Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gata Kamsky.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Kamsky vs Viswanathan Anand, Tilburg, 1991
[ Rd8+ ]
b)
Kamsky vs Jon Vidarsson, Reykjavik, 1990
[ Bxd5 w/Qb5 ]
c)
Kamsky vs Igor Khenkin, Borzhomi, 1988
[ Bxf7+ ]
d)
Kamsky vs Leonid Basin, Minsk, 1988
[ Rd7 ]
e)
Kamsky vs Alan Hanreck, London, 1989
[ Re6 ]
Kamsky Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kamsky vs Viswanathan Anand, Sanghi Nagar, 1994
[ Qb5 ]
b)
Kamsky vs Pablo Zarinicki, Buenos Aires, 1993
[ f7+ w/Rfd1 ]
c)
Kamsky vs Joel Lautier, Dortmond, 1993
[ Rxh7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Kamsky vs Luc Winants, Tilburg, 1992
[ Qd8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Kamsky vs Fikret Sideif Zade, Pavlodar, 1987
[ Rxf7 w/Rc2 ]
Kamsky, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Kamsky vs Theodore Tsorbatzoglou, Innsbruck, 1987
[ Bxh7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Kamsky vs Gogoladze, USSR CH-JR, 1988
[ Qf3 ]
c)
Kamsky vs Mikhail Gurevich, USSR CH-JR, 1988
[ R1xe5 w/Rxf7 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Kamsky vs Francois Leveille, Buffalo, 1989
[ Rxf7 ]
e)
White Mates in 11. Kamsky vs Eric Prie, Val Thorens, 1989
[ Rxg6 ]
Kamsky, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kamsky vs George Umezinwa, Chicago, 1989
[ Bd6 ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Kamsky vs Vasil Spasov, Tilburg, 1992
[ Nh6+ ]
c)
Kamsky vs Johann Hjartarson, Biel, 1993
[ Rxg6 w/Bxf5 ]
d)
Kamsky vs Yasser Seirawan, Moanaco, 1994
[ Rg6 ]
e)
Kamsky vs Valery Salov, Sanghi Nagar, 1995
[ e4 ]
Kamsky Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Kamsky vs P Nikolic, Melody Amber rapid, 1996
[ Rc7 ]
b)
Black Mates in 7. Alexei Shirov vs Kamsky, Ivano-Frankovsk, 1988
3r1k2/6b1/6Q1/pp2pP2/1np5/5q2/PP2N3/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ Kb1 Qe4+ Rd3 Qxd3+ Ka1 Nc2+ ]
c)
Carsten Hoi vs Kamsky, Bad Mergentheim, 1989
5k2/ppq2pbQ/2p1p1r1/2Pn4/8/6PR/PP3P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf6 Qh4 Rg4 ]
d)
Dmitry Gurevich vs Kamsky, Chicago, 1989
r1b2rk1/pp1nbppp/1qp1p3/6N1/2PPp3/1Q4P1/PP2PP1P/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa5 ]
e)
Patrick Wolff vs Kamsky, New York, 1989
8/4R2p/3p2pk/3Ppq2/8/2P1RNPP/5P1K/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2 Kg2 Rb2 ]
Kamsky Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Alonso Zapata vs Kamsky, Manila, 1990
q2r3k/5pb1/2p1b2p/1pP1N1pP/1P2P3/r3R1Q1/4BPP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if fxe3 Qb8 ]
b)
Ruben Rodriguez vs Kamsky, Manila, 1992
4Bk2/2qQ1pb1/p3p1p1/2P5/5p2/P5N1/1r5P/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...fxg3 if Qxc7 Bd4+ & g2+ mates ]
c)
Alexander Beliavsky vs Kamsky, Linares, 1993
1r3rk1/6bp/p7/2NPn1p1/5pBq/7P/1PQ2PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg4 hxg4 Rxb2 ]
d)
Black Mates in 5. Paul Van Der Sterren vs Kamsky, Wijk aan Zee, 1994
2R2b2/pQ5p/2pr3k/5p2/N6n/1P5P/P4PP1/q4BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ gxf3 Rg6+ ]
e)
Yaacov Norowitz vs Kamsky, New York, 2004
8/8/4k1p1/1N2p1n1/4P3/6P1/3K1R2/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc5 if Nc3 Rxc3 ]
f)
Kamsky vs Julio Granda Zuniga, Buenos Aires, 2005
2r3b1/1p2p1kp/p2p1p2/P3r1pq/1PPQP3/4RP2/1N4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd3 if Re6 f4 ]
g)
Black to move and win. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs vs Kamsky, San Diego, 2006
3r4/5pkp/2bppbp1/2q5/2P1P1P1/1R1Q1BP1/r2N1PK1/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba4 w/...Bc2 ]
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