Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vladislav Tkachiev.
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)
Tkachiev vs Evgeni Ragozin, Biel, 1993
6nk/5pbp/6p1/n1r1p3/1r2P3/q4N1P/2B1NPP1/1R2RQK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 if Qb2 Reb1 ]
b)
Tkachiev vs Rajko Vujatovic, London, 1993
r4rk1/2n1b1pp/p4p2/q1p1P3/P2p1P2/3B4/P4BPP/2RQ1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qb3+ if c4 Rxc4 Kh8 Be1 ]
c)
Tkachiev vs Andrew Ledger, Isle of Man, 1996
2r4k/5Rnp/p6q/1p1BQ1p1/8/P5P1/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc7 if Re8 Qe7 Rg8 Rf8 or if Rg8 Qc5 Nf5 Qc3+ Ng7 Rf6 ]
d)
Tkachiev vs Edhi Handoko, Jakarta, 1996
3r2k1/1bq2rpp/p4n2/4b1n1/NppN3Q/4BP2/PPB3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Ne6 Bb6 ]
e)
Tkachiev vs Jan Pinski, Geneva, 1997
r2r2k1/1bq1bppp/p1n1p3/1p2n3/3pB2P/1N1P1N2/PP1BQPP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 Qxe5 Na5 if Qc7 Rac1 ]
Tkachiev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Tkachiev vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Porec, 1998
8/1q1rk1np/p1R1p1p1/P3PpN1/1p5P/1P4P1/5P1K/2Q5 w - - 0 1
[ Qc5+ Ke8 Rc8+ Rd8 Rc7 ]
b)
Tkachiev vs John Van Der Wiel, Cannes, 1999
r4rk1/pp1bb2p/1np1pp2/2N2qp1/3P1P2/4PN2/PP3PBP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nh4 if gxh4 Be4 ]
c)
Tkachiev vs Halid Bajramovic, Neum, 2000
r5r1/4kpQp/1qb1p3/pp1pRp2/3P4/P1PB4/1P4PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ if Kxe6 Qe5+ Kd7 Bxf5+ mates ]
d)
Tkachiev vs Rafael Vaganian, Neum, 2000
2r3k1/p4pqp/bn2p3/1p2P1p1/3RNP2/P5P1/1PQ4P/2B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Kh8 or Kf8 Qxc8+ mates ]
e)
Tkachiev vs Hichem Hamdouchi, Cannes, 2001
r3qrk1/p1p4p/n5p1/1p1Nbp2/1P3N2/P2Q1PP1/4P1KP/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rc6 if Nb8 Re6 ]
Tkachiev Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Tkachiev vs Ivan Sokolov, Shanghai, 2001
8/1R4pk/pp2B2p/3pNP2/1P2n3/4P3/P4PKP/1br5 w - - 0 1
[ Bg8+ if Kxg8 Rb8+ or if Kh8 Ng6+ ]
b)
White to move and win. Tkachiev vs Victor Korchnoi, Biel, 2002
6k1/5rpp/bpRp3n/p4p2/3NpP2/2QqP1PP/1P3KB1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qc1 if Bb7 Bf1 ]
c)
Black Mates in 6. Anatoly Karpov vs Tkachiev, Alma-Ata, 1995
4R3/1qp2pkp/pp2nbp1/8/P1P3P1/1P3QKP/5P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ....Bh4+ Kg2 Nf4+ ]
d)
Igor Jelen vs Tkachiev, Cannes, 1996
r1b3k1/2p4r/1p1p2q1/1N1Pp1p1/pPP1PpP1/Pn1R4/4QPKN/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh6 if Rh1 Nc1 ]
e)
Evgeniy Solozhenkin vs Tkachiev, France, 1997
r4rk1/1bp2pp1/p2Pn2p/1p2Q3/5P2/2P3qP/PPB2RP1/RN4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng5 ]
Tkachiev Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win.
a)
Valery Salov vs Tkachiev, Groningen, 1997
5r2/1p3rkn/p2p1qp1/P2Pp3/4P2P/3R1BQb/1P1B4/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf3 Rxf3 Rxf3 if Qh2 Rf1+ mates ]
b)
Murtas Kazhgaleyev vs Tkachiev, Cannes, 1999
1r2r1k1/1p3p2/1Bp1q1pp/p3p2n/Pb2P3/1P1R1Q1P/1P2NPP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c5 if Bc7 Rbc8 Bd6 c4 ]
c)
Halid Bajramovic vs Tkachiev, Neum, 2000
6k1/4pp2/2b3p1/2Np3p/3Pn3/1P2Q1PP/5PK1/1q3B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc5 if dxc5 d4+ ]
d)
Alexey Dreev vs Tkachiev, Neum, 2000
3r4/pp2kp2/2p5/P3n1p1/1P2Pb1p/1K1B1P1P/2Pr1N2/5R1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg3 ]
e)
Jean-Paul Metral vs Tkachiev, Pontoise, 2003
1rb2rk1/p1q2pbp/3p1np1/2n1p3/1p2P3/3NBP2/PPPQB1PP/2RNK2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ncxe4 ]
f)
Miso Cebalo vs Tkachiev, Rabac, 2003
3q1rk1/1pp2pb1/3p2p1/1P1N3p/2Pn4/3P1BP1/r4P1P/1R1QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd2 ]
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