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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vugar Gashimov.
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)
White mates in 4.
Vugar Gashimov vs Ilya Zarezenko, Cannes, 1997
4q1rk/6Rp/5p2/1pb1p3/2n3Q1/8/2P3PP/2BR3K w - - 0 1
[ Rdd7 if Be7 Rdxe7 ]

b)
Vugar Gashimov vs Antonio Granero Roca, Montanchez, 1998
b1rr2k1/3N1p1p/1Qn1p1p1/p7/Pp2P3/7P/1qP2PP1/3RRBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba6 ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Vugar Gashimov vs Philipp Balcerak, Litohoto, 1999
3q3k/2b3p1/p4nB1/4pR1p/PrN1P1pQ/1P6/2P4P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ Nxh5 Qxh5+ Kg8 Qh7+ ]

d)
Vugar Gashimov vs Namig Gouliev, Baku, 2001
r2r2k1/pb2qppp/1p2p3/2p1N2n/3P1Q2/3B2R1/PPP2PPP/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 ]

e)
Vugar Gashimov vs Mateusz Bartel, Istanbul, 2003
2r5/pp1r1kp1/4bpNp/3p3P/P2q4/Q7/5PP1/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 Kxe6 Re1+ if Kf7 Qh3 ]

1c)
mate in 6
Vugar Gashimov vs Philipp Balcerak

Vugar Gashimov Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vugar Gashimov vs Bjorn Ahlander, Saint Vincent, 2005
5rk1/5pp1/4rb1p/4pN1Q/4P3/2P4R/1q4PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Nxh6+ if gxh6 Qxh6 Rb8 Rg3+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Vugar Gashimov vs Nikoloz Managadze, Athens, 2005
7k/p3q2p/1p1Rp2Q/4rp2/2p4P/6P1/PPP4K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 ]

c)
Vugar Gashimov vs Hrvoje Stevic, Kusadasi, 2006
4r1k1/1p4bp/p1pqb1p1/3n2N1/3P4/1B3Q1P/PP3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if Rxe6 Bxd5 or if Qf8 Rxe8 Qxe8 Bxd5+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Vugar Gashimov vs Onur Kinsiz, Marmaris, 2006
3qr1k1/p7/2pp1nNQ/2p1r3/4p3/1PPP4/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Qxh7+ ]

e)
Vugar Gashimov vs Ahmet Kara, Marmaris, 2006
2r1r3/5kb1/2b1Rpn1/ppNp2p1/3B2Pp/PBP4P/1P1K1P2/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 Rxc6 Bxd5+ ]

2d)
mate in 3
Vugar Gashimov vs Onur Kinsiz

Vugar Gashimov Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vugar Gashimov vs Adegboyega Adebayo, Turin, 2006
1rb1k2r/p4q2/3pp1Q1/n1p2n1p/P3N3/B1P3P1/5PBP/R4RK1 w k - 0 1
[ Qxf5 if exf5 Nxd6+ Ke7 Nxf7 ]

b)
Vugar Gashimov vs Salman Suleimanov, Adana, 2006
rq6/p2b1pkp/2pb2p1/Bp1P1p2/2P2n2/3B1N1P/P1PQ1PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ c5 if Bxc5 Qc3+ or if Bf8 Ne5 Qxe5 Bc3 ]

c)
Dimitrij Bunzmann vs Vugar Gashimov, France, 2006
2r3k1/pp1q1pbp/6p1/3Q2B1/3n2P1/6P1/PP2rPB1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd5 Bxd5 Rc5 if Rxe2 Nxe2+ Kg2 Nd4 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Vugar Gashimov vs Bogdan Lalic, Cappelle la Grande, 2007
r2r1k2/p3qpR1/1p2bR1p/3pP2Q/8/2Pp3P/P1P2PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ Kxg8 Rxh6 Kg7 Rh7+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Walter Arencibia vs Vugar Gashimov, Habana, 2007
8/kp3Q2/p2p1P2/4p3/KPP5/P1q5/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2+ Ka5 Qb3 if a4 Qxc4 ]

3c)
Dimitrij Bunzmann vs Vugar Gashimov

Vugar Gashimov Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Roi Reinaldo Castineira vs Vugar Gashimov, Sanxenxo, 2007
1r2r1k1/1p3pbp/p2Rb1p1/2n5/P3PP2/N5PP/1P4BK/R1B5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3 if Rb1 Nxc1 Rxc1 Bxb2 ]

b)
Vugar Gashimov vs Jens Beutel, Mainz, 2009
r1bqk2r/2ppbppp/p1n5/1p2P3/4n3/1B3N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Qd5 ]

c)
Vugar Gashimov vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Lugo, 2009
1kbqr3/pp4b1/5pNp/2p1p3/2B5/2P1Q3/PP3PPP/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Vugar Gashimov vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Warsaw, 2010
4N3/7p/2p2r2/3p1pkB/8/1P1n1Q2/r2q2PP/2R2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qg3+ Kxh5 Nxf6+ Kh6 Ng8+ ]

e)
Vugar Gashimov vs Ernesto Inarkiev, Astrakhan, 2010
rr2q1k1/3b1n1p/pn3b2/N2ppp2/1P6/R3BN1P/B4PP1/2R1Q1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb6 Rxb6 Bxd5 Rc8 Rxc8 Bxc8 Nc4 Rb8 Nd6 ]

4e)
Vugar Gashimov vs Ernesto Inarkiev

Vugar Gashimov Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Grischuk vs Vugar Gashimov, Nice, 2010
4k3/p1Bb4/2rP2p1/1B3p2/5P1b/1N1KP3/P6P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc7 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Vugar Gashimov vs Peter Heine Nielsen, Khanty Mansyisk, 2011
4b1k1/2p2r1p/p2qrP1Q/5R2/2PpP3/3P4/P5P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg5+ Kh8 Rg7 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Vugar Gashimov vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Monaco, 2011
4rb1k/1p3Qpp/p3p3/2r1P3/3Pq3/6R1/1P4PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Vugar Gashimov vs Anish Giri, Monaco, 2011
r1b5/1p1R2p1/1R3p1p/p4P2/k4r2/8/1PP5/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Ka2 if Rb4 b3+ ]

e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Vugar Gashimov, Khanty Mansyisk, 2011
3q1rk1/p2npp1p/1prn2p1/8/8/1PB1PP1P/P1QRBP2/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc7 if Rc1 Rc8 Rd3 Nb5 ]

5e)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Vugar Gashimov

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