Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Andrei Volokitin.
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)
Black Mates in 3. E Kirnos vs Volokitin, Alushta, 2000
[ ...Qxg2+ ]
b)
Volokitin vs Zdenko Kozul, Portoroz, 2001
[ Bxe5 if dxe5 g6 or if Qc8 gxf6 ]
c)
Black to Move and Win. Alexander Areshchenko vs Volokitin, Kharkov, 2001
[ ...Qd3 if Qxf7 Qxf1+ ]
d)
Black to Move and Win. Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Volokitin, Germany, 2003
[ ...Qxh1+ w/...g3+ & Bd4 ]
e)
Volokitin vs Vadim Malkhatko, Kharkiv UKR-CH, 2004
[ Qxe5 w/Bf3 ]
Volokitin Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 11. Vadim Malkhatko vs Volokitin, Kharkiv UKR-CH, 2004
[ ...Rh1+ w/...Qxf1+ ...Rh8+ ...Qe1+ & Rg8+ ]
b)
Volokitin vs Vlastimil Babula, Calvia (ol), 2004
[ Nf5 w/Rd8+ & Re1 ]
c)
Black to move & win. B Macieja vs And Volokitin, Bermuda, 2005
[ ...Nxc5 w/...Be6 ]
d)
Volokitin vs Valeriy Aveskulov, Rimavska Sobota, 1996
4r1k1/3b1q1p/pp1p2p1/3P4/2P2p1Q/1P1B1P2/P6R/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 ]
e)
Volokitin vs Michal Meszaros, Rimavska Sobota, 1996
b1r2rk1/3n2p1/p3qpPp/1p2p2P/3n2Q1/1N1B1P2/PPP5/1KBR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qxe6 Qxe6 Bf5 ]
Volokitin Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Volokitin vs V Chukhil, Alushta, 1998
r7/2p2pk1/p4qp1/1p2pb2/7r/2N1Q3/PPP1B3/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qd6 Rxf5 ]
b)
Volokitin vs Ivan Cheparinov, Marina d'Or, 1998
5r1k/ppr1p1bp/q2pB1p1/2PPn3/1P3p2/P7/1BR2PPP/Q4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ exd6 Qxd6 (if Rxc2 Bxe5) Rxc7 Qxc7 Re1 ]
c)
Volokitin vs Zuzana Hagarova, Pardubice, 1998
2r1rk2/p2bb1p1/1q2pn1p/1pnpN3/5B1P/P1N3PB/1PP1QP2/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Nb7 Nxd5 exd5 Bxd7 ]
d)
Volokitin vs Frederic Flament, Oropesa, 1999
r1bqkb1r/ppnp1ppp/4p3/1Np1P3/2P1N3/3P4/PP3PPP/R1BQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Be7 Nbd6+ Kf8 Qh5 g6 Bxe7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Volokitin vs Stanislav Savchenko, Bad Wiessee, 2000
3r1k2/2q2p1p/p4Q2/5p2/8/7K/1PP4P/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 Kg8 Qg5+ Kh8 Rg1 ]
Volokitin Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Volokitin vs Denis Shilin, Alushta, 2001
r3n1k1/pb5p/4N1p1/2pr4/q7/3B3P/1P1Q1PP1/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 ]
b)
Volokitin vs Nikolai Kovalenko, Kharkov, 2001
1rr3k1/p3p1bp/4bnp1/1pq1B1Q1/6P1/P1N2P2/1PP5/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if Bxf6 Rd8+ ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Volokitin vs Stanislav Savchenko, Germany, 2004
r4r1k/1bnqb2p/p4p2/1p1ppPp1/4P1Q1/1BN4R/PPP2BPP/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Qg6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Volokitin vs Sergei Rublevsky, Budva, 2004
5rk1/1bq2nb1/pp3RQ1/2np4/P2N4/8/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Ne6 Rxe6 Nd6 Nh6+ ]
e)
Volokitin vs Laurent Fressinet, Calvia, 2004
6k1/5p1p/3pP1p1/3P4/8/8/q3rPP1/4QRK1 w - - 0 1
[ e7 ]
f)
White Mates in 6. Volokitin vs Robert Ruck, Celje, 2004
rn1k3r/5ppp/3Pp3/1B2Pb2/1q6/8/P4PPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ Kxc8 Qc1+ ]
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