"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lela Javakhishvili.
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)
Black mates in 3.
Irina Petrovich vs Lela Javakhishvili, Cala Galdana, 1996
2k5/p5r1/PpN1p3/1P1q1p1p/4n3/6rP/4QPP1/2R3RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2+ if Kh2 Rxg2+ ]

b)
Lela Javakhishvili vs Miranda Khorava, Tbilisi, 1999
6rk/6p1/2p5/p1Pp4/1p1P4/1P1QR1n1/P1B3rq/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg3 Rxg3 Qxg3 if Qxg3 Rh1+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Natia Janjgava vs Lela Javakhishvili, Tbilisi, 2001
3R4/Q4p1k/2q2Pp1/1p5p/1Pr2b2/P3p3/1B5P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ Kxh2 Rh4+ Kg3 Rg4+ ]

d)
Lela Javakhishvili vs Grigol Maglaperidze, Tbilisi, 2001
r1b3k1/1pq2r1p/p1n2bp1/3B4/4Q3/8/PP3PPP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Kg7 Bxf7 if Qxf7 Bh6+ ]

e)
Megi Esebua vs Lela Javakhishvili, Baku, 2002
8/pp2bk2/5p2/2Nb1p2/3P1B1r/P3K1RP/1P6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 Kxf4 Bd6+ Kxf5 Bxg3 ]

1e)
Megi Esebua vs Lela Javakhishvili

Lela Javakhishvili Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexandra Stiri vs Lela Javakhishvili, Rethymnon, 2003
r1b2rk1/2qp3p/p1pbpp1Q/6p1/2PNPn2/1P6/PB1N1PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf7 w/...Bf8 ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Yixin Ding vs Lela Javakhishvili, Batumi, 2012
6k1/1p3pp1/6p1/P7/4P1P1/4bQ2/2rq3P/R4K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd3+ Ke1 Qc3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 7.
Marina Romanko-Guseva vs Lela Javakhishvili, Belgrade, 2013
2r3rk/pb3p1p/1p6/4q3/3R4/P5P1/1P2NpBP/3Q3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1 Qxc1 Qxe2 Re4 Qxe4 ]

d)
Irina Chelushkina vs Lela Javakhishvili, Rhodes, 2013
r1qb2k1/5p1p/1pp3pQ/p2p2P1/P7/2PP1BPP/1P6/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5 if Be2 Bxg5 ]

e)
Lela Javakhishvili vs Yerazik Khachatourian, Caleta, 2014
4nrk1/1pq3bp/2pp2p1/3PpbB1/1PP5/2Nn3P/3NBPP1/Q4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ g4 if h6 Be3 or if Nf4 Bxf4 ]

2b)
mate in 4
Yixin Ding vs Lela Javakhishvili

Lela Javakhishvili Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lela Javakhishvili vs Ali Ekber Dogan, Konya, 2014
1r4k1/5p1p/1P1p1bp1/2nBp3/r3P1P1/4B2P/2n1NP2/1R1R1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc5 dxc5 Bb3 ]

b)
Tatiana Melamed vs Lela Javakhishvili, Tromsoe, 2014
r1b1r1k1/pp3p1p/3b2p1/q2PB1Q1/8/3B4/P4PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5 Bxf5 Bxe5 Rab1 Bf4 ]

c)
Lela Javakhishvili vs Nino Khurtsidze, Tbilisi, 2015
2r1r1k1/1p2qpp1/7p/1p1bP3/p1nB1P2/P2B2QP/6P1/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ e6 if fxe6 Qg6 Qf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Bc3 or if f5 Bxf5 Rf8 Qg6 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Lela Javakhishvili vs Lilit Mkrtchian, Skopje, 2015
2q1r3/p3bk1P/1p2p3/3pP1B1/1n1P2Q1/1Pr3R1/P4PK1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kg7 Bf6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Lela Javakhishvili vs Roxana Adoamnei, Mamaia, 2015
3r1rk1/1np4p/pp5q/5Pp1/2P1NnP1/PPQ2p2/1B5P/1K1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Nxg5+ Qxg5 Qxh7+ ]

f)
White mates in 4.
Lela Javakhishvili vs Jolanta Zawadzka, Reykjavik, 2015
7k/1b1qn2B/p3p3/1pp1P1Q1/Pb1PN3/5N2/1P3P2/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ Kxh7 Ng5+ ]

g)
Black mates in 4.
Deimante Daulyte vs Lela Javakhishvili, Montpellier, 2015
2r4k/5prp/3ppp1Q/7R/1R2P3/P3KP2/4b1PP/5q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ if Kxe2 Rxg2+ Kd3 Qd1+ or if Kf4 Qc1# ]

3b)
Tatiana Melamed vs Lela Javakhishvili

Georgian GMs
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