Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ruslan Ponomariov.
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)
Ponomariov vs Sergei Azarov, Szeged, 1994
1r6/kpp2rBp/pn1b1P2/2p1pQ1N/2P1P2P/3q4/KPR2P2/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6 w/Rd2 ]
b)
Ponomariov vs Alexander Grischuk, Szeged, 1994
rqb1n1k1/p4rbp/5pp1/2BNp3/1P2P3/3B4/P5PP/R3QR1K w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Bc4 if Rf8 Nxg6+ mates ]
c)
Ponomariov vs Nikolai Danilov, Verdun, 1995
4nrkn/pq2rppp/2pp4/1p2p1PP/4P1Q1/P1PPP1N1/BP3R2/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Rd7 or Rc7 Nh6+ gxh6 gxh6+ Ng6 hxg6 hxg6 Qxg6+ ]
d)
Ponomariov vs Viktor Vamos, Verdun, 1995
r5k1/2qn1p1p/1pp3p1/3n1p2/2B5/2B1P2P/1P3PP1/2RQ2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 cxd5 Qd4 if f6 Qxd5+ ]
e)
Ponomariov vs Vadim Malakhatko, Kiev, 1997
2kq2r1/pbpn4/1pn2pr1/3p1N1p/1P1P4/P4N2/2Q1BPPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ N3h4 w/f4 ]
Ponomariov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ponomariov vs Anna Zozulia, Alushta, 1998
3rk2r/pp3p1p/4p1p1/4Pn2/4Nb2/2P2N2/PP2K1PP/R2R4 w - - 0 1
[ g3 Bh6 g4 ]
b)
Ponomariov vs Yuri Drozdovskij, Gurzuf, 1999
1q3rkr/1p3ppp/p4n2/4N3/1PQ5/4R3/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 Rxf7 Re7 Qf8 Rxb7 w/Ree7 ]
c)
Ponomariov vs Luc Winants, Neum, 2000
4r2r/kPp3pp/3n1p2/P1N5/2q1p3/8/2Q2PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 if Qxc2 Ra6+ ]
d)
Ponomariov vs Persson Hillarp, Torshavn, 2000
8/3nkppp/q1rpp3/8/N2BP3/3n2P1/1P3P1P/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc3 if Qc4 Ra4 ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Ponomariov vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Moscow, 2002
2k5/8/1BP1Kp1p/3P2p1/pb4P1/p4p2/B3b1P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ d6 Bxd6 Kxd6 Kb8 c7+ Kb7 Kc5 ]
f)
White Mates in 8. Ponomariov vs Francisco Vallejo Pons, Leon, 2003
r6Q/3n1kp1/2p3N1/1pPp4/rP1n3P/2N2q2/3K4/1R2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ Kf6 Qxg7+ Kf5 Rf7+ Kg4 Ne5+ ]
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