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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Quang Liem Le.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Bao Trung Nguyen vs Quang Liem Le, Ho Chi Minh City, 2001
8/p2k1p1p/1p2pPp1/1P1pPn2/P1rP3P/1nB4K/R3NP2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc1 if Nxc1 Rxc3+ ]

b)
Canh Huan Hoang vs Quang Liem Le, Hanoi, 2002
1R2r1k1/6p1/1p4q1/p2p4/3P1Q2/P4KPP/1P6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ ]

c)
Trong Bac Le vs Quang Liem Le, Vjetnam, 2003
r3r1k1/1pqb2pp/p1nppb2/4n3/3NP3/6P1/PPP1Q1BP/1N1R1RBK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 if Bxd4 Bb5 ]

d)
Quang Liem Le vs The Anh Duong, Vietnam, 2004
r1b1kb1r/1p1n2pp/pq2p3/2p1p1N1/8/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Qh5+ if g6 Qf3 Bh6 Qf7+ Kd8 Nxe6+ ]

e)
Khoa Bao vs Quang Liem Le, Singapore, 2004
2rr2k1/4qppp/p3b3/1p2Q3/5n2/PN1B1P2/1PP3PP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa7+ if Kh1 Nxd3 Rxd3 Rxd3 cxd3 Bxb3 ]

1e)
Khoa Bao vs Quang Liem Le

Quang Liem Le Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
The Anh Duong vs Quang Liem Le, Ho Chi Minh City, 2005
8/3k4/1p4N1/8/3b1P2/8/4R2r/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ Kg2 Rg1+ ]

b)
Quang Liem Le vs Qianyun Gong, Singapore, 2006
r3r1k1/1p5p/2p1p1pP/2n1Np2/8/q2N2P1/3Q1PB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 if Nxd3 Nxg6 ]

c)
Yury Lapshun vs Quang Liem Le, Budapest, 2006
4r1k1/3R1p1p/1p4p1/1Pq2n2/2P2P2/3Q4/5R1P/4rBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if Rd8 Ng4 ]

d)
Quang Liem Le vs Alexey Kim, Cebu, 2007
5rk1/8/2Rp1npp/pP1Pp1q1/4P3/5B2/5QPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 if Qf4 g3 ]

e)
Surya Ganguly vs Quang Liem Le, Macau, 2007
2r4k/4bpRp/3p1n1P/5P2/3rP3/Np1nQ3/1P4B1/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Qxc1 Nxc1 if Kxc1 Bf8 Rg3 Bxh6+ mates ]

2e)
Surya Ganguly vs Quang Liem Le

Quang Liem Le Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Quang Liem Le vs Anh Dung Nguyen, Vung Tau, 2008
1k2r3/1P3pp1/P2r2p1/3p4/R2P4/5PnP/P5P1/K6R w - - 0 1
[ a7+ Kxb7 a8/Q+ Rxa8 Rb1+ ]

b)
Quang Liem Le vs Weiming Goh, Dresden, 2008
2b1r2k/4P1p1/1p5p/2qp4/3N4/4Q1P1/P5PK/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rc1 if Qxe7 Qxe7 ]

c)
Quang Liem Le vs Hennik Danielsen, Dresden, 2008
1r2k2r/1p1nbp2/2p1p3/2PpPp2/3PqP1p/1P3N1P/5BPK/R2RQ3 w - - 0 1
[ Qd2 w/Re1 ]

d)
Sergei Tiviakov vs Quang Liem Le, Moscow, 2008
b2r1rk1/p1q1bp2/2n1N2Q/8/RP4n1/2P3P1/5PBP/1N2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe5 if Rxe5 Rd1+ Bf1 Nxh6 or if Qc1 Qh8 h3 fxe6 ]

e)
Quang Liem Le vs Ziaur Rahman, Subic Bay, 2009
4r2k/6pp/5r2/1Q3p2/3P4/4q3/PPR5/1KR5 w - - 0 1
[ Re2 ]

3a)
Quang Liem Le vs Anh Dung Nguyen

Quang Liem Le Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Quang Liem Le vs Rogelio Antonio, Guanzhou, 2010
6k1/pbr2pp1/1p2p2p/n2pP2P/3N1P2/PP2qBP1/4P1K1/1Q1R4 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Qxa3 Nb5 or if Nc4 Rd3 ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Quang Liem Le vs Phemelo Khetho, Khanty Mansyisk, 2010
r4r1k/pp5p/n5p1/1q2Np1n/1Pb5/6P1/PQ2PPBP/1RB3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ ]

c)
Quang Liem Le vs Ding Liren, Olongapo City, 2010
2n2r2/8/3p3k/pr6/4NpB1/8/1P3N1P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bxc8 Rxc8 Nxd6 ]

d)
Quang Liem Le vs Boris Savchenko, Moscow, 2010
r1b1r1k1/p1b2p1p/2pqn1p1/2N5/Q2P3P/3B2N1/P4PP1/1RR3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nce4 if Qxd4 Qxc6 Bd7 Qxd7 ]

e)
Black mates in 6.
Lazaro Bruzon vs Quang Liem Le, Habana, 2011
8/8/1p4k1/p1p5/P1Qnq1Bp/1P3p1P/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe5+ Kg1 Qe1+ Qf1 Ne2+ ]

4d)
Quang Liem Le vs Boris Savchenko

Quang Liem Le Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Quang Liem Le vs Deshun Xiu, Ho Chi Minh City, 2012
8/7p/5bp1/1R6/5P1k/4P1NP/r4PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh5+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Pavel Kotsur vs Quang Liem Le, Astana, 2012
4r2k/1q4pp/p4b2/7Q/1p2n1N1/8/PPr3PP/2BR1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ ]

c)
Quang Liem Le vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Beijing, 2013
5rk1/2nb1p1p/3n2p1/p2pq1P1/1p5P/1P2PPN1/P1Q1NK2/1B5R w - - 1 0
[ f4 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Quang Liem Le vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Beijing, 2013
1qr5/p5k1/1p2p1pN/3bn3/7Q/1PBB4/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7+ if Kh8 Bxg6 ]

e)
Oliver Barbosa vs Quang Liem Le, Tromsoe, 2013
1q4k1/5p1p/p1p3p1/1pN1r2n/P3B3/2Q2n1P/1P2N3/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 Qxf3 Rxe2 ]

5e)
Oliver Barbosa vs Quang Liem Le

Quang Liem Le Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ruslan Ponomariov vs Quang Liem Le, Beijing, 2013
2b3r1/p1p2k2/1p6/5p1P/2p2b2/2B2P1P/PPP5/2NR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb7 if Rf1 Bxc1 ]

b)
Quang Liem Le vs Viktor Bologan, Dubai, 2014
1b1r2k1/3r1ppp/p3b3/1p2p3/4N2n/BP2P3/P3BPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Be7 ]

c)
Quang Liem Le vs Baadur Jobava, Dubai, 2014
3r1bk1/1p3pp1/2p2n1p/N1P5/pP1Q4/q2b1B1P/5PPB/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 ]

d)
Luka Quang Liem Lenic vs Quang Liem Le, Dubai, 2014
5b2/p4k1p/1p2p1p1/8/3PP3/4B2P/P1n1K1P1/2N5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 Kxe3 Bh6+ ]

e)
Maxim Matlakov vs Quang Liem Le, Dubai, 2014
2r4k/p2bq1pp/1p3b2/2pQ1n2/4NB2/P2PP1P1/1P4BP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be6 ]

f)
Quang Liem Le vs Giorgi Margvelashvili, New York, 2015
r2Rrqk1/3R1ppp/p7/np2B1Q1/8/P5P1/4P2P/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8 Rxe8 Bd6 if h6 Qc5 ]

g)
Stephen Jessel vs Quang Liem Le, Baku, 2016
4r1k1/1p3bq1/1np3p1/3pr3/3N1Q1P/5BP1/PR2PK2/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re4 if Bxe4 Qxd4+ Qe3 Qxb2 ]

6g)
Stephen Jessel vs Quang Liem Le


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