Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Motylev.
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)
White Mates in 8. Motylev vs Peter Gomolla, Pardubice, 1996
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 f7+ ]
b)
Motylev vs Alexander Zakharov, Kolontaevo, 1997
[ Qf3 ]
c)
Motylev vs Jose Fernando Cubas, Roque Saenz Pena, 1997
[ Qc6 ]
d)
Motylev vs Matej Guid, Roque Saenz Pena, 1997
[ Rxb6+ w/Rb1 ]
e)
Motylev vs Fuentealba Luis Valenzuela, Roque Saenz Pena, 1997
[ Qf6 w/Bg5 ]
Motylev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Motylev vs Sergei Pozdniakov, St Petersburg, 1997
[ Bb2 Rh8 Ba3+ ]
b)
Motylev vs Petr Sinkevich, St Petersburg, 1997
[ Qa1+ w/Bd5+ ]
c)
Motylev vs Bela Badea, Bucharest, 1998
[ Rxb6 w/Nd7 ]
d)
Motylev vs Aleksandr Bujakevich, Moscow, 1998
[ Rd1 if Qc2 Be4 or if Qe2 Re4 or if Qf5 Rg3 ]
e)
Motylev vs Michal Sosnicki, Swidnica, 1998
[ c5 Nd7 (if Nd5 Bb5+) e6 if Bxa1 exd7+ w/Bb5+ & Qh3+ mates ]
Motylev Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Motylev vs Gamil Agamaliev, Bydgoszcz, 1999
[ Qe3 if Qc7 Qg5 or Qa7 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Motylev vs Wojciech Ehrenfeucht, Bydgoszcz, 1999
[ Nh5 ]
c)
Motylev vs Bozidar Ivanovic, Herceg Novi, 2000
[ h4 ]
d)
Motylev vs Dan Pasarelu, Romania, 2000
[ Re1 w/Re7 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Motylev vs Alexei Iljushin, Samara, 2000
[ Bh7+ ]
Motylev Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Motylev vs E Khlian, Samara, 2000
[ Nxd7+ w/Nc5 ]
b)
Motylev vs Andrei Chigvintsev, Smolensk, 2000
[ Qc3 ]
c)
Motylev vs Sergei Beshukov, St Petersburg, 2000
[ Qd8+ w/Rxd4 if e1/Q Qf6+ mates ]
d)
Motylev vs Flovin Tor Naes, Ubeda, 2000
[ Bg5 if Qxg5 Qxc7 mates ]
e)
Motylev vs Aleksei Lugovoi, Panormo, 2001
[ f5 ]
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