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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Sergey Kudrin.
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)
Sergey Kudrin vs Alonso Zapata, New York, 1983
2rr1n1k/nq5p/p2p1N1Q/5P2/1P4R1/2p4B/b5PP/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ Nh5 w/Rg7 or Qf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Sergey Kudrin vs Mihai Suba, Beer-Sheva, 1984
rr2k3/5p2/p1bppPpQ/2p1n1P1/1q2PB2/2N4R/PP4BP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf8+ if Kd7 Qe7+ or if Kxf8 Rh8# ]

c)
Sergey Kudrin vs Arthur Bisguier, Fort Worth, 1984
5rnk/1b2rp2/p2p3q/1p1PpPRB/2p1P2Q/2P1P2P/PP5K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg8+ Rxg8 Rxg8+ Kxg8 Bxf7+ Kg7 Qxe7 if Qxe3 Be6+ mates ]

d)
Sergey Kudrin vs Dragan Barlov, Valjevo, 1984
q3r1k1/2r3p1/pp1RPB1p/2n4P/P5Q1/2P3P1/2P3bK/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 if Nxe6 Rxc7 g5 Re7 ]

e)
Sergey Kudrin vs Slobodan Martinovic, Valjevo, 1984
3r2k1/3bqpp1/p2p4/1p2p2Q/4P2b/P1rB4/1PP5/1K3RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ if Kf6 Qh6# ]

f)
Sergey Kudrin vs William Watson, London, 1987
r4rk1/1bp2pbp/p1Nqp1pn/1p1P4/1n3PP1/2N1B2P/PPP3B1/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Qd7 Nc5 ]

g)
Sergey Kudrin vs Branko Stanojevic, Geneva, 1988
r1bq1rk1/pp2p1bp/2p2pp1/3nP1N1/8/3B4/PPPBQPPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Nxh7 if Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Bxg6 ]

1d)
Sergey Kudrin vs Dragan Barlov

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