'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of the 2019 Asian Continental Tourny.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other
a) 
White mates in 3.
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Changren Dai, Xingtai, 2019
2rq3r/pp1n1Q2/3P2pk/4b1Np/3p1B1P/8/PP3PP1/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ g5 hxg5+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Shixu Wang vs Purushottam Chaulagain, Xingtai, 2019
rn5q/1p3Q2/p1pp2Pk/3P4/2Pb4/2NB1P2/PP5P/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ g7 ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Ri Feng Xia vs Janelle Mae Frayna, Xingtai, 2019
1rr5/q4k1p/p2PNNbP/4Q3/2p2p2/5P2/PP6/K5R1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ Kf8 Nd7+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
G Akash vs C R G Krishna, Xingtai, 2019
2b2rk1/pp4p1/2nqpP1p/3p2NQ/P1pP2PP/2P2p1K/2P2P2/R3R3 w - - 1 0
[ f7+ if Kh8 Qg6 or if Rxf7 Qxf7+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Adelard Bai vs Xueqiang Guang, Xingtai, 2019
6kr/1prP3p/pp4pb/4p3/5N1q/3B4/PPPQ2P1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4+ Kg7 Ne6+ Kg8 d8/Q+ ]
1c) 
mate in 3
Ri Feng Xia vs Janelle Mae Frayna
2019 Asian Continental Tourny puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 5.
S L Narayanan vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Xingtai, 2019
3q3k/1pr1R3/p2P1N1P/6p1/2p3p1/6P1/rP3P2/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ d7 if Qg8 d8/Q ]
b) 
Black mates in 5.
Suri Vaibhav vs Chen Zou, Xingtai, 2019
3r2k1/1p3pp1/p1pN3p/P1P1P3/1P3Qn1/3p1qP1/6RP/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ Kh1 Qd1+ ]
c) 
White mates in 6.
Chen Zou vs Deep Sengupta, Xingtai, 2019
2r4k/p5p1/1p1Q3p/4p3/3p4/PP1q4/3P2R1/K1B2r1R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ if gxh6 Qxe5+ mates or if Kg8 Qe6+ Rf7 Qxc8+ ]
d) 
Murali Karthikeyan vs Zhihang Xu, Xingtai, 2019
3q1r1k/4r1R1/3pbp1P/ppbpp2Q/4P3/2PP4/PP1B1P1P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6 Bg8 Rg1 Qe8 Rxg8+ Rxg8 Qxf6+ ]
e) 
Yi Xu vs Parham Maghsoodloo, Xingtai, 2019
3r2k1/p4p1p/1bB1p1p1/4P3/3q4/6P1/PR3P1P/2Q3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc8 if Rc2 Rxc6 ]
f) 
Di Li vs Chen Zou, Xingtai, 2019
5r1k/6bp/6p1/pQp5/2P2p2/1P3R1N/P3q1PP/4r1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4 ]
2c) 
mate in 5
Suri Vaibhav vs Chen Zou
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