Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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)
Nepomniachtchi vs Nguyen Vet Tiung, Serpukhov, 1999
n1r2rk1/1p4bp/p2pp1p1/n6q/3PB2P/1PN1B1P1/P2Q1PK1/2R4R w - - id 1-0
[ f3 w/Bg5 & g4 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Nepomniachtchi vs Aggelos Sismanis, Chalkidiki, 2000
2r2b1k/p2Q3p/b1n2PpP/2p5/3r1BN1/3q2P1/P4PB1/R3R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qg7+ if Bxg7 hxg7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Dmitry Andreikin, Serpukhov, 2000
rr3k2/4nN1n/p1bN2pp/q1P1Q3/4P2P/6P1/4P1B1/5RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qh8+ Ng8 Ne5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Maxim Matlakov, Serpukhov, 2000
2rr1b1k/1bq5/p2p1NPp/5P2/2P1PpQ1/7R/6BP/7K w - - id 1-0
[ g7 Bxg7 Qg6 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Oskar Orel, Bled, 2003
5rk1/pb1q3p/1pn2BpQ/5p2/3P4/P1P1R3/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Re7 ]
Nepomniachtchi Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Nepomniachtchi vs Jonathan Dourerassou, Halkidiki, 2003
5kr1/pp4p1/3b1rb1/2Bp2NQ/1q6/8/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Nh7+ ]
b)
Nepomniachtchi vs Mitja Piskur, Ljubljana, 2004
8/pppR2bk/4n1pp/4r3/1P2N3/PBP2P1P/6n1/1KB5 w - - id 1-0
[ Re7 if Ngf4 Nf6+ Kh8 Re8+ Bf8 Bxf4 or if Nef4 Nf6+ w/Rxe5 ]
c)
Nepomniachtchi vs Stellan Brynell, Wijk aan Zee, 2007
2r4r/p1P2p1k/1p2q1pp/2p1Pp2/2P1bP1Q/P5R1/1B4PP/3R2K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rd6 if Qxc4 Rgxg6 mates or if Qe8 e6 w/Qxh6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Nepomniachtchi vs Oleg Chebotarev, Tomsk, 2006
2r2rk1/5pn1/2q1p3/p7/3p1P2/1Q6/PPP5/2K1R1R1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxg7+ ]
e)
Nepomniachtchi vs Falko Bindrich, Kirishi, 2007
r4rk1/b1p2pn1/p2pn3/1p2p3/4P2N/1BPP1N1q/PPQ2P2/R3K1R1 w Q - id 1-0
[ O–O–O if Nf4 Rg3 Qd7 Rdg1 ]
Nepomniachtchi Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Nepomniachtchi vs Dmitry Bocharov, Moscow, 2005
3R4/6pk/4p2p/2q2p1P/1p2Q1P1/7K/rPP5/8 w - - id 1-0
[ g5 if hxg5 Qxe6 ]
b)
Nepomniachtchi vs Jean Netzer, Heraklio, 2004
8/2krrq1p/1p1pbpp1/p1p5/2P2P1B/PP3Q1P/1KP1R1P1/4R3 w - - id 1-0
[ g4 if g5 fxg5 fxg5 Qxf7 Rxf7 Bxg5 ]
c)
Nepomniachtchi vs Boris Savchenko, Cheboksary, 2006
4q3/1Q6/4kpp1/2Bn4/8/1KP5/1P6/8 w - - id 1-0
[ c4 if Nf4 Qe4+ or if Ne7 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qd5# ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Nepomniachtchi vs Aleksandr Volodin, Kirishi, 2006
2r1rk2/6b1/1q2ppP1/pp1PpQB1/8/PPP2BP1/6K1/7R w - - id 1-0
[ Qxf6+ if Bxf6 Bxf6 ]
e)
Nepomniachtchi vs Elena Tairova, Kirishi, 2006
2k1r3/3r2p1/1qbPpp1p/1pnnP3/2pN2P1/2P4P/R1B2BPK/1R2Q3 w - - id 1-0
[ Nxc6 Qxc6 Bxc5 if Qxc5 Ra8+ w/Rxe8 ]
Nepomniachtchi Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sergei Volkov jr vs Nepomniachtchi, Serpukhov, 1999
r2r2k1/ppq3bp/6p1/2P2n2/2P1p3/5P2/P1Q2BPP/2R1K1NR b K - id 0-1
[ ...e3 if Bg3 Nxg3 hxg3 Qxg3+ Kf1 Rd2 ]
b)
Toni Kranjec vs Nepomniachtchi, Ljubljana, 2004
r1r3k1/1p2bppp/1q6/3P2P1/p3Q2P/nP5B/P7/K1NR3R b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxc1+ if Rxc1 Bf6+ mates ]
c)
Black Mates in 5. Harmen Jonkman vs Nepomniachtchi, Wijk aan Zee, 2007
8/5pk1/3bp2p/8/6KP/5Q2/7q/5B2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qe5+ Kg4 f5+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 6. Pavel Anisimov vs Nepomniachtchi, Krasnoyarsk, 2007
8/8/5q2/1b6/1k5p/3pP1pP/Q7/5NK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qxf1+ ]
e)
Artem Iljin vs Nepomniachtchi, Cheboksary, 2006
1r4k1/p4p1p/brRbpQp1/8/P2P4/qB2P2P/3N1PP1/2R3K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxc6 if Rxc6 Qa1+ mates ]
f)
Vasily Papin vs Nepomniachtchi, Herceg Novi, 2005
8/2k1bp1p/4p1p1/2PqP3/r7/1R6/1Q1B1PPP/6K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qxb3 ]
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