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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ekaterina Atalik.
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 5.
Ekaterina Atalik vs Almira Skripchenko, Biel, 2006
5r1r/3n1p1n/pqbp1k2/1p1P1p1p/1P1pP3/P2B2QP/3B1PP1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxd6+ Kg7 Bh6+ Kg8 Qg3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Monica Calzetta vs Ekaterina Atalik, Turin, 2006
R7/1Q2bpk1/2p3p1/1p2p2p/1P4P1/5N1P/1P3PK1/2rq4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kg3 Rg1+ Nxg1 h4# ]
c)
Viktorija Cmilyte vs Ekaterina Atalik, Dresden, 2007
5r2/pp2b2k/7p/3pP3/2pP3P/3n3q/PP2Q1NB/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4 Qxg4 Rxf1+ Bg1 Nf2+ ]
d)
Bindi Cheng vs Ekaterina Atalik, Ottawa, 2007
3r4/1b4kp/1p3pp1/pBr1q3/P2bP3/2B3Q1/1P4PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3 if hxg3 Rh5# ]
e)
Sural Yanik vs Ekaterina Atalik, Konya, 2008
5rk1/5pp1/p2p3p/3b4/R2R4/2P5/P4PPP/1r1B2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 Kf1 Bc6 Ra5 Bb5+ mates ]
1c)
Viktorija Cmilyte vs Ekaterina Atalik
Ekaterina Atalik puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Ekaterina Atalik vs Maria De-Rosa, Plovdiv, 2010
3r1r2/kpb1n1pp/p3B3/P2P1p2/7q/3Q4/3B1PPP/1R2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb7+ Kxb7 Rb1+ Ka7 Be3+ ]
b)
Kubra Ozturk vs Ekaterina Atalik, Konya, 2011
2r1r1k1/1p2ppbp/1N4p1/3P1b2/5B2/6P1/Pn3PBP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd1 if Nxc8 Nc3 Nb6 Ne2+ ]
c)
K Konstantelias vs Ekaterina Atalik, Kavala, 2011
2r3k1/1br2q2/p4bp1/4ppB1/2ppP2p/3P1P1P/1PPQ2P1/R1R2NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c3 bxc3 dxc3 Qe3 f4 ]
d)
Viktoriya Tarasova vs Ekaterina Atalik, Moscow, 2012
8/6k1/p5pp/2p5/2Pr1Pn1/6PN/P6P/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd2 ]
e)
Ekaterina Atalik vs Ilgaz Gumustas, Konya, 2014
r1b1rbk1/pp2q2p/2p1npp1/P1n1p3/N1P1P3/BP5P/2Q1BPP1/R2RN1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc5 Nxc5 Nd3 ]
2a)
mate in 6
Ekaterina Atalik vs Maria De-Rosa
Ekaterina Atalik puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Sebastian Schmidt-Schaeffer vs Ekaterina Atalik, Prague, 2016
1k1r4/p1p4p/1pQ2npb/5p2/8/BP1B3P/P1P1RqP1/R2K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Re1 Rxd3+ ]
b)
Ekaterina Atalik vs Betul Cemre Yildiz, Izmir, 2016
1q1r2k1/pb1r1pp1/1pp2n1p/4b3/P1P5/2N1PN1P/1B2QPP1/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5 Qxe5 Nd5 Qe6 Bxf6 if gxf6 Nxf6+ Qxf6 Rxd7 Rxd7 Qg4+ Kh8 Qxd7 ]
c)
Alina Rath vs Ekaterina Atalik, Germany, 2016
r2q1rk1/ppp1bppp/8/Q7/1P2B3/Pb4P1/3PnP1P/R1B1NR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4 if Qf5 g6 ]
d)
Ekaterina Atalik vs Laura Unuk, Kocaeli, 2017
8/1p6/p5pk/3Qrqrp/PP6/5P2/4R1P1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8 if Qf7 Rxe5 Rxe5 Qh8+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Klaudia Kulon vs Ekaterina Atalik, Wroclaw, 2017
8/p2q4/1p3ppk/7p/2B3bP/QP2R1P1/P4K2/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ Kg2 Bh3+ Kh2 Qf2+ ]
f)
Ekaterina Atalik vs Zeinab Mamedjarova, Ankara, 2018
1r1r3Q/p4kp1/1pR1b2p/2nB1q1P/3p4/P4N2/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7+ Nd7 Rxd7+ Rxd7 Bxe6+ Qxe6 Qxb8 ]
3f)
Ekaterina Atalik vs Zeinab Mamedjarova
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