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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Konstantin Sakaev.
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)
Konstantin Sakaev vs D Burmenko, Sochi, 1986
rnb2rk1/p2pppbp/6p1/2pPP3/1p4q1/2PB1NP1/PP1N1P1P/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ h3 Qh5 g4 Qh6 g5 Qh5 Ne4 w/Ng3 ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Konstantin Sakaev vs Gabriel Schwartzman, Groningen, 1991
1r4k1/1p3p2/p2p2bB/q1pN2Q1/P1Pb4/7P/1P4P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Bf8 Qd2 Qh4+ ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Konstantin Sakaev vs Sebastain Silva, Guarapuava, 1991
rnb3Q1/pp1p3p/5kp1/2p5/2P1P3/2P2P1q/P3K2P/R1B3Nq w - - 0 1
[ Bg5+ Kxg5 Nxh3+ Kh6 Qf8+ Kh5 Nf4+ ]

d)
Konstantin Sakaev vs Alexei Fedorov, Aeroflot, 2005
7Q/8/6k1/2pPp3/2P1PpB1/1K6/3N4/6qq w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ if Qxh5 Qg8+ or if Kf5 Nf3+ ]

e)
Konstantin Sakaev vs Yuri Yakovich, Kazan, 2005
2r1k1r1/4n1P1/3qpQ2/1P2Np2/2p5/3p2P1/1P3P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ b6 if Qxb6 Qf7+ Kd8 Qf8+ Kc7 Qxe7+ Kb8 Nd7+ ]

1c)
mate in 6
Konstantin Sakaev vs Sebastain Silva

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