Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vladimir Malakhov.
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)
Malakhov vs M Ab Rahman, Duisburg, 1992
4r2k/ppn3bp/n1p2r2/3pN1p1/3P4/BP2P2B/P4P1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd7 w/Be7 ]
b)
Malakhov vs Ventzislav Inkiov, Porto San Giorgio, 1998
1r1k4/Rnnbb1pp/3p4/1p1P1P2/1PpN2B1/2P3pP/1B1N4/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6+ ]
c)
Malakhov vs Milan Mrdja, Porto San Giorgio, 1998
3rr1k1/pq5p/2p3pP/1b1p1p2/3Q4/1P2P1P1/P4PB1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ a4 if Ba6 Rxc6 Re7 Bxd5+ ]
d)
Malakhov vs Fabrizio Ranieri, Porto San Giorgio, 1998
1k2br2/ppn4R/2n2P2/3p1Bp1/N2p2P1/PP6/5BK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bg3 if Rf7 Rh8 or if Bf7 Nc5 ]
e)
Malakhov vs Marco Corvi, Cappelle la Grande, 1999
1rb1r1k1/3pnp1p/pNp1p1p1/2P5/4P3/2qQB3/Pb2BPPP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4 ]
Malakhov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Malakhov vs Jean-Marc Degraeve, Koszalin, 1999
8/1nq1kp2/p4Npp/1p1Pp1B1/2r5/P1n1Q2P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6+ ]
b)
Malakhov vs Ludovic Rouillon, Lvov, 1999
r1r1nk2/pp1n1p1Q/4p1p1/2q3P1/4PP2/1BN5/PPP1N3/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if Nd6 Bxd7 or if fxe6 Qxd7 Qe7 Rh8+ ]
c)
Malakhov vs Roland Kleinschroth, Porto San Giorgio, 2000
3qk2r/2pp1ppp/r1p2n2/p3P3/8/2b5/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ exf6 if Bxf6 Qe2+ ]
d)
Malakhov vs Florian Jenni, Yerevan, 2000
6k1/1b4nq/p2QN3/2pP4/2P1p3/1P5P/2B4K/5r2 w - - 0 1
[ Qb8+ (or Qd8+) Kf7 Ng5+ ]
e)
Malakhov vs Peter Wells, Bled 2001
3q1rk1/p4pp1/2p2n2/3b3p/N5r1/1P1B2P1/P2Q1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5 ]
Malakhov Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Malakhov vs Etienne Bacrot, Halkidiki, 2002
1rb3k1/ppN1R2p/2pB1np1/5p2/2P2Pn1/1P4P1/P5BP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ h3 if Nh6 Ne8 ]
b)
Malakhov vs Salvador Del Rio Angelis, Halkidiki, 2002
4k3/3n1p2/3r3p/R2p2pP/3N2P1/1P3P2/3K4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8+ ]
c)
Malakhov vs Peter Nielsen, Istanbul, 2003
r1br2k1/ppq2ppp/1npN1n2/2B5/3RP3/P5P1/1P3PBP/2Q2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if cxb5 Qf4 ]
d)
Malakhov vs Marc Narciso Dublan, Sanxenxo, 2004
b1rk4/1rRn1p1p/p2Bp1p1/P7/B3P3/5P2/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7 Bxb7 Be7+ ]
e)
Malakhov vs Alexander Areshchenko, Moscow, 2005
3rkb1r/pp1n1ppp/4p3/1Q2p2q/3R4/5N1P/PPP2PP1/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 g4 ]
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