Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Sergei Rublevsky.
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)
Rublevsky vs Maxim Novik, Sochi, 1990
r2qr2Q/p3kp2/2pbb3/3p1B2/5P2/2N5/PPP3PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ ]
b)
Rublevsky vs Simcho Kataev, Azov, 1991
r1b1kr2/pp2np2/4pQpp/2q1N3/8/3B4/PPP2PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 if Nxg6 Bb5+ mates or if fxg6 Bxg6+ mates ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Rublevsky vs Marek Kolasinski, Cheliabinsk, 1991
r4k2/pp4Rp/1npq2pP/6N1/5P2/2p3P1/PPP5/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Re1 Qd1+ Rxd1 Nc4 Nxh7+ Ke8 Rdd7 ]
d)
Rublevsky vs Alexander Vaulin, Smolensk, 1991
2bq1rk1/4bppp/pr2n3/4PN2/1P1p4/2N1B3/2Q2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7+ Qxe7 Nd5 ]
e)
Rublevsky vs Vitaly Terentiev, Voronezh, 1991
5k2/3R1pn1/2r1pNp1/p3P2p/1p3P2/1P4PP/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Ke7 Rg8 ]
Rublevsky Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Rublevsky vs V Predein, Kurgan, 1995
6k1/1ppn1p2/2q3pp/Q1bNp2n/P3P3/BP3NPb/4BP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 w/Bxd7 ]
b)
Rublevsky vs Felix Levin, Novgorod, 1995
b4r2/4Npkp/p2p4/1p5r/4p2B/PN6/1PP3PP/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6+ w/Nd4 ]
c)
Rublevsky vs Bosko Abramovic, Budva, 1996
r4rk1/p2Q1ppp/2p5/n5N1/1p2N1P1/4B3/PPP2P1q/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qf5 if Nc4 Bc5 ]
d)
Rublevsky vs Bartlomiej Macieja, Polanica Zdroj, 1998
3r1k2/1pRbnp2/p6r/3p1p2/PP1N4/6B1/6PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Kxe7 Nxf5+ ]
e)
Rublevsky vs Carlo D'Amore, Istanbul, 2000
r1bq2nr/2pnp1b1/pp1p1k2/6N1/P2PP3/2N5/1PP2PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 if Ne5 Nd5+ mates ]
Rublevsky Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Rublevsky vs Genrikh Chepukaitis, St Petersburg, 2001
r1bq2nr/2pnp1b1/pp1p2k1/6N1/P2PP3/2N5/1PP2PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 ]
b)
Rublevsky vs Valerij Popov, St Petersburg, 2001
r3k2r/pp2bRpp/1np1p3/3qN3/3P4/1Q6/PPPB1P1P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ c4 Qg2 c5 if Nd5 Qxb7 mates ]
c)
Rublevsky vs Zoltan Varga, Yerevan, 2001
rn2kb1r/ppn1p3/2pqp3/7p/2P3pP/3B4/PP3PP1/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf4 Qd7 Bxc7 if Qxc7 Bg6# ]
d)
Rublevsky vs Alexander Kalinin, Moscow, 2002
4r1k1/1pr2pp1/p1q1p2p/2b1P1NQ/2P5/1P1R4/P5PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 if hxg5 Rxc7 Qxc7 Qxe8+ ]
e)
Rublevsky vs Krunoslav Hulak, Istanbul, 2003
r1b3k1/pp3p1p/4p1p1/4Nn2/3r4/3B4/PP3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 Rxd1+ Rxd1 exf5 Rd8+ w/Nc4 ]
Rublevsky Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Rublevsky vs Cyril Marcelin, Istanbul, 2003
2r2rk1/2p1b3/1p3p1p/p3PPp1/1q1P4/7P/P1Q1N1P1/2R2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rb1 if Qa3 Rf3 ]
b)
Rublevsky vs Sergey Klimov, Krasnoyarsk, 2003
2rr1k2/5ppQ/p3p3/1pn2qN1/2P5/1P4R1/P5PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6+ if Qxe6 Rxg7 Rd7 Qg8+ ]
c)
Rublevsky vs Jakov Geller, Sochi, 2004
8/pr3p2/3pk1p1/RP1p3p/7P/1r1N1BP1/3K1P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5+ Kxd5 b6+ ]
d)
Rublevsky vs Valerij Popov, Warsaw, 2005
8/8/2R5/7p/p6k/2P2K2/r5P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rc5 w/g3+ ]
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