Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Khalifman.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Khalifman vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Minsk, 1986
[ Rd5+ Bxd5 Qxd5+ c5 a4+ w/Qxd6+ ]
b)
Khalifman vs T Krause, Triberg 25, 1991
[ Rc8 ]
c)
Khalifman vs O Gschnitzer, Bundeslinga, 1993
[ Nh5 ]
d)
Khalifman vs Leonid Basin, Minsk, 1985
[ Qg4+ w/Qf3 & fxg7 ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Khalifman vs Konstantin Aseev, Borzhomi, 1984
1rr2bk1/2qb1ppp/pp2p3/8/2P1N3/1P4P1/PB2QPBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Qh5 h6 Qxf7 Be7 Ne8 ]
Khalifman Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Khalifman vs Igor Novikov, Lvov, 1985
7k/1q4r1/4B3/1p2Q3/2p4P/6P1/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5+ Rh7 Qe8+ Kg7 Qg8+ Kf6 Bd5 ]
b)
Khalifman vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Minsk, 1985
2r3k1/3nppbp/3p1np1/1r1P4/1qpBPPP1/R1N5/1PP4P/3Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Na2 ]
c)
Khalifman vs Konstantin Lerner, Kuibyshev, 1986
8/p7/4B3/2P1K3/8/1P3k2/r7/8 w - - 0 1
[ c6 ]
d)
Khalifman vs Adrian Mikhalchishin, Kuibyshev, 1986
5rrk/1bq1n2p/p2pPpp1/1p2pN1N/2p1P1Q1/2P4R/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6 Nxf5 (if Rxf6 Qh4#) Rxh7+ w/Nxh7 & exf5 ]
e)
Khalifman vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Kuibyshev, 1986
1q1br1k1/4n2p/pp2P1pB/3b1p2/1P1N4/P4B2/5QPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 ]
Khalifman Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Khalifman vs Luc Winants, Dordrecht, 1987
bR3rk1/P3np1p/6p1/8/2Bp2N1/7P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kg7 Ne8 ]
b)
Khalifman vs Silvino Garcia Martinez, Moscow, 1987
5nk1/5qp1/Pp1p4/1Pn1p1Q1/6R1/7P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ w/Rxg7+ & a7 ]
c)
Khalifman vs Yuri Balashov, Sverdlovsk, 1987
8/3Rb1rk/6pp/3Qp3/p1P1N3/7P/5PPK/q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qb7 if Qa3 c5 or if Bf8 Rxg7+ & Nf6+ mates ]
d)
Khalifman vs Gennadij Timoscenko, Sverdlovsk, 1987
1n1rb1k1/6pp/1p3p2/1q1p4/1Q3N2/6P1/5PBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe7 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Khalifman vs Alexander Huzman, Tashkent, 1987
3r1r1k/p4p1p/1pp2p2/2b2P1Q/3q1PR1/1PN2R1P/1P4P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ ]
Khalifman Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Khalifman vs Mikhail Nepomnishay, Leningrad, 1988
2bq2rk/4r1p1/1n2p1Rp/pN1pP3/Pp3p2/1P1B3R/2P1QPPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 Qf8 Qg5 Qf7 Rgxh6+ ]
b)
Khalifman vs Leonid Sokolin, Leningrad, 1988
r4rk1/pb2bp2/1p2pnpp/2p1N3/2Pq1B2/3Q3P/PPB2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 if Qxd3 Nxe7+ or if Bd6 Qg3 Nh5 Ne7+ w/Rxd4 & Rxd6 ]
c)
Khalifman vs Jaan Ehlvest, Moscow, 1988
r4n1r/4k1pp/p3pp2/1p6/1q2NR2/R7/1P2B1PP/3Q3K w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 if Qa5 Qd6+ Kf7 Ng5+ Kg8 Qd7 ]
d)
Khalifman vs Eduardas Rozentalis, Vilnius, 1988
5k2/1p1q2p1/2pN1p1p/2P5/2BB4/2P2RPP/5PK1/4r3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 gxf6 Rxf6+ Kg7 Rf7+ ]
e)
Khalifman vs Pal Petran, Berlin, 1989
2b3k1/5p1p/p5p1/2NP3n/2Q5/6PP/4PqBK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 Qf5 Nd6 if Qe5 Qxc8+ Kg7 Ne4 & if f5 Qc3 ]
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