Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Etienne Bacrot.
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)
Bacrot vs Pascal Stefanski, Belfort, 1992
r3n1k1/pp3qbp/6p1/2Pp4/3pb3/1Q4PP/PP3P2/R3RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 if dxe4 Bc4 ]
b)
Bacrot vs Jean-Rene Koch, Cannes, 1995
4rk2/5pbQ/3p1q2/p2r1pp1/N1RNn3/1P2P1P1/P4PK1/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 ]
c)
Bacrot vs Mohamed Haddouche, Paris, 1995
3rr3/pppnnpk1/2bp2p1/2q3Pp/4PN2/P1N4P/1PPQ1PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Qb6 b5 w/Rb1 or if Qe5 Nd3 w/b5 ]
d)
Bacrot vs Lothar Vogt, Arosa, 1996
3r1bk1/p5qp/3P1R2/2p3pQ/3p4/P2B3P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg6 if hxg6 Bc4+ mates ]
e)
Bacrot vs Oleg Romanishin, Balatonbereny, 1996
3r4/p3qpkp/2p1p1p1/npPn4/5P2/P3P3/1PQ1NPBP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 w/Qc3+ ]
Bacrot Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Bacrot vs Armando Batalha, Cala Galdana, 1996
r1b2rk1/pp3pp1/1n1b1n1p/q2p4/3P3B/PBN1P2P/4NPP1/R3QRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 w/Nxd5 & Nxf6+ ]
b)
Bacrot vs Krzysztof Gratka, Cala Galdana, 1996
1rb1r1k1/p1q2pb1/2p3np/2N3p1/2B1Pp2/1P3N1P/P1QR1PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 Bxd7 Rd7 Qc8 Bxf7+ w/e5 ]
c)
White Mates in 9. Bacrot vs Malina Etchegaray, Cannes, 1996
5k1r/5p2/1p3N2/p3PPQ1/2b4P/q5P1/6BK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nh7+ Rxh7 (if Ke8 Bc6#) Qd8+ Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Be4+ Kh5 Qd1+ ]
d)
Bacrot vs Sergei Rublevsky, Yerevan, 1996
5B2/P1n3p1/5k1p/8/3Pp3/3b1pPP/5P2/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ d5 Na8 d6 Ke6 Bxg7 ]
e)
Bacrot vs Darko Anic, Enghien, 1997
5rrk/p2n3p/4qPp1/3p2B1/2pP2PQ/2N2P2/P6P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 if Qb6 Re7 or if Rxf6 Nd5 ]
Bacrot Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Bacrot vs Luis Galego, Escaldes, 1998
1r2r1k1/4bp2/p2q4/PpNPp1p1/4P1P1/5Q2/1P3PK1/R6R w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if fxe6 Rh8+ w/Qf7 & Rh1+ or if f6 Qf5 ]
b)
Bacrot vs Jordi Magem Badals, Pamplona, 1998
r1b3rk/pp2qp1p/3Npp2/8/2n1PP1Q/2P2R2/P5PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 Rg7 e5 ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Bacrot vs Laurent Fressinet, Besancon, 1999
2r5/3nbkp1/2q1p1p1/1p1n2P1/3P4/2p1P1NQ/1P1B1P2/1B4KR w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Bacrot vs Jan Gustafsson, Germany, 2001
5r2/R2R4/4B1pk/p4p2/8/6Kp/1r3P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ Kg5 f4+ Kf6 Bd5 ]
e)
Bacrot vs Johannes Van Mil, Germany, 2001
3q1rk1/p4p2/1n2RrpQ/3p4/3p4/1P4PB/P4PK1/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rh1 if Rxf2+ Kg1 w/Rxg6+ & Be6+ ]
Bacrot Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Bacrot vs Laurent Fressinet, Marseilles, 2001
r4rk1/pp3pp1/8/q2pn1B1/Pb1R4/2N4Q/1P3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb4 if Qxb4 Nxd5 ]
b)
Bacrot vs J-M Corival, Auberville, 2002
1rb2rk1/3n1pbp/p2p1np1/qp1Np3/2P5/1PN3P1/PB1QPPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ w/Nc6 ]
c)
Bacrot vs Joel Lautier, Paris, 2002
2r2rk1/3q2pp/3Pp3/1pp5/1nb1Pp2/2Q3P1/1B1R1PBP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra7 if Qxa7 d7 ]
d)
Bacrot vs Andrei Istratescu, France, 2003
1r1q4/1pnb1kbR/3p2p1/pPpPp1P1/4Pp2/P4N2/1P1BBP2/2K4Q w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Nh4 ]
e)
Bacrot vs Robert Huebner, France, 2004
2r5/2PR4/p1R2rpk/4p1qp/p3Q3/4P2P/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 ]
f)
Bacrot vs Vladimir Chuchelov, Germany, 2004
r3qk1r/2p2p2/p1Qpb2p/1P1n4/6P1/6PP/P2N1B2/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 ]
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