"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anastasia Bodnaruk.
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)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Juliana Terao, Halkidiki, 2003
r3r1k1/ppp1qpp1/1b1p3p/1b2p3/4P3/2PP1N1P/PP3PP1/R2QRNK1 w - - 0 1
[ a4 if Ba6 a5 Bc5 b4 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Anastazia Karlovich, Kharkov, 2005
6k1/6p1/p5p1/3pB3/1p1b4/2r1q1PP/P4R1K/5Q2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ if Kh7 Rh8+ ]

c)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Vladimir Pogosian, St.Petersburg, 2005
r1b2rk1/2qn1pbp/p2p1np1/1pp5/3BPPP1/P1N4P/1PP1N1B1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if Nxf6 e5 ]

d)
Willem Leenen vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, St. Petersburg, 2002
r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/2n3p1/2pp4/5P2/1PB1PN2/P1PPB1PP/R3QRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d4 if Bb2 d3 Bxg7 dxe2 ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
David Markosian vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, Moscow, 2006
r5k1/2Rb3r/p2p3b/P2Pp3/4P1pq/5p2/1PQ2B1P/2R2BKN b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

1e)
mate in 3
David Markosian vs Anastasia Bodnaruk

Anastasia Bodnaruk Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Daria Charochkina vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, St.Petersburg, 2005
3r2k1/1pq1b1pp/p4p2/3rn3/2B5/1P3PQ1/PB4PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc4 if bxc4 Rxd1 Rg1 Bc5 ]

b)
Irina Bulmaga vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, Heraklio, 2004
2r3k1/1b3ppp/p7/2qp1QP1/1p1NrP1P/8/PPP5/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 Qxe4 Qxe4 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Daria Pustovoitova, Tiumen, 2012
5k1r/p2R1ppp/4q1n1/1p1Q4/8/5N2/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc5+ ]

d)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Nadejda Kharmunova, St. Petersburg, 2012
r5k1/pp1n1r1p/2p1p1p1/P2bP1P1/Rbq2P2/2N1B3/1P5P/2QB1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 cxd5 Qxc4 dxc4 Rxb4 ]

e)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Sergey Dotsenko, St. Petersburg, 2012
3q1rk1/1rp2pbp/2n3p1/3np1N1/1p6/1BPP4/1P3PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf3 if Rb5 Bc4 Rc5 Ne4 or if Nce7 c4 ]

2a)
Daria Charochkina vs Anastasia Bodnaruk

Anastasia Bodnaruk Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Aleksandra Goryachkina, Ekaterinburg, 2013
2rk4/3nqQp1/p3p2r/1p2P3/3N4/5R2/P1P4P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Qe8 Nxe6+ if Rxe6 Rf8 or if Ke7 Qxg7+ mates ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Bathuyag Mongontuul, Kazan, 2013
4k3/4q3/p4RRp/1pr4P/8/P1P2Q2/1P3K2/4r3 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ if Kd7 Qb7+ or if Qf8 Rgxf8+ ]

c)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Alina Balaian, Belgrade, 2013
5rr1/3k2p1/b1p1p2p/B2pPn1P/P2q2Q1/3N3R/3K1P2/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd4 Nxd4 Nc5+ if Ke7 Nxa6 Ra8 Bb4+ ]

d)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Karolina Olsarova, Belgrade, 2013
8/ppb1Rrk1/2p2p1p/2P2q2/1P6/2Q4P/P2B2P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc7 if Rxc7 Qg3+ ]

e)
Tuvshintogs Batchimeg vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, Kazan, 2013
7k/1p3r1p/2p5/4pq2/Q1Prn1B1/P5PP/1P1b1PK1/1N1R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rxf2+ if Kg1 Be3 or if Kh1 Nxg3+ ]

3c)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Alina Balaian

Anastasia Bodnaruk Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dinara Dordzhieva vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, Vladivostok, 2014
8/7p/3Pb3/2r5/1p1Q2nk/1P6/P5B1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Bf1 Rxf1+ Kg2 Rd1 if Qc5 Bd5+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Liubov Shchevyeva, Moscow, 2015
8/p2k1p2/q4P1p/2R1P3/2pP4/2P3r1/6Pp/1Q5K w - - 1 0
[ e6+ if Kxe6 Qf5+ or if fxe6 Qh7+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Gulnara Mirzaeva vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, Moscow, 2015
6k1/1b5p/p7/1p2p3/1N1pn3/P2RnB1N/1PP3PK/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf1+ Kg1 Nfg3+ ]

d)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Marta Michna, Germany, 2016
r5k1/pb4pp/1pq1Nn2/3p4/1Q6/6P1/PPP4P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 if gxf6 Qe7 or if Qe8 Rf8+ Qxf8 Nxf8 Rxf8 Qe7 ]

e)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Ekaterina Diakonova, Sochi, 2016
r2r2k1/1pq1bppp/2n1p3/p3P3/2Pp3n/PP1B1N2/5PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxh4 Bxh4 Qh5 ]

4e)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Ekaterina Diakonova

Anastasia Bodnaruk Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Daria Pustovoitova, Sochi, 2016
k1r1q3/r4p2/1Q2pBp1/p1NpPn2/3P3P/2P5/2P1KP2/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rxa5 if Rcc7 Qxc7 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Karina Ambartsumova, Sochi, 2018
r7/2p2k2/P1pn1P1p/2Nr4/2b1N1R1/8/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ if Kf8 Ne6+ or if Ke8 Nxd6+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Mariya Muzychuk, Hengshui, 2019
r1b1k3/pp4pp/2n1p2b/2p1q1N1/8/1PP1B1P1/P2Q2BP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxc6+ bxc6 2.Rf8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Nana Dzagnidze, Hengshui, 2019
2r1q1k1/1p5p/pb2p1pB/3pP3/bP1P2P1/P2B1Q2/7P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qf6 if 1...Rc7 2.Qf8+ ]

5c)
mate in 3
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Mariya Muzychuk


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