'Tactics in the Openings' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexader Galkin.
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)
Alexander Galkin vs Viorel Iordachescu, Yurmala, 1992
5rk1/6p1/p2q1p2/3np2p/2p5/3bQB2/PP3RPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd3 cxd3 Qxd3 if Rd8 Rd2 ]
b)
Julio Ruiz Diez vs Alexander Galkin, Rimavska Sobota, 1992
r4rk1/pp2ppbp/3pb1p1/q7/1nP1PPn1/2N2N2/PP1BQ1PP/1BR2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ if Kh1 Bxc4 ]
c)
Vladimir Genba vs Alexander Galkin, St. Petersburg, 1994
2r5/4R1pk/R6p/3Q1p2/6qP/2r3P1/5P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ if fxg3 Qxg3+ Qg2 Rc1+ ]
d)
Alexader Galkin vs Evgeny Sapunov, Briansk, 1995
r4bk1/3b2pp/p2qp3/p1p5/P3P1B1/2N2Q2/1PP3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 if Qb8 Qf7+ ]
e)
Alexander Galkin vs Vladimir Genba, Ekaterinburg, 1997
2r1r1k1/2p1q2p/2p3p1/p1n1pp2/2P5/1P2Q2P/PB1R1PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3 ]
1d)
Alexader Galkin vs Evgeny Sapunov
Alexander Galkin puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Galkin vs Klimov, St. Petersburg, 1998
7k/pp2q2p/4p1p1/3pP1P1/3b4/1P1N3Q/P3r2P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 if Rxa2 Nxg6+ ]
b)
Alexander Galkin vs Edward Helaszek, Koszalin, 1999
r2q1rk1/1ppn3p/p2p1ppb/3Pp3/2P1P1n1/2N2N2/PP1B1PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ h3 if Bxd2 Qxd2 ]
c)
Simon Williams vs Alexander Galkin, Yerevan, 1999
3r2k1/1q2bpp1/p3b2p/1p2Q3/1Pr1p3/P3P3/1B3PPP/1BRR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Bf6 ]
d)
Alexander Galkin vs M Aboudi, New York, 2000
2k2b1r/5p2/pq2p3/1p1r1p2/5P1p/3B3R/PPP3PP/1K1RQ3 w - - 1 0
[ Qc3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Vladimir Burmakin vs Alexander Galkin, Elista, 2001
4r1k1/6p1/2p5/2Pp1q2/7P/1PQ2pK1/5P2/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg6+ Kxf3 Re4 ]
2c)
Simon Williams vs Alexander Galkin
Alexander Galkin puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Galkin vs Andrey Kalinichev, Internet, 2004
1r1rkq1Q/5p2/pp3P2/2pPpBP1/4P3/5K2/PPR5/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh2 if Rb7 Qxf8+ ]
b)
Alexander Galkin vs Nikolai Vlassov, Internet, 2004
8/R2b1r2/3p1qk1/1ppPp3/4P1p1/1P1P2Pp/3BQ2P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 Qxg4+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Galkin vs Andrei Kharlov, Internet, 2004
1q3n2/2b2bk1/2Q4N/1p1pp3/pP3p2/P2P2P1/1B3P1P/1N4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ if Kg8 Qh6 Ne6 Ne7# ]
d)
Alexander Galkin vs Igor Kurnosov, Internet, 2004
1r2rbk1/2qb1p1p/p2pp1p1/1p2nP2/P1PBP3/1P6/3QB1PP/1N1R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxe5 ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Arsen Oganian vs Alexander Galkin, Internet, 2004
r1bq2k1/ppbn2pp/2p1p2r/1P1p1pn1/2PP4/2N1PN2/P1QBBPP1/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ ]
3b)
Alexander Galkin vs Nikolai Vlassov
Alexander Galkin puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Vadim Akhmadeev vs Alexander Galkin, Internet, 2004
r3r1k1/p5p1/bpQ3pp/8/3P1q2/2N1P3/PP3PPP/3RK2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3+ if Kd2 Re2# or if fxe3 Qxe3+ ]
b)
Svetlana Cherednichenko vs Alexander Galkin, Warsaw, 2006
4r1k1/pp4bp/6p1/1PN1B3/2qP4/2n1Q3/6PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ Kh1 Nxd4 Nd7 Nc2 ]
c)
Boris Grachev vs Aexander Galkin, Novokuznetsk, 2008
8/1br1kp2/5p2/4p3/8/2N1Q2P/R2n1PP1/2qB2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
d)
Alexander Galkin vs Anton Shomoev, Irkutsk, 2010
8/1Pk2ppp/2PR4/7r/8/2K5/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 ]
e)
Alexander Galkin vs Evgeny Alekseev, Taganrog, 2011
7k/1p3prp/3q1p2/2p5/1n2B3/6PQ/3P1P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7 if Rxh7 Re8+ mates or if Qd8 Bf5+ Kg8 Bd7 ]
f)
Alexander Galkin vs Olga Badelka, Moscow, 2016
5r1k/1p3r1p/8/p2Qp3/5q2/P5RP/1P3P2/K5R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg2 ]
g)
Black mates in 4.
Shota Khodashneli vs Alexander Galkin, Moscow, 2016
3r2k1/6pp/1p2p3/p4pN1/2P1b3/1B2q2Q/P5PP/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1+ Bxd1 Bd3+ ]
4b)
Svetlana Cherednichenko vs Alexander Galkin
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