'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Igor Kovalenko.
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)
White mates in 2.
Igor Kovalenko vs Olga Ivkina, St. Petersburg, 2014
6k1/r2bq1b1/1n2p1Q1/pp1pP3/2pP1r2/P1P4R/1PBN2P1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]
b)
Igor Kovalenko vs Robert Aghasaryan, Yerevan, 2014
4brk1/p3b1pp/1q2p3/3nN3/2BPN1Q1/6P1/5P1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5 if Bxc5 dxc5 or if Nc7 Ncd7 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Igor Kovalenko vs Andrzej Dassuj, Trzcianka, 2014
r1b1r1k1/1p1n1Np1/p3Qn1p/P7/1b1p1B2/2NB4/1qP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]
d)
Igor Kovalenko vs Mateusz Paszewski, Wroclaw, 2014
r1br2k1/1p3ppp/2pN4/p3n3/6P1/1P2P2P/P3BP2/1K1R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc4 if Nc7 Nb6 ]
e)
Carlos Guevara vs Igor Kovalenko, Tromsoe, 2014
6k1/1q3pp1/4p2p/B2nQ3/2r5/Pr4PP/5P2/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4 if gxf4 Rxh3 ]
Igor Kovalenko puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Pouria Darini vs Igor Kovalenko, Baku, 2014
r2r4/1p3pkp/4pnp1/p1P1n3/1P5q/P6P/2BRNPP1/3QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if gxf3 Qg5+ ]
b)
Mindaugas Beinoras vs Igor Kovalenko, Vilnius, 2014
5rk1/5pp1/pp1Np1n1/4P2p/1P2Q3/Pq3PPP/1r6/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 if Rxb2 Qxd1+ or if Rbc1 Nxf3+ mates ]
c)
Igor Kovalenko vs Margeir Petursson, Berlin, 2015
6k1/p1rn1pp1/1p1Rrn2/2p2q1p/4p3/1PQ1P1PP/PB2PPB1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 ]
d)
Pavel Martynov vs Igor Kovalenko, Cappelle la Grande, 2015
5rk1/p4pp1/2Q1nq2/3p3b/3P4/P3PPN1/1r4BP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Nf4+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Victoriano Sanz Losada vs Igor Kovalenko, Katowice, 2015
2k5/1bq2pp1/pp3b2/5P2/P6r/R1Pp2pP/1P4P1/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ ]
Igor Kovalenko puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Kovalenko vs K Rathnakaran, Dubai, 2016
5bk1/5p2/3p3p/p2P1N1N/P3P3/3q4/2r2PP1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Rb8 mates ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Igor Kovalenko vs Samy Shoker, Alma-Ata, 2016
1r1r2k1/1pR3b1/P3bq2/1B4Np/1n2Q3/7P/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Nxe6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Igor Kovalenko vs Aleksander Lindbol, Oslo, 2016
5n1k/4qp1P/1p2p1pQ/1P1pP3/r4N2/6P1/5PK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ ]
d)
Igor Kovalenko vs Evgenij Agrest, Tallinn, 2016
3rr2k/1p1bq1pp/2pb1n2/pPp3N1/P1P1pP2/2N1P1P1/4R1BP/3QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd6 ]
e)
Erik Hedman vs Igor Kovalenko, Riga, 2019
3qnr2/p2b1rbk/p2p2p1/3Pp1Pp/P3P3/1PRNBP2/2Q1N1K1/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bh3+ 2.Kxh3 Rxf3+ 3.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 4.Kh2 Rxe3 5.Rc8 Rxe2+ ]
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