Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Andrei Kharlov.
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)

Kharlov vs Dragan Zivkovic, Cheliabinsk, 1990
2b2rk1/rp4pp/p1n2b2/q1Qp1p2/3P1B2/P2B1N2/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxa5 Nxa5 Bd6 if Nb3 Bxf8 Nxa1 Bb4 ]

b)

White Mates in 4. Kharlov vs Vladimir Chuchelov, Khabarovsk, 1990
1r4k1/2p3Pp/8/r2ppNP1/2Q5/q4P2/1P5R/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ Kxg7 Qxc7+ ]

c)

Kharlov vs Sarhan Guliev, Cheliabinsk, 1991
3r2k1/p1rqnpp1/1p2bp1p/8/3P4/2P1NB2/PQ3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ d5 Bf5 d6 ]

d)

Kharlov vs Pascal Coupet, Paris, 1991
k5rr/pp2PR2/1q6/4Q3/2pP2B1/b1P4P/8/5NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh7 ]

e)

Kharlov vs Istvan Csom, Bern, 1992
r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/n3pn2/1Nbq4/3Q4/2P1B3/PP3PPP/R3KBNR w - - 0 1
[ Qxc5 ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Andrei Kharlov. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Andrei Kharlov.
White to move and win except where noted.