Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ernesto Inarkiev.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Inarkiev vs Aleksandr Karpatchev, Elista RUS-CH, 2001
[ Qxc6 w/Ne5+ ]
b)
Inarkiev vs I Arakelov, St Petersburg, 2001
[ Rf6 fxe4 (Qb6 Rfxg6 mates) w/Rg7+ ]
Correction from 'Where is my mind', ed.
c)
Black Mates in 3. Volodymyr Jakymov vs Inarkiev, Halkidiki, 2001
[ ...Nd2+ Kg1 Nf3+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Dmitry Shchukin vs Inarkiev, St Petersburg, 2001
[ ...Rxc4 Qxd4 Rxc1+ Kg2 Rxd4 ]
e)
Inarkiev vs Rustem Sadykov, Goa JR-CH, 2002
[ Qg5+ ]
Inarkiev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Inarkiev vs Dmitry Bocharov, Vladimir, 2002
1r3r1k/3bbp1p/p2p1p1Q/q3pP1B/1p2P3/1PP5/P3N1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg6 ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Inarkiev vs Elmira Mirzoeva, Linares, 2003
r5r1/1bqp3p/2n1p1kP/2p1P1p1/p1P1R3/P2N1PK1/1P6/2Q2B1R w - - 0 1
[ Qxg5+ ]
c)
Inarkiev vs Petr Kiriakov, Tomsk, 2004
1n3rkr/2q1bp2/p1P1p1p1/2B1PnNp/1p3N1P/5QP1/P4PK1/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 if Nxe7 Nfxe6 or if Qxe7 c7 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Inarkiev vs Evgeny Postny, Ermioni, 2006
5r1k/4R3/6pP/r1pQPp2/5P2/2p1PN2/2q5/5K1R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ ]
e)
Inarkiev vs Csaba Balogh, Gurzuf, 1999
3k4/2rb1p1p/4p3/3p2P1/1P3Q2/p1b2R2/2R4P/qBK5 w - - 0 1
[ Rfxc3 if Rxc3 Qf6+ ]
Inarkiev Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Inarkiev vs Sergej Beradze, Kazan, 2001
r1b2rk1/ppqnbppp/2p2n2/4p1N1/2BPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kh8 Ne6 or if Rxf7 Qb3 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Inarkiev vs Anton Isajevsky, Kazan, 2001
r4r1k/3R2b1/4Q1pp/p4nN1/5q2/8/1B3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Nxg7 Bxg7+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Andrey Kvon vs Inarkiev, Gurzuf, 1999
3rr1k1/p4p1p/4b1pQ/4p3/1p3n2/1N3PN1/PPP2qPP/R5RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3 ]
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