogvall

2100 vs Hilkka Saal 1695,
Germany, 2010

[ ...Bg5 if Qf2 Be3+ ]

47) Black Mates in 6.