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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 2009.
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) 
Black mates in 2.
Zahar Efimenko vs Dimitri Reinderman, Wijk aan Zee, 2009
7k/p5b1/1p4Bp/2q1p1p1/1P1n1r2/P2Q2N1/6P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 2.
Dmitry Bocharov vs Dmitry Svetushkin, Budva, 2009
8/pp2k3/7r/2P1p1p1/4P3/5pq1/2R3N1/1R3BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f2+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 2.
Maxim Rodshtein vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Natanya, 2009
6r1/p6k/Bp3n1r/2pP1P2/P4q1P/2P2Q2/5K2/2R2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Boris Grachev vs Varuzhan Akobian, Moscow, 2009
7k/1pqr2p1/1R2Q2p/r2p4/6R1/4P2P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Kh7 Rxh6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Vasilios Kotronias vs Francisco Vallejo Pons, Budva, 2009
3r1b1k/1p3R2/7p/2p4N/p4P2/2K3R1/PP6/3r4 w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ Kxh7 Nf6+ ]
1e) 
mate in 3
Vasilios Kotronias vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
2009 Puzzles, Part II.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich, Nice, 2009
4Q3/p2r2pk/1n5p/8/8/5N1P/q4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ hxg5 Qh5+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Alexey Korotylev 2607 vs Evgenij Kalegin 2490, Voronezh, 2009
r6k/1p5p/2p1b1pB/7B/p1P1q2r/8/P5QP/3R2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qh4+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 3.
Vladislav Tkachiev vs Anatoly Karpov, Moscow, 2009
1Q1R4/5k2/6pp/2N1bp2/1Bn5/2P2P1P/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Viswanathan Anand vs Vladislav Tkachiev, Moscow, 2009
3r1q1r/1p4k1/1pp2pp1/4p3/4P2R/1nP3PQ/PP3PK1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ Kg8 Qe6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Zaven Andriasian vs Predrag Nikolic, Budva, 2009
3r2rk/2R1R1pp/3q2p1/1p6/p2Q4/P6P/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 ]
2a) 
mate in 3
Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich
2009 Puzzles, Part III.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Bartlomiej Macieja vs Kamil Miton, Lublin, 2009
7k/3b2np/3P2p1/1B1Q1N2/8/q6P/5PP1/2q2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7 ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Arkadij Naiditsch vs Sergey Fedorchuk, Sibenik, 2009
r3rb2/2qnk2p/p1bp2pB/n3p1N1/P3P3/2P3N1/Q4PPP/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe6+ Kd8 Nf7+ Kc8 Qxe8+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Jakovenko vs Sergey Karjakin, Moscow, 2009
8/3n2pp/2qBkp2/ppPpp1P1/1P2P3/1Q6/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh3+ Kf7 Qh5+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Michal Olszewski 2538 vs Fabiano Caruana 2649, Senigallia, 2009
4r1k1/1r6/p1b1qppR/P1BpP1n1/2pP2P1/4QP2/2B2K2/7R w - - 0 1
[ Qxg5 if Qf5 gxf5 fxg5 Rh8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Kallithea, 2009
rnk2b1r/1b4q1/4Pp2/pNp1P2p/Qp4pP/8/PP3PP1/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Na7+ Rxa7 Qe8+ Kc7 Qd8+ Kc6 Rd6+ ]
3e) 
mate in 5
Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs Evgenij Miroshnichenko
2009 Puzzles, Part IV.
a) 
White mates in 5.
Hrvoje Stevic vs Konstantin Sakaev, Budva, 2009
2r3k1/5pP1/p2p1bp1/1p2p3/3qP3/1Q3P2/P1P5/1K4RR w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kxg7 Rh7+ Kxh7 Qxf7+ ]
b) 
White mates in 5.
Emil Sutovsky vs Evgeniy Najer, Natanya, 2009
r1Q2b1r/1p1R1pp1/p1b2k2/8/2q2Np1/2P1B2P/PP3P2/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bd4+ if Kg5 Rd5+ Qxd5 Qxg4+ or if Qxd4 Rxf7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 5.
Boris Gelfand vs Maxim Rodshtein, Natanya, 2009
1rb1rq1k/p1b2ppp/8/1pnB1N2/8/1Q6/PB3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ if Qxg7 Rxe8+ Qg8 Qc3+ or if Kg8 Bxf7+ Qxf7 Rxe8# ]
d) 
Black mates in 5.
Ivan Sokolov 2669 vs Milos Pavlovic 2511, Sombor, 2009
8/B6R/3nk1p1/1p2p3/5p2/R5PP/1P3P1K/2rr4 b - - 0 1
[ ...e4 if gxf4 Rh1+ Kg3 Rcg1+ Kh4 Nf5# ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Robert Markus vs Borki Predojevic, Zupanja, 2009
4rk2/q1br1p1B/p3pp2/3b4/Pp1P2Q1/4N3/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 ]
4a) 
mate in 5
Hrvoje Stevic vs Konstantin Sakaev
2009 Puzzles, Part V.
a) 
Black mates in 5.
Surya Ganguly vs Emanuel Berg, Gibraltar, 2009
Q3R3/7r/5qp1/p5k1/1p6/1P4r1/4K1B1/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb2+ if Kf1 Rf7+ Kg1 Qf2+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 5.
Viswanathan Anand 2788 vs Alexandra Kosteniuk 2516, Moscow, 2009
r6r/1p2bk1p/p4p1Q/n4q2/3Rb2B/8/PP3PPP/K3R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3+ axb3 Qa5 Ra4 Qxe1+ ]
c) 
White mates in 5.
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Zhou Jianchao, Sochi, 2009
3r1r1k/2R4p/1q2Bp2/1p2pN2/pb2P2P/1P4PK/P1Q5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qe2 Qxe6 Qh5+ ]
d) 
White mates in 6.
Viswanathan Anand vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Moscow, 2009
2rQ1rnk/p6p/np1Np1pP/3pPp2/q2p4/P1P5/1RP2PP1/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc8 if Nc7 Qxf8 Qd7 Bg5 Ne8 Nxe8 if Rxc8 Nf7# ]
e) 
White mates in 6.
Ruslan Ponomariov vs Varuzhan Akobian, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
5R2/6pk/p7/6PP/5K2/r2b1B2/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ g6+ if Bxg6 hxg6+ Kh6 Be4 Rf3+ Bxf3 ]
5b) 
mate in 5
Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
2009 Puzzles, Part VI.
a) 
White mates in 6.
Alexander Morozevich vs Vladislav Tkachiev, Moscow, 2009
3rr1k1/R5pp/1p6/5R2/1bPp4/3P1QP1/1B2qP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Rxh7+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 6.
Sergei Rublevsky vs Fabiano Caruana, Dagomys, 2009
8/6pk/1p2pr2/1Q2b2p/P4q2/1P3b1P/5RP1/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Ke2 Qe4+ Kd2 Rxe2+ ]
c) 
White mates in 6.
Pavel Eljanov vs Ivan Sokolov, Sarajevo, 2009
q1k5/3r2bp/p2Br3/2Pp1R2/1Q1Pp3/8/PP5P/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Bxf8 Rxf8+ Rd8 Qb6 ]
d) 
White mates in 7.
Nigel Short vs Emanuel Berg, Malme, 2009
1r3k2/q4pb1/p1Pp2p1/p2P2P1/B3RP2/1P6/4Q1K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Qxe8+ Kxe8 c7+ ]
e) 
White mates in 10.
David Howell vs Ivan Sokolov, London, 2009
r1n2k2/p1pB1p1r/6p1/3P2p1/3QP3/5R2/PP5q/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ if Rxh8 Rxf7+ Kg8 Rf8+ or if Ke7 Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qe8+ Kd6 b4 ]
6d) 
mate in 7
Nigel Short vs Emanuel Berg
2009 Puzzles, Part VII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Vasillios Kotronias vs Hikaru Nakamura, Gibraltar, 2009
r4rk1/pp3pp1/4pn1p/2p4P/2PP3R/4PNq1/PPQ3P1/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rf4 w/Rh3 ]
b) 
Rainer Buhmann vs Georg Meier, Saarbruecken, 2009
3r2k1/5ppp/4p3/pP2b3/4r3/4P1P1/1q1BQP1P/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd3 ]
c) 
Andrey Zhigalko vs Alexander Onischuk, Moscow, 2009
5rk1/p1p2rp1/1p2pn1B/4N3/3P4/3Q2R1/5nPP/qBK5 w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 if Qxd4 Qxg7+ mates ]
d) 
Sergei Yudin vs Alexander Onischuk, Moscow, 2009
4r3/2pq1rk1/pp3np1/2p1Q3/4N3/2PP3P/PP6/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6+ Rxf6 Nxf6 Qxd3 Nxe8+ ]
e) 
Vitaly Kunin vs Igor Khenkin, Budva, 2009
3rk2r/2q1bp1p/p3b3/1p2np2/4N2B/3BQ3/PP3PPP/1K1R3R w k - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Bxf6 Bxf6 Rxd3 Bxe5 or if Kf8 Qh6# ]
7d) 
Sergei Yudin vs Alexander Onischuk
2009 Puzzles, Part VIII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Ante Brkic vs Francisco Vallejo Pons, Budva, 2009
4nrk1/1p3pr1/p1p2Rpp/3pP1q1/7N/P1PP3P/1P3QP1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf3 Qh5 Kh2 Nxf6 exf6 if Qf5 fxg7 or if Rh7 g4 ]
b) 
Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko, Nice, 2009
2b3k1/5r1p/p1pN2p1/2P3q1/P2QP3/6nP/6P1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ ]
c) 
Baadur Jobava vs Mikhail Kobalia, Budva, 2009
6k1/q1r2p2/P3b1pp/1p6/3Q4/2P3P1/6BP/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kg7 Qxc7 Qxc7 a7 ]
d) 
Alexander Motylev vs Sergei Azarov, Budva, 2009
8/pp1k1p1p/3P2b1/Q7/6P1/2q1r2P/P1r2RB1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Bxf7 Rxf7+ Ke8 d7+ if Kxf7 Qxc3 ]
e) 
Etienne Bacrot vs Evgeny Alekseev, Nalchik, 2009
8/7r/8/7k/pp4R1/2b2B1K/P6P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh4+ Kg6 Be4+ ]
8d) 
Alexander Motylev vs Sergei Azarov
2009 Puzzles, Part IX.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Emil Sutovsky vs Ernesto Inarkiev, Poikovsky, 2009
r2b1k1r/pp3pp1/5n2/1B1q2Bp/3p1P2/3Q4/PP3P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3+ Kg8 Re5 ]
b) 
Ernesto Inarkiev vs Zahar Efimenko, Poikovsky, 2009
8/k2nrr2/P7/2p2Rp1/2N5/3R2KP/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 Rxf5 Nc8+ Kxa6 Nxe7 Rf7 Rxd7 ]
c) 
Alexander Motylev vs Alexei Shirov, Poikovsky, 2009
r1bq3k/pp5p/6p1/8/3p4/1B1Qr3/PP4PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ if Kg7 Rg8+ Kh6 Qxe3+ or if Qxf8 Qxd4+ mates ]
d) 
Magnus Carlsen vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Leon, 2009
1k1r4/4N2p/8/1B6/4R3/5n1n/1P6/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6+ Kc7 Re7+ if Rd7 Rxd7+ Kxd7 Ne5+ ]
e) 
Igor Kurnosov vs Yuriy Kuzubov, Bhubaneswar, 2009
1r4k1/2q2ppp/2p1p3/3nP1B1/N2n4/3Q4/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd4 if Rb4 Qxb4 Nxb4 Rd8+ ]
9a) 
Emil Sutovsky vs Ernesto Inarkiev
2009 Puzzles, Part X.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Fernando Peralta vs Alexander Graf, Deizisau, 2009
5B1k/pp3R2/2n1q2p/3p4/P1pP2p1/2P1r3/6PP/5QK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6 if Qe4 or Qe8 Rxh6+ Kg8 Rh8+ mates ]
b) 
Vladimir Akopian vs Joel Lautier, Paris, 2009
r4rk1/1bq1bppp/p7/2p5/N3p3/1P6/PBP1QPPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 if g6 Rd7 Qc8 Nb6 Qc6 Nd5 ]
c) 
Maxim Rodshtein vs Boris Avrukh, Natanya, 2009
r1b1k3/4q2p/p1pbpp1B/3p1p2/2PP2rN/6P1/PP2QP1P/R3R1K1 w q - 0 1
[ c5 if Bc7 Nxf5 ]
d) 
Namig Guliyev vs Alexander Moiseenko, Mainz, 2009
r1n3k1/1bqp1p2/p3pPr1/Ppp4Q/2P1N2P/1P1PR3/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 Rxf6 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Nh7 ]
e) 
Francisco Vallejo Pons vs Julio Granda Zuniga, San Sebastian, 2009
7R/1k1q4/pp2p3/2P1Pp2/1PQ1nPP1/P7/3r4/K7 w - - 0 1
[ c6+ if Qxc6 Rb8+ ]
10b) 
Vladimir Akopian vs Joel Lautier
2009 Puzzles, Part XI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Evgeny Tomashevsky vs Ni Hua, Sochi, 2009
6k1/5pp1/4pn1p/1Q1p4/1P6/q1n1PP1P/2r1B1P1/3RBK2 w - - - 0 1
[ Qb8+ Kh7 Bd3+ ]
b) 
Hikaru Nakamura vs Giorgi Kacheishvili, Internet, 2009
4r1k1/pp2qp1p/6p1/2P2p2/QP6/P1b1rN1P/6P1/2R1R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe3 Qxe3 Rxc3 ]
c) 
Boris Grachev vs Evgeny Bareev, St. Petersburg, 2009
r2r2k1/5p1p/1q3bp1/2p5/4QB2/1P3N2/n4PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd6 if Rxd6 Qxa8+ ]
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 ]
e) 
Manuel Pena Gomez 2467 vs Julio Granda Zuniga 2647, Ourense, 2009
3r4/p2q1k2/2pBr1p1/P1RnPp1p/8/3R1QP1/1P5P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rdxd5 if cxd5 Rc7 ]
11d) 
Alexander Lastin vs Vladimir Potkin
2009 Puzzles, Part XII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Gata Kamsky vs Viktor Bologan, Ohrid, 2009
8/6k1/QR5p/2q1prp1/1p1n3P/1P6/6P1/2B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa7+ if Rf7 Rg6+ ]
b) 
Hikaru Nakamura vs Andrey Zhigalko, Ohrid, 2009
2q1r2b/kp3n2/p5Rr/2p1p2p/2N1Qp2/2BP4/PPP2P1P/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 Nxh6 Nd6 ]
c) 
Andrei Deviatkin vs Farrukh Amonatov, St. Petersburg, 2009
8/8/1N1p3p/pB1Pkpp1/Pb4P1/1b1KP3/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7+ Kxd5 gxf5 w/e4# ]
d) 
David Navara vs Bartosz Socko, Novi Sad, 2009
1R6/1n4p1/1rp1kp1p/4p2P/1pP1P3/6P1/1P3PK1/3B4 w - - 0 1
[ c5 if Rb5 Be2 ]
e) 
Anatoly Karpov vs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Teheran, 2009
r5k1/pb1p1Rpq/2n1p1Q1/1p2P3/3P2P1/P7/1P1K4/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+ ]
12a) 
Gata Kamsky vs Viktor Bologan
2009 Puzzles, Part XIII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Sergey Fedorchuk, Germany, 2009
3q1rn1/2p2ppk/1bb4p/4pN2/4P3/1BP2Q2/5PPP/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 if Re8 Bxf7 ]
b) 
Boris Gelfand vs Sergey Karjakin, Moscow, 2009
8/1p4k1/p2r3p/3n1P1R/4BPP1/8/4K3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 if Rxd5 f6+ ]
c) 
Varuzhan Akobian vs Pavel Tregubov, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
1kb2b2/ppp4r/3r1p2/PPNq1pp1/2QN3p/4P2P/5PP1/RR4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Na6+ if bxa6 Nc6+ Ka8 Qxd5 Rxd5 bxa6 ]
d) 
Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Leko, Moscow, 2009
r2r4/1bq1bpk1/2p1p1pp/2N1P3/p7/4Q1P1/PP3PBP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb7 Qxb7 Bxc6 ]
e) 
Tomi Nyback vs Dmitry Andreikin, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
r4k2/1p2qp2/pb6/6R1/1Q6/6P1/PP2rPP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 ]
13b) 
Boris Gelfand vs Sergey Karjakin
2009 Puzzles, Part XIV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Lenier Dominguez vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Moscow, 2009
r2n1rk1/1ppn1ppp/p2q4/1Pb1p2b/P1B5/B1PP1N1P/3N1PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Qb6 a5 or if Qe7 Nxc5 Nxc5 g4 Bg6 Rxe5 ]
b) 
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu vs Judit Polgar, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
2r5/1pn1k1p1/p1rpbp1p/P3p2P/N1P1P1P1/1P1R1P2/1K3B2/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 Rb8 Nd5+ if Kf8 Nb4 or if Bxd5 cxd5 ]
c) 
Alexander Morozevich vs Judit Polgar, Moscow, 2009
r4qk1/p2r1p2/1pNP2pp/1NpnQ3/Pn6/7P/1P3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Nxe7 dxe7 if Qe8 Nc7 or if Qc8 Rad1 ]
d) 
David Howell vs Sergei Tiviakov, Kallithea, 2009
r3r3/pp2ppbk/n6p/Pq1N1bp1/1P6/Q3B1PP/3R1PBK/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Bf1 if Qd7 Nf6+ Bxf6 Rxd7 Bxd7 Qd3+ ]
e) 
Alexei Shirov vs Sergey Fedorchuk, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
r1bqk2r/1p2nppp/p1n1pb2/3p4/2N1P3/1NPBB3/PP3PPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Bb6 if Qd7 Nc5 ]
14d) 
David Howell vs Sergei Tiviakov
2009 Puzzles, Part XV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Alexander Motylev vs David Navara, Wijk aan Zee, 2009
r2r2k1/3n1p2/b1qNn1p1/p1P1p2p/Pp2P3/1P1N1P2/4B1PP/2RQR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd3 if Bxd3 Ndxc5 ]
b) 
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Hikaru Nakamura, Oslo, 2009
1r1qk2r/Qp2bppp/2p1p3/3nP3/3P4/3bBBN1/PP3PPP/R2R2K1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Ba6 w/...Ra1 ]
c) 
Gabriel Sargissian vs Yuri Yakovich, Moscow, 2009
r1q1r1k1/1pp2npp/1b3p2/pP1Q1b2/3PN3/P4PP1/6BP/1RBR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 fxe4 Be6 Qh5 Bg4 ]
d) 
Alexander Onischuk vs Igor Kurnosov, Moscow, 2009
3R4/p4pkp/1p4p1/2p5/Q2n4/7P/P4PPK/1q6 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 if Qa3 Ne2 h4 Qg1+ mates ]
e) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Anatoly Karpov, Teheran, 2009
6k1/1b1n1pp1/5n1p/2qp4/3Q4/6P1/PB1NrPBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2 ]
15c) 
Gabriel Sargissian vs Yuri Yakovich
2009 Puzzles, Part XVI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Rafael Leitao vs Giovanni Vescovi, Americana, 2009
3q2k1/p4rpp/1p3b2/8/2Q5/5NP1/P4PKP/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Qe6 if Qd7 Rc8+ Bd8 Ng5 ]
b) 
Ruslan Ponomariov vs Peter Svidler, Moscow, 2009
6k1/8/p1r5/P1Nr1p2/1PRb2p1/5pP1/5P2/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh6 if Kg1 Bxf2+ ]
c) 
Wesley So vs Eltaj Safarli, Moscow, 2009
4rbk1/1b3pp1/p5qp/1p6/1PPpr3/P6Q/B2B1PPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh4 if Qg3 Rg4 ]
d) 
Arman Pashikian vs Illya Nyzhnyk, Budva, 2009
2rrn1k1/1b3ppp/pp2p3/2b5/3NP3/P3BP2/1P2BKPP/2RR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 if Bxd4 Bxd4+ or if Rxc5 bxc5 ]
e) 
Gata Kamsky vs Veselin Topalov, Nice, 2009
1qr1r1k1/2b2ppp/Bpb1p3/4n3/P7/2N1BP2/1PP3PP/3RR1QK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3 Qf2 Nxe1 if Bxc8 Bxg2+ Kg1 Bxh2# ]
16a) 
Rafael Leitao vs Giovanni Vescovi
2009 Puzzles, Part XVII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Baadur Jobava vs Alexander Grischuk, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
r2q1rk1/pQ1nbppp/8/3pP3/2p1b3/2P3N1/PP1B1PPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nc5 if Qb4 Bxg2 or if Qc6 Rc8 Qb5 Rb3 Qc6 Rb6 ]
b) 
Li Chao 2643 vs Xu Jun 2498, Beijing, 2009
8/5pk1/Q3p1p1/4P3/1q4P1/1P6/1KR2r2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ Kc1 Rf1+ ]
c) 
Tiger Hillarp Persson vs Vladimir Malakhov, Helsingor, 2009
1bk5/1p3pp1/4q1p1/BBpr4/3Pp3/Q5P1/PP2KP2/2RR3r b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ if Kd2 Rxd1+ ]
d) 
Giorgi Kacheishvili vs Daniel Fernandez, Mesa, 2009
4nk2/p7/1p1p2p1/1PpP4/2P2P1Q/PB1brN1P/4pqPK/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 ]
e) 
Li Chao vs Bu Xiangzhi, Xinghua Jiangsu, 2009
2kr2r1/pp2Qpp1/7p/2pb4/7P/2B5/qPP2PP1/2KR1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa1+ Kd2 Qxd1+ if Kxd1 Bf3+ mates ]
17e) 
Li Chao vs Bu Xiangzhi
2009 Puzzles, Part XVIII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Gata Kamsky vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Bazna, 2009
3r3k/1p4bp/p4p2/4rP2/P2p3R/1Q3R2/1P2qBPP/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ if Bg1 Qxh4 ]
b) 
Mateusz Bartel vs Kacper Piorun, Wroclaw, 2009
3r1rk1/pp5p/3p2p1/1P1Pb2q/4P2n/B3QP2/P3K2P/1B3RR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3 if Rxf3 Bd4 Qxd4 Qxf3+ Kd2 Qxa3 ]
c) 
Vladislav Tkachiev vs Alexander Grischuk, Villarrobledo, 2009
4r1k1/5pp1/1q3n1p/1p1p4/r2R2b1/P3PNP1/1P2Q1BP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 Rxd4 Qxd4 if Nxd4 Bxe2 ]
d) 
David Howell 2614 vs Ray Robson 2491, Puerto Madryn, 2009
1rb2rk1/6p1/2q1p2p/2PpPp2/1nnP1P1P/1p1B3R/1B1NK1P1/R1Q5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd3 if Rxd3 Ba6 w/...Nxb2 ]
e) 
Sergei Rublevsky vs Alexander Areshchenko, Khanty Mansyisk, 2009
8/8/5pnk/1P1B2p1/2P5/7K/1q5Q/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ Kg3+ Nh5+ Kh3 g4+ ]
18b) 
Mateusz Bartel vs Kacper Piorun
2009 Puzzles, Part XIX.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Peter Svidler vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Moscow, 2009
3r1rk1/pb2bppp/1pq1p3/4B3/1nP1N3/PP3NP1/4QP1P/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe4+ ]
b) 
Anatoly Karpov vs Magnus Carlsen, Moscow, 2009
1R6/4qpkp/1p1n2p1/1b1Pp3/1P2P3/3N2P1/5PBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc7 Ra8 Qc2 ]
c) 
Evgeny Bareev vs Vladimir Kramnik, Moscow, 2009
2r2rk1/p4ppp/1pn2q2/3p1b2/4n3/PP1BPN2/3N1PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3 Qc2 Nb4 axb4 Ne2+ ]
d) 
Evgeny Bareev vs Viswanathan Anand, Moscow, 2009
6k1/5pp1/3R3p/4p3/P2n4/2r3P1/3r1PKP/R2N4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rcd3 ]
e) 
Vugar Gashimov vs Lenier Dominguez, Moscow, 2009
8/1k6/4N1bp/2bpP1p1/1n6/pPB3P1/P3N2P/K7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc2+ Kb1 Nd4+ ]
19c) 
Evgeny Bareev vs Vladimir Kramnik
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