Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexei Dreev.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Dreev vs Jeroen Piket, Monte Carlo, 1996
[ Rc2 ]
b)
Dreev vs I Sokolov, Nussloch, 1996
[ Ra8 if Qd8 Ne7+ or if Nd7 Nb6 ]
c)
Dreev vs V Tukmakov, Kremlin PCA rapid, 1996
[ Qe2 w/Rxc7 & Qe8+ ]
d)
Dreev vs Korhonen, Kiljava, 1984
[ Be6 if g6 Nd6 ]
e)
Dreev vs Igor Khenkin, Riga, 1987
[ Qg4 if hxg5 Qxg5+ w/Rf4 or if Kh8 Qh3 ]
Dreev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Dreev vs Igor Glek, Frunze, 1988
[ Re3 w/c5 ]
b)
Dreev vs Marek Matlak, Moscow, 1988
[ Bxf6 w/Bd3 or Qe5 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Dreev vs Eduardas Rozentalis, Vilnius, 1988
[ Be6 if Bd3 Rxg6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Dreev vs Demetrios Agnos, Groningen, 1989
[ Nxd6+ ]
e)
Dreev vs Yuri Balashov, Odessa, 1989
[ Nxg6 if Kxh7 Nf8+ ]
Dreev Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Dreev vs Georgy Georgadze, Tbilisi, 1989
[ hxg7 w/Qh6 ]
b)
Dreev vs Arshak Petrosian, Palma de Mallorca, 1989
[ Ne7+ w/Nf5 or g4+ ]
c)
Dreev vs Darius Ruzele, Kramatorsk, 1989
[ Re7 if f5 Bb3 ]
d)
Dreev vs Alexander Shabalov, Tbilisi, 1989
[ Qd4 ]
e)
Dreev vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Logrono, 1991
[ Qf7+ w/Ne8 ]
Dreev Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Dreev vs Dmitry Berkovich, Podolsk, 1992
[ d6 ]
b)
Dreev vs Evgeny Gleizerov, Moscow, 1992
[ Rxd5 w/Rd1 & Rxd8+ ]
c)
Dreev vs Konstantin Sakaev, Moscow, 1992
[ Nxe7+ w/Bxf6 if gxf6 Qg4+ & Qh4 ]
d)
Dreev vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada, Wijk aan Zee, 1995
[ Bg5 ]
e)
Black to Move and Mate in 5. Julian Hodgson vs Dreev, SKA, 1995
[ ...Rh8+ w/...Nf5 ]
Dreev Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win.
a)
Igor Zhdanov vs Dreev, Leningrad, 1982
[ ...g3 if Qe3 gxf2+ Kxf2 Bd4 ]
b)
Jose Castillo vs Dreev, Bucamaranga, 1983
[ ...e3 if Nxe3 Qh1+ & ...Qxb7 ]
c)
Alexei Vyzhmanavin vs Dreev, Lvov, 1987
[ ...Bf5 if Qxf5 Qxd4+ ]
d)
Uwe Bonsch vs Dreev, Groningen, 1989
[ ...Bg4 if Qxg4 Qxd3 ]
e)
Jacek Gdanski vs Dreev, Tunja, 1989
[ ...Qc4 Rxf2 Qxh4+ Kg1 Rc1+ Rf1 Qd4+ Kh2 Rxf1 ]
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