Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Zatonskih.
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)
Zatonskih vs Peter Klein, Hilohovec, 1995
1r3r1k/pNp3pp/4R2n/7Q/2P1Bp2/1P5P/5PPK/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 if gxh6 Qe5+ Kg8 Bd5+ Rf7 Qf6 Rf8 Nd8 mates ]
b)
Black to move and win. Karolina Smokina vs Zatonskih, Bucharest, 1998
5rk1/2pq2bp/1p1p2p1/1N1b1p2/QN2p3/P2nP1P1/5PBP/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra8 if Qd1 Nxb4 or if Na6 c6 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Natalia Zdebskaja vs Zatonskih, Kramatorsk, 2001
3rr1k1/5pp1/1qp4p/1bNn1B2/8/PP1p1PP1/7P/2QRR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ Rxe1 d2 ]
d)
Zatonskih vs Timofey Iljin, Kharkov, 2002
1nkrr3/pp3pp1/1q2p2p/3p4/3P1B2/P2R1NPb/1PP1QP2/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 if Qa5 Rb5 Qa6 Qe5 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Renard Anderson vs Zatonskih, Oklahoma City, 2003
3r1rk1/p1q2ppp/3bp3/2p1Nn2/2P3Q1/2BR4/PP3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f6 if Nf3 Bxh2+ w/...Rxd3 ]
f)
Zatonskih vs Walter S Browne, San Diego, 2004
r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/4p3/4b2N/4N3/P2qPQP1/1P5P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rcd1 if Qb5 Qxf7+ mates ]
g)
Zatonskih vs Svetlana Agrest, Calvia, 2004
r3kb1r/pp1n1ppp/2p1nq2/3p3b/1P1N4/2P2N1P/P4PP1/RBBQR1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ g4 if Bg6 Bg5 ]
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