Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Krishnan Sasikiran.
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 5. Sasikiran vs Abjijit Kunte, Calcutta, 1997
4r1k1/p1q3p1/1p1p2Q1/2pbrB1P/6P1/P3RP2/1P5K/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kf7 Bg6+ ]
b)
Sasikiran vs Dale Kirton, Winnipeg, 1997
2kr1br1/3q1ppp/pn1p4/1ppPpN2/4N1PP/4PQ2/PPP2P2/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nh6 if gxh6 Nf6 ]
c)
Sasikiran vs Arnaud Hauchard, Elista, 1998
2k2r2/2bn3R/r1p1pp2/p2nP3/PpNP3B/1N3K2/1PR2P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Kxd7 Nc5+ ]
d)
Sasikiran vs John Naylor, Scarborough, 1999
7k/1p4p1/n5qp/p2rp3/4N3/PP3QP1/6KP/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ Kh7 Nf6+ ]
e)
Sasikiran vs Jamshed Isaev, Shenyang, 1999
4q1k1/4pR2/pr2p1n1/1pp4R/3b3Q/2N5/PP3P2/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]
Sasikiran Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sasikiran vs Chandrashekhar Gokhale, Calcutta, 2000
r4r1k/ppb1q1p1/2n1pn1p/1N6/3p1P2/1Q4P1/PP1B2BP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 bxc6 Bb4 if Qd8 Nxc7 ]
b)
Sasikiran vs Ziaur Rahman, Guntur, 2000
5bk1/p7/1pn3pp/2pqNp2/5P2/PP4P1/1BQ2K1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if Qxc6 Qc4+ mates ]
c)
Sasikiran vs Bazar Hatanbaatar, Istanbul, 2000
r1k2q1r/pb3p2/2p1pP1p/6p1/Q1BP4/b5B1/Pp3PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba6 if Bxa6 Qxc6+ mates or if Bd6 Rxb2 ]
d)
Sasikiran vs Varugeese Koshy, Nagpur, 2002
3r4/3r2k1/5pp1/1R1n1P1p/1p2N2P/8/1P4P1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc5 ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Sasikiran vs Jha Sriram, Nagpur, 2002
6r1/p2r3k/1n2p1np/2q1B3/3RB2P/5Q2/P5P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7+ Rg7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Bxg6 ]
Sasikiran Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sasikiran vs Neeraj-Kumar Mishra, Raipur, 2002
rnbkr3/p2q1ppp/1p3n2/6B1/3pP3/5PQ1/P4NPP/2R1KB1R w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 ]
b)
Sasikiran vs Vladislav Tkachiev, Bastia, 2003
4r2k/3r2p1/p2PNnQp/q2b4/P6P/1p1B1PB1/1P4PK/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg7 if Rxe1 Qxf6 Rxg7 d7 ]
c)
Sasikiran vs Tatiana Grabuzova, Internet, 2004
r1br2k1/pp4bp/1q1n1pp1/4n3/2pNP2B/1PN4P/P1B2PP1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qa5 b4 Qa3 Nb5 or if Qc5 b4 ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Sasikiran vs Sebastien Kolb, Bastia, 2005
3r1k2/p3bPp1/1p5p/3B4/3NQ3/6P1/PP3PPK/3q4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ Kxf7 Ng5+ Ke8 Kf8 Nh7+ ]
e)
Sasikiran vs Persson Tiger Hillarp, Copenhagen, 2005
2Qq1k2/p4n2/1p3r2/2p4p/7P/1B2P1R1/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ ]
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