'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Mikhail Al Antipov.
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)
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Bence Korpa, Sibenik, 2007
4rr1k/ppp2ppn/1b1p3p/8/1q1PPP2/4B2P/PPQ1BP1K/R5R1 w - - 1 0
[ a3 if Qa5 b4 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Alexandra Shumilina, Moscow, 2008
r3b3/6kp/pbqppN2/1p6/4P3/1B3Q2/PPP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ng4 if Kg6 Qf6+ Kh5 Qh6+ or if h5 Qf8+ Kh7 Qh6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Marco Codenotti, Athens, 2012
rn3k1r/p5pp/1ppNPq2/5Q2/5B2/8/PPP3PP/2KR3n w - - 1 0
[ e7+ Kxe7 Re1+ if Kd8 Nb7# ]

d)
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Zoltan Varga, Budapest, 2012
3rkb1r/pp3ppp/qnp1pnb1/8/2NP2P1/1PN4P/P1P1QPB1/R1B2RK1 w k - 1 0
[ Bxc6+ if Ke7 Bb5 or if bxc6 Nd6+ Bxd6 Qxa6 ]

e)
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Arkadij Slonimskij, Jerusalem, 2015
2bqrbk1/r6p/p1n1P2B/1p1p2N1/2pP1Q2/2P4P/P4PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7 if Bxh6 Qxh6 Qc7 Qf6 ]

1a)
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Bence Korpa

Mikhail Al Antipov Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Jordan Van Foreest, Khanty Mansyisk, 2015
r1b3k1/1p4pp/p3r3/1p1q1PbQ/2n5/B7/P5PP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kf7 Rf8# ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Muamer Mrndzic, Sarajevo, 2015
r1b1rn1k/1p3Qp1/p1n1p3/3pPpN1/1q1p1P2/8/PPP1N1PP/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rd3 if Nh7 Rh3 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Tomas Krnan, Berlin, 2015
3rr2k/2p1np1q/p6B/1p2p1RQ/8/1BPP3P/P4bPK/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ Kg8 Bxf7# ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Silje Bjerke vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Marianske Lazne, 2008
3rr3/Qp3k2/2b1pp2/3n3p/P7/BP4P1/4KP1P/2R1R2q b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ gxf4 Qf3+ Kf1 Qh3+ Ke2 Qd3# ]

e)
Antonio Gual Pascual vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Linares, 2015
4r1k1/2p2p2/3b3p/2N2qp1/P2P4/5pP1/3QbP1P/R3R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg3 if fxg3 f2 mates ]

2a)
mate in 3
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Jordan Van Foreest

Mikhail Al Antipov Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Javier Moreno Ruiz vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Linares, 2015
3r1r1k/p1p3pp/6q1/2P5/1P1N1p1n/PQ1n1P2/1B1R2PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 if Bxd4 Nxf3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Nils Grandelius vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Stockholm, 2018
6k1/1p4p1/p1b1p1r1/4P2p/P6q/1P2p1P1/4QP1P/2B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxg3+ 2.fxg3 Qe4 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Tapani Sammalvuo, Stockholm, 2018
2R3Bk/6p1/1p5p/4pbPP/1P1b4/5pK1/5P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Be6+ Kh7 2.g6+ Bxg6 3.Bg8+ Kh8 4.Bf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Alexey Dreev, Moscow, 2018
3k4/ppr1bp1r/4p1p1/3pP2p/QP1q1N1P/P4RP1/6PK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6+ fxe6 Rf8+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Revanth Krishna, Biel, 2018
6qk/1p1Q3p/6pP/p3P3/3p4/8/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7 ]

3d)
mate in 4
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Alexey Dreev

Mikhail Al Antipov Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mikhail Al Antipov vs Vladislav Chizhikov, Sochi, 2018
r3k2r/ppqb1pp1/4p3/3pPn2/P1nP1Q1p/3B1N2/2P2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxf5 if exf5 e6 Qxf4 exd7+ ]

gbcolor=white>...Qd5+ Kg1 Ne2+ ]

c)
Mikhail Antipov vs Dmitry Svetushkin, Nethanya, 2019
5r1k/2q3pp/4p1r1/p1p1P3/PpR1Qb2/6N1/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qf3 if 1...Qxe5 2.Rxf4 ]

d)
Black mates in 6.
Dinara Saduakassova vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Selfoss, 2019
r4rk1/pp2p1b1/6p1/2p5/4P1q1/2P5/P2PBPn1/RQB2K1R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxf2+ 2.Kxf2 Rf8+ if 3.Kg1 Ne3+ ]

d)
mate in 6
Dinara Saduakassova vs Mikhail Al Antipov


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