'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Parimarjan Negi.
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)
Parimarjan Negi vs Ishaq Saeed, Teheran, 2002
5r2/1p1bppk1/pq1p2p1/6Rn/2rNP2P/2N2P2/PPPQ4/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 Qg5+ mates ]

b)
Parimarjan Negi vs Ilaha Kadimova, Dubai, 2004
5b1r/3k1p1p/rB2p1p1/pp1pP3/5P2/1P6/PP3KPP/2R1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7+ if Ke8 Rc8+ Kd7 Rec1 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Parimarjan Negi vs John Hickman, Port Erin, 2005
r4r2/p1q2p1p/2b2kp1/2p1p3/2B3Q1/2P1B2P/PP4P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh4+ if Kg7 Bh6+ or if Kf5 Qf2+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Parimarjan Negi vs Mark Hebden, Hastings, 2005
5rk1/3R1ppq/p7/4p2Q/1n6/1B3PP1/P5KP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Joost Wempe vs Parimarjan Negi, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
6rk/2p3qp/1pB1b3/p7/4P3/QP3PR1/3r3P/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]

1d)
mate in 3
Parimarjan Negi vs Mark Hebden

Parimarjan Negi Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Parimarjan Negi vs Zahar Efimenko, San Marino, 2006
r1b3kr/1p2q1p1/p3P3/6b1/2B1Q3/8/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ ]

b)
Parimarjan Negi vs Tornike Sanikidze, Yerevan, 2007
1rbq1b1r/pp3kpp/2np4/1B1N1P2/1P6/4P3/P1P3PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5+ if Kg8 Bc4 or if g6 fxg6+ ]

c)
Claude Landenbergue vs Parimarjan Negi, Biel, 2007
3q2k1/1p3p2/6p1/1p5r/4PQ2/1P3P2/P7/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ....Rg5+ if Kf2 Qd4+ or if Kh2 Kg7 ]

d)
Parimarjan Negi vs Khamparia Akshat, Nagpur, 2008
1rr5/p5Q1/4b1R1/3kP2p/1p1p1p2/3B4/qPP5/1NK5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if Kxe6 Qf6+ mates ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Parimarjan Negi vs Ponnuswamy Konguvel, Mangalore, 2008
5rk1/2r1pp1p/3p2b1/1q1P4/1p4R1/1B2QPK1/1PP3P1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 if Ra8 Qxh7+ ]

2a)
mate in 3
Parimarjan Negi vs Zahar Efimenko

Parimarjan Negi Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Stellan Brynell vs Parimarjan Negi, Helsingor, 2009
4r3/p5kp/1p1n2p1/2pPq3/6b1/2N3PP/PP1R1QB1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ....Rf8 ]

b)
Thal Abergel vs Parimarjan Negi, Cappelle la Grande, 2010
2r3k1/1Q3pbp/p3b3/q3p1Pp/4P3/4B2P/2P2P2/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf8 if Rd3 Bb4 Rb3 Qa1+ Rb1 Qa4 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Parimarjan Negi vs Cor Van Dongen, Cappelle la Grande, 2010
r2qb3/pp2r1k1/2n1p1p1/b2pP3/3P3Q/P2B2P1/1P2N1KP/5R1R w - - 0 1
[ Rf8 if Kxf8 Qh8+ ]

d)
Nargiz Umudova vs Parimarjan Negi, Dubai, 2010
3r4/p3Rpk1/5qp1/NpnP3p/8/4QBPb/P4P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne6 if dxe6 or Rxa7 Qa1+ mates ]

e)
Srinath Narayanan vs Parimarjan Negi, Mumbai, 2010
2q1r1k1/3r2pp/4b3/1Q1pP3/5B2/1P5P/2P3RK/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh3 if Kxh3 Rb7+ ]

3c)
mate in 3
Parimarjan Negi vs Cor Van Dongen

Parimarjan Negi Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Parimarjan Negi vs Eduard Gorovykh, St. Petersburg, 2012
4r3/pp2rk1p/4p1p1/1P1pRn2/1P1q1N1P/2Q3P1/5PK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf5+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Parimarjan Negi vs Ram Soffer, St. Petersburg, 2012
r6k/pp5r/2p1R2p/3p4/2nP1Q2/P1P5/2P3P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rg6 if Rg7 Qf6 or if Rg8 Qf6+ ]

c)
Krasimir Rusev vs Parimarjan Negi, Cappelle la Grande, 2014
3rr1k1/p1q3pp/1p2p3/4Bp2/2P1n3/1P1NQ2P/P2b1PP1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd7 Rxd2 Nxd2 Qxd2 Qxd3 ]

d)
Conrad Holt vs Parimarjan Negi, San Francisco, 2017
3r1rk1/p5pp/q3p3/4N3/2Q5/3n4/P3RPPP/5KR1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qxc4 2.Nxc4 Rc8 ]

4d)
Conrad Holt vs Parimarjan Negi


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