Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ju Wenjun.
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)
Ju vs S Meenakshi, Beirut, 2004
r3r1k1/1pb2pp1/p2R3p/4P3/2qNBQ1P/6P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5 if Qc3 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxg7+ mates ]
b)
Ju vs Li Zunian, Suzhou, 2006
3q2k1/1p1Prppp/p1b2b2/2N5/1P2pB2/P7/5PPP/3Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc7 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Aleksandra Lach vs Ju, Moscow, 2007
6k1/5r1p/3p2p1/3Pb1P1/1p2p2P/pP2q3/P1P1B3/1K1R3Q b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc3 ]
d)
Black Mates in 4. Arusyak Karhanyan vs Ju, Moscow, 2007
6k1/8/3PN1p1/3Pp3/6r1/5p2/3q3P/5Q1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Natalia Zdebskaja vs Ju, Beijing, 2008
5r1k/7p/pp1q4/2p2R2/2P5/1P6/P6P/5Q1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6+ Kg1 Qg6+ ]
f)
Black to move and win. Kuang Yinghui vs Ju, Jiangsu Wuxi, 2008
7k/8/3p4/2p1b3/1p2P3/1P2Nnq1/2P1Q1B1/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh2+ Kg1 Bd4 if Qh5+ Kg7 Qxh2 Bxe3+ Kh1 Qe1+ mates ]
Ju Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Maia Lomineishvili vs Ju, Dresden, 2008
3k2r1/3b2pR/p2pppN1/7Q/1pn1P3/4q3/PPP3B1/1K1R2r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4 if Qa5+ Ke8 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Olga Girya vs Ju, Moscow, 2007
8/4R2p/p2PBr2/1p6/3kb3/P3p3/KPP5/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe6 if Rxe6 Bd5+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Zhang Jilin vs Ju, Xinghua Jiangsu, 2009
5r1k/1p4p1/p2p4/P2P4/1PP1Q1np/5R2/3q2PP/5BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Qxf3 Qd4+ mates ]
d)
Black to move and win. Valentina Gunina vs Ju, Sochi, 2009
2r3k1/3R1p1p/Q3p1p1/8/8/4PqP1/P4P1P/2r2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...R8c2 ]
e)
Ju vs Zhang Jilin, Xinghua, 2010
6r1/1k6/p7/1n1N4/4PBn1/8/4K3/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7 w/Ne7+ or Nb6# ]
f)
Black Mates in 2. Li Xueyi vs Ju, Shanghai, 2010
1Q6/8/3p1pk1/2pP4/1p3K2/5R2/5qP1/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re4+ ]
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