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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Boris Gelfand.
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)
Boris Gelfand vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Yurmala, 1985
1k5r/3bb1p1/p2pN1p1/1p2r3/4qN2/2R5/PPP2Q1P/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Qb6+ Qb7 Qxb7+ Kxb7 Rc7+ ]
b)
Boris Gelfand vs Alexei Shirov, Riga, 1987
6k1/3q2p1/3p2np/1p1nrN2/1Pp1P3/4R2P/1Q3PP1/3B2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 if Nxe3 Nxh6+ or if Qf7 exd5 Rxf5 Qb1 ]
c)
Boris Gelfand vs Ilia Smirin, Vilnius, 1988
r2r2k1/Bbqnbp1p/6p1/1P1pp3/R3P3/1N3P2/5QPP/R4BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc1 Qd6 Na5 if Bc1 Nc6 Re8 Bc5 ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Boris Gelfand vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Debrecen, 1989
r1b3k1/p7/1p1q2B1/2pP4/2P4p/6R1/PB4PK/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kxh7 Rf7+ Kh6 Bc1+ ]
e)
Boris Gelfand vs Eric Lobron, Munich, 1991
7Q/3rkb2/2pqp2p/pp6/P1pPB2P/8/1P6/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg6 if Bxg6 Qf8# or if Qd5+ Kh2 ]
1a)
Boris Gelfand vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Gelfand Puzzles, Part II..
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Boris Gelfand vs Viktor Korchnoi, Tilburg, 1992
6k1/R4RB1/1p5p/r6n/2r4P/p5P1/5P2/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Kh7 Rh8+ Kg6 Rxh6+ Kf5 Rxh5+ ]
b)
Boris Gelfand vs Zdenko Kozul, Biel, 1993
5rk1/n3ppbp/1q4p1/r2PP3/p1Q2BB1/7P/5PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd2 if Ra6 Rb1 or if Rb5 Be3 ]
c)
Boris Gelfand vs Predrag Nikolic, Munich, 1994
3N1r1k/3R2qp/8/p1Q1r3/1p3n2/8/PPP3p1/1KR5 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ if Rxf7 Rd8+ ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Boris Gelfand vs Vladimir Kramnik, Sanghi Nagar, 1994
4r3/1k2rp2/7R/Q7/1nqp4/8/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ Rxe7 Qb6+ Kc8 Rh8+ ]
e)
Boris Gelfand vs Valery Salov, Madrid, 1996
4rk1r/3Qbppp/pq6/5p2/5B2/1N6/PP4PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Rxe7 Bd6 ]
2a)
Boris Gelfand vs Viktor Korchnoi
Gelfand Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Boris Gelfand vs Vladislav Tkachiev, Groningen, 1997
6k1/R4p2/3rpB1p/6p1/8/5N1P/5PPK/1r6 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8+ Kh7 Ne5 ]
b)
Boris Gelfand vs Maxim Turov, Internet, 2004
3rr3/p3kn1p/1pp1p1p1/2NnP3/5P2/1P4P1/P3K1BP/2RR4 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if Kxe6 Rxc6+ Ke7 Bxd5 ]
c)
Boris Gelfand vs Bartlomiej Macieja, Merida, 2005
1q2rrk1/pb3ppp/1p1b4/1NpPnQ2/5B2/1P4P1/P4PBP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be4 if g6 Qf6 Be7 Qxe5 ]
d)
Boris Gelfand vs Sergei Tiviakov, San Sebastian, 2006
2r2b1k/p2q1Bpp/1p1p4/8/3B2P1/P4Q1b/1P3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh5 if Qe7 Bc3 Qh4 Re3 ]
e)
Boris Gelfand vs Loek Van Wely, Monte Carlo, 2007
r1b2rk1/5pp1/pqP1p2p/1n1p4/R7/Q2BPN2/5PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb5 if Qxb5 Rb4 Qe2 Rb2 ]
3e)
Boris Gelfand vs Loek Van Wely
Gelfand Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Gata Kamsky vs Boris Gelfand, Elista, 2007
8/7k/1p6/5p2/1P6/4QKPN/2q5/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf1+ if Nf2 Rxf2+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Boris Gelfand vs Maxim Rodshtein, Natanya, 2009
1rb1rq1k/p1b2ppp/8/1pnB1N2/8/1Q6/PB3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ Qxg7 Rxe8+ Qg8 Qc3+ ]
c)
Boris Gelfand vs Sergey Karjakin, Moscow, 2009
8/1p4k1/p2r3p/3n1P1R/4BPP1/8/4K3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 if Rxd5 f6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Boris Gelfand vs Rauf Mamedov, Moscow, 2010
5Q2/1p3p1N/2p3p1/5b1k/2P3n1/P4RP1/3q2rP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5+ if g5 Qxf7+ ]
4a)
mate in 3
Gata Kamsky vs Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Boris Gelfand vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov, London, 2012
4N3/1R6/6kp/4pp2/5p2/7P/5PPK/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ Kh5 Nf6+ Kh4 g3+ ]
b)
Boris Gelfand vs Fabiano Caruana, London, 2013
7r/Q6r/2k1qp2/3p1p2/2b2p1N/4P1P1/P1R4P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc4+ dxc4 Qa6+ Kd7 Rd1+ Ke7 Qb7+ Ke8 Qb8+ Kf7 Qc7+ ]
c)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Boris Gelfand, Moscow, 2013
2r2r1k/5ppP/3pp3/1bq4P/3QP3/1P6/NP3P2/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2+ Ka1 Ra8 if Qb4 Rxa2+ ]
d)
Fabiano Caruana vs Boris Gelfand, London, 2013
4r1k1/pp5p/1np3p1/3rPp2/5P2/P3QN2/1PqR2PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4 if Rxc2 Nxe3 ]
5b)
Boris Gelfand vs Fabiano Caruana
Boris Gelfand Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Loek Van Wely vs Boris Gelfand, Wijk aan Zee, 2014
1k6/ppb2p2/4p3/2P2p1R/5P1K/1N1r2PQ/Pq5P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd8+ Rg5 Qh8# ]
b)
Boris Gelfand vs Ivan Zhuk, Tallinn, 2016
rn1q1rk1/pb2bppp/1p2p3/2p1P3/2P3n1/2N2NP1/PPQ2PBP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Ng5 Bxg5 Bxb7 Bxc1 Bxa8 ]
c)
Boris Gelfand vs Ernesto Inarkiev, Magas, 2016
3r2k1/p2r3q/bp1N1p1p/2n1p1pP/2PR4/4PQB1/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 if exd4 Nf5 dxe3 Rxd7 Rxd7 Nxh6+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Yannick Pelletier vs Boris Gelfand, Zurich, 2017
3Rr1k1/pb3ppp/1pP5/7q/4pPn1/1PN1P1K1/PBQ3P1/4RB2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qh2+ 2.Kxg4 f5+ ]
6a)
mate in 2
Loek Van Wely vs Boris Gelfand
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