"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alisa Galliamova.
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) 
Isolina Majul vs Alisa Galliamova, Innsbruck, 1987
3r1bk1/p4p1p/b3p1p1/3pP3/Nr3P2/R5P1/PP1R3P/5BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf1 Kxf1 Rc4 ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Alisa Galliamova vs Elisabeta Polihroniade, Belgrade, 1989
3r4/p4pk1/p4N2/6P1/4PR2/2Q3Pq/2P5/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8+ if Kg6 Qg7+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 3.
Ramo Mujagic vs Alisa Galliamova, Novi Sad, 1989
6k1/5ppp/1pB1n1r1/pP2p2n/4P2P/2P2RPK/1PN4Q/6q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ ]
d) 
Alisa Galliamova vs Marta Litynska, Moscow, 1990
r2k3r/p1Nnpp1p/1p1p1npQ/7q/3N4/6P1/PP2PPbP/R1R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nce6+ fxe6 Nxe6+ Ke8 Ng7+ ]
e) 
Cedomir Micic vs Alisa Galliamova, Cheliabinsk, 1990
8/2q3k1/6Pp/r2Bb3/p3Q3/8/PPP4r/1KB1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd5 if Qxd5 Qxc2+ ]
1d) 
Alisa Galliamova vs Marta Litynska
Alisa Galliamova Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Jun Xie vs Alisa Galliamova, Borzhomi, 1990
6rk/4b3/p2pb3/4p2p/5p1q/1PN4P/P4PBK/3RRQ2 b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 if Bh1 Qf4# ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Alisa Galliamova vs Piotr Ilczuk, Katowice, 1993
3b2k1/pp2rnpp/4r3/5Q2/7q/2N4P/PP4P1/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ if Re8 Rxe8+ ]
c) 
Natasa Bojkovic vs Alisa Galliamova, Belgrade, 1994
2r3k1/5pp1/4pb1p/2p5/r6P/1N3P2/1PP3P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...c4 Nd2 Ra1+ Nb1 c3 if b3 Be7 or if bxc3 Bxc3 Rd3 Rb8 ]
d) 
Maia Chiburdanidze vs Alisa Galliamova, Tilburg, 1994
1b3rk1/p4q2/bp2p2p/1P4PR/3p2P1/P1p1P3/2P1Q2P/2B2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb5 if Qxb5 Qf2+ Kh1 Qf3+ Kg1 Qxg4+ or if g6 Qxf1+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Nino Gurieli vs Alisa Galliamova, Kishinev, 1995
5rk1/pb5q/3p4/1Q6/3pP3/1P2bNP1/P4N1r/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf2+ ]
2b) 
mate in 4
Alisa Galliamova vs Piotr Ilczuk
Alisa Galliamova Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Susan Lalic vs Alisa Galliamova, Yerevan, 1996
r3r1k1/pp2ppbp/3n2p1/q2P1bB1/1nB5/1QN2N2/PP1R1PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc2 if Qa3 Qxa3 bxa3 Nxc4 or if Rxc2 Nxc2 Rc1 Nxc4 ]
b) 
Helene Mira vs Alisa Galliamova, Yerevan, 1996
1br2rk1/1b3ppp/p3qn2/2p5/Q2P4/2BB1N1P/PP3PP1/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Qxh3 Rd2 Bh2+ mates ]
c) 
Kiti Grosar vs Alisa Galliamova, Pula, 1997
r2k4/p2bb1r1/7R/4p3/3p1P2/4B3/PP3P1P/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb5+ Ke1 Bb4+ if Bd2 Rg1# ]
d) 
White mates in 5.
Alisa Galliamova vs Sergei Tiviakov, Elista, 1998
4RBk1/pb3p2/1p3b2/n2Q3P/q7/P5P1/5P2/1B4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ if Kxh7 Qxf7+ or if Kh8 Be7+ Qxe8 Bxf6+ Kxh7 Qf5+ ]
e) 
Alisa Galliamova vs Evgeny Prokopchuk, Novgorod, 1999
4rk2/5ppQ/r7/pp1pq1P1/8/8/PP6/K2R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rhe1 if Qxe1 Qh8+ ]
3e) 
Alisa Galliamova vs Evgeny Prokopchuk
Alisa Galliamova Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 5
Jun Xie vs Alisa Galliamova, Kazan, 1999
6rk/6rp/1b1p4/3P4/p1P1R2q/Pp3P1P/1P5Q/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg1+ Rxg1 Rxg1+ Qxg1 Qxh3+ ]
b) 
Ekaterina Polovnikova vs Alisa Galliamova, Halle, 2000
6k1/p5bp/4p1N1/2pp1B2/q4B2/2P3PQ/Pr2b3/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ if cxd4 Qxd4+ Kg2 Bf1+ or if Kh2 Bf3+ ]
c) 
Wissan Toubal vs Alisa Galliamova, Moscow, 2001
8/5p2/p5pk/7p/P1RN2PK/4P2P/1r3n2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ Kg3 Ne4+ Kf3 Nd2+ ]
d) 
Andrei Obodchuk vs Alisa Galliamova, Moscow, 2002
8/pN2r1bk/2p1pqpp/P2r4/2R4P/4P1P1/5PK1/1QR5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb5 ]
e) 
Corina-Isabela Peptan vs Alisa Galliamova, Istanbul, 2003
r5k1/5p1p/2p1Pqp1/2P5/1pP3P1/1P2Q3/1PK4P/r2R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb2+ Kd3 Rd8+ Ke4 Raxd1 exf7+ Kg7 ]
4c) 
Wissan Toubal vs Alisa Galliamova
Alisa Galliamova Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Elena Zaiatz vs Alisa Galliamova, Kazan, 2004
8/1k3pp1/2p1p1p1/3nP3/3P3P/1q4P1/3QBP2/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 if Qb2 Na2+ Kb1 Nc3+ Kc1 Qxb2+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Alisa Galliamova vs Alexander Rustemov, Moscow, 2005
5rk1/R7/3R3p/1q2P1p1/1p3P2/1Pn5/6QP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rg6+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Alisa Galliamova vs Valentina Gunina, Samara, 2005
2rqrn1k/5Bp1/pn1P1p1p/1p2NQ2/2pP4/8/PP3PP1/K2R3R w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Nxg6 Qxg6 Qe7 Rxh6+ ]
d) 
White mates in 6.
Alisa Galliamova vs Irina Baraeva, Kazan, 2010
1b1r2k1/pp4pp/3n4/P1Q3N1/8/6P1/1q3PBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Alisa Galliamova vs Iva Videnova, Khanty Mansyisk, 2010
1r2r3/p1q2kpp/2P1Rb2/2Q5/1P6/6P1/P4P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ g6 Qxh7+ Bg7 Qxg6+ ]
5a) 
Elena Zaiatz vs Alisa Galliamova
Alisa Galliamova Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Alisa Galliamova vs Anatoly Morgunov, Kazan, 2014
r1bQ1qkr/p6p/1p2p1BR/2p1P3/2Pp1P2/BP2b2R/P5PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ Kxf7 Rf6+ ]
b) 
Valentina Gunina vs Alisa Galliamova, Loo, 2014
2R1bk2/1p3pbQ/p5qp/5Np1/4B3/6P1/P4PKP/4r3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8+ Kxe8 Nxg7+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Nino Melashvili vs Alisa Galliamova, Kutaisi, 2015
1k5r/1p3p2/p2r3p/3bp3/1nP3p1/2Q3P1/1P1K1PP1/q2R1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd1+ if Kxd1 Bf3+ or if Ke3 Bf3 ]
6a) 
mate in 3
Alisa Galliamova vs Anatoly Morgunov
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