Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexey Aleksandrov.
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)
White Mates in 7. Aleksandrov vs Suhrob Khamdoamov, Ashkhabad, 1990
[ Qh5+ Kg8 Qe8+ Kh7 Ng5+ Kh6 Qe6+ ]
b)
Aleksandrov vs Karol Ruckschloss, Prague, 1990
[ Rxc8 w/Qe6+ & Qxc8 if Qxd3 Qxb7 & Qxa8 ]
c)
Aleksandrov vs Milorad Todorovic, Pula, 1990
[ Nf6+ w/Qxf6 if Rg8 Bb5 ]
d)
Aleksandrov vs Tomasz Markowski, Polanica Zdroj, 1991
[ g4 w/Ne4 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Aleksandrov vs Dimitri Reinderman, Sas Van Gent, 1992
[ Rh7+ w/Qh4+ ]
Aleksandrov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Aleksandrov vs Denis Frolov, St Petersburg, 1994
[ Ne4 w/Nf6 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Aleksandrov vs Oleg Maiorov, Stockholm, 1995
[ Be5 ]
c)
Aleksandrov vs Andrei Kovalev, Minsk, 1996
[ a3 if Bxe6 dxe6 Re7 exd7 Rxd7 Bb5 Re7 b4 & Bg5 or Nd5 ]
d)
Aleksandrov vs VG Alekseev, St Petersburg, 1996
[ Rd7 if Rxc4 Rxe7 if h5 Kd3 ]
e)
Aleksandrov vs Alexander Kochyev, St Petersburg, 1996
[ Bxd6 if cxd6 Rf8+ w/Re7+ ]
Aleksandrov Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Aleksandrov vs Yuliya Levitan, Minsk, 1997
[ Rb8+ w/Rxg7 & Nf5+ ]
b)
Aleksandrov vs Alexey Lusto, Elista, 1998
[ Rb8 if Rxb8 Bxb8 & Ba7 or if Kh7 Rxc8 & Bd4 ]
c)
Aleksandrov vs Evgeny Gleizerov, Krasnodar, 1998
[ Bc5 if Rc3 Rxd7 Rxd3 Rxd3 & Rf8+ or if Qxd5 Rf8+ Rxf8 Qxd5+ Rf7 e6 ]
d)
Aleksandrov vs Sanan Dovliatov, Minsk, 2000
[ Rd2 w/Qg8 ]
e)
Aleksandrov vs Natalia Zhukova, Batumi, 2001
[ Rxc8 w/Bxf5+ ]
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