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



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Turkan Mamedjarova.
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 2.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Megi Esebua, Batumi, 2002
2b1rr1k/p5pp/2n5/2p2p2/2B1nN2/1P2R3/PBP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]

b)
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Elmira Alieva, Baku, 2003
8/p4pk1/2p1b1p1/8/P4QPq/2r4P/5PB1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8 if Rc4 Qe5+ or if f6 Qc7+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Anna Van Der Merwe, Halkidiki, 2003
r1b1kr2/1p4RQ/4p3/p2p4/3q4/3B4/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ if Kd8 Rd7+ or if Bd7 Rxd7 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Shahana Agaeva, Nakhichevan, 2003
r3r2k/ppp2Rp1/3pR2p/3P2BQ/2n1p3/2P1P1KP/q6P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Hakan Erdogan, Antalya, 2004
2rq3k/2n1r2p/2Pp1pPQ/p4N2/1p1NP3/3p3P/PP4P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ g7+ Kg8 Qxf6 if h6 Qg6 ]

Turkan Mamedjarova puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Angelica Babei, Chisinau, 2005
2R5/4kp1p/p3p1p1/3nB3/qp1PQ3/b6P/P4PP1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qh4+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Oksana Molkova, Vladimir, 2005
1rb1n1k1/p1q1rp1n/4p1pQ/3pP2P/1p3PP1/1pP1P3/PBB4R/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 hxg6+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 Rh8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Viktoria Bashkite, Kusadasi, 2006
1k6/pp2r1b1/2pN2p1/2P1p2p/4r3/1Q4PP/3q1P2/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ ]

d)
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Ana Gavasheli, Belgrade, 2013
1r4k1/pbn1Rrbp/1p3pp1/3p4/B5q1/2P2N2/PP3BPP/R2Q2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 Kxf7 Ne5+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Irine Sukandar, Riyadh, 2017
4kb1r/1pr3p1/pN3p2/n1pn4/4NP1p/7P/PPP3PB/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6+ ]

Turkan Mamedjarova puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Bathuyag Mongontuul, Riyadh, 2017
3b1r2/1pq2p1k/p6p/3pPR1Q/8/Pn2P1RP/1P4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rf6 Bxf6 Qf5+ Kh8 Qxf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Fiona Sieber, Apolda, 2019
r2r4/p4P1p/1p1kBQ2/2b2p2/8/P2p2P1/1B2RPKP/3q4 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ if Kc7 Qc6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Dronavalli Harika, Internet, 2020
3rr2k/3q3p/4R1p1/p1p3N1/1pB1Q1P1/2P4P/P4P2/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ if Qg7 Rxe8+ ]

d)
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Inna Gaponenko, Internet, 2020
r2k3r/ppp1b1Nq/n2p4/3PpQ2/2P1p2P/6R1/PP3PP1/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if Ke8 or Kc8 Qxh7 Rxh7 Rg8+ ]

e)
Iosefina Paulet vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Oropesa, 2001
2k3r1/2p5/ppp1n3/7p/PP2Pp1P/2PP1Nr1/3R1K2/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3+ ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Turkan Mamedjarova puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Zsuzsa Remete vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Peniscola, 2002
1b3r1k/p1q3pp/1p6/2PR4/7r/1BP2P2/P4QP1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Lala Mamedova vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Baku, 2003
r1b2rk1/pp4b1/n2p4/2pP3R/2P1N1PQ/4KP2/Pq4B1/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Joanna Giemza vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Budva, 2003
4r1k1/Q6p/3P1p2/3q4/2b2K2/P7/1P3P2/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ ]

d)
Xiaowen Zhang vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Halkidiki, 2003
3r2k1/p1p3pp/b1p2r2/Npb5/8/1P2P2P/P1PB2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba3+ Kb1 Rfd6 ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Sophie Milliet vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Crete, 2007
2r4k/pQ4pp/2n5/3p2q1/3Pn3/P4B1b/1P3P1P/2R2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2+ Rxf2 Qxc1+ ]

Turkan Mamedjarova puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Katerina Cedikova vs Turkan Mamedjarova, St. Petersburg, 2009
3r1q1k/pb4bp/1pn1R1p1/8/2BP4/2BQ4/P3N1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Tbilisi, 2011
4rrk1/p5p1/1pP5/3p3p/1P1Bp2P/4P1bq/PQ4R1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ if Kh1 Rxf1+ ]

c)
Ana Kuchava vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Tbilisi, 2011
2b2rk1/p3qppp/1rB1p3/1pn5/8/Q3PN2/PP3PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...b4 if Qa5 Rxc6 ]

d)
Tsveta Galunova vs Turkan Mamedjarova, Mamaia, 2016
r1br3k/pp4p1/2p1pq1p/2P1Rp2/1P1Pn3/3Q3P/P1BB1PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe5 dxe5 Rxd3 Bxd3 Nxd2 ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez vs Turkan Mamedjarov, Antalya, 2019
4r1k1/5pp1/p6p/1pp5/4q3/P1R2nP1/5P1P/2BQ3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh4+ if f3 Qe1+ ]


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