"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jun Xie.
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) 
White mates in 8.
Jun Xie vs Manuel Apicella, Cap d'Agde, 1994
8/2K5/k7/1r1b1p2/8/3Q4/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3+ Ra5 Qb4 Rb5 Qd6+ Bc6 Qa3+ Ra5 Qb3 Bb5 Qe3 ]
b) 
Jun Xie vs Lyazzat Tazhieva, Moscow, 1994
r3r1k1/5p1p/pp1pn1pB/8/P1q1b3/2P5/2P2QPP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ Kh8 Bg7+ Nxg7 Qxc4 ]
c) 
Jun Xie vs Zsuzsa Polgar, Jaen, 1996
4r1k1/5pbn/b5pp/1pBBP3/2p2P2/7P/1P4P1/2R2NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 if Bc8 Bc6 Rd8 Ra8 ]
d) 
White mates in 8.
Jun Xie vs Nana Ioseliani, Groningen, 1997
5rk1/qB6/5n1Q/4p2p/P1p2p2/5P2/6PP/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 Nxd7 Bd5+ Rf7 Qg6+ Kh8 Bxf7 ]
e) 
Jun Xie vs Alexei Barsov, Vlissingen, 1997
r5k1/5pp1/p1q1pn1p/8/3B1b2/3B3P/P3QPP1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 gxf6 Be4 ]
1a) 
mate in 8
Jun Xie vs Manuel Apicella
Jun Xie Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Jun Xie vs Alexei Barsov, Wijk aan Zee, 1997
6k1/1b3rp1/p3p2p/1p3Nr1/nP6/2P2P2/P1B3P1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Rf8 Ne7+ Kf7 Rd7 ]
b) 
White mates in 8.
Jun Xie vs Mark Taimanov, Roquebrune, 1998
r3kr2/1b1p1p2/p2Rp2p/1p2Pp1B/2q2P1Q/6RP/P5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Rxf7 Rg8+ Rf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 Rxd7 ]
c) 
Jun Xie vs Alisa Galliamova, Kazan, 1999
1kr3r1/2qb1R2/p3p3/1p2P2p/1P1N4/4Q3/P1P3B1/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6+ Ka8 Rxd7 Qxd7 Nb8+ ]
d) 
White mates in 8.
Jun Xie vs Lei Wang, Shenyang, 2000
1r3bk1/2qr1pp1/4p3/p1n1P1Q1/1p1B4/2P2R2/PPB4P/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rh3 f6 exf6 gxf6 Qh8+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 2.
Nana Ioseliani vs Jun Xie, Monaco, 1993
R4r1k/1P5p/3p4/1PpPp3/4PbK1/1N3P1n/6P1/4QB1q b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ Qxf2 h5# ]
2c) 
Jun Xie vs Alisa Galliamova
Jun Xie Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 4.
Nana Ioseliani vs Jun Xie, Monaco, 1993
5brk/1p2q3/1N1p4/BP1Pp2p/4Pp2/3Q1P1P/4B1n1/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5 if Qc3 Ne1 ]
b) 
Borislav Ivkov vs Jun Xie, Vienna, 1993
3r4/5pkp/P4bp1/1Qp1p3/2N5/3q4/1P3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 if Rf1 Rd1 ]
c) 
Michael Wunnink vs Jun Xie, Haarlem, 1997
6k1/1p5p/p2N2p1/2pP4/2Pb1B2/1P3rPb/7P/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...g5 Bxg5 Rf2 ]
d) 
Maia Chiburdanidze vs Jun Xie, Shanghai, 2001
2r1r1k1/pp3p2/n2n2p1/2pP4/5BPq/1PQ2P1B/P6K/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2+ ]
e) 
Jun Xie vs Nigel Short, Jinan, 2002
3Q4/6n1/5p1k/8/3N1qp1/8/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Kg6 Qxg7+ ]
f) 
Jun Xie vs Harriet Hunt, Calvia, 2004
2r3kr/1bq4p/p2p2p1/1p1P4/3Q4/5B2/PPP5/1K2R2R w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 if Rf8 Be6+ ]
3e) 
Jun Xie vs Nigel Short
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