Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Tan Zhongyi.
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. Tan vs Krishna Ramya, Halkidiki, 2003
5n1k/4q3/3N1Rpp/p2QP3/1p1P1N2/P1p5/1n4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ if Qxf8 Nxg6+ ]
b)
Guo Yu vs Tan, Suzhou, 2006
4rbk1/1p3ppp/p4P2/8/PP1rq3/5R2/N1P3PP/3R1Q1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1 if Qxd1 Qxc2 ]
c)
Tan vs Shen Yang, JinZhou, 2009
2R5/5pk1/2pPn1pp/8/3p4/r2N2PP/6PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ d7 if Rxd3 Re8 ]
d)
Tan vs Anna Ushenina, Ningbo, 2009
3r2k1/ppr2ppp/2pNqnn1/b7/8/2N1P1BP/PPQ2PP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4 if Rxd1+ Nxd1 ]
e)
Tan vs Elina Danielian, Ningbo, 2009
r1bqr1k1/p2nbpp1/2p2n1p/1p1p4/3P1B2/2NBPN2/PPQ2PPP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxb5 ]
Chinese GMs
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