Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maxim Sorokin.
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)
Sorokin vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Borzhomi, 1988
r1b3k1/1p4pp/p4n1q/8/1P1Pp2r/1N2N3/P4QPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8+ Rxc8 Nf5 ]
b)
Sorokin vs Alexander Baburin, Voronezh, 1988
r2q3k/pp3r1p/3ppp1B/2bNnR1Q/2p1P3/2P4R/PP4PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if exf5 Bxf6+ ]
c)
Sorokin vs Ferenc Peredy, Budapest, 1990
q3r1k1/5Rpp/p3r3/1p2NQ2/1PpP4/2P1n1P1/7P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 Qxe6+ Kh8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nf7+ w/Ng5 ]
d)
Sorokin vs Alexander Semeniuk, Kuibyshev, 1990
4rbk1/2n2n1p/1N4p1/pp1B1q2/1P3p2/P1B3P1/Q4P1P/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qxg4 Bxf7# ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Sorokin vs Ara Minasian, Minsk, 1990
7r/pp1q2bQ/n2N3R/2pPkrp1/P7/6P1/1PPN2P1/R3K3 w - - 0 1
[ O-O-O Kxd5 (if Rxh7 N2c4#) Nf3+ Kc6 Ne8+ ]
Sorokin Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Sorokin vs Alexander Chuiko, Simferopol, 1989
1R3b2/pp2r1kp/2pN1pp1/2P1p3/PPQn4/5PPq/4P2P/2B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8+ if Kh8 Nxf6 Kg7 Qg8+ mates ]
b)
Sorokin vs Eduardo Arruda, Rio de Janeiro, 1991
1r2k2r/pbpqbppp/8/1p1PP3/1P4n1/PN1p1QP1/5PBP/1RB2RK1 w k - 0 1
[ e6 ]
c)
Sorokin vs Alberto Mascarenhas, Rio de Janeiro, 1991
r2q1rk1/3p2pp/nppP4/p3Np2/5Q2/6P1/PP2PPKP/3R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qc4+ if Kh8 Nf7+ ]
d)
Sorokin vs Silvio Pereira, Sao Paulo, 1991
r1b2rk1/pp6/5qp1/4p1Q1/6P1/8/PP3PB1/2RR3K w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6 Rxf6 Rd8+ ]
e)
Sorokin vs Vlastimil Babula, Pardubice, 1992
6k1/pp6/3p2p1/2p2rNn/2Pn3P/q1NQ2P1/P3rP2/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 ]
Sorokin Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Sorokin vs Roman Dabek, Wisla, 1992
2rq2k1/p2r2p1/1p2bp2/2p4p/P1P1B3/1n1R2PP/1B3P2/3RQ1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb7 ]
b)
Sorokin vs Hameed Kadhi, Bratislava, 1993
r4r1k/p2p3p/nq1p1Ppb/2pQ4/8/2B2P2/PP2N1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 ]
c)
Sorokin vs Adrian Rios Cabello, San Fernando, 1993
1r2rnk1/1pqbppbn/p2p2pp/P1pPP3/4NPPB/5N1P/BPPQ4/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 if dxe5 Bd6 or if Rxe7 exd5 ]
d)
Sorokin vs Carlos Ferraro, Buenos Aires, 1996
r1br2k1/4ppbp/1p4p1/N2P4/4P3/8/n1RB1PPP/4KB1R w K - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Re8 Bc4 ]
e)
Sorokin vs Marcos Martinez, Buenos Aires, 1996
1r1qr1k1/1bp1nppp/1p6/p2Pp3/2Q5/B3P1PB/PP3P1P/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 if Nc6 dxc7 Qxc7 Rd7 ]
Sorokin Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Sorokin vs Vasily Yemelin, Elista, 1996
4r1k1/pp1n2p1/3N3p/3r4/2p2P2/4q2P/PP1QP3/2KR2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Kxg7 Nxe8+ ]
b)
Sorokin vs Mariano Grynszpan, Buenos Aires, 1997
1k2q3/1bpp2rr/1pn1pb2/1N3p2/QPNP1Ppp/P2BP3/2R3PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb6 cxb6 Rxc6 dxc6 Qa7+ Kc8 Nd6+ ]
c)
Sorokin vs Nickolai Peregudov, Perm, 1997
r5rk/1pq1b2p/nnpR2p1/4p3/1PP1P1P1/2N5/1Q2BB1P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bxb6 if Qxb6 Nd5 ]
d)
Sorokin vs Rafael Torres Samper, Buenos Aires, 1997
r4rk1/pp1bb1pp/2p1p3/1q1n1p2/3P4/2P1PNP1/P2B1PBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ c4 if Qxc4 Ne5 ]
e)
Sorokin vs Ramaswamy Aarthie, Hyderabad, 2000
2rr4/1bq1kppp/p2p4/3Pp3/NQp1P3/8/PP3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 if Rb8 Rxc4 ]
Sorokin Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sorokin vs Lahiri Atanu, Sangli, 2000
r2r4/p3kppp/2p1pn2/3n4/1bN5/6P1/PBN1PP1P/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb4 if Nxb4 Rxd8 w/Bxf6+ ]
b)
Sorokin vs Abdo Somev, Dubai, 2002
r1b2r2/2q1N1kp/5np1/1pPp2B1/1pn5/PQ4P1/5PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6+ if Rxf6 Nxd5 Qxc5 Nxf6 ]
c)
Sorokin vs Alexey Maly, St. Petersburg, 2003
1r3rk1/p1q1ppb1/1p2n1p1/8/2b1N2R/PQ2P1P1/1P1B1PB1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bc3 if Bxb3 Rh8+ mates ]
d)
Sorokin vs V Saravanan, Mumbai, 2003
1r1r3k/q4p1p/pp1n1p2/n1P1NP2/P1P5/4P3/1B2Q1bP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Bxc6 Bxf6+ mates ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Sorokin vs Marina Guseva, Moscow, 2007
r1b2r2/4nn1k/1q2PQ1p/5p2/pp5R/5N2/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ ]
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