King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexei Fedorov.
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)
Alexei Fedorov vs Sergey Gorelov, Moscow, 1995
r4r2/pp3pk1/3q2p1/5bB1/2Pp3Q/1B6/PP4PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ c5 if Qc6 Bh6+ Kg8 Qxd4 or if Qe5 Re1 ]

b)
Alexei Fedorov vs Evgeniy Najer, Moscow, 1996
r3k2r/5p2/1qn2P2/p7/1p6/4p2P/PPPQ2P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qd7+ Kf8 Rd6 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Alexei Fedorov vs Zigurds Lanka, Pula, 1997
r1r2nk1/2q1bp1p/p2pn2Q/3Pp1PN/1p6/2N1B2R/PPP2P1P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ dxe6 Nxe6 Nf6+ Bxf6 gxf6 ]

d)
Alexei Fedorov vs Joose Norri, Pula, 1997
2krr3/2p3Rp/bq2Np2/p4P2/2Ppn3/4N3/PP2Q2P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Rxd5 Qxe4 Bxc4 Rc1 Bxa2 Nxc7 ]

1b)
Alexei Fedorov vs Evgeniy Najer

Alexei Fedorov Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Alexei Fedorov vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Elista, 1998
4rr2/p2q3k/1pn2p2/3B4/2P2R2/4b1QP/P6B/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bg8+ if Rxg8 Qh4+ Kg6 Qxf6+ or if Kh8 Rh4+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Fedorov vs Nino Khurtsidze, Krasnodar, 1998
r3r1k1/1b6/p1np1ppQ/4n3/4P3/PNB4R/2P1BK1P/1q6 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ Nxc4 Qxg6+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Alexei Fedorov vs Mikhail Kobalia, Maikop, 1998
r5r1/1b2b1kp/p2p4/q1nBn1PQ/4P3/2p1BR2/PPP2P1P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ if Nxf7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Bd4+ ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Alexei Fedorov vs Zoltan Gyimesi, Pula, 2001
r1b3k1/1pp4p/3p3P/p2Pn1Bq/3Q2p1/1BP5/P1P3P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5 if dxe5 d6+ Be6 Bxe6+ or if Qf7 Rxf7 dxe5 Rg7+ Kf8 d6 Ke8 d7+ ]

e)
Alexei Fedorov vs Ekrem Cekro, Jahorina, 2003
r3k1r1/pp3p2/1np1b1np/q2pPp2/1b1P3B/3B1N2/PPP1NQ1P/R4R1K w q - 0 1
[ a3 if Be7 b4 Qa4 Nc3 or if Bd2 b4 Bxb4 axb4 Qxb4 Rfb1 ]

2b)
mate in 4
Alexei Fedorov vs Nino Khurtsidze

Alexei Fedorov Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexei Fedorov vs Marat Dzhumaev, New Dehli, 2006
6k1/2q4p/4p3/4p2Q/p3P3/4N2P/1P2brPK/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5+ Qg7 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rd2 h5 Kg1 ]

b)
Alexei Fedorov vs Evgeny Kardashevskiy, Moscow, 2019
r5k1/1R4bp/3pp1p1/8/4P3/5P2/5BPP/rR4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bd4+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Fedorov vs Andrei Istratescu, Alba Iulia, 2019
1rrq4/7Q/3p1kp1/p2P1p2/1p4P1/P2B1P2/1PP5/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ 1.f4 fxg4 2.Qxg6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Fedorov vs Stanislaw Zylka, Warsaw, 2019
6Q1/7p/7p/R4p1k/2P1n3/5qPP/7K/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qf7+ Kg5 2.Qg7+ Kh5 3.g4+ ]

3d)
mate in 4
Alexei Fedorov vs Stanislaw Zylka


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