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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Igor-Alexandre Nataf.
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)
Black mates in 6.
T Balough vs Igor-Alexandre Nataf, Rimovska Sobota, 1992
r5k1/3R2bp/3p2r1/p2Pp1qn/Pp2P3/1Q1B2B1/1P2p2P/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ hxg3 e1/Q ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Igor-Alexandre Nataf vs P Dias, Szeged, 1994
3r3r/6kp/1P1N1pp1/8/1B2Q3/1KR5/P6q/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7+ if Kh6 Nf7+ Kg7 Ne5+ ]
c)
Igor-Alexandre Nataf vs Russell, Szeged, 1994
5nkr/p2r4/1pNq3p/1Q1nR1p1/3P4/8/1P1B1PPK/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd5+ Qxd5 Rxd5 Rxd5 Ne7+ ]
d)
Igor-Alexandre Nataf vs G Wall, Hastings, 1995
4r3/p1pR3R/1p2k1p1/3p2P1/3P2P1/8/1Pn2r2/1KN5 w - - 0 1
[ Nd3 if Rg2 Nf4# ]
e)
B Cafferty vs Igor-Alexandre Nataf, Hastings, 1995
7k/pp5p/1q4p1/3P4/1B1bp3/1P4PP/P4r2/3RQ2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf6 if d6 Qf3+ mates ]
f)
Igor-Alexandre Nataf vs G Forintos, Paris, 1995
6q1/4k3/4p2P/1p2Qp1b/6P1/8/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ h7 if Qxh7 Qc7+ ]
g)
Igor-Alexandre Nataf vs B Xiangzhi, Reykjavik, 2004
8/1p6/8/PP6/2bk4/2N1p3/8/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ a6 if bxa6 b6 ]
1c)
Igor-Alexandre Nataf vs Russell
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