Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vassily Ivanchuk.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Boris Gelfand, Arnhem, 1987
[ Rxd7 if Rxf3 Bd5 & if Rf5 g4 ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs David Southam, Adelaide, 1988
[ Rxf8+ w/Rb5 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Valery Chekhov, Frunze, 1988
[ e6 ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Alexander Graf, Frunze, 1988
[ Ng4 if Qxe2 Rd8 ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Yuri Kruppa, Frunze, 1988
[ Qb1 if gxf6 Bxf6+ & Qxb5 ]
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, Linares, 1991
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 2. Ivanchuk vs Bozidar Ivanovic, New York, 1988
[ f5+ ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Nick DeFirmian, Biel, 1989
[ Ng5+ w/Qe6+ if Kxg5 Be7+ & Qxb6 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Dragoljub Velimirovic, Lucerne, 1989
[ Qa1 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Ivanchuk vs Yury Dokhoian, Yerevan, 1989
[ Re8+ w/ Rxe8+ Qf8+ & Qh8+ ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Alonso Zapata, Novi Sad, 1990
[ Rd1 w/Rd8 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Yasser Seirawan, Tilburg, 1990
[ g6 w/f6 ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Artur Jussupow, Brussels, 1991
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Rc7+ & Qxa5 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Boris Gelfand, Linares, 1991
[ Nc3 Qa6 a3 ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Leonid Yudasin, Riga, 1991
[ Qe4 if c5 Qe5 & if Bc3 Rxc3 ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Viktor Bologan, Debrecen, 1992
[ Nxg5+ hxg5 Qxg5 if Qg7 Re7 ]
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, Linares, 1991
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Ivanchuk vs Zuniga Julio Granda, Biel, 1993
[ Rf8+ w/Qxg5+ ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Rafael Vaganian, Lucerne, 1993
[ Rxe8 if Bxe8 Rxe8 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Yasser Seirawan, Monte Carlo, 1993
[ Qxd7+ w/Rc1 ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Epishin, Tilburg, 1993
[ Ne5 ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Kiril Georgiev, Tilburg, 1993
[ Bb5 if Bxb5 Ne6 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Ralf Akesson, London, 1994
r4rk1/1bq1bppp/p2ppn2/2p1P3/5P2/2NBBQ2/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qh3 if dxe5 fxe5 Qxe5 Rxf6 ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Alexander Khalifman, Tilburg, 1994
r3k1r1/1p3p2/p2Rp1p1/1q2P2p/2p5/Q7/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf3 if Qxb2 Rd7 mates ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Ivanchuk vs Joel Lautier, Horgen, 1995
4Q3/6rk/4K3/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Kf6 ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Alexey Dreev, Yalta, 1995
5k2/3r1ppp/8/PR1p4/8/4PP2/5K1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ a6 if Ra7 Rb8+ Ke7 Rb7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Ivanchuk vs Alexander Morozevich, Amsterdam, 1996
1q2b2k/1p2b3/1pn1N1Br/3RP2p/1P3P2/P5Q1/2P4P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik, Las Palmas, 1996
6rk/7n/2NpRn2/2pP1p1p/1p3N1P/5Pq1/rP1Q2P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7 if Rga8 Nfg6+ w/Nxf5+ ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Veselin Topalov, Wijk aan Zee, 1996
6b1/1p5k/1N1q3p/1P6/3pP3/5r2/3Q3P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qg2 Qf8 Qg6+ Kh8 Nd7 Qf7 Qxh6+ if Qh7 Nf6 or if Bh7 Ne5 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Jaan Ehlvest, Yerevan, 1996
7k/pb4q1/1p5p/3n4/3Q4/P6P/1P4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kh7 Qe4+ Qg6 Rh8+ ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Alexander Beliavsky, Belgrade, 1997
4n1k1/1pnrqp2/3p2p1/3P2Pp/1PNNPQ1P/2K2R2/5R2/1r6 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 if Rd8 Qxf7+ ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Maia Chiburdanidze, Lucerne, 1997
3q1k1r/r2p1pp1/p1nN4/2P1P2p/3p4/5PP1/P5KP/R2Q1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qb3 if Qe7 Nc8 Qxc5 Rac1 Qxe5 Nxa7 Nxa7 Qb7 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Ivanchuk vs Josif Dorfman, Cap d'Agde, 1998
4rk2/p5p1/1p2P2N/7R/nP5P/5PQ1/b6K/q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6+ Re7 Qd8+ ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Vadim Zvjaginsev, Elista, 1998
5r1k/2r3qp/1Q2B3/5p2/1P3p2/6Pn/3R3P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 if Ng5 Bb3 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Jamshed Isaev, Elista, 1998
3r4/ppp2kbR/1n4p1/3Pp3/4NrP1/1KN2P2/PP6/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Ne6+ ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Malaniuk, Warsaw, 1999
2br2k1/2qnQ1p1/p1p2p1p/4p3/8/1PB3P1/P3PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if fxe5 Rxc6 Qa5 Rg6 or if Qa5 b4 Qb6 Bc7 Qxc7 Rxc6 ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Veselin Topalov, Wijk aan Zee, 1999
6k1/1p2R2N/p2P2p1/2q3P1/b7/6P1/6BK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5+ if Kh8 Nf6 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part VIII. White to move and win.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Loek Van Wely, Frankfurt, 2000
1r1nkb1r/4pppp/1p6/p1p5/1nN5/1P4P1/PB1PPPBP/R2K3R w - - 0 1
[ Be5 ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Can Arduman, Kocaeli, 2002
r4rk1/1N3ppp/pn3b2/3pp3/PP2P3/1Q3N1P/5PP1/q1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Francisco Vallejo Pons, Linares, 2002
r2qrbk1/3n1pn1/pp1P2p1/4p1P1/2P1N3/7Q/PP1B2PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7 ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Loek Van Wely, Prague, 2002
br2q1k1/2Q3pp/P3pn2/8/8/2NpB3/1P3RPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if gxf6 Bh6 ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Ruslan Ponomariov, Wijk aan Zee, 2003
5rk1/1b3ppp/pB1rpn2/n6q/Pp2P3/3B1N2/1PQ2PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc5 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part IX. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Leif Johannessen, Saint Vincent, 2005
1r5k/1P4pp/3p4/2q5/4b3/3pN2P/RQ3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8 if Qc7 Qb6 ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Vaclav Sladek, Edmonton, 2005
1q2k2r/3nbp2/1p1p1p2/1N1P4/1PP2p1p/3B4/4Q1PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Tigran Kotanjian, Yerevan, 2004
6k1/1p3rpp/1q6/p2pn3/1B6/1Q5P/PP3PP1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if Qxb4 Re8+ Rf8 Qxd5+ Kh8 Qf7 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Ivanchuk vs Alexander Onischuk, Beer-Sheva, 2005
8/3b1p2/7p/4Q3/4P3/1r3qPP/R4P1K/2k5 w - - 0 1
[ Qa1+ Rb1 Qd4 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Ivanchuk vs Levon Aronian, Morelia, 2006
5rk1/1R1R1p1p/4N1p1/p7/5p2/1P4P1/r2nP1KP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 ]
Ivanchuk Puzzles, Part X. White to move and win.
a)
Ivanchuk vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Odessa, 2006
5nk1/3q2bp/R1pnppp1/1r6/N2PPB1P/3Q1N2/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6 Qxd6 Qxb5 ]
b)
Ivanchuk vs Andrej Sokolov, Fuegen, 2006
r1b2r1k/5ppB/q4n2/1pPnp1N1/P7/8/2QB2PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be4 if g6 Bxd5 w/Qe4 or if Nxe4 Qxe4 Nf6 Rxf6 ]
c)
Ivanchuk vs Lacasa Diaz, Barcelona, 2006
r1bRr1k1/pp3pp1/5n2/Q3pq1p/8/BP4P1/P3PPBP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ Nxe8 Qd8 if Qe6 Be7 or if Qd7 Rd1 ]
d)
Ivanchuk vs Viswanathan Anand, Monte Carlo (blindfold), 2007
r3r1k1/pp3pp1/8/2P1n2p/1P3q2/P1Q5/5PBP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re4 w/Rae1 ]
e)
Ivanchuk vs Matthias Mueller, Mainz, 2007
3q1bk1/Qbr2p2/p2p1npp/4r3/2pNP2B/2N4P/PP3PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Qxf6 Nd5 ]
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