King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Qi Guo.
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) 
Qi Guo vs Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Kuala Lumpur, 2010
5r2/p2p1P1p/1k1N4/2pPP1p1/1p4P1/1P2K3/7P/5b2 w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Xueyi Li vs Qi Guo, Guanzhou, 2010
8/6pk/1QNp3p/8/2p3P1/Pn6/KPq2r1P/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ Qxb1+ Kxb1 Rf1+ ]
c) 
Qi Guo vs Aa Citra Dewi, Zaozhuang, 2012
8/8/pbr2qk1/6p1/4P3/2Q2NPP/PP3P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6 Qxc6 Ne5+ ]
d) 
Qi Guo vs Lilit Mkrtchian, Batumi, 2012
r5k1/pbqn1p2/2pNp1p1/2Pr2Pp/8/2Q5/PP3PP1/1B1R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if cxd5 Nxb7 Qxb7 c6 or if exd5 Re1 Rf8 Bxg6 ]
e) 
Qi Guo vs Warda Medina, Athens, 2012
r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/2n1p3/8/3PQ3/1N6/PqPKNPPP/R6R w - - 0 1
[ a3 w/Rhb1 ]
1b) 
mate in 3
Xueyi Li vs Qi Guo
Qi Guo Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Qi Guo vs Anam Khairul, Jakarta, 2012
4rr1k/p4p2/p1pP3p/b3PbqN/P2p1Np1/R7/1P3PPP/2Q1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 if gxh3 Rg3 or if Qg8 Nf6 or if Qxh4 Ng6+ fxg6 Qxh6+ ]
b) 
Qi Guo vs Yuriy Kuzubov, Reykjavik, 2013
r2q1rk1/4n1b1/p2p2pp/2pPPbB1/NpB2Pn1/8/PP1QN1P1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ exd6 if Qxd6 Bxe7 Qxe7 d6+ ]
c) 
Qi Guo vs Aa Citra Dewi, Manila, 2013
rr4k1/3qPpbp/3N2p1/p1pQ2P1/8/2P4P/5PK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ Kh8 e8/Q+ ]
d) 
Qi Guo vs Sabina-Francesca Foisor, Ningbo, 2013
2r1q2k/3b2pp/2pn1r2/ppN2p2/8/P3PN1P/1PQ2PP1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5 if Qxe5 Nxd7 ]
e) 
Shayesteh Ghader Pour vs Qi Guo, Tabriz, 2014
8/1p1r3k/7p/3P4/8/2R4P/2p2P2/1r2RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re7 ]
f) 
Black mates in 2.
Andy Baert vs Qi Guo, Gibraltar, 2015
8/5nkp/5r2/p2b4/Q5P1/2p3K1/P2nR2P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf1+ ]
2b) 
Qi Guo vs Yuriy Kuzubov
Chinese GMs
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