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This is a collection of critical positions from the games of

the 29th International Chess Tournament in Cappelle la

Grande, France, held Feb. 23 to March 2, 2013. The player

at the bottom of the board moves first and the solution

and diagram are found at the back of the pamphlet.

50 Puzzles from the2013 Cappelle la

Grande Chess

Tournament

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1) Erik Blomqvist Erik vs Bernard Bannink

White Mates in 2.

2) D Bray vs Julien Maillard

3) Artur Czyz vs Eric Blezel

4) Herve Daurelle vs Cyril Boutchenik

5) Nuno Guerreiro vs Guillaume Leharanger

6) Marc Kocur vs Jacky Groz

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7) Mauricio Flores Rios vs Michal Bartel

White Mates in 2.

8) Alexandru Manea vs Ioulia Makka

White Mates in 5.

9) Carl Strugnell vs P Pieri

10) Denis Vekemans vs Roger Amram

11) Dragan Barlov vs John Cappon

12) Jean-Marie Duverne vs

Serghei Vedmediuc

White Mates in 2.

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13) Alain Fayard vs Didier Collas

14) Anne Haast vs Joris Geene

15) Lukasz Jarmula vs Olav Sepp

White Mates in 3.

16) David Arutinian vs Quentin Loiseau

White Mates in 2.

17) Tigran Gharamian vs

Andrey Baryshpolets

18) Vasily Papin vs Masha Klinova

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19) Dennis Van Vliet vs

Christian Delaruelle

20) Judith Fuchs vs Marius Manolache

White Mates in 4.

21) Romain Varoquier vs

Manuel Massot

22) Andrey Vovk vs Katarzyna Toma

23) Aleksandar Indjic vs Judith Fuchs

24) Paula Rodriguez Rueda vs

Anthony Van Poucke

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25) Robert Forthofer vs Thal Abergel

White Mates in 6.

26) Normunds Miezis vs Kamran Shirazi

27) David Arutinian vs Andy Marechal

28) P Pieri vs Jacky Flamant

29) Dusan Popovic vs Pieter Hopman

White Mates in 4.

30) Bertrand Valuet vs Pierluigi Piscopo

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31) Eric Allentin vs Romain Varoquier

32) Shinya Kojima vs Alexandre Danin

33) Thal Abergel vs Vasily Papin

34) Arcadio Cieza vs Dmitry Svetushkin

35) Nicolas Giffard vs Olga Vrublevskaya

36) Leif Jensen vs Bertrand Valuet

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37) Michel Prioux vs

Yoann Le Montagner

38) Frederic Decoster vs Andrey Sumets

39) Christian Delaruelle vs

Andrew Whiteley

40) Dragos-Nicolae Dumitrache vs

Parimarjan Negi

41) Miodrag Todorcevic vs Eric Hansen

42) Yoan Waucampt vs Petra Papp

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43) Frederic Decoster vs

Jean-Pierre Le Roux

44) Joris Geene vs Horst Rosenauer

45) Quentin Loiseau vs

Joachin Mouhamad

46) Martin Lokander vs

Mark Berkovich

47) Heikki Westerinen vs Camille Peyre

Black Mates in 4.

48) Phillippe Damarez vs

Lennert Lenaerts

Black Mates in 6.

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49) Victor Stephan vs Eduard Andreev

50) Joachin Mouhamad vs

Andrey Sumets

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1) White Mates in 2.

1.Nb6

2) 1.Nxd5 Nxd5 2.Qc4

3) 1.Bb3+ Ke8 2.Nxg7+ Ke7 3.Ne6

4) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Re7 if Kxe7 3.Qxg7+

5) 1.Rxg7+ if Rxg7 2.Nf6+

6) 1.Ng5 if Qe7 2.Qb3+ Kh8 3.Nf7+

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7) White Mates in 2.

1.Nb6+

8) White Mates in 5.

1.Ra8+ Kxa8 2.Qa5+ Kb8 3.Qc7+

9) 1.Qg4 if Ng5 2.Nxe7+

10) 1.Qh4

11) 1.Rxe5 if Rxe5 2.d6 Qxd6 3.Bh7+

12) White Mates in 2.

1.Qxe5+

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13) 1.Qg5 if f6 2.Qxg7

14) 1.Bg5 if Qd7 2.e6

15) White Mates in 3.

1.Qg7+ Rf7 2.Bg5+

16) White Mates in 2.

1.Rxf7+

17) 1.Rxd7 Qxd7 2.Qe5+

18) 1.f3 if Ng5 2.h4

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19) 1.Rb1 Qa3 2.Ncb5 Qa5 3.a3

20) White Mates in 4.

1.Rxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+

21) 1.Nb5

22) 1.Qxc7 Qxc7 2.Ra8+ Kg7 3.Ne6+

23) 1.Ne6+ if Ke8 2.Bf6

24) 1.Rxe8+ Qxe8 2.Qf5

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25) White Mates in 6.

1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Qxh7+ Kxf8 3.Qh8+

26) 1.Nxe7+ Bxe7 2.Nf5 if Ra7 3.Rc6

27) 1.Qg4

28) 1.Bxh6 if gxh6 2.Nxf6+ w/3.Nxd7

29) White Mates in 4.

1.Qf6+ Bg7 2.Rxh7+

30) 1.Bxf7+ if Rxf7 2.h7+

or if 1...Kf8 2.hxg7+

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31) 1...Ne2+ 2.Kg7 Qxb7+ 3.f3 Nxc1

32) 1...Rxe3 if 2.Kxe3 Nc2+

33) 1...Rxg2 2.Rxg2 Ng4 if 3.Kg1 Bg5

34) 1...Ne3 2.fxe3 Qh3 3.Qd3 Bxf3+ mates

35) 1...Be5

36) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kf2 Qh4+ if 3.Ke2 Bg4

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37) 1...Bb4

38) 1...d4 2.cxd4 exd4 if 3.Rxc4 dxe3+

39) 1...Qd4 if 2.b3 Bf6

40) 1...Ne3+

41) 1...Rd2

42) 1...Bf5+

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43) 1...Nh5+ if 2.Kg2 Kf6

44) 1...Qh4+ if 2.Ke2 Qf2+ 3.Kd3 c5

or if 2.g3 Nxg3

45) 1...Rf1+ 2.Kh2 Bf3

46) 1...Nc5+ if 2.Kxd4 Nxb3+ 3.Kc3 Qe5+

47) Black Mates in 4.

1...Bxh2+ if 2.Kh1 or 2.Kf1 Qh3(+)

48) Black Mates in 6.

1...Nd2 if 2.Qxd2 Qb3+

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49) 1...Rd1

50) 1...Qc5