Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Grischuk.
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 3. Grischuk vs G Tatarliev, Duisburg, 1992
2rr2k1/1b3p1p/1p1b2p1/p1qP3Q/3R4/1P6/PB3PPP/1B2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ ]
b)
Grischuk vs Ekaterina Savitskaya, Moscow, 1996
4n2k/5rpp/p1p5/2B1pb2/8/8/PP2BPPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 if Bd7 Bg4 or Bc4 ]
c)
Grischuk vs Oleg Spirin, Kazan, 1997
1nr2r1k/p2q3p/1p3P1R/3p3N/3P4/b7/P2N3P/RQ5K w - - 0 1
[ Qd3 if Rc1+ Rxc1 Bxc1 Ng7 mates ]
d)
Grischuk vs Stevan Kecic, Bled, 1999
r2k3r/q5p1/4pp2/1Q1pP2p/3b1P2/P7/3B2PP/1R3R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qc6 if Rc8 (if Qa6 Rb8+) Ba5+ Qxa5 Qd6+ w/Qxe6+ & Rb7 ]
e)
Grischuk vs Andrei Kharlov, Moscow, 1999
3r2k1/1b1Nr2p/3RPQ1B/p1p4q/Pp6/1P6/2PK4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Qxf7 (if Rxf7 Nf6+ mates) Nf6+ if Qxf6 Rxd8+ mates ]
Grischuk Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Grischuk vs Andrey Lunev, Moscow, 1999
8/p4p2/3RbQ2/2q3p1/4P1k1/P4N2/2r5/7K w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ Kh4 Qh6+ Kg3 Qxg5+ & Nd3+ ]
b)
Grischuk vs Evgeniy Najer, St Petersburg, 1999
1n3qbk/4b3/1p6/pP1pPpr1/P2P1N2/BQR5/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7 if Bxa3 Qh3+ mates or if Rg7 Bxe7 ]
c)
Grischuk vs Valerij Popov, St Petersburg, 1999
6kr/1b4p1/p2n2Bp/3p4/3N2PP/b2KB3/2P5/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if Nc4 Bd4 ]
d)
Grischuk vs Laurent Fressinet, Lausanne, 2000
r5k1/2P3pp/2r5/3pp3/1pB2n2/5P2/PP5P/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if Rxc4 Rd8+ Kf7 Rc1 ]
e)
Grischuk vs Irina Krush, Torshavn, 2000
1nkr3r/3q4/pR2Q3/3P4/4p3/8/PpP2B2/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bg3 ]
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