Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Alekseev.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Alekseev vs Ivan Hausner, Decin, 1998
r2r4/p3qpk1/1pp3p1/2n1Pp1p/P1PP1P2/5N1P/3Q2P1/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb4 ]
b)
Alekseev vs Gadir Guseinov, Moscow, 1998
rn1qkb1r/pp2p2p/2p1p1P1/3p1n2/3P1PQ1/2PB4/PP1B3P/R3K1NR w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 exf5 g7 ]
c)
Alekseev vs Vladimir Ivanov, St Petersburg, 1999
2r4r/1b1nkpp1/1p2p2p/pB2P3/6PP/P4q2/1PPBQ3/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bb4+ ]
d)
Alekseev vs Sergei Milton, St Petersburg, 1999
6k1/p1r3np/2ppr3/2P1bp2/1P3p2/P1B2N1P/5PP1/2RR1K2 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if Re8 cxd6 or if Rg6 Bxe5 ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Alekseev vs Mikhail Novikov, St Petersburg, 2000
5nk1/8/1p3R2/2b1NNp1/4Pp2/2P2P2/6r1/3K4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 Rg1+ Kc2 Kh8 Rg7 ]
Alekseev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Alekseev vs Viktor Kupreichik, Ekaterinburg, 2002
r3q2r/pp1n1pkp/2pB3b/2P1PppB/8/1Q6/PP3PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7 if Qxf7 e6 ]
b)
Alekseev vs Oliver Kniest, Santo Domingo, 2003
k2n3r/5pqr/2b1pN1p/pp1pP2P/n1pP1R2/2P4B/R1P3P1/2B1Q1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg4 Qf8 Ba3 ]
c)
Alekseev vs Mikhail Kobalia, St Petersburg, 2003
5R2/p2r2kp/3Pq1p1/2p1r3/2p1P3/2P2Q2/P5P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ if Qxg8 Qf6+ w/Qxe5 & Rf3 or if Kh6 Qe3+ Rg5 (if Kh5 Rf3) Rf5 ]
d)
Alekseev vs Dmitry Melnikov, St Petersburg, 2004
r1b1k2r/1pp1n2p/p4qpQ/2b1npN1/3p4/1B6/PPP2PPP/RNB2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh7 w/Qg7 ]
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