Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Wang Hao.
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)
Wang vs Urfan Sevdimaliev, Nakhichevan, 2003
4r1k1/2q3p1/p1P2p1p/8/8/1R3Q1P/r5P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rb7 if Qc8 Qb3+ Qe6 Re1 ]
b)
Wang vs Polina Malysheva, Moscow, 2004
r4rk1/4qppp/p2bp3/2n5/Pp2Q3/1P2PN2/1B3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4 ]
c)
Wang vs Bandyopadhyay Roktim, Hyderabad, 2005
3r2rk/2Rn2pp/5p2/2p1pP1N/p5RQ/3qP2P/6PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 if exf5 Qxh7+ or if Qxf5 Ng6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Wang vs Vyacheslav Ikonnikov, Moscow, 2005
1q1r3k/6p1/3pB3/p1r3p1/p2pP1P1/3P3P/1PP2Q2/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7 ]
e)
Wang vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Amsterdam, 2006
3r4/1q3pkp/6p1/p2Np1b1/1pRnP1P1/1P3Q2/P7/3RK3 w - - 0 1
[ Rdxd4 if exd4 Rc7 ]
Wang Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Wang vs Kim Le Kieu Thien, Singapore, 2006
r2r1nk1/p1q2ppp/2pp4/1p3QP1/3B4/2P5/PPP2PP1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 Nxh7 Rh1 if Nf8 Qh3 f6 gxf6 or if Nxg5 Bxg7 ]
b)
Wang vs Csaba Balogh, Taiyuan, 2007
1r2r2k/6p1/3p3p/8/4q1P1/PB1Q3P/KPP5/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ ]
c)
Wang vs Chakkravarthy Deepan, Yerevan, 2007
r7/1k1r4/2pRpq1p/1pQ1n3/1P6/6P1/4BP1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f4 ]
d)
Wang vs M K A Russell, Visakhapatnam, 2008
6k1/rp2q1p1/p1p5/2Pp3n/3Pp2P/1QN1P3/PP6/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 if cxd5 Qxd5+ Kh7 Qxa5+ ]
e)
Wang vs Weiming Goh, Beijing, 2008
1kb4r/p1r3pp/1pBqp3/3p2nP/R2N4/2Q2P2/1KP3P1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa7 Rxa7 Rxa7 Kxa7 Nb5+ ]
Wang Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Wang vs R R Laxman, Al Ain, 2008
6q1/2r2p1k/3RpQ1p/1p1pP3/nPbB4/6PB/4PK1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5+ if Qg6 Rxe6 Bd3 Bxd6+ ]
b)
Wang vs Zhou Jianchao, JinZhou, 2009
5r1k/p6p/1p4p1/3Pp1Q1/1qn1P3/6NP/P1R3PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ d6 if Nxd6 Qe7 Re8 Qf6+ mates ]
c)
White Mates in 7.
Wang Hao vs Hilario Fier Alexander, Khanty Mansyisk, 2010
3r2k1/p2P1q2/1p1R2pp/3Q4/4P1P1/5PKP/1Pr5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ Kf8 Qd6+ Qe7 Rf6+ ]
d)
Wang vs Lazaro Bruzon, Khanty Mansyisk, 2010
3rrnk1/1p3pp1/b1p2n2/p4NB1/Pq1NPP2/1Pb4P/5QB1/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if gxf6 Qg3+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Gao Rui vs Wang, Xiapu, 2005
6k1/p4rpp/1p2p3/3pP2b/P2P1P2/2P1QPq1/4K3/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg2+ Qf2 Bxf3+ Ke3 Qxf2+ Kxf2 Bxh1 ]
f)
Black to move and win. Li Shilong vs Wang Hao, Suzhou, 2006
8/1B1kbpp1/4p3/P2pPn2/3P3r/2Q1BK2/5P1P/r7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4+ if Bxd4 Rh3+ or if Kg2 Rg1+ ]
g)
Black to move and win. Henrik Danielsen vs Wang, Beijing, 2008
r3k2r/1bp2pb1/pp2p3/2q5/6Q1/2PB2P1/PP1N1R1P/4R1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2 ]
Chinese GMs
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