Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Aleksandra Maltsevskaya.
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)
White mates in 3.
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Anton Yatzenko, St. Petersburg, 2017
r4k2/ppp4Q/5qp1/4RbN1/8/2P5/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7 if Rd8 Rf7+ ]

b)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Gergana Peycheva, Prague, 2016
3r1rk1/1b2qppp/pp1pp3/4nP2/2P2N2/1P4Q1/P5PP/1B1R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Bxd5 f6 or if Qe8 Nf6+ ]

c)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Elizaveta Zhemchuzhina, Moscow, 2017
5k1r/7p/p2bPpp1/8/Q7/4q3/P1P3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qd7 Be7 Rxf6+ Kg8 Qe8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Anasrasia Travkina, Sochi, 2017
2r4k/p1rQ1p2/4pP2/1p5p/4P2P/4BP2/PPq5/K2R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ ]

e)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Evgeny Pranizin, Taganrog, 2018
r1bqnrk1/pp1pppbp/6p1/n3P3/3N4/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Rxf7 Ne6 or if Kxf7 Ne6 Kxe6 Qd5+ mates ]

1d)
mate in 3
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Anasrasia Travkina

Aleksandra Maltsevskaya puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Alexandra Obolentseva, Moscow, 2019
1r1r2k1/3qp2p/2np1pp1/3N4/1p2P3/1P4P1/P2Q1PKP/2R1R3 w - -1 0
[ Rxc6 if Qxc6 Ne7+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Daria Charochkina, Moscow, 2019
3r3r/1N2pp1p/4k3/6Qb/R7/4B1PP/1qP1nPBK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5+ Kd6 Qd5+ Kc7 Na6+ ]

c)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Leonard Shihaliev, St. Petersburg, 2019
6r1/pn2kr2/1ppp4/4pPp1/1PP1N1P1/8/P4P2/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 Nxd6 Rxe5+ Kd7 Re6 ]

d)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Andrey Khramov, St. Petersburg, 2019
3r1b1k/1r2n2p/p7/P3q3/3p2Q1/2B4P/1P4P1/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ if Rxf8 Bxd4 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Sumiya Chinguun, Khanty Mansyisk, 2019
1rb5/3rR2p/5R2/1P1N4/p1P2Pk1/8/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne3+ Kh5 g4+ ]

2a)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Alexandra Obolentseva

Aleksandra Maltsevskaya puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Luca Albertini, Internet, 2020
r2qr1k1/pp1n1ppp/2p1pn2/b2p4/4P3/2PP2P1/PP1NQPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 ]

b)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Aisha Zakirova, Internet, 2020
r5k1/3n2bp/4p3/1pp1q3/3pP1Q1/6P1/1PP3BP/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf4 Qf6 e5 Qg6 Qxg6 hxg6 Bxa8 ]

c)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Lubov Markelova, Internet, 2020
r2qk2r/8/p2pP1b1/2bB4/P3P1pp/2P3P1/3Q3P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bc6+ if Ke7 Qg5+ mates ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Ekaterina Goltseva, Cheliabinsk, 2020
3R3r/4rppk/2P4p/6bP/2p5/PQ2BR2/1P2KPq1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qc2+ if g6 Rxf7+ ]

e)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Anastasia Dubnikova, Satka, 2020
2Q3N1/pp3p2/6pp/2Bkb3/7P/5K2/1q4P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kc4 Ba3+ ]

3b)
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya vs Aisha Zakirova

Aleksandra Maltsevskaya puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Zofia Szulc vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Maribor, 2012
2r3k1/p4ppp/4p3/3p4/3PnBb1/3QP3/PP1qBP1P/2rR1K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ Kg1 Rxd1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Ekaterina Goltseva vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Al-Ain, 2013
7k/1pp2rbB/p6p/3P4/PPP3p1/6Pq/3Nn2P/3Q3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ Kg1 Bd4# ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Anastasia Solovyova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Vladivostok, 2014
5rk1/1pp3p1/3p3p/3Pr2b/2PQR2q/P7/1P1N2PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe1+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Evgenija Ovod vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Sochi, 2016
4r1k1/2pn4/3p2qp/R2P4/P3n1N1/B1P1Q2P/4Br1b/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe4+ Qf3 Qxf3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Darya Trapeznikova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Loo, 2017
6k1/p4p2/8/2pN2pP/2Pbb2q/1P3p1P/1P1Q1P2/6KB b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Kf1 Bd3+ ]

4d)
mate in 4
Evgenija Ovod vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya

Aleksandra Maltsevskaya puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Pavel Haase vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Pardubice, 2018
8/8/6kp/2B1b1p1/1P2PnK1/7P/3q1Q1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5+ if Kf3 Qd1+ or if Kg3 h4+ ]

b)
Margarita Lysenko vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, St. Petersburg, 2018
r2r4/6bk/2p1q2p/4p1p1/2P1PpPn/5P2/2N1QB1P/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd2 if Qxd2 Nxf3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Jana Mukhina vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Yaroslavl,2019
7k/p5p1/7p/1pp5/3r1PqP/2K3QR/PP6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...b4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Elizaveta Mokshanova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Yaroslavl, 2019
5rk1/pp2p2p/6p1/2Ppb3/4n2q/2NQ1N1b/PP2BP2/2R2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Qxe4 Bg4+ or if Qxd5+ Be6+ Kg2 Qh3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Dina Belenkaya vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Sochi, 2019
6k1/p4pb1/4b1pp/2q5/4BP2/2pQ1KP1/Pr5P/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ ]

5b)
Margarita Lysenko vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya

Aleksandra Maltsevskaya puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Roza Idrisova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Sochi, 2019
5r2/pp3r1k/3Q2pb/PP1Pp2p/4N3/2Nn2Pq/8/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ Rxe3 Rf1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Turmunkh Munkhzul vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Moscow, 2019
6k1/1q4p1/p2P3p/2P2p2/8/P2p2Pb/1P1Q3P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 Qf2 Qd1+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Gulnar Mammadova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Internet, 2020
2r3k1/p4ppp/1p1p4/6Q1/1P1P4/3qnP2/1Br2RPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ ]

d)
Mikhail Klenburg vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Internet, 2020
8/4r1k1/4q1np/6n1/p1Pp2P1/P2B2BP/2P2Q1K/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe1 if Qxe1 Nf3+ or if Qxd4+ Ne5 Bxe1 Nf3+ ]

6a)
mate in 3
Roza Idrisova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya


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