Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Peter Svidler.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Svidler vs Demis Hassapis, Oakham, 1992
5rr1/p4b2/3k1qp1/1PppR3/6Q1/3B1PP1/P5K1/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qa4 ]
b)
Svidler vs Alexander Chekaev, USSR, 1991
2r1qkr1/p2R2pp/1pn1p3/2N1bp2/1PP5/P3Q3/1B3PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 Nxe5 Qxe5 if bxc5 Qd6+ mates ]
c)
Svidler vs Igor Dmitriev, Novgorod, 1995
2q2r1k/R6p/5pp1/2N1p3/2Q5/7P/1r3PPK/4B3 w - - 0 1
[ Qc1 ]
d)
Svidler vs Dragan Kostic, Oakham, 1990
1q1r2k1/1p1r3p/pPbp2p1/4pp2/1PP1P2P/2QR1PP1/6B1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ b5 axb5 cxb5 if Bxb5 Qb3+ ]
e)
Svidler vs E Ros, Oviedo, 1992
r3r1k1/pp2bppn/2pp1qn1/4pb2/3PP2P/2P2N1P/PPB2P1K/R1BQR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 ]
Svidler Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Svidler vs Sergey Labutin, Leningrad, 1990
5rk1/pp3p2/4r2p/3R1p2/8/2Q3P1/qP3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra5 ]
b)
Svidler vs Yuri Shulman, St Petersburg, 1994
4r2k/3q1npp/4N3/1p1pnP2/3Q4/2P4P/2P5/2B2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bf4 if Qd6 Re1 ]
c)
Svidler vs Angelis Del Rio, Szeged, 1994
6k1/1p4pp/2qrnp2/3p4/1Q1B4/4NN1P/P4PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Rd7 Ne7+ ]
d)
Svidler vs Alon Greenfeld, Tilburg, 1994
r7/p3q1k1/2p5/6pr/3pN3/3B2Q1/PP6/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 ]
e)
Svidler vs Alonso Zapata, New York, 1995
3bkn1r/1b6/p1q1pp2/1p5p/7P/2N1BN2/PPP2QP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8+ Kxd8 Nd4 if Qxg2 Qxf6+ ]
Svidler Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
P Svidler vs L Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
r3k2r/pp3p2/1q3pn1/2p1p2p/2P1P2P/2N3Q1/PPP3P1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
b)
Svidler vs Alexander Grischuk, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
8/kp3R2/6P1/p2P2K1/r4B2/8/1b6/8 w - - 0 1
[ d6 if Rd4 Be3 ]
c)
Svidler vs Alexey Korotylev, Moscow, 2004
2b1rqk1/2r1b1p1/p3p1Pp/1p6/4BPN1/P1P2Q2/1P1R4/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Nxh6 w/g7+ & Rg2 ]
d)
Svidler vs Vladimir Chuchelov, France, 2004
rq1r2k1/3p1p2/1Nn1pQpp/8/1P6/4B2P/5PP1/2Rb2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 if dxc6 Bxh6 if Ra1 Bd4 ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Svidler vs Konstantin Chernyshov, Voronezh, 2003
2r3kr/p2R2b1/6pp/1pB5/2q3p1/4Q3/PP3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe7 Bf8 Qf6 Rh7 Rxh7 Kxh7 Rd7+ ]
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