King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lev Milman.
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 3.
Lev Milman vs Maurice Ashley, Philadelphia, 2002
1k3r2/p6R/1p6/3q3P/5rp1/2P3Q1/PP3P2/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf4+ ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Lev Milman vs Kore Akshayraj, Halkidiki, 2003
8/qp3pkp/p1nBb1p1/8/6P1/P4N1P/1P1Q1P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ if Kxh6 Bf8# or if Kf6 g5+ Kf5 Qh4 ]
c)
Lev Milman vs Jaan Ehlvest, New York, 2003
r1b2r1k/3p1p1p/3qpp2/1p1n4/p5QN/7P/PP3PP1/RB2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if exf5 Qxf5 mates ]
d)
Lev Milman vs Jouaquin Banawa, Santa Monica, 2005
2kr1b1r/1p3Rp1/p5q1/2nNp3/2P4p/1B6/PP4PP/R2Q3K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8 if Rxf8 Ne7+ ]
e)
Lev Milman vs Amon Simutowe, Internet, 2005
4kb1r/3q1p1p/r1b1p1p1/BBn1P3/8/5Q2/PPP3PP/4RR1K w k - 1 0
[ Bxc6 Rxc6 Rd1 if Qb7 Rd8+ mates ]
f)
White mates in 6.
Lev Milman vs Alexander Shabalov, Internet, 2008
8/6R1/7k/p1p1B1p1/1bP1K1P1/4P3/r6P/8 w - - 1 0
[ h4 if gxh4 g5+ Kh5 Kf5 ]
g)
Lev Milman vs Qibiao Wang, Las Vegas, 2014
5rk1/p2RQ1b1/6rp/6N1/1P1p1P2/1q4P1/4R1K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 if Rgf6 Qh7# or if Rff6 Rd8+ Bf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qe8+ ]
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