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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vadim Chernov.
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.
Vadim Chernov vs Zaiarni, Kishinev, 1993
6rk/p6r/1p1NpP1p/2p1K1P1/2P5/5b2/PPB5/7R w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Rxf7 Rxh6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 5.
Piotr Bartosik vs Vadim Chernov, Bratislava, 1993
N3r1k1/p4pb1/2pB2p1/PP1p1q2/3Pp2p/1QN1Pb1n/5PP1/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4 Kh2 Qg4 Rg1 Bxg2 ]

c)
Vadim Chernov vs Radu Breahna, Sovata, 1997
r2qr2k/pp1b2bp/6p1/5p2/1R3B2/1N6/PP1Q1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]

d)
Vadim Chernov vs Jon Vidarsson, Elista, 1998
2r4r/3R2pp/4ppk1/1pn5/1b6/1P2N1P1/1BP2PKP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rd4 ]

e)
Vadim Chernov vs Ekkehard Golf, Lampertheim, 2002
1k2r3/1pp3pp/5p2/pP1Q4/2P1N3/8/2qN1KPP/8 w - a6 1 0
[ Nc5 ]

Vadim Chernov puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Vadim Chernov vs Markus Goetz, Untergrombach, 2004
r6r/b5Qp/pkp2N2/1q6/3ppB2/P7/1PP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc7+ if Kc5 Nxe4+ or if Kb7 Bd6+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Vadim Chernov vs Markus Biegler, Mehlingen, 2004
4rr2/p1q3kp/Q4Rp1/2p5/2P2P2/3BR3/P4bPP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kh6 Rh3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 5.
Hans Dekan vs Vadim Chernov, Hassloch, 2006
6k1/p4p2/4pn2/1q4p1/3R4/4QPPK/2r5/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ if Rg4 Nxg4 Qe2 Rxe2 Rh1 Qxf3 ]

d)
Gerhard Kuhn vs Vadim Chernov, Bad Homburg, 2007
2rqr2k/pp4pp/1nn2b2/3p1Q1b/3P2P1/PBN2N2/1P3P1P/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ Nxe1 Nxd4 Qxh5 Nxb3 Rb1 d4 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Vadim Chernov vs Ahmad Sakkal, Untergrombach, 2017
r3kr2/1R4p1/p2PB3/2R4p/Pp2N2b/1P1n4/5P1P/7K w q - 1 0
[ Rc8+ Rxc8 d7+ Ke7 dxc8/Q# ]

King-pawn Opening Series



Vadim Chernov puzzles (puzzle rating), pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 6.
Tobias Wenner vs Vadim Chernov, Walldorf, 2017
7r/p5Q1/3bk3/3r1p2/1P2b1p1/2B1P1Pq/P1N2R1P/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ if hxg3 Rh1# or if Kf1 Bd3+ Ke1 Qg1+ Kd2 Qxf2+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Vadim Chernov vs Peter Klings, Neustadt a.d. Weinstrasse, 2018
r1q5/2P5/pQN1p1p1/1p1pPb2/1P3k2/8/P1P1B2r/3K2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd4+ Be4 Rg4+ Kf5 Ne7# ]

c)
IM VadimCernov vs IM Saparmyrat, lichess.org, (1933)
4r1k1/pq5p/2p3p1/2Qn1p2/2N5/1P1P3P/2P1p1P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 Qe7 Qxc6 Qe3+ Kh1 if Re5 Qb7 ]

d)
IM VadimCernov vs IM manitodeplomo, lichess.org, (1970)
2kr3r/p3pp1p/bp2n1p1/4n3/q1P1Q3/4B3/P1P1BPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa8+ Kc7 Qxa7+ Kc8 Qa8+ Kc7 Bxb6+ ]

e)
IM VadimCernov vs FM Cortador, lichess.org, (2152)
8/2bk4/1p6/p1p2ppp/P1P5/2P2KBP/1P4P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc7 Kxc7 h4 gxh4 Kf4 ]

f)
IM VadimCernov vs NM Thunder-In-Paradise, lichess.org, (2194)
3Q4/8/4p3/4k3/pp3qPK/7P/P7/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qb8+ Ke4 Qxb4+ Kf3 Qxf4+ ]


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