Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Tomashevsky.
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 2. Tomashevsky vs Artur Mustakaev, St Petersburg, 1999
2q2br1/1b4rk/p1p1p1pp/PpP1Np2/1P1P1PP1/1BKR3Q/7P/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ ]
b)
Black to move and win. Cory Evans vs Tomashevsky, Oropesa, 1999
r1q1r1k1/5p1p/pp4p1/3p1nbn/1PpPP3/P1P2PBP/5QK1/R3RNN1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nfxg3 Nxg3 Nf4+ w/Nd3 ]
c)
Black to move and win. A Kekov vs Tomashevsky, Saratov, 1999
3rr1k1/5pq1/p5np/1pPppRp1/3P2P1/1P1R3P/P1BQ1P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e4 Re3 Nh4 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Oleg Orlov vs Tomashevsky, St Petersburg, 1999
3k4/1p1b1pb1/3p3p/2pP4/r1B1RKP1/P1P4P/8/1N6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5+ if Ke3 or Kf3 f5 ]
e)
Black Mates in 5. Anthony Bellaiche vs Tomashevsky, Oropesa, 2001
6k1/pp5p/3pNpbq/PN1P4/1PP1p1n1/4r1P1/3Q3P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]
Tomashevsky Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Sylvia Greef vs Tomashevsky, Denizli, 2003
3r2k1/1p1nbppb/rpp1pn1p/3pN3/2P5/P1RPBNP1/1P2PPBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 Nxe5 d4 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Valerij Popov vs Tomashevsky, Sochi, 2004
1r6/r1k5/B2p2p1/KPnP1p2/2P1p1pP/R5P1/R4P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxa6 if bxa6 Rb6 mates ]
c)
Black to move and win. Pavel Smirnov vs Tomashevsky, Kazan, 2005
2q1rb1k/6p1/3p3p/4p3/1P1n2QP/2PP2PR/3B3N/r4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg4 Nxg4 Nf3+ ]
d)
Tomashevsky vs Ivan Popov, Nojabrsk, 2005
r5r1/2q1b2k/2p1b1p1/1pPpPp1p/pP1B1P2/P2BP2P/2Q3R1/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 if Qd7 Qd1 mates ]
e)
Tomashevsky vs Denis Khismatullin, Tomsk, 2006
Q1R3R1/p2rq1bp/1p2r2k/5p2/P1Np2p1/3P2P1/4PPKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rge8 ]
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