'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Deysi Cori T.
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)
Deysi Cori T vs Lorena Comabella, Villa Giardino, 2002
2rr2k1/pp1qbpp1/1n2p2p/2p2b2/2PPn3/PPN1BNPP/3Q1PBK/R3R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4 Bxe4 Ne5 ]

b)
Deysi Cori T vs Sandra Gutierrez, Lima, 2002
2r5/1pp2prk/p6p/8/6R1/5Q1P/PPq2PP1/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg4+ ]

c)
Deysi Cori T vs Tatiana Caicedo Briggi, Bogota, 2003
3r1rk1/pppnqpp1/3p1n1p/3Pp1B1/4P1QN/1PP4P/P4PP1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Qe8 Bxf6 or if Nxg4 Bxe7 ]

d)
Deysi Cori T vs Sonia Deshmukh, Singapore, 2008
3q2k1/5pp1/1p2p2p/1Q6/1PP4P/2B1bPP1/6K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe5 ]

e)
Deysi Cori T vs Thi Mai Hung Nguyen, Singapore, 2008
7r/1p1nkpp1/6p1/3R2Pn/r3N3/4PB1P/1P6/4K2R w K - 0 1
[ Rxd7+ Kxd7 Nc5+ ]

1a)
Deysi Cori T vs Lorena Comabella

Deysi Cori T. Puzzles, Part II. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Deysi Cori T vs Anna Skrzypczak, Chotowa, 2010
3r1rk1/3q2p1/4p2p/1p1p1RbP/p2P1NQ1/6PK/PP3R2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 ]

b)
Deysi Cori T vs Elena Sedina, Khanty Mansyisk, 2010
6k1/1R2Rrp1/2p3bp/p2p1N2/Pr6/5P1P/1P4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 if Bxf7 Rxb4 axb4 a5 ]

c)
Deysi Cori T vs Juan Sebastian Herrera, Cali, 2010
4k3/2R2b1N/1rp1n1p1/3p3p/1p3P1P/3BP3/1P1K4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kf8 Nd7+ Kg7 Ra7 ]

d)
White mates in 7.
Deysi Cori T vs Lina Orozco, Guayaquil, 2011
r1b1Rbk1/1pq4p/p2N2p1/3PQp2/P1p5/5BP1/1Pr2P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Re1+ Kd7 Qe8+ ]

e)
Deysi Cori T vs Guliskhan Nakhbayeva, Chennai, 2011
r2q1rk1/pb2bppp/1pn2n2/3pN3/3P4/2NB4/PP3PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba6 if Bxa6 Nxc6 or if Nxe5 Bxb7 ]

2d)
mate in 7
Deysi Cori T vs Lina Orozco

Deysi Cori T. Puzzles, Part III. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Deysi Cori T vs J Saranya, Chennai, 2011
5rkb/pp2Q2p/2pR2pP/q1n5/2P2P2/7B/N1p2P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 h7# ]

b)
Deysi Cori T vs Guillermo Carvalho, Montevideo, 2011
7Q/p4p2/4k2p/2n1r3/8/6P1/1P1R1PKP/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ if f6 Rd6+ ]

c)
Noemi Szabo vs Deysi Cori T, Halkidiki, 2003
3rr1k1/1p1bppbp/p1np2p1/3P4/P2NP3/1P2BP2/3RB1PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Bxd4 Bh6 ]

d)
Marianthi Tsarouha vs Deysi Cori T, Halkidiki, 2003
1r1r4/2q1b1k1/p1p1bppp/2p1p3/2NpPn1P/1PPP1Q2/PB3PPN/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...dxc3 if Ba3 Rxd3 ]

e)
Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson vsDeysi Cori T, Reykjavik, 2010
8/p7/7k/1P3R1p/P5pP/8/5PQK/2q2r2 b - - 0 1
[ ...g3+ ]

3b)
Deysi Cori T vs Guillermo Carvalho

Deysi Cori T Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jorge Bermejo Martinez vs Deysi Cori T, La Roda, 2010
1q4k1/5rp1/4p2p/1N1p4/Ppr3n1/1P2P1P1/3QRPP1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe5 if Rd1 Qh5 mates ]

b)
Manuel Perez Candelario vs Deysi Cori T, Villafranca de los Barros, 2010
4r1k1/1b2qp2/p5p1/1p5p/2pQ4/P2nPNPP/1PR2PB1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 Bxf3 Ne1 ]

c)
Deysi Cori T vs Dorsa Derakhshani, Kocaeli, 2013
8/2r2npp/p2NR3/2p4k/P2p4/1r5P/1P2RPK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8 if Rcb7 Nxg7+ Kg5 R2e4 ]

d)
Deysi Cori T vs Yiyi Xiao, Kocaeli, 2013
3r1rk1/p2nbppp/1pBqp3/4N2n/Q2P1B2/8/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7 if Qxf4 Nxd8 Rxd8 Bxd7 ]

e)
Aisha Al-Khelaifi vs Deysi Cori T, Tromsoe, 2014
1r6/2r3kp/p5p1/1p2p3/2Pn4/P1KB4/1P1R2PP/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...bxc4 if Bxc4 Rb3# ]

f)
White mates in 3.
Deysi Cori T vs Sebastien Midoux, Sitges, 2015
r3qkr1/1p2b3/p1n4p/3b1N1P/4NQp1/P7/1P2BPP1/5K1R w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ Kf7 Nfd6+ Bxd6 Qf6# ]

g)
Deysi Cori T vs Mammadova Narmin Fazahir Qizi, Baku, 2016
2r2r1k/4bbpp/pp1q1p2/3n4/3P2Q1/1B1N4/PP1B1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 ]

4f)
mate in 3
Deysi Cori T vs Sebastien Midoux


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