Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Pavel Eljanov.
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)
Eljanov vs S Barkov, Alushta, 1998
4rnk1/pp3ppp/2p1P3/5P2/1P3Q2/P5PP/2q3BK/4R3 w - - id 1-0
[ exf7+ if Kxf7 Qc7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Eljanov vs Ferenc Langheinrich, Balatonlelle, 2000
5bk1/1p2n3/r2p3n/1NpPp1NQ/2P5/5RP1/2q2PKP/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf8+ if Kxf8 Ne6+ Kg8 Qe8+ or if Kg7 Ne6+ Kh7 Rh8+ ]
c)
Eljanov vs Ante Brkic, Bled, 2002
r7/2kn2pp/PR2p3/2p1P3/2N5/1K4P1/6P1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Rb7+ if Kd8 Rxd7+ ]
d)
Eljanov vs Alexei Gavrilov, St. Petersburg, 2002
4k3/2r1qp2/6p1/p2Q3p/P7/4P3/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qb5+ ]
e)
Eljanov vs Yaroslav Zherebukh, Poltava, 2006
q5k1/P2r1p1p/1Pr3p1/3p4/2bQ4/2N4P/6P1/R2R3K w - - id 1-0
[ Ne4 ]
Eljanov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Eljanov vs Pascal Charbonneau, Montreal, 2007
1rrq1nk1/6pp/3p2n1/1B1PpNP1/P3P3/4Q3/1R6/1KR5 w - - id 1-0
[ Qa7 ]
b)
Eljanov vs Alexey Alexeev, Alushta, 2005
2rqbrk1/1np3pp/1p2p3/1P1pN3/PQ1P4/3B2P1/2R2P1P/2R3K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Bxh7+ ]
c)
Eljanov vs Dmitry Bocharov, Warsaw, 2005
2bq1rn1/5pk1/1p2p1pp/rP2P3/8/P2BQ3/5RPP/2B2RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Bxg6 if Kxg6 Qg3+ Kh7 Rxf7+ mates ]
d)
Black to move and win. Evgeny Sharapov vs Eljanov, Alushta, 1998
r5k1/1p3ppp/3p4/3P1q2/pKNQ3b/2P2P2/PP2r1PP/R6R b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bf2 if Qd1 Bc5+ mates ]
e)
Black to move and win. Alexander Motylev vs Eljanov, Polanica Zdroj, 1999
7k/7p/3p4/p3n3/2N2q2/1PP4P/5rP1/RQ5K b - - id 0-1
[ ...Nf3 ]
Eljanov Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
Anna Zozulia vs Eljanov, Alushta, 2000
3r1rk1/5ppp/4q3/N2bp3/R1P2b2/8/1P2BPPP/Q4RK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bxg2 if Kxg2 Qg6+ ]
b)
Dmitry Stets vs Eljanov, Alushta, 2001
8/5pkp/7r/3Pp1r1/4Pp1n/1P4qP/P1Q2RP1/3R1B1K b - - id 0-1
[ ...Nf3 if Rxf3 Rxh3+ Kg1 Qh2+ Kf2 Rxf3+ mates ]
c)
Vladimir Savon vs Eljanov, Ordzhonikidze, 2001
2r3k1/7p/3p2p1/3Pb1q1/2B1Q3/1R5P/2K2P2/8 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qf5 ]
d)
Mikhail Yarmysty vs Eljanov, Evpatoria, 2002
6k1/p5pp/2pp4/2pb4/5Q1b/1PBPN3/P1P1q1PP/6K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...g5 ]
e)
Vila Gazquez vs Eljanov, Andorra, 2003
2rr2k1/pp3pbp/3pp1p1/1N6/4PP2/Pb1P1BP1/1P5P/1RR3K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bc2 ]
Eljanov Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Christian Weiss vs Eljanov, Plovdiv, 2003
1r4k1/3r2bp/2b3p1/p1q1pp2/P7/2B1P1P1/1P2NR1P/1RQ3K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qd5 Kf1 Qh1+ Ng1 Be4 if Ra1 Bd3+ ]
b)
Alexander Raetsky vs Eljanov, Biel, 2004
5bk1/N4p2/4p2p/6p1/R2P4/3nPPP1/4K1P1/2r2N2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Nb2 if Ra2 Rc2+ Ke1 Bb4+ ]
c)
Vladimir Georgiev vs Eljanov, Wijk aan Zee, 2007
8/5pk1/3P3p/4p1p1/4N1P1/3qPKPP/7Q/4b3 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qf1+ Nf2 Bxf2 if Qxf2 e4+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 5. Zdenko Kozul vs Eljanov, Sarajevo, 2005
6k1/2p2ppp/1p6/3P1q2/8/5Q1P/2R1RKPb/r7 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bg1+ Kg3 Qg5+ Qg4 Ra3+ ]
e)
Mikhail Gurevich vs Eljanov, Khanty Mansyisk, 2005
3r2k1/pq4p1/3pp2p/1p3p1n/3P1nrP/2P1RP2/PP3P1Q/3RNB1K b - - id 0-1
[ ...g5 if Ng2 Nxg2 fxg4 Nxe3+ ]
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