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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kirill Shevchenko.
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)
Jakob Pajeken vs Kirill Shevchenko, Batumi, 2014
8/5Bpk/7p/8/8/4b3/1r1r1PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 Re1 Rf3+ Kh1 Rxf7 ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Ottomar Ladva vs Kirill Shevchenko, Minsk, 2015
3r2k1/pQ2b1pp/8/4pp1q/2N3n1/1Pn5/P2B1PB1/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh2+ Kg1 Ne2+ Kh1 Nf3+ ]

c)
Vitaly Sivuk vs Kirill Shevchenko, Lvov, 2016
8/p1r1pp1p/1p3kp1/8/1P1n4/R3PBP1/P4PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc2 if Rb3 Ne1+ ]

d)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Arseniy Nesterov, Jermuk, 2017
3r1rk1/2pb1pp1/p2p4/1pbBpN2/4P1P1/2PP4/PP3P1q/R2QK1R1 w Q - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh7 Qf3 if Qxg1+ Kd2 Qh2 Rh1 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Alexandru-Vasile David, Internet, 2020
6k1/p4p1p/4pp2/6rP/4P3/1P3P2/r3q1PQ/1R1R3K w - -1 0
[ Rd8+ Kg7 h6+ ]

1d)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Arseniy Nesterov

Kirill Shevchenko puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Parham Maghsoodloo, Internet, 2020
1r2k2r/6Rp/p1n1pp2/2B5/4b3/8/P1P1B1PP/2KR4 w k - 1 0
[ Bh5+ if Bg6 Rxg6 ]

b)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Leonardo Tristan, Internet, 2020
r4rk1/2q4p/2p3p1/3p1p1b/1p2Nn1Q/5R2/PB4PP/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Rxf6 Qxf6 mates or if Kf7 Ng4 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Alexey Sarana, Internet, 2020
5rk1/p3Rp2/4pQp1/8/3P4/7P/qr3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 if Rxf7 Rc8+ ]

d)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Alen Rakhimzhan, Internet, 2020
3r4/p4pkp/1pp2np1/8/3bN1P1/BP3R2/P1PP2KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Be7 Nxe4 Bxd8 Nxd2 Rd3 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Mircea Talu, Internet, 2020
4r2k/p2brpb1/1p3N1p/2p4Q/3p3N/3PnR1P/PP4P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7 if Rxf7 Ng6# or if Bf5 Rxf5 ]

2c)
mate in 4
Kirill Shevchenko vs Alexey Sarana

Kirill Shevchenko puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Andrey Rychagov, Internet, 2020
5rk1/ppR2rpp/8/3qp3/3pNn2/3P1P2/PPQ2P1P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]

b)
Bobur Sattarov vs Kirill Shevchenko, Internet, 2020
6k1/p4pp1/2pR1b1p/2N5/1rP1P3/5PP1/7P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Be7 Rxc6 Rxc4 ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Blazo Kalezic vs Kirill Shevchenko, Internet, 2020
4r1k1/1N1P1p2/p5p1/3P3p/1P1b2P1/6K1/P2nr2P/2R1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5+ if Kh4 Nf3+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Iwo Godzwon, chess.com, 2021
8/kp2R3/8/pP4rP/P7/2P1p2r/2K2b2/1R6 w - - 1 0
[ b6+ Ka6 Re8 ]

e)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Lilit Mkrtchian, chess.com, 2021
8/5pk1/3Rpnpp/2q5/1p1Q1N2/4P2P/1P3PPK/2r5 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6+ fxe6 Rd7+ Kg8 Qxf6 ]

3e)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Lilit Mkrtchian

Kirill Shevchenko puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Sergei Ovsejevitsch, Polanica Zdroj, 2021
r2br1k1/pqpn1p1p/1p2P1pQ/3N4/1P1N4/6P1/P4PKP/3RR3 w - - 1 0
[ exf7+ Kxf7 Qxh7+ Kf8 Rxe8+ ]

b)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Andrei Volokitin, Kyiv, 2021
r1b2r1k/1p1nq2p/p4p1Q/4p3/8/1P6/PBP4P/1K1R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3 if Qf7 Bxf8 Nxf8 Rd8 ]

c)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Francis Guimalan, Tornelo, 2021
3rrbk1/p1q2pp1/2n2n1p/1pp1pP2/2N5/1PP2QP1/P4PBP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6 ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Thibault Fantinel vs Kirill Shevchenko, Europe, 2021
2Q5/6k1/p2pp1p1/P7/2P3n1/2N1b1Pp/6rP/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxh2+ Ke1 Nf3+ ]

e)
Bojan Maksimovic vs Kirill Shevchenko, chess.com, 2021
5r2/pp4pk/6pp/3qn3/4Q1PP/P1P5/1P3P2/4RBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kh1 Qd6 ]

4b)
Kirill Shevchenko vs Andrei Volokitin


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