Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Ivanov.
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 6. Ivanov vs Anatolij Noskov, Kazakhstan, 1968
r2q3k/4b3/p2pP1RB/2pQ4/PpP1p3/8/1P2B2r/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Kg8 Bf6+ Kh7 (if Kf8 Rg8+) Rg7+ ]
b)
Ivanov vs Arkadi Shmirin, Novosibirsk, 1976
5r2/p1qb2Q1/1pnkpr2/3p2N1/2PP1P2/8/P5PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if Bxe6 c5+ ]
c)
Ivanov vs Viktor Gavrikov, Beltsy, 1977
8/p1k3rp/3pp2Q/3P1p2/4B3/q4N1P/5Pr1/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 ]
d)
Ivanov vs Gediminas Rastenis, Vilnius, 1978
3r3k/1b4pn/pp2P1p1/8/P1B1p3/1P2N3/2P4R/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ e7 w/Bf7 & Bxg6 ]
e)
Ivanov vs Gennadi Zaichik, Riga, 1980
rnbq1rk1/pp3pb1/2p3p1/7n/3BpQ2/2N2P2/PPP3P1/2KR1BNR w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 Nxf4 Rxd8 Rxd8 Bf6 Nh5 Bxd8 ]
Ivanov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ivanov vs Aleksandr Veingold, Parnu, 1982
3r1rk1/1b2bpp1/pN3n2/P6p/1PQ1nB2/6PP/1q2N1B1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb1 Qa3 Rf3 ]
b)
Ivanov vs Ilia Smirin, Minsk, 1985
4rrk1/1p1R2bp/4R1p1/p7/Pq2pP2/1P4PP/5B2/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qd7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Ivanov vs Ilia Smirin, Minsk, 1985
4Q3/1p3r1p/4R1pk/p7/P2BpP2/1q4PP/8/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if Kxg6 Qg8+ or if hxg6 Qh8+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Ivanov vs Farit Balabaev, Tbilisi, 1985
r1br2k1/p1q4N/1p2p1p1/2p2p2/2P1N2Q/8/PPP3PP/5nK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nhf6+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]
e)
Ivanov vs Jean Hebert, New York, 1989
3rk3/1p3p2/3bpQp1/1q4P1/1P4p1/2P3P1/2B2P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 if Rd7 Qxe6+ or if fxg6 Qxe6+ Be7 Qg8+ Bf8 Qxg6+ Ke7 Qf6+ mates ]
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