'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kamran Shirazi.
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)
Kamran Shirazi vs Bechir Kchouk, Skopje 1972
5k2/2p3qQ/1p1pP1p1/1p6/4P3/5p2/rPK5/7R w - - 1 0
[ e7+ Qxe7 Qh8+ Kf7 Rh7+ Ke6 Qg8+ ]
b)
Kamran Shirazi vs Ev Behroozi, Iran, 1974
r2qkb1r/pp1bpppp/6n1/3n2B1/3QN3/8/PPP2PPP/R3K1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nd6+ ]
c)
Kamran Shirazi vs Serban-Constantin Neamtu, Biel, 1987
r1b2rk1/2qnbpp1/p3p3/1pP3N1/7P/4B3/PPP1QPP1/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Bxd7 or Qxd7 Qh5 mates ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Kamran Shirazi vs David Parsons, Pittsburgh, 1988
r6r/1p5p/p3Nnpk/3pR3/3Q2P1/5q2/1PP2P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ g5+ ]
e)
Kamran Shirazi vs Thomas Berger, Saint John, 1988
r1bq1bnk/pp2p2r/2p5/4N1Qp/3P2pP/2P5/PP3PP1/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Kg7 Nxe7+ Kf7 Qxg8+ Kxe7 Bg5+ ]
Kamran Shirazi puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Kamran Shirazi vs Oscar Castro, Saint Martin, 1991
5r2/1rq2pk1/p1p3p1/n3p3/P3P3/2P2Q2/b4P2/R1B1K1R1 w Q - 1 0
[ Bh6+ if Kxh6 Qf6 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Kamran Shirazi vs Yuri Korsunsky, New York, 1993
4k1r1/pp3p1R/4pQ2/4n3/8/2P1q3/PP6/R2K1B2 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ ]
c)
Kamran Shirazi vs Christophe Bouton, Paris, 1994
3r2k1/pp1r1pp1/1qb4p/2Rp4/1P1Q3P/4P1P1/P2R1PB1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ b5 Bxb5 Rb2 a6 a4 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Kamran Shirazi vs Sebastien Midoux, Saint-Quentin, 1999
r1qb2k1/p4p1b/Pp6/2prBN2/3p2p1/3P2P1/4PP1P/1RQ3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if Bf6 Ne7+ ]
e)
Kamran Shirazi vs Hubert Hareux, Bethune, 2001
1qrr2k1/p2nbpp1/1p2p1p1/8/3P4/1QP3P1/P2B1PBP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Qxe6+ mates or if Bf6 Bf4 or if Bd6 Rxg6 ]
Kamran Shirazi puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kamran Shirazi vs Erich Maahs, Bad Zwesten, 2002
r7/2P1kppp/b4n2/pQ2p3/8/P2BqPP1/4N2P/4KR2 w - - 1 0
[ Qxa6 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Kamran Shirazi vs Tony Infantino, Metz, 2005
r1bq2nr/ppp2Qpp/1n1k4/4N1b1/2B1PB2/8/PPP2PPP/RN2K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nd7+ ]
c)
White mates in 6.
Kamran Shirazi vs Xavier Wunderman, Paris, 2012
2r1r3/2qb2kp/p2Q1p1p/1p6/2PN4/1P1B3P/PB4P1/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ Bxf5 Qxf6+ Kg8 Qh8+ ]
d)
Kamran Shirazi vs Guillaume Tupet, Fourmies, 2013
r1b2k1r/pp3Bpp/2n5/8/3P4/1QB5/PPKN1qPP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rf1 Nxd4+ Bxd4 Qxd4 Qa3+ ]
e)
Kamran Shirazi vs Bertrand Grollemund, Avoine, 2013
5nk1/3q2bp/8/2BPpQ2/p3Np2/5P2/P6P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]
f)
White mates in 3.
Kamran Shirazi vs Alien Bernard, Avoine, 2014
3R4/p7/p1p5/2k1B3/4K3/1P3PP1/P3b3/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Bd6+ w/Rb8+ ]
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