Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Boris Grachev.
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)
White Mates in 5. Grachev vs Valerij Shchelkunov, Moscow, 1997
4qk2/3nbrpp/p1RpQ3/1p2p3/1P6/PB5P/1B3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if Bd8 Rxd8 ]
b)
Grachev vs Yuri Khramiankov, Mureck, 1998
3r2qk/1br3pp/1n1N1p2/pB1np3/P7/Q1NR1P2/1P3KPP/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb7 Rxb7 Nxd5 Rxd5 Rxd5 Nxd5 Bc6 ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Grachev vs Sergey Chapar, Chalkidiki, 2001
1rb2k2/pp3ppQ/7q/2p1n1N1/2p5/2N5/P3BP1P/K2R4 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ ]
d)
Grachev vs Ivan Akimov, St. Petersburg, 2001
r1b1r1k1/1p1n1pb1/2ppn1p1/p6p/1qP1P3/1PN1B1PP/P1Q1NPB1/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ a3 Qxa3 Ra1 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Grachev vs Varuzhan Akobian, Moscow, 2009
7k/1pqr2p1/1R2Q2p/r2p4/6R1/4P2P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Kh7 Rxh6+ ]
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