Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Sergey Karjakin.
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)
Karjakin vs Rainer Raud, Tallinn, 1998
[ f6 w/g6 if hxg6 or fxg6 Rxg6+ mates ]
b)
Karjakin vs Marko Keskel, Tallinn, 1999
[ Rxf6 if Qxf6 Qc7+ or if Rxf6 Qg5+ ]
c)
Karjakin vs Sergei Saraikin, Tallinn, 1999
[ Nxf7 w/dxe6+ & Bd5 ]
d)
Karjakin vs A Kulikovsky, Alushta, 2000
[ Bb6 if Rb7 Rxb7 & Qxd7 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Karjakin vs Alexander Areshchenko, Kharkov, 2001
[ Rg6 ]
Karjakin Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Karjakin vs Viktor Komliakov, Kramatorsk, 2001
[ e6 ]
b)
Karjakin vs Volodymyr Eryomenko, Simferopol, 2001
[ Rxd6 w/Re6 ]
c)
Karjakin vs Sergiy Zavgorodniy, Simferopol, 2001
[ Re6 ]
d)
Karjakin vs Georgy Arzumanian, Alushta, 2002
[ Rf1 if Re7 Qd8+ & if Re8 Qf6 mates ]
e)
Karjakin vs Claudia Amura, Benidorm, 2002
[ g6+ ]
Karjakin Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 8. Karjakin vs Valerij Popov, Panormo, 2002
[ Qg5+ Kc8 Ne7+ Kd8 Nxd5+ Kc8 Ne7+ Kc7 Rc6+ Kd8 Rc8+ Bxc8 Nc6+ ]
b)
Karjakin vs Persson Hillarp, Benidorm, 2003
[ Bxc5 if Qxc5 Qb3+ w/Nf7+ ]
c)
Karjakin vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Brissago, 2003
[ Ra8 ]
d)
Karjakin vs Julio Llamazares, Internet, 2003
[ Qxb6 w/Rfb1 ]
e)
Karjakin vs Maxim Pavlov, Simferopol, 2003
[ hxg7 if Bxg7 Qb8+ & Nf6+ or if Kxg7 Qc3+ f6 Rxh7+ & Nf6+ ]
Karjakin Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Karjakin vs Friso Nijboer, Wijk aan Zee, 2003
[ Qf4 if Rf8 Qh4+ & if g5 Nxg5 mates ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Karjakin vs Artyom Timofeev, Internet, 2004
[ Qa8+ ]
c)
Karjakin vs Predrag Nikolic, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
[ Rg7+ w/Rf8 ]
d)
Karjakin vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
[ Rh2 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Karjakin vs Lenier Dominguez, Dos Hermanas, 2005
[ Qd6 ]
Karjakin Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Nikolay Khomenko vs Karjakin, Alushta, 2000
[ ...Bf6+ Kc1 Qc4+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 8. M Gajduk vs Karjakin, Simferopol, 2000
[ ...Rxg1+ Kh3 (if Rxg1 Qf3+ & Kg7) Qh1+ Rh2 Rd3+ Qxd3 Bg2+ ]
c)
Viktor Laznicka vs Karjakin, Chalkidiki, 2001
[ ...Nxf4 Qxf4 e3 ]
d)
Natalia Kovtoniuk vs Karjakin, Evpatoria, 2002
[ ...Be2 ]
e)
Marco Capezza vs Karjakin, Internet, 2002
[ ...h6 Rxg8 Qh5+ Qh4 Qxf5+ Qg4 Qf1 Kh4 Qh1+ Qh3 Qxh3+ & Bxg8 ]
Karjakin Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Sergey Korensky vs Karjakin, Internet, 2002
[ ...Bg2+ ]
b)
Alexandr Truskavetsky vs Karjakin, Kramatorsk, 2002
[ ...Qh3 ]
c)
Robert Ruck vs Karjakin, Panormo, 2002
[ ...Bxe2 if Qxe2 Nd4 or if Rxe2 Nxb3 Qxb3 Nd4 ]
d)
Anna Ushenina vs Karjakin, Sudak, 2002
[ ...e3 w/...Qe4 ]
e)
Oksana Vozovic vs Karjakin, Sudak, 2002
[ ...Kf4 ]
Karjakin Puzzles, Part VII. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 3. Oleg Kalinin vs Karjakin, Alushta, 2003
[ ...Bg2+ ]
b)
Martin Herndlbauer vs Karjakin, Vienna, 2003
[ ...Bc5+ ]
c)
Alexey Dreev vs Karjakin, Internet, 2004
[ ...Bf4 if Nh3 Nd2+ & Nxf3+ ]
d)
Bartosz Socko vs Karjakin, Calvia, 2004
[ ...Rxf3 if Kxf3 Qe3+ mates if Rxe2 Raf8 w/Ba6 & Bf1+ ]
e)
Suat Atalik vs Karjakin, Moscow, 2005
[ ...Nxd4 w/Ng4+ ]
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