Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
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)
Black to move and win. Nicolas Innocente vs Vachier-Lagrave, France, 1999
r1bq1rk1/pp1pnpbp/2n1p1p1/2p5/2B1PP2/2NPBN2/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d5 ]
b)
Vachier-Lagrave vs Samy Shoker, France, 2002
1rbr2k1/p3pp2/2Q2n1b/N1P1q1pp/1P2pN2/2P1P1PP/6BK/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4 if Qf5 Nxh5 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Jean Netzer vs Vachier-Lagrave, Hyeres, 2002
5r2/6k1/p2p4/6n1/P3p3/8/5P2/2q2QKR b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Vachier-Lagrave vs Attey Abdel, Auberville (Simul), 2003
1kbB4/p6R/1p1N4/n3P3/3P4/2K5/P1P2P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bc7+ ]
e)
Vachier-Lagrave vs Florent Diedler, France, 2003
2kr3r/1pp1npp1/p1p2q2/2B1b2p/4P3/3N1QP1/PPP2P1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6 if Bxf6 e5 Bg5 f4 ]
Vachier-Lagrave Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Vachier-Lagrave vs Alberto David, Paris, 2004
3r3k/1r1n3P/p1qpbb1P/4p3/N1p1Pp1p/2N2P2/PPP3Q1/2K3RR w - - 0 1
[ Qg7+ ]
b)
Zhao Xue vs Vachier-Lagrave, Shenzheng, 2005
2r1r3/pp3pk1/5p2/8/P2nB1b1/5N2/1P3PPP/4RK1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if Bxf3 Rxe1+ or if gxf3 f5 ]
c)
Vachier-Lagrave vs Alberto David, Paris, 2007
7k/2qr2p1/B3p2p/1Q6/8/3bB3/3b1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7 ]
d)
Black Mates in 7. Robert Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, Aix les Bains, 2007
7r/p1p2k2/2Q3p1/3P1b2/8/1P3B2/P3PpK1/6b1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ Kg3 f1/N+ Kf4 Rh4+ Kg5 Be3+ Kxh4 g5+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Eduardas Rozentalis vs Vachier-Lagrave, France, 2008
5r2/6k1/2pp1q2/p1p1b3/2P4p/P1P1Q1n1/1P3BP1/R4NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 if Qf3 Qg6 ]
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