Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Harriet Hunt.
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)
Hunt vs David Flower, London, 1993
r2qkb1r/pp2pppp/8/3n4/3n4/1QN2P2/PP3P1P/R1B1KB1R w - - 0 1
[ Bb5+ ]
b)
Hunt vs Tuvshintogs Batceceg, Yerevan, 1996
7R/2qkbp2/2r5/1p2pb2/1p6/3NB3/PPP3Q1/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ Qd6 Nxe5+ Kc7 Qxc6+ ]
c)
Hunt vs Oliver Jackson, Hove, 1997
1q1rrn2/4bk2/1p1p1pp1/p1nPp1P1/P3P3/5N2/1PBBQ2P/5RRK w - - 0 1
[ gxf6 Bxf6 Ng5+ Ke7 Rxf6 if Kxf6 Qf2+ mates ]
d)
Hunt vs Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Zagan, 1997
1r4k1/5rb1/6Q1/3qp2p/1p5P/3BB3/1P4P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 Qxf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Bc5+ w/Bg6 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Hunt vs Anna Dorofeeva, Elista, 1998
1q3kr1/2N5/1P2Q1b1/2pppp2/8/6P1/P1P4P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5+ Kg7 Qf6+ Kh7 Qh4+ ]
Hunt Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Hunt vs Mekhri Geldyeva, Istanbul, 2000
2b2rk1/4nppp/3q1b2/pp2N3/8/PBB2Q2/1P3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 Rxf7 Bxf6 gxf6 Qh5 ]
b)
Hunt vs James Sherwin, Portsmouth, 2002
7k/1p3K2/p1n1p3/3pP3/3P1P2/7b/1PB2B2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bh4 if Bf5 Bxf5 exf5 e6 ]
c)
Hunt vs Yuri Yakovich, Stockholm, 2002
6k1/1b2r1pp/p3P3/3pP3/1R4P1/2r2B2/7P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7 Rxb7 e7 if Rxe7 Bxd5+ ]
d)
Hunt vs Almira Skripchenko, Plovdiv, 2003
r4r1k/p5R1/5n1p/2p1p3/4bP2/2B3RP/2B3P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ fxe5 if Bxc2 exf6 or if Nh5 e6 ]
e)
Hunt vs Martyn Goodger, Port Erin, 2003
r1bq1r2/ppp3k1/3p1np1/4n1Q1/5N2/3B3P/PPP2PP1/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if dxe5 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qh6+ Kg8 Bc4+ ]
Hunt Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Hunt vs Jana Bellin, England, 2005
1k6/1p6/1p4p1/2q4p/5PP1/P3Q2P/7K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc5 bxc5 f5 gxf5 gxh5 ]
b)
Hunt vs Almira Skripchenko, Calvia, 2004
2rq1rk1/pQ1n1pbp/6p1/2PNp3/8/4nBPP/PP3P2/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc8 w/Ne7+ ]
c)
Hunt vs Jack Rudd, England, 2005
4rbk1/pp3ppp/2pprnn1/5N2/3BPP2/qP1B1Q1P/2P1R1P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 Qb4 Ra4 ]
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English GMs
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