Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Moiseenko.
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)
Moiseenko vs Roman Khaetsky, Kharkov, 1998
1r2k1r1/2n4p/1q2pQp1/p1NpPp2/1n1P1P2/2R5/1P1B2PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 Kxd7 Qf7+ w/Qxg8+ ]
b)
Moiseenko vs Petr Cherniakhovsky, Alushta, 1999
r1b2rk1/pp2qppp/8/4Np2/3P4/2P1Q1R1/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg3+ w/Ng6+ or Ng4+ ]
c)
Moiseenko vs Karen Askarian, Alushta, 1999
8/3r4/1pN2qkp/p1pPQ3/P1P2P2/7P/7K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Rf7 Ne5+ ]
d)
Moiseenko vs German Kochetkov, Alushta, 1999
1r5k/1b5p/p2N1r2/2pPRp2/p6R/7P/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 Rxd6 Rexh7+ Kg8 Rh8+ ]
e)
Moiseenko vs Alexander Rustemov, Moscow, 1999
4b1rk/R2r2b1/4N2p/8/2p1p3/1pP1B2P/1P4P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxg7 if Rxa7 Nxe8 Rf7 Bd4+ ]
Moiseenko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Moiseenko vs Sergey Sivokho, Polanica Zdroj, 1999
r1b1r1k1/2B1ppbp/p1n2qp1/1pN5/8/2P3P1/P3PPBP/1QRR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe4 if Ra7 Bb6 ]
b)
Moiseenko vs Sergey Fedorchuk, Alushta, 2000
rnb1k2r/pp3pbp/4pp2/2p5/2BP4/q3PN2/P2N1PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb5+ Bd7 Nc4 Qb4 Rb1 if Bxb5 Rxb4 cxb4 Nd6+ ]
c)
Moiseenko vs Alexander Moroz, Ordzhonikidze, 2000
4R2R/pr3qkp/2p2pp1/p1r2b2/2N2p2/PPQ2P1P/2P3PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe1 if Rd5 Rxh7+ mates or if Bxc2 Nd6 ]
d)
Moiseenko vs Anton Isajevsky, St Petersburg, 2001
2r3k1/p1qp1p1p/5nr1/1pp5/2P2P2/2Q3P1/PB5P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 b4 Qf3 if Rh6 Qe3 ]
e)
Moiseenko vs Alexander Kochyev, St Petersburg, 2001
r5k1/1brn3p/p5pQ/2Ppq1Pn/Np1N4/1P3P2/P7/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1
[ c6 Bxc6 Nxc6 Rxc6 Rxh5 ]
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