'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Sarasadat Khademalsharieh.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Yenglik Zhaksybek, Teheran, 2008
r3k2r/n1p3p1/1p3p1p/p2pN1b1/P2P1n2/1NP4P/1P3PPB/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxf4 if Bxf4 Ng6 or if fxe5 Bxe5 ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Nezihe Ezgi Menzi, Kemer, 2009
r1r3k1/1p1q2b1/6Q1/2p3N1/2P5/pP2pP2/P3B3/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Kinga Pastuszko, Caldas Novas, 2011
2k4r/p5p1/8/1R3p2/3p4/5QP1/3BPKRr/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Qc6+ Kd8 Bg5# ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Dorsa Derakhshani, Rasht, 2013
r2bR3/3n1k1p/1pp2P2/2Pp3p/1q1P4/2N2NP1/2Q2PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ if Kxe8 Qg6+ or if Kxf6 Ne5 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Furtado Ivana Maria, Pune, 2014
2n4r/1p2rpk1/3p1R2/2pPq1Np/2P3pP/3Q2P1/P5PK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7+ Kh6 Rh7+ ]

1e)
mate in 4
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Furtado Ivana Maria

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Elena Boric, Tromsoe, 2014
rnb2b1r/pk5p/2pp4/Q7/2B1pB2/P1NN4/1Pq2PP1/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ Nc5+ dxc5 Qc7# ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Nashmil Kalvandi, Teheran, 2016
3kr3/pp3ppp/1q1Bn3/3p1N2/QP5n/4P2P/P4PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ Kxc8 Qxe8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Jana Krivec, Doha, 2016
rnr4R/3b4/p3pkPQ/4p1N1/3p4/8/PP1q2P1/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Ne4+ Kf5 Qh3+ Kxe4 Qf3# ]

d)
Tommy Hansen vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Reykjavik, 2015
6k1/2Q2pp1/8/3rq3/1P5p/6PP/5P2/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ if Kh2 hxg3+ Kg2 Qd5+ Kxg3 Qg5+ ]

e)
Tamas Fodor vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Gibraltar, 2016
2rq1rk1/1b2ppbp/5np1/1p1pNn2/2pP1P2/4P2P/1PP1BQPB/1N1RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 Qf3 f6 Ng4 h5 Nf2 Nh4 ]

2b)
mate in 3
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh vs Nashmil Kalvandi

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Motahare Asadi vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Teheran, 2016
2r3k1/6p1/3n3p/3rpP2/2N5/2R1K1P1/7P/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdc5 if Kd3 e4+ Kd4 Nb5+ ]

b)
Peter Sloan vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Doha, 2016
rn2rbk1/pbqp1ppp/1p3n2/3P4/1PBN4/P1NQB2P/5PP1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Rc8 ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Evgenija Ovod vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, St. Petersburg, 2019
8/1kp1Rp2/pp6/4n2p/4r2P/B1P2pP1/PP3P2/7K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Re1+ Kh2 Ng4+ ]

3a)
Motahare Asadi vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh


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