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
8/1Qrr1k1p/p1n1p3/6p1/PpNp2q1/8/1P3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6 w/Ne5+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 3. Volodymyr Jakymov vs Inarkiev, Halkidiki, 2001
2B5/7p/3p2p1/8/1R2n1P1/1P2k3/1P5r/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2+ Kg1 Nf3+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Inarkiev vs Elmira Mirzoeva, Linares, 2003
r5r1/1bqp3p/2n1p1kP/2p1P1p1/p1P1R3/P2N1PK1/1P6/2Q2B1R w - - 0 1
[ Qxg5+ ]
d)
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 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Inarkiev vs Evgeny Postny, Ermioni, 2006
5r1k/4R3/6pP/r1pQPp2/5P2/2p1PN2/2q5/5K1R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ ]
f)
Inarkiev vs Csaba Balogh, Gurzuf, 1999
3k4/2rb1p1p/4p3/3p2P1/1P3Q2/p1b2R2/2R4P/qBK5 w - - 0 1
[ Rfxc3 if Rxc3 Qf6+ ]
g)
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 ]
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