'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the 2012 Russia Club CH.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 2.
Dmitry Kurukin vs Vitaly Bachin, Sochi, 2012
4kn1r/pp4p1/q1r1p1p1/3pQ1B1/6P1/P4R1P/5P2/2R3K1 w k - 1 0
[ Qb8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Valeri Yandemirov vs Andrey Uzhva, Sochi, 2012
3r2k1/3r1pp1/pq5p/1p1pQ3/2bR4/P1PB1P2/1P2R1PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Ekaterina Rassokhina vs Inna Ivakhinova, Sochi, 2012
1r4r1/2R2Nn1/1p2pR2/4Pp2/pp1P1p1k/5Kp1/P5P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rc1 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Rail Makhmutov vs Tamara Cheremnova, Sochi, 2012
1r1qk3/pb1n1pp1/4rb2/1p1ppN2/1B4Q1/3BP3/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg7+ Bxg7 Qxe6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Alexandr Predke vs Andrei Borisenko, Sochi, 2012
2rnk1r1/p2R1p2/1qn1pBp1/p3P2p/2p2N1P/2P5/3Q1PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kf8 Qd7 ]

Puzzles from the 2012 Russia Club CH, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Tatiana Shadrina vs Alina Balaian, Sochi, 2012
5k2/2R1r1pp/5p2/p2rp2Q/q6P/2P3PB/5P2/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ ]

b)
Anish Giri vs Andrey Zontakh, Sochi, 2012
4k2B/1p3p2/1rp5/p5p1/P3n3/4P1P1/1P3P2/3RK3 w - - 1 0
[ f3 if Nxg3 Bf6 mates ]

c)
Ivan Popov vs Alexander Morozevich, Sochi, 2012
6n1/1p5k/5p2/p3pPrp/4P3/1P4PP/2qNQRK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nf3 ]

d)
Boris Grachev vs Aleksandr Poluljahov, Sochi, 2012
5rk1/2r2ppp/p1N1pb2/1p2N3/4n3/6P1/PP2PP1P/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7 if Re8 Ne7+ Bxe7 Rxc7 ]

e)
Vitaly Bachin vs Tamara Cheremnova, Sochi, 2012
8/p4kp1/4npp1/3rb3/1PN3P1/2P4P/2B3K1/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Be4 if Rb5 Bc6 or if Rd8 Nxe5+ ]

Puzzles from the 2012 Russia Club CH, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Daria Charochkina vs Alexandra Makarenko, Sochi, 2012
1r5k/1r5p/Rn1Q4/2p2B2/6P1/4q2P/6K1/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ if Rg7 Rxb6 or if Kg8 Be6+ ]

b)
Alexander Moskalenko vs Dmitry Andreikin, Sochi, 2012
2q1r1k1/1p3p2/p2p3Q/2pPr3/2P1p3/PP2Pn1P/1R1N1PK1/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg5+ if Kf1 Rg6 Qh5 Re5 ]

c)
Alina Balaian vs Daria Charochkina, Sochi, 2012
3r2k1/B4p1p/2p1q1p1/8/4P3/P4Q2/6PP/1r1B1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd7 ]

d)
Zoja Severiukhina vs Valentina Gunina, Sochi, 2012
2r3k1/1p1n1pp1/p5p1/1q2B3/3p2QP/8/PPP2PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 if Qxd4 Nxe5 ]


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