Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Marie Sebag.
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)
Sebag vs Clement Rabineau, France, 1998
r4r2/1p1bqkbp/3pppp1/p1p1nP2/P1N1P3/1BPP2QP/1P4P1/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 if Rab8 Nxd7 w/fxe6+ ]
b)
Sebag vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Marina d'Or, 1998
8/4rkpp/2b1pp2/1p6/pP1P1PPP/P7/B7/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if Bd7 fxe6 ]
c)
Sebag vs Shadi Paridar, Marina d'Or, 1998
r4r1k/bpq2pp1/p7/P2RN3/1Qp5/1nP3PP/1P4BK/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if Kh7 Nxf8+ Kg8 Rd7 or if Kg8 Rh5 fxg6 Bd5+ ]
d)
Sebag vs Nadezda Stojanovic, Marina d'Or, 1998
2rqnrk1/3bppbp/p5p1/np2P1B1/8/1BN2N1P/PP3PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Nc6 Rc1 h6 Nxe7+ ]
e)
Sebag vs Elmira Hasanova, Oropesa, 1999
2r3r1/1b6/pn1pkp2/4pNPp/1P2P2P/3P4/1B3R2/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 Kxd6 Rxf6+ ]
Sebag Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sebag vs Emmanuel Neiman, France, 2000
4r1k1/pp3p2/2p1qBp1/3p1n1p/1P3QP1/2PP4/P3rP1P/R5RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxf5 ]
b)
Sebag vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Oropesa, 2000
2rqr3/p2n2Q1/4kb1B/1p2p3/2ppP3/3P4/PPP2RB1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh3+ Kd6 Qxd7+ Qxd7 Rxf6+ Re6 Bxe6 Qe7 Raf1 ]
c)
Sebag vs Redwan Maatoug, Pau, 2000
2b1q1k1/4n3/4P1Np/1pPp1ppP/p2P4/P5Q1/5P2/1B4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc7 if Nc6 Qxc6 or if Nxg6 hxg6 w/Qh7+ ]
d)
Sebag vs Marina Costagliola, Vichy, 2000
7r/4Q2p/p2R1bp1/2p2pk1/p3p3/6P1/Pq3P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Qxf6 h4+ ]
e)
Sebag vs Iweta Radziewicz, Leon, 2001
2k3r1/pp1r1Rp1/8/3qP1BP/2p3Q1/b7/2P3P1/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Qxd7 Qxc4+ ]
Sebag Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Sebag vs Nathalie Franc, Marseilles, 2001
2rr1k2/6R1/b1B2Pp1/pP1p4/3Bn3/1p6/1K4PP/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 ]
b)
Sebag vs Marina Costagliola, Val d'Isere, 2002
1r1q1r2/p1p3k1/3p1Npp/2p1Pp2/1n3P2/1PQ5/P1P3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Sebag vs Svetlana Prudrikova, Rethymnon, 2003
8/2n3bp/1R6/4N1k1/p7/6N1/5PKP/2r5 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ ]
d)
Sebag vs Antoaneta Stefanova, Rethymnon, 2003
r2r4/pp4k1/1n1p1pp1/3Nq1p1/3QP3/1P3P1P/1P4P1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 if Rac8 Qxe5 w/Ne6+ ]
e)
Sebag vs Guillaume Kovarcik, France, 2004
r1q2r2/ppp2pbk/3p2p1/2nP1N1n/4Pp1P/2N1B3/PPP1Q3/2K3RR w - - 0 1
[ Qxh5+ gxh5 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rg5 if f6 Rxh5+ & Nh6+ mates ]
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French GMs
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