Here are some chess puzzles from the games of P Harikrishna.
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)
Harikrishna vs M R Venkatesh, Mumbai, 2003
Thanks to 'who' @ chessgames.com, ed.
[ Be6 Qxc3 Qb5+ Kf8 Qb7 ]
b)
Harikrishna vs Andrei Murariu, Nakhchivan, 2003
[ Rxc6 bxc6 Bxc6+ ]
c)
Harikrishna vs Teimour Radjabov, Cala Galdana, 1996
[ Qxf8 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Harikrishna vs Vlad Jianu, Paris, 1996
[ h6 Rg8 Nxg8 Rxg8 Qh4 Rg6 Qd8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Harikrishna vs Hamed Mousavian, Iran, 1998
[ Bf3 g4 Qxg4+ Kf7 Qh5+ Kg8 Qh8+ ]
Harikrishna Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Harikrishna vs Michael Buscar, Oropesa, 2000
[ Rxe6+ Kxe6 Qa2+ Ke7 Re4+ Ne5 Nxe5 Qxe5 Rxe5+ ]
b)
Harikrishna vs Emanuel Berg, Yerevan, 2000
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 g6 fxg6 Qxg6 ]
c)
Harikrishna vs Ponnuswamy Konguvel, London, 2001
[ b6 ]
d)
Harikrishna vs Jha Sriram, New Delhi, 2001
[ Rxf8+ ]
e)
Harikrishna vs Irina Krush, Hastings, 2002
[ Rc1 Bd7 Bxe7 Kxe7 b3 ]
Harikrishna Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Harikrishna vs Wendelin Sprenger, Heraklio, 2002
[ Qh5+ w/Qxh6+ & f6 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Harikrishna vs Jha Sriram, Nagpur, 2002
[ Rxf8+ Kh7 Qf5+ g6 Rxf7+ ]
c)
Harikrishna vs Gerhard Lorscheid, Pardubice, 2002
[ Bxe5 if Qxe5 Nxf7+ & if Rxf7 Ng6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Harikrishna vs Chandrashekhar Gokhale, Abudhabi, 2003
[ Nf7+ Kg7 Ng5+ Kf8 Rf7+ Kg8 Rd7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Harikrishna vs Stewart Haslinger, Edinburgh, 2003
[ Nh6+ Kf8 Bxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ ]
Harikrishna Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Harikrishna vs Gadir Guseinov, Nakhchivan, 2003
[ Qb5 w/Bd5 ]
b)
Dipanjan Das vs Harikrishna, Calcutta, 2000
[ ...Ndf4 ]
c)
Vishal Sareen vs Harikrishna, Nagpur, 2002
[ ...a3+ w/...Qc5+ ]
d)
Ramil Hasangatin vs Harikrishna, Abudhabi, 2003
[ ...Ra1+ if Kg2 Kc4 ]
e)
Ghate Swathi vs Harikrishna, Mumbai, 2003
[ ...Bc2 if Nxc2 e2 ]
f)
Zurab Sturua vs Harikrishna, Dubai, 2004
[ ...Bc5 if Rc7 Be6+ mates ]
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