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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Meri Arabidze.
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 4.
Meri Arabidze vs Busra Arig, Kemer, 2007
2r1r1k1/1p1n1p1p/1q3Bp1/p2BPb1Q/5P2/P5RP/3R3K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Qxh7+ Ke6 Qxd7# ]
b)
Meri Arabidze vs Mariam Danelia, Rijeka, 2010
3Q4/p5bk/2qPb1pp/1p2Bp2/2N4P/6P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Qe7+ Bf7 d7 ]
c)
Meri Arabidze vs Ekaterini Pavlidou, Rijeka, 2010
4nrk1/N6p/br3bp1/2nPp3/2p2P2/2N5/1P4BP/R1B2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Be3 if Be7 Nc6 Bd6 fxe5 ]
d)
Meri Arabidze vs Katarzyna Adamowicz, Albena, 2011
rR2b1k1/2p3pp/3q1p2/2pPpPP1/2P4P/4Q3/4P1B1/rR4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8+ Rxe8 Rxa1 ]
e)
Meri Arabidze vs Irina Petrova, Caldas Novas, 2011
1r4k1/1q1npp1p/3p2p1/PrpP4/4P3/4RNPP/1bQ2P2/1RB3K1 w - - 1 0
[ a6 if Qxa6 Rxb2 ]
1c)
Meri Arabidze vs Ekaterini Pavlidou
Meri Arabidze Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Meri Arabidze vs Diana Baciu, Caldas Novas, 2011
1R2b3/2rk2p1/5pP1/2pBpP2/p1K1P3/P7/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Meri Arabidze vs Furtado Ivana Maria, Moscow, 2012
1r1r1k2/3P1ppp/1p6/6Nq/4QP2/5N2/5K1P/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7+ Kg8 Qe8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Meri Arabidze vs Marina Romanko-Guseva, Gaziantep, 2012
1Q6/5pk1/6p1/3p3p/2qP1P1B/2p1P3/3n2K1/3B4 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ ]
d)
Meri Arabidze vs Roman Oganisjn, Yerevan, 2014
1rqr2k1/p3b2p/1n2P1p1/3pQ3/2P5/6P1/P4P1P/1RB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 if Bf8 e7 Bxh6 exd8/Q+ Qxd8 c5 ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Bayarmaa Bayarjargal vs Meri Arabidze, Vung Tau, 2008
4r1k1/2p3pp/1p6/1PPp4/Q2Pb1nq/P3P2N/6P1/B4BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3 ]
2d)
Meri Arabidze vs Roman Oganisjn
Meri Arabidze Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Marsel Efroimski vs Meri Arabidze, Vung Tau, 2008
6k1/4Bpp1/p1b1p3/P3P3/4q3/6pP/3Q2P1/1r3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ Kxf1 Bb5+ Kg1 Qb1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Priya Mohana vs Meri Arabidze, Vung Tau, 2008
8/4bkp1/p3p3/P2p1p1P/3P1Q2/1p1KN3/1Pr2P2/R6q b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ ]
c)
Alena Suslova vs Meri Arabidze, Kemer, 2009
8/kp6/p7/4N3/1PPr3p/P3R1b1/6P1/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Ke2 Re1+ Kf3 Rxe3+ Kxe3 Bxe5 ]
d)
Black mates in 5.
Sopio Gvetadze vs Meri Arabidze, Tbilisi, 2014
3Q4/2p2p2/1p4k1/p5n1/P7/4qpK1/2PR4/4rB2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4+ Kg4 f5+ Kh3 f2+ ]
e)
Andrey Zontakh vs Meri Arabidze, Poti, 2017
4rr1k/1p4pp/p3p3/2Pp3b/3q3P/3B1PK1/PP4P1/2QRR3 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bxf3 2.gxf3 Rxf3+ if 4.Kxf3 Rf8+ mates ]
f)
Black mates in 3.
Nikita Matinian vs Meri Arabidze, Batumi, 2018
8/6pk/3N1b1p/1p1B1K1b/1p5P/1P4P1/3N1P2/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Re5+ 2.Kf4 g5+ ]
g)
Black mates in 5.
Maia Lomineishvili vs Meri Arabidze, Vani, 2019
1r4k1/2q2bpp/8/2b2p1P/1n6/pP1B1P2/P1P3P1/1KNR1Q1R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qe5 2.c3 Qxc3 3.Qe2 Bd4 ]
3c)
Alena Suslova vs Meri Arabidze
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