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)
Vitiugov vs Artjom Tomilin, St Petersburg, 1999
rnbr1k2/ppq2p1p/3Np3/2Pp1p2/8/2QB2P1/PP3P1P/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Ke7 Nxf5+ Kd7 Bb5+ if Nc6 Rxd5+ ]
c)
Vitiugov vs Lazar Beklarjan, Rybinsk, 2000
1r2r1k1/4ppb1/3p1np1/p2P2N1/2p1PR1Q/2B5/qP4PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if exf6 Qh7+ Kf8 Bxf6 ]
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+ ]
Vitiugov Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ruslan Dyusenov vs Vitiugov, Kazan, 2003
6k1/5pp1/2n5/2P3q1/6Qn/3N1P2/P5BP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ if Nf2 Qe1+ Bf1 Ne5 ]
b)
A Bragin vs Vitiugov, Vladimir, 2004
1rr3k1/5p1p/3p2p1/3Pp1q1/Q3B1n1/2P5/1P4PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 h3 Nf2+ ]
c)
Evgenij Agrest vs Vitiugov, Tallinn, 2006
r3k2r/1p3p2/n1p4p/q4bp1/2PPn3/p2N2B1/P1Q1PPPP/1KR2B1R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 if Nxb4 Nd2+ ]
d)
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+ ]
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