'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Postny.
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)
Evgeny Postny vs Victor Dumitru, Braunfels, 1998
r1bq1rk1/p1p1bppp/8/2ppP3/3Nn3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 Qd7 Nxe7+ Qxe7 Qxd5 ]
b)
Evgeny Postny vs Hans Scherler, Braunfels, 1998
8/5Bp1/Ppk4p/4pb2/8/1Nb3P1/4K2P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5+ Kxd5 a7 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Evgeny Postny vs Umut Atakisi, Litohoto, 1999
2rrq3/p5kp/1p1P4/2pBpb2/5P2/8/PP1B3Q/K6R w - - 0 1
[ Qh6+ Kh8 Qf6# ]
d)
Evgeny Postny vs Rafal Tomczak, Athens, 2001
6k1/p1n2ppp/n1Nqp3/1r6/1pQ5/P7/5PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rad1 if Rd5 Rxd5 or if Qf8 Rd8 ]
e)
Evgeny Postny vs Laurent Guidarelli, Patras, 2001
6Q1/8/8/5K1p/3k3P/8/8/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ if Ke3 Qg5+ ]
1a)
Evgeny Postny vs Victor Dumitru
Evgeny Postny Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Evgeny Postny vs Marek Stryjecki, Patras, 2001
k1r5/ppn3R1/2p1p3/4Np1p/PP6/4qB2/KQ6/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 if Rd8 Rd7 or if Rxc7 48.Ng4 ]
b)
Evgeny Postny vs Sergey Erenburg, Tel Aviv, 2002
2bR4/1k4pp/1P2p3/3pP3/2rN4/3K2P1/7P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 Kxb6 Nd6 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Postny vs Georgy Ginzburg, Ashdod, 2003
5r2/1R5n/p5k1/2pP1Nn1/4P3/P1B3Pr/2B5/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ Kh5 Bd1+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Postny vs Sergei Reutsky, Budapest, 2003
8/p3b3/6Rp/2p5/1kB5/1P2r3/P1K5/8 w - - 0 1
[ a3+ Kxa3 Ra6+ ]
e)
Evgeny Postny vs Jerzy Slaby, Olomouc, 2004
r1bqnrk1/3np2p/3p1ppQ/1B2P3/3p4/2N2P1N/PP4PP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ Kh8 Rxd4 g5 e6 ]
2e)
Evgeny Postny vs Jerzy Slaby
Evgeny Postny Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Evgeny Postny vs Marc Schweitzer, Metz, 2006
rnb1k1nr/1p1pppbp/p1q3p1/8/2N1P3/2P2N2/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Be3 b5 Nb6 Bb7 Nxa8 ]
b)
Evgeny Postny vs Gary Quillan, Port Erin, 2006
2b1r3/R3bk2/B2p1ppp/3P4/1B6/8/5PPP/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc8 Rxc8 Bxd6 Re8 Bb4 Kf8 d6 ]
c)
Evgeny Postny vs Jesus Garrido Dominguez, Evora, 2007
3r1rk1/ppn4p/2ppbpp1/2q5/2P1P1P1/2N4R/PP1QBPP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Na4 Qe5 f4 ]
d)
Evgeny Postny vs Momchil Nikolov, Agios Kirykos, 2008
2r3k1/pq3pr1/1P2p3/2Q5/3p2p1/2P3P1/5P1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc8+ Qxc8 bxa7 Qa8 Rfb1 Kh7 Rb8 Rg8 Rxa8 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Postny vs David Gershkowich, Haifa, 2008
b1r4k/6p1/4R2p/2bNQp2/2P5/6P1/2q2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6+ Kg8 Qe6+ ]
3b)
Evgeny Postny vs Gary Quillan
Evgeny Postny Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Postny vs Eliahu Shvidler, Israel, 2009
8/8/8/8/3K2p1/6k1/4Q3/5B1q w - - 0 1
[ Qe1+ if Kh2 Qf2+ or if Kf4 Qe5+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Evgeny Postny vs Alexander Mikhalevski, Israel, 2009
2r1k3/3bPpp1/p1p1r3/4Q3/3RP3/1P1KN3/Pq6/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kxe7 Nf5# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Evgeny Postny vs Pablo Almagro Llanas, Barbera del Valles, 2009
7q/8/p2r4/1p1P1p2/7k/PP2RB1N/5PKp/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Re4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Postny vs Marko Tratar, Sibenik, 2009
5r1k/1p2Qq1p/8/4p3/8/4rP1R/7P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Evgeny Postny vs Konstantinos Moutousis, Peristeri, 2010
6k1/3b1p2/1R5R/3p1N2/8/b3PP1p/P2Q1KPq/2r2B2 w - - 0 1
[ Rbg6+ fxg6 Qxd5+ ]
4e)
mate in 4
Evgeny Postny vs Konstantinos Moutousis
Evgeny Postny Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Evgeny Postny vs Evgeny Miller, Haifa, 2010
6k1/p1p2p1p/4bnp1/2q1p3/8/P1N2BP1/1P2PP1P/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kg7 Qxf6+ Kxf6 Ne4+ ]
b)
Evgeny Postny vs Oliver Kurmann, Porto Carras, 2011
5rk1/1b3pb1/3q3p/2nNp1p1/r1p5/4Q2P/4BPPB/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb6 Qxd5 Rxd5 Bxd5 Qxc5 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Postny vs Hanan Mordechai, Israel, 2012
r4r1k/pp2N2p/2p5/2p1pN2/2B1P1n1/8/PP2K1P1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
d)
Evgeny Postny vs Nicolas Duport, Biel, 2012
3r1k1r/1p2p1q1/p1pNQ1pp/2P5/8/8/PP3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re3 if Qf6 Rf3 Qxf3 gxf3 exd6 Qf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Evgeny Postny vs Ivan Farago, Germany, 2016
8/p2Q2bp/1p3pk1/8/3BP3/1P3P1K/P1q4P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]
5d)
Evgeny Postny vs Nicolas Duport
Evgeny Postny Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Ricard Morros Faura vs Evgeny Postny, Escaldes, 2018
q6k/6pp/3Qpp2/2Pb4/3P4/p5P1/Pr5P/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ Kf1 Bc4+ ]
b)
Gabriel Gaehwiler vs Evgeny Postny, Porto Carras, 2018
8/6pk/5pp1/8/2N5/1R1n4/r4PPP/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra1+ Ke2 Nc1+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Evgeny Postny vs Alexander Yakimenko, Prague, 2019
b1q4k/4Q2p/1p4p1/1P1pNp2/3Pn3/4P1P1/5P1P/5BK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nf7+ if 1...Kg8 2.Nh6+ or if 1...Kg7 2.Ng5+ ]
d)
Evgeny Postny vs Ilya Khmelniker, Israel, 2019
2r1r3/1p1b1pk1/p2p3p/3PPP1p/P1p5/1nNn4/1qBQ2PP/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.f6+ if 1...Kh7 2.Bxd3+ or if 1...Kg8 2.Qxh6 mates ]
e)
David Gevorkian vs Evgeny Postny, Nancy, 2019
1r2r1k1/5ppp/p4n2/2Qpqb2/P4N2/1P2PB2/R4PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qxf4 ]
f)
White mates in 4.
Evgeny Postny vs Janis Grasis, Riga, 2019
1qr1r3/7k/1pR3Np/p1nP4/1p1Q4/1P4P1/P6P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nf8+ if 1...Rxf8 2.Re7+ ]
6b)
Gabriel Gaehwiler vs Evgeny Postny
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