'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Timur Gareev.
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)
Timur Gareev vs Konstantin Kostin, Kaluga, 2003
r1bnr1k1/2q2p1p/3R2p1/ppP1p3/4P3/2N2P2/PP1R1QPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qa7 Nf6+ ]
b)
Timur Gareev vs Linus Olsson, Kochin, 2004
rn5Q/1pp1kppp/8/8/1p6/Pb2Pq2/1P5P/2KR2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Ke6 Qe8+ Kf6 Rdf1 ]
c)
Timur Gareev vs Aleksandr Kasyan, Tashkent, 2007
8/1pR5/3p1kq1/3Pp1r1/4Q1P1/5P2/7K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qb4 ]
d)
Timur Gareev vs Marko Zivanic, Brownsville, 2010
r2qk3/pb3pr1/1p2n1p1/3p4/3PN1P1/5Q2/PP1BNP2/2R1K3 w q - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kf8 Bb4+ ]
e)
Timur Gareev vs Irina Krush, Mesa, 2010
6k1/6rp/p6Q/2p5/1pP5/1P1P4/PKN1bq2/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh2 if Qf3 Qe6+ or if Rg2 Qxh7+ mates ]
1b)
Timur Gareev vs Linus Olsson
Timur Gareev Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Timur Gareev vs Dmitry Gurevich, Wheeling, 2011
5r1k/4qpn1/r1b4p/3pPp2/2pN4/4PRQP/2B3P1/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nxf5+ ]
b)
Timur Gareev vs Toby Boas, Orlando, 2011
1r3b1r/2Nk2p1/3pb1P1/p1p1npBp/4Q1nP/Pq3N1B/1P2PP2/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5+ if Kxc7 Qc6# or if Nxe5 Nxe6 (if Kxe6 Qxf5# or if fxe4 Nxc5+) ]
c)
Timur Gareev vs Loek Van Wely, Los Angeles, 2011
r4k1r/4bppp/p4n2/4Q3/6P1/1BP2q2/P6P/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7+ if Kxe7 Ba3+ Ke8 Ba4+ Nd7 Bxd7+ Kd8 Bc6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Timur Gareev vs Giorgi Kacheishvili, Las Vegas, 2012
Q4bk1/P4N1p/6p1/8/2Bp4/7P/1PP1pqP1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]
e)
Bindi Cheng vs Timur Gareev, Las Vegas, 2012
r5k1/5pp1/4pb1p/8/nr2NP2/1N2R1P1/4P2P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 Rxe4 Nc3 ]
2c)
Timur Gareev vs Loek Van Wely
Timur Gareev Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Timur Gareev vs Arthur Shen, Las Vegas, 2013
5rk1/2R3pp/b7/1p1Pp3/2p1Pp2/5P1P/1P1qB1P1/6QK w - - 1 0
[ Qa7 if Qe1+ Bf1 ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Alaa-Eddine Moussa vs Timur Gareev, Los Angeles, 2014
6k1/1B4bp/3p2p1/1p6/1Pb1pQ2/8/3BPPqP/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb3+ Kc1 Qf1+ ]
c)
Timur Gareev vs Ivan Rozum, Chennai, 2018
r1r5/p2k1bp1/1pn4p/3pPp1P/1P3P2/P1R1BN2/5KP1/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ 1.e6+ Bxe6 2.Rxc6 Rxc6 3.Ne5+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Timur Gareev vs Deepak Aaron, Greensboro, 2018
6q1/7p/2p2kbQ/1p4R1/3PR3/r3P2P/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf5+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Carissa Yip vs Timur Gareev, Greensboro, 2018
5k2/4p2Q/2p1q3/p4p2/2P1b3/6B1/PP1r2PP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Rxg2 Rd1+ ]
3c)
Timur Gareev vs Ivan Rozum
Timur Gareev Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Timur Gareev vs Ray Robson, Saint Louis, 2019
r4rk1/pp2bp2/2p1np2/3p4/2P2N2/1P1BPP2/1P3K2/2R4R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxe6 fxe6 2.Rcg1+ Kf7 3.Bg6+ ]
b)
Timur Gareev vs Talyb Babaev, Nakhichevan, 2019
r4rk1/pp1b1pb1/n2p2pq/3Pp3/1P2N3/3B1PP1/P2Q3P/1R2K1NR w K - 1 0
[ 1.Nf6+ Kh8 2.Qxh6+ Bxh6 3.Nxd7 ]
c)
Farid Abbasov vs Timur Gareev, Nakhichevan, 2019
2r1qr1k/pp5p/3pQbp1/1b6/1P3N2/2n2BPP/PR1RPP2/2B3K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Rxc1+ 3.Kg2 Qxe6 4.Nxe6 Bxb2 5.Nxf8 Bxe2 ]
d)
Timur Gareev vs Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Gmund am Tegerns, 2019
6k1/pp3rp1/2p2p1p/3n1P2/P2P2b1/BP1B2P1/5PK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.f3 Bh5 2.Rh1 ]
4a)
mate in 4
Timur Gareev vs Ray Robson
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