Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Li Chao.
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)
White Mates in 3. Li vs Liu Qingnan, Xiapu, 2005
r2r2k1/1q2bpB1/pp1p1PBp/8/P7/7Q/1PP3PP/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Li 2320 vs Wang Hao 2622, Yerevan, 2006
3R4/1pr2p1k/p3p3/P3Pn2/1P2Q2P/8/3rqBRK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ if Kxg7 Qg2+ Kh7 Qg8+ Kh6 Qh8+ ]
Thx to Pablo Pena for the tweak!
c)
White Mates in 3. Li 2320 vs Deep Sengupta 2420, Yerevan, 2006
2q4r/R7/5p1k/2BpPn2/6Qp/6PN/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Be3+ Nxe3 Qg7+ w/Nf4# ]
d)
Li vs Huynh Nguyen, Singapore, 2006
2rq1rk1/1p2bp1p/p2p2p1/3NnR2/P3P3/3B3Q/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 dxe5 Qxc8 Qxc8 Nxe7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Li vs Tian Bohan, Shandong, 2007
r1q1r2k/1p3p1p/pBbR3R/P3p3/1nB1n3/2N3Q1/1PP3PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh4+ Kg8 Rg6+ Kf8 Bc5+ Nxc5 Qh8+ ]
Li Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Li 2320 vs Pablo Lafuente 2489, Pamplona, 2007
5r1k/R6p/2p2qbp/3pR3/1Q3P2/6P1/P6P/2r2BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Re6 ]
b)
Li vs Attila Czebe, Beijing, 2008
r1bqkb1r/pp1n4/2p2npp/1N2p3/2Q1P3/4BN2/PPP2P1P/2KR2R1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qe6+ if Qe7 Nd6+ w/Nc7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Li vs Amir Bagheri, Beijing, 2008
2r3k1/pp2Bp1p/6p1/1P2P3/P7/1q2bP1P/3Q2P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 4. Huang Qian 2416 vs Li 2320, Manila, 2007
5r1k/3q3p/p2B1npb/P2np3/4N3/2N2b2/5PPP/R3QRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3 (or ...Qg4) if gxh3 Nf4 ]
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