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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of D Gukesh.
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.
D Gukesh vs Neeraj-Kumar Mishra, Puchong, 2017
2r1n2k/pb5p/1p1p1p1B/5P1B/2P1q2Q/1P4R1/P7/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe4 if Bxe4 Bf7 or if Nc7 Bg7+ Kg8 Bxf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
D Gukesh vs Jan Soural, Pardubice, 2018
1rq1r3/1p2pbk1/p2pRp1n/P2P1Pp1/2PBB1P1/1P4K1/8/Q6R w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ if Kh7 Rxh6+ or if exf6 Qxf6+ ]

c)
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs D Gukesh, Douglas, 2018
1k4r1/pp3R2/4p2p/1P1pPB2/2qP2rP/8/P4QP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Qxg2 Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qe2+ ]

d)
D Gukesh vs Anastasya Paramzina, Sharjah, 2019
6kb/3qpp1p/pp1pbnpB/4rNQ1/1P6/P5PB/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ if Qxc8 Nxe7# or if Ne8 Nxe7+ Qxe7 Qxe7 ]

e)
D Gukesh vs Nikoloz Kacharava, Sitges, 2019
r1nR1bk1/pR3r1p/Q1p3p1/B1p1np2/2q5/2N1P1P1/P3NPKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 Qxf7 Rxc8 ]

f)
Saha Neelash vs D Gukesh, Taleigao, 2019
r2qnrk1/p1p2ppp/1p1p2n1/2bPp3/2P1P3/2NBBPPb/PP1Q3P/R3K1NR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Bxe3 Qxe3 Bg2 ]

g)
Black mates in 5.
Kristaps Krustkalns vs D Gukesh, Riga, 2019
5r1k/R3N1bp/3p4/Q4p2/3qpp2/8/1r3PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rb1+ Rf1 Bd4+ ]

1g)
mate in 5
Kristaps Krustkalns vs D Gukesh


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