Tactics in the King's Indian



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Igor Smirnov.
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)
Alexandr Khudiakov vs Igor Smirnov, Alushta, 2002
r1bq1r1k/1pp3pp/p1n2b2/4pp2/1P6/P1QPP3/3NBPPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e4 if d4 Nxd4 exd4 Bxd4 ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Igor Smirnov vs Konstantin Tarlev, Alushta, 2004
2Q5/2p2kbp/3p2p1/qP1Pp1P1/N1B5/1P5P/2br1P2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kf8 Nc5 if dxc5 d6 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Igor Smirnov vs Vladimir Majerik, Pardubice, 2005
3r1b1r/1p1kpp2/q5p1/1N1P1b1p/8/8/PP2QPPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7+ Ke8 Rxe7+ ]

d)
White mates in 7.
Igor Smirnov vs Marek Ciszewski, Gdansk, 2008
1r3r2/2p2pkp/1bb2p1N/pp2p3/1P2P3/PqPR1Q1P/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4+ if Kxh6 Qh4+ or if Kh8 Rg3 ]

e)
Igor Smirnov vs Alexander Rubtsov, Ukhta, 2008
R7/2pk3p/1p1rp1n1/5p1B/5b2/2P1B2P/1PK2P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6 if Bxe3 Be8+ ]

f)
Igor Smirnov vs Herve Lefebvre, Cappelle la Grande, 2009
8/1p4k1/p2p2qp/3Pb1p1/P7/1P2BQP1/2r4P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kh7 Qe7+ if Bg7 Bd4 if g4 Bxg7 or if Qg7 Rf7 ]


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