"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kateryna Lahno.
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)
Kateryna Lahno vs Vera Nebolsina, Oropesa, 1999
r2r2k1/1p2qp1p/2pb2pP/p3p3/n3P3/P3BQ2/BPP2PP1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Kateryna Lahno vs Mariya Romanova, Kramatorsk, 2001
r5k1/4rppp/pn6/1p3N2/1q6/1P3Q2/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxa8+ Nxa8 Rd8+ Re8 Rxe8+ Qf8 Ne7+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Kateryna Lahno vs Sofia Shepeleva, Kramatorsk, 2001
4r3/5p1k/2p1nBpp/q2p4/P1bP4/2P1R2Q/2B2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ ]
d)
Kateryna Lahno vs Iosefina Paulet, Oropesa, 2001
2r4r/2k2p2/1q2pN2/p2pn3/1p6/5R2/PPPQ2PP/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qf4 if Qd6 Ne4 ]
e)
Lela Javakhishvili vs Kateryna Lahno, Antalya, 2002
1nr3k1/p1r1q2p/1ppb2p1/3p1p2/Q2P4/1P2PNP1/PBR2PP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 Qa5 Bb4 ]
1b)
mate in 5
Kateryna Lahno vs Mariya Romanova
Kateryna Lahno Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 6.
Tatiana Grabuzova vs Kateryna Lahno, Varna, 2002
8/1p3pkp/pQp1b1p1/2P1pP2/4P3/1P4P1/Pq1r2BP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2 if Rxg2 Qb1+ Rg1 Qxe4+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Kateryna Lahno vs Berfu Dincok, Antalya, 2002
r2qr3/pbpnb1kp/1p2Q1p1/3p4/3P4/2P3NP/PPBB2P1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qxg6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Kateryna Lahno vs Maarten Etmans, Wijk aan Zee, 2004
3R4/1p6/p1b1Q2p/6pk/1P6/P6P/1q4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Kh4 Rd4+ ]
d)
Kateryna Lahno vs Ekaterina Plovnikova, Elista, 2004
r3r2k/p1p4p/1p2n1pQ/3p1q2/3P2N1/2P1Rp1P/PP4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf3 if Qh5 Rxe6 Rxe6 Rf8+ mates ]
e)
Michal Krasenkow vs Kateryna Lahno, France, 2010
8/p1r1kppp/8/3P4/R1B1b1P1/7P/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc2 if Rb4 a5 ]
2a)
mate in 6
Tatiana Grabuzova vs Kateryna Lahno
Kateryna Lahno Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Anastasiya Rakhmangulova vs Kateryna Lahno, Kharkov, 2012
8/6R1/1b4p1/p2B1p2/P7/5P1P/5k1K/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3 h4 Bf4+ ]
b)
Elizaveta Bronnikova vs Kateryna Lahno, Eilat, 2012
3r2k1/1b3p1p/1N2p3/6p1/R2P1n2/8/7P/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ Kf2 Nc3 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Kateryna Lahno vs Lilit Mkrtchian, Reykjavik, 2015
4k3/1n3p2/4r1p1/2pN3p/1b2P3/3B1qPP/1Q3P2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ Kd8 Qh8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Kateryna Lahno vs Qian Huang, Huai'an, 2016
7r/3R2p1/2p1p1qp/8/1kP5/1P2Q1B1/r4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd6+ c5 Bxc5+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Kateryna Lahno vs Lela Javakhishvili, Khanty Mansyisk, 2017
r2qk3/5p1p/p3p3/1pQ4N/1P6/P4N1P/5PP1/2b3K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ng7+ Kd7 Ne5# ]
f)
White mates in 4.
Kateryna Lahno vs Eesha Karavade, Astana, 2019
r6k/4Npp1/3R3p/4p3/1P2P2P/5QP1/2r2P1K/5q2 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxh6+ gxh6 2.Qf6+ Kh7 Qxf7+ ]
3c)
mate in 3
Kateryna Lahno vs Lilit Mkrtchian
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