Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Yuriy Kuzubov.
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)
Kuzubov vs Wei Chenpeng, Heraklio, 2002
3rk3/8/1p1Ppb1B/2p1n3/P3Q2p/8/6P1/7K w - - id 1-0
[ Bg5 if Kf7 Qh7+ ]
b)
Kuzubov vs Alexander Alexikov, St. Petersburg, 2002
1rb5/3n2qk/pp4pp/2pB1p2/P2b2N1/8/1P1Q2PP/4RR1K w - - id 1-0
[ Re7 if fxg4 Rff7 ]
c)
Kuzubov vs Alexander Lukashuk, St. Petersburg, 2002
6k1/5bp1/4B3/p1rp2P1/P6Q/2r1PPK1/8/8 w - - id 1-0
[ g6 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Kuzubov vs Ruslan Pogorelov, Calvia, 2007
r4k2/p1R3p1/1p2B3/1b1P2N1/7n/P3P3/4P3/6K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Bf7 ]
e)
White Mates in 2. Kuzubov vs Alexander Van Beek, Gibraltar, 2007
7R/3r4/8/3pkp1p/5N1P/b3PK2/5P2/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Rh6 ]
Kuzubov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kuzubov vs Pia Cramling, Gibraltar, 2007
1b3r2/p4p2/2QP2p1/7k/4p3/2B1q1PP/1P3RK1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Qd5+ if f5 Qd1+ w/Bd2 ]
b)
Kuzubov vs Richard Palliser, Port Erin, 2006
r1b2r1k/ppq2ppp/3p1n2/2pPn3/P1P4Q/2PB3P/6P1/R1B1NRK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf6 ]
c)
Kuzubov vs Jan Skurski, Warsaw, 2005
8/3q2bk/pppPp2p/2P1p1pQ/PP2P1N1/7P/5KP1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Qxh6+ ]
d)
Kuzubov vs Daniil Lintchevski, Kirishi, 2005
3bq2k/1p4p1/4p2r/nP3nNp/1B3P1P/3QP2R/B7/4K3 w - - id 1-0
[ Qxd8 ]
e)
Kuzubov vs Richard Almond, Kusadasi, 2006
2br2k1/2Rn1p1p/pp1Q2pq/3p4/1P1N4/4P1P1/P3BP1P/6K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Nc6 if Re8 Rxc8 w/Ne7+ or if Qf8 Qxf8+ w/Rxc8 & Ne7+ ]
Kuzubov Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Kuzubov vs Mathias Roeder, Port Erin, 2005
1r1B1bk1/1p5p/pQ1p4/3Pp3/4P3/8/PP2q1P1/5RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf8+ if Kxf8 Qxd6+ mates ]
b)
White to move and win. Kuzubov vs Christian Pedersen, Aarhus, 2005
5r2/2n3k1/p2p3n/P1pP4/1pP1RN2/1P4KB/8/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Re7+ if Rf7 Rxc7 ]
c)
Petr Golubka vs Kuzubov, Kramatorsk, 2001
6k1/5pbp/4b1p1/1p2p3/q1ppP3/B2P3P/1PP2PP1/4QNK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...c3 ]
d)
A Solomakha vs Kuzubov, Kramatorsk, 2001
2q2rk1/4b2p/1prBp1p1/5p2/p1P5/P3P1QP/5PP1/2RR2K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxd6 if Rxd6 f4 ]
e)
Reinhold Mueller vs Kuzubov, Kirishi, 2004
2qr2k1/p4ppp/np2pb2/8/Q2B4/6P1/PP2PPNP/3R2K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxd4 if Rxd4 Bxd4 Qxd4 Qc1+ ]
Kuzubov Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win.
a)
Sebastian Bogner vs Kuzubov, Neuhausen, 2007
6r1/pkp5/1p6/8/2PQ3R/P4P2/1P2q1r1/1K1R4 b - - id 0-1
[ Rd8 ]
b)
Sarah Hoolt vs Kuzubov, Hengelo, 2007
2r2rk1/3n1ppp/3p4/p1nPpR2/PpB3Pq/1P2P1NP/2PQ2K1/R7 b - - id 0-1
[ Qxg3+ ]
c)
Gawain Jones vs Kuzubov, Groningen, 2004
6Bk/pp4b1/4q2r/2p4Q/5r2/3P1R2/PPP3PP/5R1K b - - id 0-1
[ Qe2 ]
d)
Sergei Movsesian vs Kuzubov, Moscow, 2006
b5k1/5p2/4p1p1/3qP2p/5P2/4B1P1/1P3Q1P/5K2 b - - id 0-1
[ Qd1+ Qe1 Bg2+ if Kf2 Qf3+ mates ]
e)
Linus Olsson vs Kuzubov, Goteborg, 2005
5k2/6pp/Bp6/8/1P2P3/6P1/3p1P1P/3b1K2 b - - id 0-1
[ Bc2 if Be2 Bd3 ]
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