'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Yuri Razuvaev.
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.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Leonid Shamkovich, Moscow, 1967
7r/1p3r2/5p2/p2PpP2/P3K1R1/1n1B3k/7P/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf1+ Kxh2 R4g2+ ]

b)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Mikhail Mukhin, Sochi, 1968
6k1/1b1nbrp1/pr2pn2/3p2N1/1q1P1B2/2N1P2R/1PQ1KP1P/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 if Qxb2+ Kf3 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Aleksandar Matanovic, Ljubljana/Portoroz, 1973
1Q3b2/3R1Pkp/5np1/1p1P4/1Pp5/2P5/5BK1/q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bc5+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Alexander Petrushin, Baku, 1977
3rr2k/7q/p6B/2p1P3/Pp3n1Q/1P3R2/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ Kg8 Rg3+ ]

e)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Kim Commons, Lublin, 1978
4kb1r/2rn1pp1/p7/3RnpB1/Np6/8/PPP3BP/2K1R3 w k - 0 1
[ Rexe5+ ]

1c)
mate in 3
Yuri Razuvaev vs Aleksandar Matanovic

Yuri Razuvaev Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Valentin Arbakov, URS, 1978
2r1q1k1/R2p2b1/Q1b1p2p/1p4p1/1PPN1p2/4PPP1/7P/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if Bxa1 Qxc8 or if Rxc6 Ra8 ]

b)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Viktor Gavrikov, URS, 1978
3rk2r/1pp3n1/pn2p3/2Q5/4Nq1P/5P2/PP6/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8+ if Kxd8 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxg7 ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Yuri Gusev, Dubna, 1979
5r1k/pp4pp/3pQ3/2P5/5bP1/1P3N2/4R1KP/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7 if Rg8 Re8 ]

d)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Smbat Lputian, Frunze, 1979
2b1qr2/p1r1bp1k/1p1R1n2/4N1Qp/1PP1p3/6P1/PB3P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 if Bxd7 or Rxd7 Rxf6 mates or if Qxd7 Rxd7 Bxd7 Bxf6 ]

e)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Rafael Vaganian, Minsk, 1979
7r/p4pk1/1p1r4/2pBbPpR/P1P1P3/6P1/4R1K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ f6+ if Bxf6 Rxh8 Kxh8 e5 ]

2b)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Viktor Gavrikov

Yuri Razuvaev Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Zvonimir Mestrovic, Keszthely, 1981
R1R2rk1/6p1/5r1p/4p1N1/8/3n3P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh7 ]

b)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Lev Polugaevsky, Moscow, 1985
2rr2k1/p1R2ppp/N7/n3pb2/8/B1b3P1/P3PPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8+ ]

c)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Alexander Beliavsky, Sochi, 1986
5rk1/3q1r1p/2p2PpQ/1p5R/3PpN1P/1b2P3/8/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ Kh8 Rhg5 if Ra8 Rg7 ]

d)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Tihomir Toshkov, Yurmala, 1987
5r1k/p2r3p/1p1Npb2/1P2P2q/2Q5/4B1RP/P6K/8 w - - 0 1
[ exf6 if Rxd6 Qc7 ]

e)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Vladislav Fedorov, Belgrade 1988
3rnk2/p5p1/1p1r2Pp/2pR4/4RN2/4P3/PP3P2/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ if Rxe6 Rf4+ ]

3c)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Alexander Beliavsky

Yuri Razuvaev Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Zilberman, Pula, 1988
r4r2/2R2N1p/1p3bk1/4pp2/8/1Q4P1/P3qPK1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh6+ Kg7 Qe6 if Rxf7 Qxf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Enis Arikok, Geneva, 1990
4k3/2q1P2p/b3PppP/p7/2pQ4/2N5/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qe5 Nxf6+ or if Qc6 Qxf6 ]

c)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Carsten Pieper-Emden, Germany, 1990
8/1p3k1p/2p1bpp1/1nb5/5QP1/q2P1BNP/4PBK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Be7 Ng5+ or if Bxf2 Qxf6+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Matthias Wahls, Germany, 1990
5k2/7R/4B1pp/6N1/1pn1KP2/8/2r3PP/2n5 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ Kg8 Rd7+ Kf8 Nh7+ ]

e)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Valentin Lukov, Geneva, 1993
4r1k1/4qp2/2p3p1/3nb2p/4p3/rB2P2P/P3QPP1/1R1RB1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 if cxd5 Bb4 ]

4d)
mate in 5
Yuri Razuvaev vs Matthias Wahls

Yuri Razuvaev Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Robert Mandl, Dortmund, 1993
4r1k1/1p1R2p1/r5p1/q4p2/p1P1p2Q/1n4PP/1P2PPB1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rd7+ ]

b)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Dmitry Gurevich, Geneva, 1996
rnbkr3/pp3pp1/2p2q1p/3P4/4Q3/4pN2/PP3PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ dxc6+ if Nd7 c7+ ]

c)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Paolo Vezzosi, Montecatini Terme, 1999
r3k2r/pp2bp1p/2ppnnb1/5Np1/1qP5/2N3PP/PB1QPPB1/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nxe7 Kxe7 Ne4 if Qxd2 Bxf6+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Zoltan Medvegy, Hungary, 2000
rnq4r/p2p1Qpk/1p1P4/2p3P1/8/6P1/P3P1bP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6 ]

e)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Nenad Aleksic, Lido, 2000
rn4k1/p2p1pp1/b2b3p/1qpPr1NQ/4B3/6P1/P4P1P/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ Kh8 Qg6 ]

f)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Tom Middelburg, Porto San Giorgio, 2000
r5k1/pp3Rp1/1b4p1/2p5/P1B5/8/1Pr2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf4+ ]

g)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Riccardo Del-Dotto, Porto San Giorgio, 2001
2n5/1pk5/p1p1B3/P3p3/1P2P2r/4KP2/3R4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ Kb8 Rd8 ]

5c)
Yuri Razuvaev vs Paolo Vezzosi


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