to have handy at those times you're staring at a chessboard." Marcos Marado Torres
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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. Nepomniachtchi vs Aggelos Sismanis, Chalkidiki, 2000
2r2b1k/p2Q3p/b1n2PpP/2p5/3r1BN1/3q2P1/P4PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg7+ if Bxg7 hxg7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Dmitry Andreikin, Serpukhov, 2000
rr3k2/4nN1n/p1bN2pp/q1P1Q3/4P2P/6P1/4P1B1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Ng8 Ne5+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Maxim Matlakov, Serpukhov, 2000
2rr1b1k/1bq5/p2p1NPp/5P2/2P1PpQ1/7R/6BP/7K w - - 0 1
[ g7 Bxg7 Qg6 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Nepomniachtchi vs Jonathan Dourerassou, Halkidiki, 2003
5kr1/pp4p1/3b1rb1/2Bp2NQ/1q6/8/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh7+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Vasily Papin vs Nepomniachtchi, Herceg Novi, 2005
8/2k1bp1p/4p1p1/2PqP3/r7/1R6/1Q1B1PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb3 ]
Nepomniachtchi Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Nepomniachtchi vs Dmitry Bocharov, Moscow, 2005
3R4/6pk/4p2p/2q2p1P/1p2Q1P1/7K/rPP5/8 w - - 0 1
[ g5 if hxg5 Qxe6 ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Nepomniachtchi vs Oleg Chebotarev, Tomsk, 2006
2r2rk1/5pn1/2q1p3/p7/3p1P2/1Q6/PPP5/2K1R1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Artem Iljin vs Nepomniachtchi, Cheboksary, 2006
1r4k1/p4p1p/brRbpQp1/8/P2P4/qB2P2P/3N1PP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc6 if Rxc6 Qa1+ mates ]
d)
Nepomniachtchi vs Boris Savchenko, Cheboksary, 2006
4q3/1Q6/4kpp1/2Bn4/8/1KP5/1P6/8 w - - 0 1
[ c4 if Nf4 Qe4+ or if Ne7 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qd5# ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Aleksandr Volodin, Kirishi, 2006
2r1rk2/6b1/1q2ppP1/pp1PpQB1/8/PPP2BP1/6K1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6+ if Bxf6 Bxf6 ]
f)
Black Mates in 5. Harmen Jonkman vs Nepomniachtchi, Wijk aan Zee, 2007
8/5pk1/3bp2p/8/6KP/5Q2/7q/5B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qe5+ Kg4 f5+ ]
g)
Black Mates in 6. Pavel Anisimov vs Nepomniachtchi, Krasnoyarsk, 2007
8/8/5q2/1b6/1k5p/3pP1pP/Q7/5NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ ]
Other Russian GMs
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