Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anastasia Bodnaruk.
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)
Bodnaruk vs Tamara Chistiakova, St. Petersburg, 2002
6k1/2pq3p/1p1p4/3PrRp1/1Pr5/6P1/6QP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ w/Rf7+ Rxf7+ Qf1+ & Qxc4 ]
b)
White Mates in 7 (Two solutions). Bodnaruk vs Joanna Kasperek, Budva, 2003
1r3rk1/1bq2p2/4pPp1/p1P5/1p1p1PP1/3P1Q2/P4KB1/2R4R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7 or Rh8+ (played) ]
Solution tweaked by Pablo Pena. Thx!
c)
Bodnaruk vs Juliana Terao, Halkidiki, 2003
r3r1k1/ppp1qpp1/1b1p3p/1b2p3/4P3/2PP1N1P/PP3PP1/R2QRNK1 w - - 0 1
[ a4 if Ba6 a5 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Bodnaruk vs Anastazia Karlovich, Kharkov, 2005
6k1/6p1/p5p1/3pB3/1p1b4/2r1q1PP/P4R1K/5Q2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ if Kh7 Rh8+ ]
e)
Bodnaruk vs Gundala Madanasri, Heraklio, 2004
1q1rn1k1/pp1r1ppp/1np3b1/5N2/6PN/P2P3P/1PP1RQB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ if Kf8 Nhxg6+ hxg6 Qh4 mates or if Kh8 Nhxg6+ mates ]
Bodnaruk Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Bodnaruk vs Vladimir Pogosian, St.Petersburg, 2005
r1b2rk1/2qn1pbp/p2p1np1/1pp5/3BPPP1/P1N4P/1PP1N1B1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if Nxf6 e5 ]
b)
Willem Leenen vs Bodnaruk, St. Petersburg, 2002
r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/2n3p1/2pp4/5P2/1PB1PN2/P1PPB1PP/R3QRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d4 if Bb2 d3 ]
c)
Jessica Drobrzenski vs Bodnaruk, Halkidiki, 2003
2b1r2k/2q3pp/p7/1pb1r3/2p2p2/P1P2P2/1PQ2NPP/1R1B1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1 Kg1 Bf5 if Qxf5 Bxf2+ mates ]
d)
Black Mates in 3. David Markosian vs Bodnaruk, Moscow, 2006
r5k1/2Rb3r/p2p3b/P2Pp3/4P1pq/5p2/1PQ2B1P/2R2BKN b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]
e)
Marina Lein vs Bodnaruk, Moscow, 2008
r3r1k1/ppp2pb1/3p4/7p/PP1PNP1q/2P2P1b/5R2/RN1Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if fxe4 Qg3+ ]
f)
Daria Charochkina vs Bodnaruk, St.Petersburg, 2005
3r2k1/1pq1b1pp/p4p2/3rn3/2B5/1P3PQ1/PB4PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc4 if bxc4 Rxd1 Rg1 Bc5 ]
g)
Irina Bulmaga vs Bodnaruk, Heraklio, 2004
2r3k1/1b3ppp/p7/2qp1QP1/1p1NrP1P/8/PPP5/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 ]
Russian GMs
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