Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jennifer Shahade.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Shahade vs Martha Fierro Baquero, Guarapuava, 1995
3r3r/4kqpp/2B2p2/p3p3/6Q1/P1P5/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ if Rxd7 Qxd7+ mates ]
b)
Shahade vs R Hickey, Alexandria, 1996
r1bqk2r/1p1n1ppp/p2P4/n1pp4/2P5/5N2/PP1B1PPP/R2QKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Qe2+ Kf8 Qe7+ Qxe7 exe7+ w/Bxa5 ]
c)
Shahade vs Aurelie Dacalor, Cala Galdana, 1996
r1q2r2/1p3k1p/p5bQ/2p2p2/8/2PB4/PPP2P2/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ if Kf6 Qh4+ ]
d)
Shahade vs D Olevskiy, Chicago, 1997
r1br3k/pp2q2p/5p1P/4p1p1/1nB3P1/2N1QP2/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Qc5 ]
e)
Shahade vs Cor Kamstra, Groningen, 1997
3q4/4R1bk/p2p2rp/1pp5/P4B1P/2P1Q1P1/1P6/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ h5 if Rf6 Qe4+ ]
Shahade Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Shahade vs Sean Nagle, Kona, 1998
R7/5pkp/3N2p1/2r3Pn/5r2/1P6/P1P5/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Shahade vs Albert Chow, Philadelphia, 1998
r1br2k1/4p1b1/pq2pn2/1p4N1/7Q/3B4/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ ]
c)
Shahade vs Maria Kouvatsou, Yerevan, 1999
1r3b1k/1p2r1pp/pB2N3/P3pP2/R6R/6Q1/1Pq1b1PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 if h6 Ng5 ]
d)
Shahade vs Alejandra Guerrero, Istanbul, 2000
3rk1nr/ppp2pp1/2pbb2p/8/N2qPP2/3B2Q1/PPP1K1PP/R1B4R w - - 0 1
[ Be3 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Shahade vs Arthur Feuerstein, Parsippany, 2002
rn1k3r/1b1q1ppp/p2P4/2B2p2/8/1QNBR3/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb6+ Kc8 Bxf5 ]
Shahade Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 9. Shahade vs Kristjan Edvardsson, Reykjavik, 2002
1r1n1k2/3Q1p1B/p1pp1q2/1p4N1/3b1P2/P6P/1P4P1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kg7 Rg8+ Kh6 Qg4 ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Shahade vs Jerry Hanken, Las Vegas, 2003
r1r5/pR3pkp/2pn1bp1/8/2P2N2/q2B1Q1P/P4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ if Kg8 Qxf6 ]
c)
Shahade vs Irina Krush, New York, 2003
rr3k2/q2b1pb1/4p1p1/3p2P1/1p6/1N1B1P2/PpP2Q1R/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Qxa7 Rxa7 Rh8+ Bxh8 Rxh8+ Ke7 Rxb8 w/Rxb4 & Kxb2 ]
d)
Black Mates in 4. Lewis Eisen vs Shahade, Hawaii, 1998
6rk/3Q3p/4p3/4Pp2/3NbP2/pNb4P/PqP2R2/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ if Nc1 Qxc1+ ]
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