Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Lastin.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a) White Mates in 3. Lastin vs Vladimir Burmakin, Moscow, 1994
b)
White Mates in 5. Lastin vs Mikhail Kobalia, Moscow, 1994
[ Qxc6+ w/Reb1 ]
c)
Lastin vs Andrei Lukin, Elista, 1995
[ Nf7+ w/Nd6 ]
d)
Lastin vs Sergei Shestakov, Moscow, 1995
[ Ng4 w/Qd4 if Bc5 Nh6+ w/Qf4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Lastin vs Vladimir Zhuravlev, Azov, 1996
[ Bg8+ Kxg8 Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ Ke8 Qg8# ]
f)
White Mates in 5. Lastin vs Igor Gulkov, Voronezh, 1998
[ Bxe5 dxe5 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qxf7 Bxg5 Rh1+ Bh4 Rxh4# ]
g)
Lastin vs Alexander Motylev, Tula, 1999
[ Re8+ w/Bd3+ & Re6+ ]
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