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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Olga Girya.
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) 
Olga Girya vs Elena Tairova, Dagomys, 2004
4nqk1/r2r3p/2p3p1/pp1pBbRQ/3P1N2/5P2/PPP5/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if Bxg6 Rxg6+ hxg6 Qh8+ Kf7 Rh7+ Ng7 Rxg7+ ]
b) 
Olga Girya vs Alsu Sadykova, Dagomys, 2006
4rqk1/2r2p1p/p3p1pQ/1p4Pn/6NR/3P4/PP3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 Nf6+ ]
c) 
Olga Girya vs Elena Verevotchkina, Obninsk, 2007
r1bb2nr/1p2kppp/p1p1p3/8/NP2PB2/8/P1P2PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8 Kxd8 Nb6 ]
d) 
Olga Girya vs Ekaterina Homiakova, Moscow, 2007
5rk1/pp1rnppp/5q2/Q4b2/3p1N2/6P1/PPP2PBP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe7 if Qxe7 Qxf5 or if Rxe7 Nd5 ]
e) 
Olga Girya vs Mariya Muzychuk, Moscow, 2007
r6r/1bq1k3/3p1bQ1/p3pP2/Pp2P2p/4B3/1PP2RB1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 if Bxg5 Qg7+ or if Raf8 Bxf6+ Rxf6 Qg7+ ]
1a) 
Olga Girya vs Elena Tairova
Olga Girya puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Olga Girya vs Viktor Kalmachevskikh, Khanty Mansyisk, 2007
1n3r1k/4bp1p/2p1pp2/3q3Q/P1rP4/5NP1/5PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5 ]
b) 
White mates in 2.
Olga Girya vs Dina Drozdova, Moscow, 2008
r1b1nBR1/pp1n3k/2p5/4p2q/2Q1P3/2N5/PPP2P2/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]
c) 
Olga Girya vs Irina Korchenkova, Dagomys, 2008
4b1k1/4rppp/rp1q4/3Bn3/2PQ4/P4RP1/4P2P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Nxf7 Qxd6 if Nxd6 Rf8# ]
d) 
Olga Girya vs Martina Mareckova, Chotowa, 2010
3r2k1/pp3pb1/2p1b2p/4p1p1/P3Pn2/2P1N1B1/1PQq1PPP/4RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd1 ]
e) 
Olga Girya vs Daria Pustovoitova, St. Petersburg, 2011
2r2rk1/5pp1/2b3Rp/4p2Q/n3Pq2/8/B4PPP/4RNK1 w - - 1 0
[ g3 ]
2c) 
Olga Girya vs Irina Korchenkova
Olga Girya puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Olga Girya vs Roman Ezov, St. Petersburg, 2011
R1b3k1/1rq2pbN/2Np2p1/1p1n4/8/1PB4P/5PP1/4Q1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ if Kh7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rxc8 ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Olga Girya vs Nastassia Ziaziulkina, Gaziantep, 2012
2b2r2/5Nk1/1pnP2p1/p1p2qN1/P1P2Qp1/1P2P3/7R/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ Kf6 Ne4+ Ke6 Nfg5+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Olga Girya vs Ekaterina Vasilenko, Paleochora, 2012
5r2/1bqn2k1/r7/p2p3Q/2pPnP1B/2P1PR2/6PP/1B1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg3+ if Nxg3 Qh7# or if Rg6 Qxg6+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Olga Girya vs Tea Gueci, Rhodes, 2013
8/5R1p/p5pk/2p3N1/P5B1/7P/1b3PK1/2r5 w - - 1 0
[ h4 if Bg7 Rc7 ]
e) 
Yulia Dmitrieva vs Olga Girya, Serpukhov, 2000
4q1k1/pppb1pbp/1n1p2pB/7n/2PP3N/1PN4P/P1BQ1PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh6 Qxh6 Qe1+ Kh2 Qxc3 ]
3b) 
mate in 4
Olga Girya vs Nastassia Ziaziulkina
Olga Girya puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Vladislav Kudris vs Olga Girya, Vladimir, 2006
3r1rk1/pp3pbp/6p1/5q2/2Q5/2P3P1/P2B1PKP/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2 if Qf4 Rd7 w/Rfd8 ]
b) 
Nu Hong Ton vs Olga Girya, Kemer, 2007
2r3k1/pp2b1pp/q3p3/4P3/2r1P3/4B3/PQ4PP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2 Qd4 Qe2 if Bf2 Bc5 ]
c) 
Inna Ivakhinova vs Olga Girya, St. Petersburg, 2009
5rk1/1p2r2p/3p1np1/3P1p2/1PPR4/5PP1/q2Q2KP/1BR5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 4.
Kulkarni Bhakti vs Olga Girya, Chotowa, 2010
2r5/5pk1/p1r1p1p1/1p1p3p/3P2n1/PQNBPKRq/1P1R1P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh2+ if Kf4 Qh4+ or if Ke2 Qf1# ]
e) 
Black mates in 4.
Karina Ambartsumova vs Olga Girya, Moscow, 2011
8/4R1pk/2b3rp/1p2pp1q/7P/3PBP2/2P3PK/4Q3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ if Kh1 Qxf3 or if Kxg2 Qxf3+ ]
4b) 
Nu Hong Ton vs Olga Girya
Olga Girya puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Tatiana Shadrina vs Olga Girya, Tiumen, 2012
3r2k1/pb1rbppp/1pqNp3/4P3/P1PQpP2/1P2B3/3R2PP/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd6 if exd6 Bf6 ]
b) 
Xue Zhao vs Olga Girya, Khanty Mansyisk, 2014
7Q/1pk5/8/P1q2p2/5P2/3QPK2/P7/6q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6+ e4 fxe4+ Qxe4 Qd1+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Olga Girya vs Maka Madivani, Bilbao, 2014
r3r2k/ppqnpQ1p/2p2b1P/8/2P2P2/2N1B3/PP3P2/3RK1R1 w - - 1 0
[ ...Rg7 Bxc3+ bxc3 Nf6 Rxh7+ ]
d) 
Olga Girya vs Oksana Gritsayeva, Kazan, 2014
8/p3rk2/3p4/B1pPppn1/2Pn4/6PB/P4PK1/1R6 w - - 1 0
[ Bd8 ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Dinara Dordzhieva vs Olga Girya, Sochi, 2015
8/5ppk/p3pb2/2P5/6R1/3RKP2/P1r4r/6B1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rce2+ Kf4 Be5+ ]
5c) 
mate in 4
Olga Girya vs Maka Madivani
Olga Girya puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Olga Girya vs Deimante Cornette, Riyadh, 2017
2r3k1/p4pp1/2q4p/3RP3/P1p1QP2/6P1/6KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rd8+ ]
b) 
White mates in 5.
Olga Girya vs Natalija Pogonina, Satka, 2018
6Q1/rr3p2/5kpR/4p3/1q2P3/5P2/5P1P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rgxg6+ if Ke7 Re6+ fxe6 Rxe6+ or if fxg6 Rxg6+ ]
c) 
Olga Girya vs Jovana Eric, Budva, 2019
2r1r2k/pp4pp/1np1N3/4qp2/7P/PQ2P1P1/1P3P2/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ng5 Qe7 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nd6+ ]
6c) 
Olga Girya vs Jovana Eric
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