Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Yasser Seirawan.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 6. Seirawan vs Gudmunder Sigurjonsson, Wijk aan Zee, 1980
Thanks to Norbert Stegemann (ed.)!
[ Qh6 ]
b)
Seirawan vs Jonathan Mestel, Hastings, 1979
[ Ne5 ]
c)
Seirawan vs E Miolo, Indonesia, 1983
[ e6+ ]
d)
Seirawan vs Bozidar Ivanovic, Niksic, 1983
[ Rh8+ ]
e)
Seirawan vs Edhi Handoko, Shiene, 1979
[ Rxh5 ]
Yasser Seirawan Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Seirawan vs Bruno Belotti, Lugano, 1988
[ Nf6+ ]
b)
Seirawan vs Haji Ardiansyah, Dubai, 1986
[ Bg4 ]
c)
Seirawan vs Boris Kogan, Philadelphia, 1986
[ Bxe6+ w/Qf8+ & Nxe6+ ]
d)
Seirawan vs Alex Dunne, Philadelphia, 1987
[ Qd8 ]
e)
Seirawan vs Dmitry Gurevich, Estes Park, 1986
[ Nxf7 w/d6+ & Re7 ]
Seirawan Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Seirawan vs John Peters, Greenville, 1980
[ Qb4 if Nd6 Qb8 ]
b)
Seirawan vs Gerardo Barbero, Shiene, 1979
[ Rxg7 w/Qg5+ Qxf6+ Bg6+ if Nf7 Be5 or if Rf7 Ba3 ]
c)
Seirawan vs Sergey Kudrin, USA, 1981
[ b4 w/Bxh6+ ]
d)
Seirawan vs Ian Skulsky, Vancouver, 1981
[ Nce4 Qd8 Rxc8 ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Seirawan vs Lawrence Day, Grand Manan, 1983
[ f6+ Kh8 Qh6 Qg1+ Kxg1 Nxf3+ Nxf3 Rg8 Ng5 Bd7 Nxf7# ]
Seirawan Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Seirawan vs Victor Korchnoi, Wijk aan Zee, 1983
[ Rxe8 ]
b)
Seirawan vs Roman Dzindzichashvili, Berkeley, 1984
[ Bh6 ]
c)
Seirawan vs Vlastimil Hort, Zurich, 1984
[ Nxc5 ]
d)
Seirawan vs John Nunn, Lugano, 1986
[ Qd2 Qe3 Qd1 Qe2 Rfg5+ Kf7 Qd4 ]
e)
Seirawan vs Dragan Barlov, Zagreb, 1987
[ Bxh6 gxh6 Rxh6+ Kg7 Rg6+ w/Ng5 ]
Seirawan Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Susan Polgar vs Seirawan, Monte Carlo, 1993
7r/pRpk4/2np2p1/5b2/2P4q/2b1BBN1/P4PP1/3Q1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd3+ if Qxd3 or Be2 Qh1+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Seirawan vs Milan Andrijevic, Lugano, 1988
8/p5Q1/1p4pp/n4q1k/6R1/7P/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh4+ Kg5 Qe7+ Qf6 Qe3+ Kf5 Qe4+ ]
c)
Seirawan vs Robert Byrne, Philadelphia, 1988
8/1p3Q2/3pN1pk/Pp1qbn1p/7P/5PP1/5BK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf8+ if Bg7 Nxg7 ]
d)
Seirawan vs Jesus Nogueiras, Lucerne, 1989
4kb1r/r2b2q1/p1B1p2p/1p6/2p4p/2N2Q2/PP4PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5+ if Kd8 Rf7 or if Ke7 Qc5+ ]
e)
Seirawan vs Gyula Sax, Moscow, 1990
8/1R5p/4K2k/5Pp1/6P1/1p1P1r2/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Kf7 ]
Seirawan Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Seirawan vs Guillermo Garcia, USA, 1990
r1b1r3/bpB2pk1/p3q1pp/1p1N4/1QnP4/4PB2/P1R2PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc4 bxc4 Be5+ f6 Nxf6 if Kf7 Bd5 ]
b)
Seirawan vs Mikhail Gurevich, Belgrade, 1991
8/p1nr3p/2p1qrpk/8/P1N1p3/6PP/1Q2PP2/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5 w/Ng4+ ]
c)
Seirawan vs Pablo Zarnicki, Buenos Aires, 1993
r1q4r/p2N1kpp/1p1Qpp2/2p5/B1P2B2/P5P1/1P2PP1P/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ fxe5 Bd7 Qd8 Qxe6+ Kf8 Bxe5 if g6 Bf6 ]
d)
Seirawan vs Alex Yermolinsky, Key West, 1994
r1b3rk/bpq3pp/p3pn2/3pn1N1/NBP5/4P3/PP3PQP/1K1R1BR1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg3 Nfg4 Bc3 if Bb1 f4 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Seirawan vs Larry Christiansen, Chandler, 1997
6k1/B2N1pp1/p6p/P3N1r1/4nb2/8/2R3B1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ w/Nf8+ & Nfg6+ ]
f)
Seirawan vs Walter Browne, San Francisco, 1999
1nkr4/p3q3/1p6/2pQ2N1/2P2P2/P3PB2/1P6/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4+ if Nd7 Ne6 ]
g)
Seirawan vs Bazar Hatanbaatar, Istanbul, 2000
1rr3k1/5ppp/pp2pn2/4N3/8/1P4P1/P2RPPKP/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 w/Ne7+ ]
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