Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Quang Liem Le.
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)
Le vs The Anh Duong, Vietnam, 2004
r1b1kb1r/1p1n2pp/pq2p3/2p1p1N1/8/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Qh5+ if g6 Qf3 ]
b)
Le vs Qianyun Gong, Singapore, 2006
r3r1k1/1p5p/2p1p1pP/2n1Np2/8/q2N2P1/3Q1PB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 if Nxd3 Nxg6 ]
c)
Le vs Alexey Kim, Cebu, 2007
5rk1/8/2Rp1npp/pP1Pp1q1/4P3/5B2/5QPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 if Qf4 g3 ]
d)
Bao Trung Nguyen vs Le, Ho Chi Minh City, 2001
8/p2k1p1p/1p2pPp1/1P1pPn2/P1rP3P/1nB4K/R3NP2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc1 ]
e)
Canh Huan Hoang vs Le, Hanoi, 2002
1R2r1k1/6p1/1p4q1/p2p4/3P1Q2/P4KPP/1P6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ ]
Le Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win.
a)
Trong Bac Le vs Le, Vjetnam, 2003
r3r1k1/1pqb2pp/p1nppb2/4n3/3NP3/6P1/PPP1Q1BP/1N1R1RBK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Bxd4 Bb5 ]
b)
Yury Lapshun vs Le, Budapest, 2006
4r1k1/3R1p1p/1p4p1/1Pq2n2/2P2P2/3Q4/5R1P/4rBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if Rd8 Ng4 ]
c)
Khoa Bao vs Le, Singapore, 2004
2rr2k1/4qppp/p3b3/1p2Q3/5n2/PN1B1P2/1PP3PP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa7+ if Kh1 Nxd3 w/...Rxd3 & ...Bxb3 ]
d)
The Anh Duong vs Le, Ho Chi Minh City, 2005
8/3k4/1p4N1/8/3b1P2/8/4R2r/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ Kg2 Rg1+ ]
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