Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Rauf Mamedov.
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)
Mamedov vs Rashad Gasanov, Baku, 1998
3r1r2/4qkpQ/3P1p2/pR6/5p2/P7/1PP3PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qh5+ (if dxe7 Rd1#) ]
b)
Mamedov vs Bogdan Grabarczyk, Polanica Zdroj, 2000
2r3k1/p2bQp2/1p2p1p1/3pn1N1/3N4/P5P1/1PP2q2/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Nh7 Kg7 Nf6 if g5 Nxd7 mates ]
c)
Mamedov vs Djamil Nagiev, Baku, 2001
4r1rk/2pb3p/1np2qpB/p2pb3/P7/1QP2N2/1P2RPPP/R4NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 Rxe5 Rxe5 Qxe5 Be3 ]
d)
Mamedov vs Christopher Dorrington, Chalkidiki, 2001
r1b1r1k1/5ppp/p2qp3/1p1n4/3N1P2/3PB1Q1/PP4PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if exf5 Bd4 Qf8 Rxe8 or if Qf8 Bc5 Ne7 Nxe7+ ]
e)
Mamedov vs Hugo Gonzalez, Aviles, 2002
r2r2k1/pbq2ppp/4pn2/1pp1NnN1/6Q1/1B1P3P/PPP2PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 ]
Mamedov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Mamedov vs Krisztian Szabo, Heraklio, 2002
4r2k/3q1rp1/p2BN1Qp/1p1pPp1P/3R4/1P6/P1P5/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nc5 if Qa7 e6 ]
b)
Mamedov vs Michal Luch, Peniscola, 2002
r1q2r1k/3n2pp/3Q4/4pPb1/ppB2n2/4BP2/PPP5/1KNR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 if Bxf4 or exf4 Rxh7+ mates ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Mamedov vs Elnur Aliev, Baku, 2003
5r2/pb2qpk1/1p4pp/3nNR2/8/3P2Q1/PP4PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qxg6+ Kf8 Rxf7+ ]
d)
Mamedov vs Wojciech Moranda, Budva, 2003
3R4/p1r2k2/1p3Pp1/5n1p/5N2/4q2P/1Q4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qa2+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Mamedov vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Internet, 2003
4k2r/1b2ppb1/p3Nnp1/qp2p2p/7P/2rB1P2/PPPQ2P1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxb5+ ]
Mamedov Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Mamedov vs Anatoly Bykhovsky, Urgup, 2004
3r2r1/pp2bp1k/4q1pp/2p1Pn2/3pN3/3P3Q/PPP4P/2B2RRK w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 gxf5 Nf6+ if Bxf6 Qxh6# ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Mamedov vs Kerim Aliev, Lahijan, 2005
2rq1rk1/pp4p1/2pb1pN1/n2p3Q/3P4/2N1B3/PPP2PP1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Nh8 ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Mamedov vs Michal Olszewski, Warsaw, 2005
4q3/2n4r/3R1Qpk/4p2b/1p2P3/rBP3P1/P4PK1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ ]
d)
Mamedov vs Matthew Dignam, Heraklio, 2004
8/2q1k1pp/2b1p3/p4p2/5P1P/PrN5/1P1R1QP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc5+ Kf7 Rd6 if Rb6 Ne2 ]
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