"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the 2018 Russia Club CH (w).
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.
Jana Mukhina vs Lubov Markelova, Sochi, 2018
r1q2nk1/pb3ppp/1p3n2/1B2N3/1PP2b2/P7/1BN1QPP1/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Dina Belenkaya vs Lidija Tomnikova, Sochi, 2018
8/5Nrk/2p2b2/p2p1q2/3P3p/4Q1PP/PP3PK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Kg8 Qh8+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Evgenija Ovod vs Natalija Pogonina, Sochi, 2018
4Q3/p1r2P1k/1p2p1p1/b2p2Pp/P2n3P/4R1Nq/5KR1/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...R7c2+ Re2 Rxe2+ Nxe2 Qf3# ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Anastasia Sazonova vs Alena Suslova, Sochi, 2018
1r4k1/p5bp/2p1b1p1/2P3P1/3pPQ2/5P2/1RK5/1N2qB2 b - - 0 1
[ ...d3+ Kxd3 Bc4+ Kxc4 Qxf1+ ]
Puzzles from the 2018 Russia Club CH (w), pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Darya Trapeznikova vs Evgenija Ovod, Sochi, 2018
2rr2k1/P1q2pp1/QB2p3/3p3p/N1n1n3/7P/PP2R1P1/1K1R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ncd2+ ]
b)
Lidija Tomnikova vs Alfia Nasybullina, Sochi, 2018
3r1rk1/2R2ppp/p2Nb1q1/1p6/3Q4/1P2P3/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Rde8 Ne7+ or if Bxf5 Qxd8 ]
c)
Dina Belenkaya vs Naruna Chan, Sochi, 2018
2r2r1k/3bnpp1/1q2p2p/1pbpP3/p2p1P1B/P1PP1N1Q/1PB3PP/2R1R2K w - - 1 0
[ cxd4 if Bxd4 Bxe7 ]
d)
Anastasia Mamontova vs Darya Makarova, Sochi, 2018
5rk1/p4pp1/1pp4p/5q2/2P5/Q3R2P/PP1r1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]
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