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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
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 5. Mamedyarov vs Elshan Moradiabadi, Gurzuf, 1999
2r5/7p/1P1p2pk/Pqn2p2/4pP2/4N1P1/8/Q2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5+ Kh5 Qf6 Kg4 Qg5+ ]
b)
Mamedyarov vs Rustam Samadli, Baku, 2000
r1q2rk1/p1nb1pbp/4p1p1/2pPN3/1pB2Q2/7P/PPP2PP1/1N1RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd7 Qxd7 dxe6 ]
c)
White Mates in 9. Mamedyarov vs Sergey Dolmatov, Dubai, 2000
3rr3/pp1qppk1/7p/5R2/2pPQ1P1/2P4P/PP6/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qh7+ Kf6 Qxh6+ Kf7 Qh7+ Kf6 g5+ ]
d)
Mamedyarov vs Zeinal Eyubov, Baku, 2001
1r1qr1k1/p4pb1/3P1np1/1ppNp2p/2N5/5Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ w/Nc6 ]
e) White Mates in 3. Mamedyarov vs Vitezslav Priehoda, Batumi, 2002
2Q5/p4qk1/1p3p2/1P2n1pP/4B1P1/6K1/5P2/8 w - - 0 1
Mamedyarov vs Gurevich, 2007
Mamedyarov Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Mamedyarov vs Benjamin Galstian, Peniscola, 2002
r2qr3/pb2b1k1/7p/2pPp2p/2B5/2N4P/PPQ3P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ Kxf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qxh6+ ]
b)
Mamedyarov vs Amir Bagheri, Abudhabi, 2003
r1b2rk1/p1q4p/5ppQ/2bp4/1p4P1/2PBP3/PP1N1P2/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 ]
c)
Mamedyarov vs Artyom Timofeev, Moscow, 2004
b2r3k/p3Nppp/3r4/1pq5/2p2Q2/4R3/PP1R1PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 Qh4+ Qh5 Qxd8+ w/Rxd8+ & Ree8 or if fxg6 Qxd6 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Mamedyarov vs Mohamad Al-Modiahki, Dubai, 2004
4r1k1/4r2p/5QpP/6R1/2P2R2/1P2p3/q7/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 h7+ Rxh7 Qxg6+ ]
e)
Mamedyarov vs Shojaat Ghane, Izmir, 2004
4r1k1/1p3pp1/p1p3r1/5bqp/2NPp2n/P1P1P1BP/2Q2PPK/4R1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Re7 Bxh4 ]
Mamedyarov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Mamedyarov vs Tomi Nyback, Warsaw, 2005
8/p7/bp4pk/4B3/PKQ2P2/1P2q2r/8/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 if Qxe5 fxe5 Bxc4 Rh8+ ]
b)
Mamedyarov vs Dagur Arngrimsson, Reykjavik, 2006
r2n2k1/qb3pp1/3Np2p/pB2P3/Pp3Q2/4P3/1P4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7 Qb6 Re7 Ba6 Qe4 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Mamedyarov vs Stefan Martin, Mainz, 2006
3n3k/1p3B2/p2p1P2/2rP1br1/5p2/2P5/PP6/2KR2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh1+ ]
d)
Mamedyarov vs Aleksej Aleksandrov, Mainz, 2006
rnbr2k1/pp3pp1/4p1qp/8/1b1pN3/3BPN2/PP3PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh4 if Qh7 Nf6+ ]
e)
Mamedyarov vs Peter Heine Nielsen, Crete, 2007
rq4k1/7p/6p1/p2n4/P1B5/1P3R1P/3r1PP1/Q5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe1 if Rd4 Bxd5+ or if Qb4 Qe6+ Kg7 Rf7+ Kh6 Qg4 ]
Mamedyarov Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Mamedyarov vs Pavel Tregubov, Ajaccio, 2008
r5k1/p5p1/bn3q2/7Q/P1p2B2/8/5PPP/1B2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg6 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Mamedyarov vs Peter Svidler, Alma-Ata, 2008
2b5/6k1/p2R3r/1pP1r1Bp/5NnP/1Bb5/P5P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh5+ ]
c)
Mamedyarov vs Peter Svidler, Nalchik, 2009
8/1Q1rkpp1/p3p3/3nB1r1/8/3q3P/PP3R2/K1R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qxd7+ if Kg8 Qd8+ w/Qxg5 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Mamedyarov vs B S Shivananda, Kolkata, 2009
1r4b1/1p2p1k1/2p1PpB1/2Pp4/7R/4R2P/r4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg3 f5 Bf7+ Kf6 f4 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Mamedyarov vs Judit Polgar, Moscow, 2009
r1q2nQ1/ppb1kp2/7B/1P2pb2/4N3/8/PP3PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5+ if Ke8 Nf6+ ]
f)
Mamedyarov vs Judit Polgar, Baku, 2010
2r3k1/p1Bp1p2/4pn2/1Qb2qpp/2P5/5BPP/P2RPPK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ g4 ]
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