Chess Puzzles from the Games of Jessie Gilbert.

'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jessie Gilbert.
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)

Jessie Gilbert vs Anna Kohut, Oropesa, 1999
3rr1k1/ppq2ppp/2p1pn2/4Nb2/P2Pn3/B1PBP3/2Q2PPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ f3 if Nd6 e4 Bg6 Nxg6 hxg6 e5 ]

b)

Jessie Gilbert vs Sahaj Grower, Hastings, 2005
2rb2k1/3b1pp1/1p1q3p/3N4/rR1P4/3BPQ2/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa4 if Bxa4 Qf5 ]

c)

Jessie Gilbert vs Jose Lopez Castilla, Gibraltar, 2006
2rr2k1/pp3ppp/8/2bpn2q/4n2P/1P2P1P1/PB2NPB1/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 if Qf5 Bh3 or if Qxd1 Rfxd1 Nd7 Rxd5 ]

d)

David Haydon vs Jessie Gilbert, Hastings, 2006
q1r3k1/3nppbp/Q5p1/NP6/1p2P3/5P2/NP4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc5 if Qb6 Bd4+ Kh1 Nb3 ]

e)

Kidambi Sundararajan vs Jessie Gilbert, Gibraltar, 2006
r4q2/ppp3k1/3p2p1/2PPp3/PP1b3r/3B1P1N/4R1K1/3N1Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3 if Kxh3 Qf4 Kg2 Rh8 mates ]

1d)

David Haydon vs Jessie Gilbert

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'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jessie Gilbert.The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jessie Gilbert.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.