King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Lastin.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Lastin vs Vladimir Burmakin, Moscow, 1994
3r3k/1p3Rpp/p2nn3/3N4/8/1PB1PQ1P/q4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ if Nxg7 Rf8+ or if Kg8 Ne7# ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Alexander Lastin vs Mikhail Kobalia, Moscow, 1994
3r3r/1R3p2/p1qkp2p/2p5/Q1Pp4/P2P2P1/5P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6+ Kxc6 Reb1 Kd6 R1b6+ Ke5 Rxf7 ]

c)
Alexander Lastin vs Andrei Lukin, Elista, 1995
2r4k/6p1/p3R2N/1p3P2/2qpQ2b/P7/1PP5/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ if Kg8 Nd6 or if Kh7 f6+ mates ]

d)
Alexander Lastin vs Sergei Shestakov, Moscow, 1995
4r1k1/4q2p/p2bb1p1/1p1pN3/8/1PB4P/1P1Q1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng4 if Rb8 Qd4 Kf7 Qg7+ Ke8 Nf6+ ]

1b)
mate in 5
Alexander Lastin vs Mikhail Kobalia

Alexander Lastin Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Lastin vs Vladimir Zhuravlev, Azov, 1996
2b5/3qr2k/5Q1p/P3B3/1PB1PPp1/4K1P1/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bg8+ Kxg8 Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ Ke8 Qg8# ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Alexander Lastin vs Igor Gulkov, Voronezh, 1998
2r1r1k1/2q1bp2/p2p2p1/1p1Qn1P1/5B2/2P5/PP4B1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 dxe5 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qxf7 Bxg5 Rh1+ Bh4 Rxh4# ]

c)
Alexander Lastin vs Alexander Motylev, Tula, 1999
7k/p5b1/2p5/6p1/2B3P1/5K1P/Pr6/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kh7 Bd3+ Kh6 Re6+ ]

d)
Alexander Lastin vs Vladimir Potkin, Ulan Ude, 2009
6rk/1p2n1pp/p2p1r2/P4P2/3Q1P2/1q5P/1P1B2RK/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 Rxg7 Qxf6 Qg8 Bc3 ]

2b)
mate in 5
Alexander Lastin vs Igor Gulkov

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