Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kateryna Lahno.
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)
Lahno vs Vera Nebolsina, Oropesa, 1999
r2r2k1/1p2qp1p/2pb2pP/p3p3/n3P3/P3BQ2/BPP2PP1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 ]
b)
Lahno vs I Uhvarin, Alushta, 2000
R2rk2r/4bppp/4p3/1p2P3/1PpB1P2/2P5/6PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Lahno vs Mariya Romanova, Kramatorsk, 2001
r5k1/4rppp/pn6/1p3N2/1q6/1P3Q2/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxa8+ ]
d)
White Mates in 2. Lahno vs Sofia Shepeleva, Kramatorsk, 2001
4r3/5p1k/2p1nBpp/q2p4/P1bP4/2P1R2Q/2B2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ ]
e)
Lahno vs Iosefina Paulet, Oropesa, 2001
2r4r/2k2p2/1q2pN2/p2pn3/1p6/5R2/PPPQ2PP/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qf4 if Qd6 Ne4 ]
Lahno Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Lahno vs Berfu Dincok, Antalya, 2002
r2qr3/pbpnb1kp/1p2Q1p1/3p4/3P4/2P3NP/PPBB2P1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qxg6+ ]
b)
Lahno vs Tatjana Vasilevich, Antalya, 2002
2Rbr1k1/5p1p/1p2n1p1/pN1BP3/P4P2/4B2P/6P1/3n2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc1 w/Bb3 or Bf3 ]
c)
Lahno vs David Howell, Kuala Lumpur, 2002
5R2/1P3pkp/2Q3p1/3p2q1/3N4/4n1Pr/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ (b8/Q draws) if Kh6 Rxh7+ & Qd7+ ]
d)
Lahno vs Nargiz Umudova, Moscow, 2002
r3rbk1/pppq1pp1/2n4p/5b2/3Pn3/P3NN1P/1PB2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5 Qxf5 Qd3 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Lahno vs Maarten Etmans, Wijk aan Zee, 2004
3R4/1p6/p1b1Q2p/6pk/1P6/P6P/1q4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Kh4 Rd4+ ]
Lahno Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Lahno vs Ekaterina Plovnikova, Elista, 2004
r3r2k/p1p4p/1p2n1pQ/3p1q2/3P2N1/2P1Rp1P/PP4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf3 w/Rxe6 ]
b)
Lahno vs Artur Jakubiec, Moscow, 2005
r5r1/pp1n1pBp/1kp5/8/3P1Q2/2q3N1/P5pP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rab1+ Ka6 Re3 Qa5 Qf3 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Svetlana Moskalets vs Lahno, Simferopol, 2000
4r3/3N1kpp/p2b4/Ppp2p2/4nP2/1PP3P1/3B2KP/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd8 Nb6 Bc7 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Lela Javakhishvili vs Lahno, Antalya, 2002
1nr3k1/p1r1q2p/1ppb2p1/3p1p2/Q2P4/1P2PNP1/PBR2PP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 Qa5 Bb4 ]
e)
Black Mates in 6. Tatiana Grabuzova vs Lahno, Varna, 2002
8/1p3pkp/pQp1b1p1/2P1pP2/4P3/1P4P1/Pq1r2BP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2 f6+ Kh6 Rxg2 Qb1+ Rg1 Qxe4+ ]
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