Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Wang Yue.
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 Chakkravarthy Deepan, Heraklio, 2002
r7/3r2k1/1n1p3p/pPp1ppq1/P1P5/1N3Q2/5PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc5 ]
b)
Wang vs Rodriguez Lopez, Sevilla, 2003
3q1rk1/1br1bppp/p4n2/np1p2B1/5Q2/2N2N2/PPB2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 Qxe7 Bxf6 if gxf6 Qg4+ Kh8 Qf5 ]
c)
Wang vs Tomas Likavsky, Turin, 2006
4k3/pp1R1ppp/q7/2p2B2/2N2n2/PP6/1B3P1P/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ if Kf8 Rxf7+ mates ]
d)
Black to move and win. Sergio Barrientos vs Wang, Heraklio, 2002
1r1q3k/5pp1/p4b1p/2Q4P/3B2P1/2Pr1P2/P7/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Jure Borisek vs Wang, Calvia, 2004
8/5kpp/3pR3/3Pb3/7P/6P1/6Q1/3q1rBK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg1+ ]
f)
Black to move and win. Li Shilong vs Wang, Wuxi, 2006
2r3k1/1n3p1p/2B3p1/p3p3/1p2P3/4P3/PPR2KPP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...b3 if axb3 Nd8 ]
g)
Black to move and win. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Wang, Lausanne, 2006
6k1/6pp/R3p3/1p6/1R4PK/1P3r1P/1P6/5r2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1 if Rxe6 or Rxb5 R/1xh3+ mates ]
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