Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Dmitry Jakovenko. White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle. Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a) Jakovenko vs Klaus Diehl, St Ingbert, 1995 r1b2rk1/p1p2pbp/2pP2p1/8/2B1NB1q/8/PPP2PPn/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1 [ g3 if Qh3 Ng5 ]
b) Jakovenko vs Karpov, Tomsk, 1998 4kb1r/r2qpppp/p7/2pN4/Q4B2/8/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1 [ Nc7+ if Rxc7 Bxc7 ]
c) Jakovenko vs Dmitry Batsanin, Ufa, 2000 r2r2k1/1p2bpp1/4p2p/p1qn4/b7/P1PB1NB1/1P2QPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Qe4 ]
d) Jakovenko vs Vlad Jianu, Chalkidiki, 2001 r1b1r1k1/1p4pp/pb1p4/3P1p2/2Pq1P2/2N1nRQP/PP2B3/R3B2K w - - 0 1 [ Na4 w/Bc3 ]
e) Jakovenko vs Denis Khismatullin, Chalkidiki, 2001 4q1k1/1b1nr1b1/p1pr1np1/Pp1p2B1/1P1P3Q/1NP3N1/2B3P1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Nc5 if Bc8 Bf4 ]
Dmitry Jakovenko Puzzles, Part II. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) White Mates in 6. Jakovenko vs Gyozo Pataki, Chalkidiki, 2001 2r3k1/1r3p1p/4p1p1/ppqbP1B1/3R3Q/P1P5/1P4PP/1K3R2 w - - 0 1 [ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ w/Bf6 ]
b) Jakovenko vs Erwin L'Ami, Moscow, 2005 2rqr3/p1p3kp/1p1b1pp1/n3Nb2/Q2P1B2/P1P1RB1P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 [ Bh6+ if Kg8 Bd5+ Be6 Nd7 ]
c) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Friso Jijboer, Fuegen, 2006 2r1k3/1b3pp1/p2p1b2/1p6/1B2PP2/3Bq2r/PPP5/1K1RQR2 w - - 0 1 [ e5 dxe5 Bf5 ]
d) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Dusko Pavasovic, Dresden, 2007 r4rk1/2pqbppp/2n1b3/1p6/3pB3/2P2N1P/1P3PP1/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Rxa8 if Rxa8 Nxd4 ]
Dmitry Jakovenko Puzzles, Part III. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) Viktor Bologan vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Poikovsky, 2007 4q3/6bk/4prN1/p3Np1p/2PPb2P/Q3P1R1/6P1/K7 b - - 0 1 [ ...Rxg6 if Rxg6 Bxe5 or if Nxg6 Qb8 ]
b) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Ivan Cheparinov, Sochi, 2008 4k3/8/1ppP2Pp/p1p1p2P/P1P1Nr2/1P6/6K1/8 w - - 0 1 [ Nf6+ if Rxf6 d7+ ]
c) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Evgeny Alekseev, Moscow, 2008 r1b2k2/1p4qB/2n2r1R/1pbp1p1Q/8/2P5/P1PB2P1/R3K3 w Q - 0 1 [ Rxf6+ if Qxf6 Bh6+ Ke7 Bg5 ]
d) White Mates in 4. Dmitry Jakovenko vs Sergey Karjakin, Moscow, 2009 8/3n2pp/2qBkp2/ppPpp1P1/1P2P3/1Q6/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1 [ Qh3+ Kf7 Qh5+ ]
b) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Pavel Eljanov, Odessa, 2010 2rqk2r/1p3p1p/p3p2p/3pP2P/3Q2P1/1PP5/1Pb1BP2/R3K2R w KQk ? 0 1 [ Ra3 w/Qd2 ]
e) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Sergey Smagin, Moscow, 2010 2r1q1k1/3n1p1p/pn3bpB/1p6/3NB3/1P5P/P4PP1/3RQ1K1 w - - 1 0 [ Bb7 if Rb8 Nc6 ]
Dmitry Jakovenko Puzzles, Part IV. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Olginka, 2011 2B4k/4bQ1p/6p1/3rq3/p6P/8/5PP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0 [ Be6 ]
b) White mates in 4. Dmitry Jakovenko vs Evgeny Alekseev, Moscow, 2012 5R2/p2R3p/1p2pp1k/2p2p2/2n5/5NP1/PP2qP1P/6K1 w - - 1 0 [ Rxf6+ Kh5 Rxh7+ Kg4 Rh4+ ]
c) White mates in 2. Dmitry Jakovenko vs Francis Fernandez, Istanbul, 82012 8/3k4/1Q1p1P1p/NN2p3/2r1q3/8/PPP4P/1K6 w - - 1 0 [ Qxd6+ ]
d) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Evgeny Bareev, Novosibirsk, 2012 b2r4/N3k1pp/1p2p3/p3Pp2/1n6/1P4P1/P4PBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0 [ Nc8+ ]
e) Danny Raznikov vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Rhodes, 2013 3r2k1/R4pb1/6p1/2p4p/2q5/2n1B1P1/P1Q2P1P/4N1K1 b - - 0 1 [ ...Rd1 if Bd2 Ne2+ Kg2 Qd5+ ]
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Dmitry Jakovenko Puzzles, Part V. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Asaf Givon, Yerevan, 2014 3r3k/6bp/p2p4/1pr2pq1/3Q1R2/PBP2P2/KP6/7R w - - 1 0 [ Rfh4 ]
b) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Emil Sutovsky, Poikovsky, 2014 r5k1/1p2ppbp/2p3p1/n7/3P4/2R1P1P1/P2Q1PBP/1q2B1K1 w - - 1 0 [ Rc1 if Qb6 Rc5 ]
c) White mates in 3. Dmitry Jakovenko vs Vlatko Krstevski, Struga, 2015 r3r1k1/3n1pb1/bqp5/p2p2N1/1p1P4/2N1P3/PPQ2PP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0 [ Rh8+ ]
e) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Ivan Popov, Moscow, 2016 2r3k1/5pp1/pr3n1p/Q1q1p3/8/2P2BP1/4PP1P/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0 [ Rd8+ if Kh7 Rxc8 ]
Dmitry Jakovenko Puzzles, Part VI. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) White mates in 3. Dmitry Jakovenko vs Andrei Volokitin, Doha, 2016 r4k1b/pp6/nnp2p2/5N2/7N/5P1K/PP1r3P/4R1R1 w - - 1 0 [ Nh6 ]
b) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Teimour Radjabov, Doha, 2016 r5rk/1ppbq3/3p4/p2Pp3/2P1PpPb/P4Q2/1P3P2/1K1N2RR w - - 1 0 [ g5 if Qh7 Rxh4 Qxh4 Rh1 ]
c) Alexander Riazantsev vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Sharjah, 2017 1r3k1r/p2q1ppp/3b4/3p4/8/4QP2/PP3P1P/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1 [ ...Qh3 if f4 Qg4+ Qg3 Qxd1+ ]
d) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Yiye Wang, China, 2018 7k/pQ1b2p1/2nq3p/2pB3r/P1Pp4/8/5PP1/4RNK1 w - - 1 0 [ Qa8+ if Kh7 Qg8+ or if Qb8 Bxc6 ]
e) Dmitry Jakovenko vs Nikola Nikolovski, Struga, 2018 r3qrk1/1p1b1pbp/p2P2p1/2p1pP2/Pn2N3/5NP1/1P5P/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0 [ f6 Bh8 Qd2 if Qe6 Nxc5 or if Bf5 Qh6 ]