Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Bareev.
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)
Bareev vs Yuri Yakovich, Tallinn, 1986
r3kb1r/2pn1p1p/p3p1p1/1P1q2NQ/2pP4/2P3P1/5P1P/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if gxh5 Ng7+ mates ]
b)
Bareev vs Sergey Dolmatov, Minsk, 1987
b5r1/p3kp2/1p2pn2/1q6/2pP1Q1B/1NP5/PK3P2/7B w - - 0 1
[ Qc7+ if Kf8 Bxf6 Rg1 Qd8 Qe8 Be7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Bareev vs Viktor Gavrikov, Minsk, 1987
7r/1Q6/pp1pkPn1/6B1/2qP2P1/3p4/P7/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1+ Ne5 d5+ ]
d)
Bareev vs Tom Bottema, Stockholm, 1987
3k4/4q1p1/1n1p4/2pPpPRQ/prb1P3/8/1P2B3/2K2N2 w - - 0 1
[ f6 if gxf6 or Qxf6 Qh8+ w/Rg7 or Rxg6+ ]
e)
Bareev vs Gilles Miralles, Vrnjacka Banja, 1987
1rqbr1k1/2n2ppp/b2B4/pp1NP3/2p5/P5P1/1PQR1PBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be4 if g6 Bxc7 Bxc7 Nf6+ or if h6 Bf5 Qb7 Bd7 ]
Bareev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Bareev vs Stefan Cigan, Budapest, 1988
6k1/p3b1q1/1pp5/5QNp/8/2P4P/PP3Pp1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe6+ ]
b)
Bareev vs F Begun, Naberezhnye Chelny, 1988
rn4kr/2p2p1p/2q1pQp1/1p2P3/2pP4/2P3P1/5PNP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ d5 if exd5 Rxa8 w/e6 & Nf4 or if Qxd5 Nf4 Qc6 Rxa8 w/Nxe6 & Rd1 ]
c)
Bareev vs Vladislav Fedorov, Naberezhnye Chelny, 1988
6k1/pb3pp1/q3p2p/2n5/2N1P3/1P3PP1/7P/3Q1BK1 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Na4 Qd8+ Kh7 Na5 or if Nxe4 fxe4 Bxe4 Qd8+ Kh7 Nd2 Qb7 Nxe4 w/Bd3 ]
d)
Bareev vs Robert Seoev, Tallinn, 1988
2r1k2r/3bbpnp/p1n1p1p1/1p2P3/5PP1/P1N1B2P/1P2N3/RB1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 w/Nf6+ Bxf6 exf6 ]
e)
Bareev vs Bruno Belotti, Aosta, 1989
3r3k/p6q/P1R2P1r/3Pp3/1P1bQpPp/5P2/2R4K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if Qd7 Qf5 Rh7 Rxd8+ or if Rg8 Rxg8+ Qxg8 Qf5 or if Qg8 Qf5 ]
Bareev Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Bareev vs Alexander Khalifman, Leningrad, 1990
1kr1r3/1p3pp1/pn2b1np/1Nqp4/1N4P1/Q3P3/P3BPP1/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Qxd6 Nxa6+ or if a5 Na6+ bxa6 Qxc5 w/Nxe8 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Bareev vs Vladimir Akopian, Moscow, 1990
4Rr2/5Pbk/3q3p/p1p5/P1B5/8/KP4Q1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ Qxf8 Bd3+ ]
c)
Bareev vs Gyula Sax, Hastings, 1991
r6r/pp2B3/3N2kp/2pP2nn/2P3R1/2P3R1/P7/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg5+ ]
d)
Bareev vs Jonathan Speelman, Hastings, 1991
8/1k4pp/1pNb1p2/1P1q4/Q7/7P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa7+ w/Qa8+ Qd8+ & Qg8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Bareev vs Stefan Djuric, Rogatska Slatina, 1991
4r2k/5p1p/b2p4/q2Pb1Q1/3B4/2N5/5K1P/3N3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5+ Rxe5 Qf6+ Kg8 Rg1+ Kf8 Qxd6+ ]
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