Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Dmitry Jakovenko.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Jakovenko vs Klaus Diehl, St Ingbert, 1995
r1b2rk1/p1p2pbp/2pP2p1/8/2B1NB1q/8/PPP2PPn/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ g3 if Qh3 Ng5 ]
b)
Jakovenko vs Karpov, Tomsk, 1998
4kb1r/r2qpppp/p7/2pN4/Q4B2/8/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7+ if Rxc7 Bxc7 ]
c)
Jakovenko vs Denis Khismatullin, Neftekamsk, 2000
1r2rbk1/6pp/pp1p2P1/8/P2B3q/6R1/1PP3QP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ Rxf8 gxh7+ Kh8 Bxg7+ ]
d)
Jakovenko vs Dmitry Batsanin, Ufa, 2000
r2r2k1/1p2bpp1/4p2p/p1qn4/b7/P1PB1NB1/1P2QPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe4 ]
e)
Jakovenko vs Vlad Jianu, Chalkidiki, 2001
r1b1r1k1/1p4pp/pb1p4/3P1p2/2Pq1P2/2N1nRQP/PP2B3/R3B2K w - - 0 1
[ Na4 w/Bc3 ]
Jakovenko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Jakovenko vs Denis Khismatullin, Chalkidiki, 2001
4q1k1/1b1nr1b1/p1pr1np1/Pp1p2B1/1P1P3Q/1NP3N1/2B3P1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc5 if Bc8 Bf4 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Jakovenko vs Gyozo Pataki, Chalkidiki, 2001
2r3k1/1r3p1p/4p1p1/ppqbP1B1/3R3Q/P1P5/1P4PP/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ w/Bf6 ]
c)
Jakovenko vs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Goa, 2002
1r2q1k1/1b3p2/p5p1/3P4/P1P1np2/3B3Q/5bPP/1R3R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 Qxe4 Rxb7 Rxb7 Qc8+ ]
d)
Jakovenko vs Erwin L'Ami, Moscow, 2005
2rqr3/p1p3kp/1p1b1pp1/n3Nb2/Q2P1B2/P1P1RB1P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ if Kg8 Bd5+ Be6 Nd7 ]
e)
Jakovenko vs Yuriy Kuzobov, Moscow, 2005
7k/1p4pp/r2pBn2/qN1P4/2P3P1/pP2B3/nb1Q3P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ g5 ]
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