Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Tatiana Kosintseva.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 6. Kosintseva vs Svetlana Gorshenina, Kolontaevo, 1997
2r3r1/1b4k1/pn1p1pp1/1q1P4/1p1QPP2/1B4N1/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ gxf5 Rdg1+ Kf7 Rh7+ ]
b)
Kosintseva vs Ekaterina Adamova, Rybinsk, 1999
r1bq1rk1/pp1nppbp/3p2p1/3Pn3/2P5/1PN1B3/P3BPPP/2RQK1NR w - - 0 1
[ f4 if Bh6 Bd2 ]
c)
Kosintseva vs Elmira Mirzoeva, Ufa, 2000
2r3k1/1p1r1pp1/p2b1qp1/3p2N1/3N1PnP/2P1R1P1/PP2R1K1/1Q6 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Bf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 Nh7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Kosintseva vs M Velcheva, Warsaw, 2001
r6k/3R3p/5ppP/1Q2p3/2P1q3/8/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa6 ]
e)
Black to Move and Win. P Govciyan vs Kosintseva, Halkidiki, 2001
2k4r/1p3b2/2p2bp1/5p2/qP1P1P2/p1P5/P3BQ2/1KN3R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxa2+ ]
Kosintseva Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kosintseva vs Marat Sultangareev, Vladimir, 2002
3Q4/1b3ppk/p6p/4R3/2r5/P4P1P/1rq2BP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ R5e2 if Qb3 Rxb2 w/Qd3+ ]
b)
Kosintseva vs Alexander Utnasunov, Vladimir, 2002
5q2/p2kp2p/1p4pP/3p2N1/4N3/P1R5/1P6/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7+ ]
c)
Kosintseva vs A Galliamova, Istanbul, 2003
4rr1k/1p1q1p1p/p2p1bp1/P1pPpPBn/2N1P3/2P2Q2/1P3P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh5 if gxh5 Bxf6+ Mates in 8 ]
d)
Kosintseva vs J Dworakowska, Istanbul, 2003
r1b2rk1/1p2Rp1p/p2n2p1/3P2Bq/2R5/5P2/P2Q1P1P/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh4 w/Re3 & Be7 ]
e)
Black to Move and Win. Huang Qian vs Kosintseva, Elista FIDE WCC, 2004
1nrq1rk1/p4pp1/bp2pn1p/8/Q1BP3B/P7/1P2NPPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc4 w/...b5 ]
f)
Kosintseva vs E Repkova, Biel, 2004
5R2/1p1k2p1/4p3/P3P3/1BB1b3/3n4/1P4r1/3K4 w - - 0 1
[ Bb5+ ]
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