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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Areshchenko.
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)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Andrei Volokitin, Rimavska Sobota, 1996
3qr1k1/p1r2p1p/2n3p1/2pBb3/8/3R3P/P3QPP1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 if Qxd3 Qxd3 Rxc6 f4 ]

b)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Gyozo Pataki, Balatonlelle, 2000
1r6/p5pk/4p1r1/2N1p2p/1P1bP2q/8/P1R1Q1PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 w/Nf8+ ]

c)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Igor Nester, Kharkov, 2000
6k1/5p2/q5pb/3R3p/8/rQ5P/4NPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ if Bf8 Qb4 or if Kg7 Qb2+ Qf6 Rg8+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Areshchenko vs Dmitry Chuprov, St. Petersburg, 2002
2b4k/2rn2p1/2p3Pp/p3p1N1/1pB1P3/P4R2/1PP5/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ Kg8 Nxe5+ Kh8 Nxd7 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Areshchenko vs Georgios Souleidis, Rethymnon, 2003
5rk1/1p1r2p1/p2BN2p/P2P1p2/1PP1p2q/6R1/5PP1/Q5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Rf7+ ]

1d)
mate in 4
Alexander Areshchenko vs Dmitry Chuprov

Areshchenko Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Wang Rui, Moscow, 2004
5b2/5k2/p4np1/5r2/2pq1N2/7P/P2N4/4QR1K w - - 0 1
[ Qe6+ Kg7 Qxf5 gxf5 Ne6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Areshchenko vs Humpy Koneru, Lausanne, 2006
4q3/pb5p/1p2p2k/4N3/PP1QP3/2P2PP1/6K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng4+ Kh5 Qe5+ Kg6 Qf6+ ]

c)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Joseph Bradford, Port Erin, 2007
rn5r/p1q1nkpp/bp2p3/3pPp2/3P1N2/P1P3Q1/5PPP/R1B1KB1R w KQ - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nxe6+ ]

d)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Dmitry Kononenko, Evpatoria, 2007
4n1k1/q3pp1p/1r1p1b1B/4nQ2/1pBp4/2P4P/1P4P1/1N2R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if dxe5 Bd3 or if e6 Rxe6 ]

e)
Sergei Rublevsky vs Alexander Areshchenko, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
8/8/5pnk/1P1B2p1/2P5/7K/1q5Q/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ Kg3+ Nh5+ Kh3 g4+ ]

2a)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Wang Rui

Areshchenko Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Michael Adams vs Alexander Areshchenko, Germany, 2010
k7/1p5p/p1q3pb/P4p2/2P1r2P/1PBQ2P1/3p1P2/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Rxe1 Qh1+ Ke2 Qxe1+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Areshchenko vs Andreas Schenk, Germany, 2015
7k/4r2B/1pb5/2P5/4p2Q/2q5/2P2R2/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Kg7 Rg8+ Kf7 Qh5+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Areshchenko vs Batuhan Dastan, Warsaw, 2016
1r3n1k/4R2p/3N2p1/3B4/1q3Q1P/2b3P1/5P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7 ]

d)
Alexander Areshchenko vs Alexander Graf, Bad Wiessee, 2016
3r3r/2k1q1b1/Q1n1p3/p2pP1pN/1p4P1/5N2/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Nd4 if Nxd4 Qa7+ ]

3a)
mate in 5
Michael Adams vs Alexander Areshchenko


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