Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Zhao Xue.
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)
Zhao vs Irina Petrovich, Cala Galdana, 1996
r1bq1rk1/pppp2pp/2n2n2/1Bb1p1B1/4P3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 w/Qd5+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Zhao vs Andrei Volokitin, Groningen, 1999
2R2rk1/5Nbp/4Qn2/p7/P3P3/q6P/3p2K1/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ Kh8 Rxf8+ Bxf8 Qxf6+ ]
c)
Zhao vs Tamara Chistiakova, Oropesa, 1999
5r1k/rN4bp/pq1P1p2/1p1Q4/1Pp2p1P/8/P4PKP/3R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ d7 Rxb7 d8/Q Qxd8 Qxd8 Rxd8 Rxd8+ w/Rxf8+ ]
d)
Zhao vs Sebastien Peter, Budapest, 2000
q1rrn1k1/p4ppp/1pbpp3/8/2P1PPP1/bP1QB3/P3N1BP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ b4 ]
e)
Zhao vs Zhou Guijue, HeiBei, 2001
2r2rk1/pp5p/6nq/2p5/2PbN3/3P4/PP4QB/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 w/Qd5+ & Nf7+ or Nf5+ ]
Zhao Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Zhao vs Ioulia Makka, Goa, 2002
rnn3k1/pr2q1b1/2p1P1Q1/R5Np/1p1P3P/1P2B3/1P3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf5 Qxg5 Qe8+ Kh7 Rxg5 ]
b)
Zhao vs Evgenia Meshcheriakova, Heraklio, 2002
2rq1rk1/p3bppp/bp3n2/3N1Q2/2p5/1P1n1NP1/PB3PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if g6 Bxf6 w/Nxe7+ or if Re8 Bxf6 w/Qxh7+ ]
c)
Zhao vs Yuan Jun, Wuxi, 2005
br1r2k1/5p2/pp1ppq1p/6p1/1PPPn3/P5P1/1Q2BPP1/1R1R1NK1 w - - 0 1
[ f3 ]
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