Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexey Korotylev.
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)
Korotylev vs Marijan Kristovic, Berlin, 1995
2qrrb2/p2b2pk/1pp1p1Np/2P1Bp2/1P1P2n1/8/P1B1QPPP/3RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf8+ if Rxf8 Qxg4 ]
b)
Korotylev vs Wolf-Dietrich Klimm, Passau, 1995
8/q3n1k1/1r3pp1/1BQp3p/P4B1P/4P3/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bc7 ]
c)
Korotylev vs Oliver Koeller, Passau, 1995
r3r3/1p3k1p/2p1p3/p3Pb1P/2P1nR1K/4B3/PP2B3/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf3 ]
d)
Korotylev vs Alexandr Kharitonov, St Petersburg, 2001
b2r3R/3nbkp1/4p3/5p2/1pNpq3/4P2Q/1P1B1PPP/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8 if Bxd8 Nd6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Korotylev vs Artyom Timofeev, Krasnodar, 2002
2r2k2/4p3/p3Rb2/1p1Q3p/5P2/8/Pqn1NP1K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ if exf6 Qe6 ]
Korotylev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Korotylev vs Evgeny Postny, Moscow, 2002
1r3r1k/2R2p2/2R3p1/3Pp3/1p2P1Q1/1P1q4/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ ]
b)
Korotylev vs Edward Formanek, Hastings, 2003
3rrk2/b5pQ/2p1pqBp/p7/Pn1p1PP1/8/3R1B1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ g5 ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Korotylev vs Sergey Smagin, Sochi, 2004
3br3/pp2r3/2p4k/4N1pp/3PP3/P1N5/1P2K3/6RR w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ ]
d)
Korotylev vs Alexander Grischuk, Moscow, 2004
5rk1/p5q1/1p2r3/3N2Qp/2p5/2P4P/5RP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qd8+ if Re8 Qd6 w/Nf6+ or Rxa7+ ]
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