Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Nikita Vitiugov.
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)
Vitiugov vs Arkady Razumovsky, Smolensk, 1997
2k2b1r/2p5/3pb3/pNpq3p/P1N2Q2/1P3R1P/2P3P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qf6 Rg8 Nc3 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Ruslan Dyusenov vs Vitiugov, Kazan, 2003
6k1/5pp1/2n5/2P3q1/6Qn/3N1P2/P5BP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ if Nf2 Qe1+ Bf1 Ne5 ]
c)
Black to move and win. A Bragin vs Vitiugov, Vladimir, 2004
1rr3k1/5p1p/3p2p1/3Pp1q1/Q3B1n1/2P5/1P4PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 h3 Nf2+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Vitiugov vs Ivan Ryzhov, Rybinsk, 2004
7r/pp4Q1/1qp2p1r/5k2/2P4P/1PB5/P4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re5+ if fxe5 Qxe5+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Vitiugov vs Alexander Areshchenko, St Petersburg, 2004
r1bQ4/p5k1/1pR2n2/5qp1/1P3p2/P6P/4RPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ if Kg6 Qe8+ ]
f)
Black Mates in 6. Dmitry Melnikov vs Vitiugov, St Petersburg, 2005
8/bN2q1pk/p1Q4p/3P1p2/4rP2/1R3KP1/7P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4+ gxf4 Qe4+ Kg3 Qe1+ ]
Russian GMs
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