Tactics in the King's Indian
Here are some chess puzzles from the 2010 Russia Club CH.
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)
Black mates in 2.
Vladimir Potkin vs Fabiano Caruana, Dagomys, 2010
r4rk1/5ppp/8/2np2P1/3R3P/2B1qP2/pP6/K2QR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Qxc1 Nb3# ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Viktorija Cmilyte vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Dagomys, 2010
7R/1p6/1p3k2/1Pb2p2/8/6P1/r3p1P1/3RK3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf2+ Kxf2 exd1/Q+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Irina Vasilevich vs Tatiana Shadrina, Dagomys, 2010
r3rbk1/1b3pp1/5B2/pp2p3/4p3/1BPq2Q1/PP3P1P/R3K1R1 w Q - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Bxg7 Rxg7+ if Kh8 or Kf8 Rx7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 6.
Xue Zhao vs Viktorija Cmilyte, Dagomys, 2010
6k1/3qppb1/2p4p/3bP1p1/3P4/2N1B2P/1PQR1PPK/r7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ Kg3 Bxg2 if Kxg2 Qxh3# ]
e)
Olga Ivkina vs Julia Demina, Dagomys, 2010
r1kb4/4n1p1/ppp3q1/2NpB2p/1P4nP/2P2Q1B/P7/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxg4 if hxg4 Qxg4+ mates ]
f)
Valerij Popov vs Vasily Papin, Dagomys, 2010
2b3k1/4qrpp/pp3n2/4NP2/P2Pp3/bP6/1B2Q1PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxa3 Qxa3 Qc4 Qf8 Nxf7 ]
g)
Evgeny Romanov vs Sergei Movsesian, Dagomys, 2010
3k2r1/8/1p1p3p/pRpP4/P4Pnr/2P1P3/2QR2q1/4KN2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Kxf1 Nxe3+ ]
Back to the Index