Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Marie Sebag.
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)
Sebag vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Marina d'Or, 1998
8/4rkpp/2b1pp2/1p6/pP1P1PPP/P7/B7/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if Bd7 fxe6 ]
b)
Sebag vs Nadezda Stojanovic, Marina d'Or, 1998
2rqnrk1/3bppbp/p5p1/np2P1B1/8/1BN2N1P/PP3PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Nc6 Rc1 h6 Nxe7+ ]
c)
Sebag vs Elmira Hasanova, Oropesa, 1999
2r3r1/1b6/pn1pkp2/4pNPp/1P2P2P/3P4/1B3R2/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 Kxd6 Rxf6+ ]
d)
Sebag vs Emmanuel Neiman, France, 2000
4r1k1/pp3p2/2p1qBp1/3p1n1p/1P3QP1/2PP4/P3rP1P/R5RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxf5 ]
e)
Sebag vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Oropesa, 2000
2rqr3/p2n2Q1/4kb1B/1p2p3/2ppP3/3P4/PPP2RB1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh3+ Kd6 Qxd7+ Qxd7 Rxf6+ Re6 Bxe6 Qe7 Raf1 ]
f)
White Mates in 6. Sebag vs Nathalie Franc, Marseilles, 2001
2rr1k2/6R1/b1B2Pp1/pP1p4/3Bn3/1p6/1K4PP/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 ]
g)
Sebag vs Antoaneta Stefanova, Rethymnon, 2003
r2r4/pp4k1/1n1p1pp1/3Nq1p1/3QP3/1P3P1P/1P4P1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 if Rac8 Qxe5 w/Ne6+ ]
French GMs
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