Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Irina Krush.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Krush vs Kanwal Bhatia, Warsaw, 1991
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/2npbn2/2b1p3/2P5/2NPPN2/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R w - - 0 1
[ d4 w/d5 ]
b)
Krush vs Elena Chorvatova, Bratislava, 1993
2rq2k1/1bR2pp1/1r1p3p/1P1Pp3/4P3/2Q5/5PP1/R4BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8 ]
c)
Krush vs Lilit Mkrtchian, Cala Galdana, 1996
7r/1R3pk1/2p1q3/3pP1n1/6pN/4P1P1/r4PK1/3Q3R w - - 0 1
[ Qb1 if Ra8 Nf5+ ]
d)
Krush vs Luiza Khusnutdinova, Cannes, 1997
1rbnrk2/1p3ppB/1Npq3p/p2pN2n/3P4/P3P2P/1PQ2PP1/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc8 Rxc8 Qf5 ]
e)
Krush vs Dmitry Zilberstein, San Francisco, 1999
r7/5p2/2b1k2p/p3PN2/R4KPP/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd4 if Bd5 Ng7+ ]
Krush Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Krush vs Julien Estrada Nieto, Oakham, 2001
r4r1k/1bpq1p1n/p1np4/1p1Bb1BQ/P7/6R1/1P3PPP/1N2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6+ Bxf6 Be4 ]
b)
Krush vs Vladimir Li, Moscow, 2002
4rnk1/1brnq2p/1p2pppP/1Bp3N1/2P2P2/1P4P1/PB1Q4/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 ]
c)
Krush vs Hern Ojeda, Buenos Aires, 2003
r1b3k1/pp4bp/3pNn2/2pPnr2/2P1p2q/2N1B3/PP1QBP1P/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Qh3 Nf4 ]
d)
Krush vs Anna Levina, Seattle, 2003
r4r2/1b2bpk1/2p1p1p1/1pPqN1Pn/pB1P4/8/PPB1QP2/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 if gxh5 Qxh5 mates ]
e)
Krush vs Jennifer Shahade, Seattle, 2003
r5k1/3q2b1/p2p2Qp/2pP4/1p4pP/4r1N1/1P4B1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Re2 Nxh6+ Kh8 Rf7 ]
Krush Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Krush vs Antoaneta Stefanova, Krasnoturinsk, 2004
3kr3/p1r1bR2/4P2p/1Qp5/3p3p/8/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb8+ Rc8 Qd6+ ]
b)
Ruth Bohrer vs Krush, Elista, 1998
2rq2k1/1p3pp1/2r1p3/3p1nbp/pP1Pn3/P1PR1RPP/5P2/1NB1QNK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc1 Qxc1 Ng5 ]
c)
Miles Ardaman vs Krush, Hawaii, 1998
1R6/p3qkbp/3p2p1/2pP1r2/2P5/P2P3Q/3B3P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 if Be3 Rf1+ Bg1 Rxf1+ mates ]
d)
Ira Pohl vs Krush, Hawaii, 1998
3r2k1/3q1p2/p1R1n2p/1p4p1/1P6/P1R3P1/3p1P1P/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Rc7 Ne2+ ]
e)
Keith Arkell vs Krush, Lichfield, 2000
7k/pb5p/8/4p3/rN6/6P1/5P1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be4 ]
f)
Black Mates in 4. Dragan Milovanovic vs Krush, Parsippany, 2001
6k1/6pp/1q6/4pp2/P5n1/1P6/1P3BPr/R4QK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]
g)
Pavel Tregubov vs Krush, Internet, 2004
r2qr1k1/bp1n1ppp/p7/4n3/1B1pP1b1/5NN1/PP2BPPP/2RQR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d3 if Bxd3 Qb6 ]
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