Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Muzychuk.
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)

Black Mates in 4. Tea Bosboom-Lanchava vs Muzychuk, Calvia, 2004
3r4/1p6/2p4p/5k2/p1P1n2P/3NK1nN/P1r5/1R2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3+ Kxd3 Rc3+ Kd4 c5+ ]

b)

Muzychuk vs Natalia Kovtoniuk, Evpatoria, 2005
4Rr1k/r5bp/p2N1pp1/1pq5/8/1Q5P/PP3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ if Kg8 Nh6+ mates ]

c)

Muzychuk vs Milka Ankerst, Bled, 2005
2rq3k/pb1rbpp1/2p1pN1p/4B3/3P3Q/P5R1/1P3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Kxg7 Qg4+ ]

d)

Black to move and win. Barbara Perrusset vs Muzychuk, Belfort, 2005
2bq1rk1/1p4bp/2pp2p1/3Pp3/1PPnP1n1/2NBB3/2N3PP/4QRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1 if Kxf1 Nxh2+ Kg1 Nhf3+ ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Muzychuk. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Muzychuk.
White to move and win except where noted.