King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Boris Savchenko.
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)
Boris Savchenko vs Eduard Kanter, Nizhnij Tagil, 2014
- - 1 0
[ Nxh5 gxh5 g6 fxg6 Qxf4 ]

b)
Boris Savchenko vs Gulmira Dauletova, St. Petersburg, 2014
1q3r1k/1p1rb1nP/p2p1p2/5P2/2P5/3n4/PPNQ4/1K4RR w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7 if Kxg7 h8/Q+ mates ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Boris Savchenko vs Sergei Yudin, Rostov on Don, 2014
5Q2/pq2r1nk/1p2p1Rp/7r/3P3P/2P5/PP1B4/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh6 if Rxh6 Rxh6+ Kxh6 Qh8# ]

d)
Alexey Reshetnikov vs Boris Savchenko, Moscow, 2014
6k1/1p3pp1/6qp/3p4/p2Nrn2/P1P2P1P/1P1Q2P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2 Qxe2 Nxe2+ Nxe2 Qc2 ]

e)
Boris Savchenko vs Jorden Van Foreest, Moscow, 2016
r3r1k1/p4pp1/1p5p/3pqb2/3N4/2R4P/PP2QPP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe5 Rxe5 f4 ]

1a)
Boris Savchenko vs Eduard Kanter

Boris Savchenko Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Boris Savchenko vs Alexey Pakhomov, Loo, 2017
2rr2k1/1p1q1b2/p1n2pp1/P1Qp3p/2pP3P/2P1N1P1/2P1RPBK/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxd5 if 1...Qd6 2.Re8+ Bxe8 3.Rxe8+ or if 1...Kg7 2.Nb6 ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Boris Savchenko vs Irakli Beradze, Poti, 2017
1r6/R3n2R/1r4p1/1p1k1n1p/2pPN3/2P3P1/1P1K2B1/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nc5+ Kd6 2.Rd7# ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
David Howell vs Boris Savchenko, Riyadh, 2017
6k1/2pp2p1/7p/3PQ3/P1p1P1R1/1r6/KPq5/8 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Ra3+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Boris Savchenko vs Vadim Moiseenko, Sochi, 2017
8/1pr1p1kp/4Qnp1/p3pP2/1qn5/1N6/P1P3P1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxh7+ if 1...Nxh7 2.Qxg6+ or if 1...Kxh7 2.Qf7+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Boris Savchenko vs Dmitry Anikonov, Taganrog, 2018
8/Q1rk3q/4pB1r/3p4/2B5/P1P2P2/6P1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bb5+ ]

2b)
mate in 2
Boris Savchenko vs Irakli Beradze

Boris Savchenko Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Arman Gevondian vs Boris Savchenko, Serpukhov, 2018
3rr1k1/1p3ppp/p2q4/8/3bNn2/1P5P/PB3PP1/1QR1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qg6 ]

b)
Boris Savchenko vs Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Sochi, 2018
3rk2r/pp2ppbp/n1p2np1/8/q1NP1B2/2P5/PP1Q1PPP/2KR1B1R w k - 1 0
[ b3 Qb5 Nd6+ ]

c)
Michail Panarin vs Boris Savchenko, Sochi, 2018
2qrb1k1/1p2bppp/1n2p3/p3P3/3NN3/1P4Q1/PB3PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2 ]

d)
Sergey Pavlov vs Boris Savchenko, Voronezh, 2019
4b2k/2p5/3qnpp1/2N1n2p/p1B1P3/2P1BP2/2r3PP/3RQ1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Nxf3+ ]

e)
Zhamsaran Tsydypov vs Boris Savchenko, Moscow, 2019
2r1r3/p5pk/bp1Qp2p/3nN2P/q2P2P1/P1P2P2/3B4/2R1K2R b K - 0 1
[ 1...Rcd8 ]

3b)
Boris Savchenko vs Aleksandr Rakhmanov


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