Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Alekseev.
White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)

Alekseev vs Ivan Hausner, Decin, 1998
r2r4/p3qpk1/1pp3p1/2n1Pp1p/P1PP1P2/5N1P/3Q2P1/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb4 ]

b)

White Mates in 7. Alekseev vs Mikhail Novikov, St Petersburg, 2000
5nk1/8/1p3R2/2b1NNp1/4Pp2/2P2P2/6r1/3K4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 Rg1+ Kc2 Kh8 Rg7 ]

c)

Alekseev vs Dmitry Melnikov, St Petersburg, 2004
r1b1k2r/1pp1n2p/p4qpQ/2b1npN1/3p4/1B6/PPP2PPP/RNB2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh7 w/Qg7 ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Alekseev. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Alekseev.
White to move and win except where noted.