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 M Velcheva, Warsaw, 2001
[ Qa6 ]
b)
Kosintseva vs G Lomakina, Warsaw, 2001
[ Qb6 if Kf6 Bf5 or Rh4 ]
c)
Black to Move and Win. P Govciyan vs Kosintseva, Halkidiki, 2001
[ ...Bxa2+ ]
d)
Kosintseva vs A Galliamova, Istanbul, 2003
[ Qxh5 if gxh5 Bxf6+ Mates in 8 ]
e)
Kosintseva vs J Dworakowska, Istanbul, 2003
[ Rh4 w/Re3 & Be7 ]
Kosintseva Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to Move and Win. Huang Qian vs Kosintseva, Elista FIDE WCC, 2004
[ ...Rxc4 w/...b5 ]
b)
Kosintseva vs E Repkova, Biel, 2004
[ Bb5+ ]
c)
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+ ]
d)
Kosintseva vs Ekaterina Adamova, Rybinsk, 1999
r1bq1rk1/pp1nppbp/3p2p1/3Pn3/2P5/1PN1B3/P3BPPP/2RQK1NR w - - 0 1
[ f4 if Bh6 Bd2 ]
e)
Kosintseva vs Elmira Mirzoeva, Ufa, 2000
2r3k1/1p1r1pp1/p2b1qp1/3p2N1/3N1PnP/2P1R1P1/PP2R1K1/1Q6 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Bf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 Nh7+ ]
Kosintseva Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Kosintseva vs Ildar Khairullin, Kazan, 2001
3rn3/pp1bprkp/3q1pp1/2pP2P1/2P4Q/1P5P/PB2RPB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 Rxe7 gxf6+ Nxf6 Bxf6+ ]
b)
Kosintseva vs Olga Guseva, Samara, 2002
5r1k/p4pqp/1p5N/3pPPpQ/8/1P5P/2n3P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f6 Qg6 Qxg6 hxg6 w/Rc1 or Nxf7+ ]
c)
Kosintseva vs Marat Sultangareev, Vladimir, 2002
3Q4/1b3ppk/p6p/4R3/2r5/P4P1P/1rq2BP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ R5e2 if Qb3 Rxb2 w/Qd3+ ]
d)
Kosintseva vs Alexander Utnasunov, Vladimir, 2002
5q2/p2kp2p/1p4pP/3p2N1/4N3/P1R5/1P6/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7+ ]
e)
Kosintseva vs Tatiana Shumiakina, Kazan, 2004
r1r3k1/pp2pp1p/3p1b1B/3q1bNQ/3p4/1P1P1R2/PP4PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 if Qxf5 Qxf7+ Kh8 Bg7+ ]
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