Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Levon Aronian.
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)
Aronian vs Ibragim Khamrakulov, Bratislava, 1993
1k5q/ppp2p1r/1rb1n3/3BP1p1/P2P2Pn/8/2Q1NR1P/2R2NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if fxe6 Qxh7 ]
b)
Aronian vs Martin Lundberg, Verdun, 1995
r1bqr1k1/pp1n1p2/4pPp1/2pn2Bp/3P3Q/3B1N2/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 if fxg6 f7+ ]
c)
Aronian vs Alexander Zakharov, Verdun, 1995
3k4/2n1r1p1/2R2n1p/1pN4P/2p3P1/P5B1/2P5/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc7+ Rxc7 Ne6+ ]
d)
Aronian vs Alexander Khasin, Omsk, 1996
2r3k1/2qn2bp/1r2b1p1/QPp1p3/2p1P3/2N3PP/4NPB1/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Bxd7 Nd5 Rxb5 Rxb5 ]
e)
Aronian vs Artashes Minasian, Yerevan, 1999
1r1Rb1k1/q1r2p2/4p1p1/1p2Q2p/4B2P/1P4P1/4PPK1/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ R1d7 if Rxd8 Rxd8 Re7 Qxb5 or if Rxd7 Rxb8 Re7 Bc6 ]
Aronian Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Aronian vs Torbjorn Hansen, Cappelle la Grande, 2001
6k1/2r1q1p1/2p1P3/1p1p3P/pP1p1Q2/P2P1K2/2P5/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc7 ]
b)
Aronian vs Sergei Beshukov, Hastings, 2001
5rk1/5p1p/p2Q2p1/3N1bq1/8/8/PPr3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kg7 Qxf8+ ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Aronian vs Etienne Bacrot, Lausanne, 2001
4r1k1/p7/7Q/P1Pp1B2/2r4p/4P1nK/1q6/4R1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kf7 Ref1+ Nxf1 Rxf1+ ]
d)
Aronian vs R Preetham Sharma, Goa, 2002
4qnk1/2r5/p5pQ/1p2p1Np/3p4/1P1P4/1PP3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ ]
e)
Aronian vs Erik Pedersen, Morso, 2002
r1b1r1k1/1pp3P1/1p1n2Rp/1P1p1p2/3B1P2/1nPB1N1P/P4K2/R7 w - - 0 1
[ axb3 Rxa1 Rxh6 ]
Aronian Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Aronian vs Winfried Rebitzer, Diezisau, 2003
1r1qr1k1/6b1/p1np2Qp/1p1NpB2/5p2/2P5/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd7 if Ne7 Nf6+ ]
b)
Aronian vs Anatoly Karpov, Hoogeveen, 2003
1n5r/r1q2pk1/p3pp1p/2p5/2P3N1/4Q3/PP1R1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 if Rxd8 Qxh6+ mates or if Rh7 Qf3 f5 Qc3+ mates ]
c)
Aronian vs Frank De La Paz, Internet, 2003
2kr1r2/1pp2qp1/1pn4p/1B3n1P/3p4/1P3PN1/1PP2QP1/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Qf6 Nxf5 w/Be6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Aronian vs Dragan Solak, Internet, 2003
3R4/2Q5/4qppk/pp2B3/8/P7/8/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ w/Qc1+ ]
e)
Aronian vs Bjorn Thorfinnsson, Reykjavik, 2004
2rqr1k1/p4p1p/1p3p2/3b1P2/8/2N5/PP1bN1PP/1Q1R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 Bxf4 Rxf4 w/Rfd4 ]
Aronian Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Aronian vs Johann Hjartarson, Reykjavik, 2004
r1b1k2r/3p1ppp/p1nBpn2/1p6/2P5/5NP1/PPQ1Pq1P/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1
[ cxb5 if axb5 Bc5 ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Aronian vs Stefan Kindermann, Germany, 2004
3r2r1/4q1Bp/4k3/nBP2p1Q/P3p2P/4P1R1/8/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kd5 Qxf5+ ]
c)
Aronian vs Dragan Solak, Moscow, 2005
1kbr3r/ppp2p2/3p4/q1n3pn/2PQP3/2N2P2/PP3BP1/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Ne6 Qd5 ]
d)
Aronian vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Sochi, 2005
3R4/p3p1kp/1p2Pp2/5p2/P5r1/6P1/4PP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ f4 ]
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