Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Almira Skripchenko.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 5. Skripchenko vs P Krupkova, Yerevan olw, 1996
[ Kd3 Kb2 b8+ Kc1 Qb3 a1 Qa2 Qb3+ Qc2# ]
b)
White Mates in 2. Skripchenko vs Ralph Zimmer, Bad Mondorf, 1991
[ Rg8+ Rxg8 Nxf7# ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Skripchenko vs Anita Licina, Moscow, 1994
[ Bxd7+ Qxd7 Qb8+ Kf7 Qxh8 Qxe7 Qh7+ Kf8 Rxe7 b4 Qf7# ]
d)
Skripchenko vs Dirk Poldauf, Groningen, 1994
[ Rg7+ w/Ng3+ or Rg3+ ]
e)
Skripchenko vs Daniela Popovici, Rumania, 1994
[ Rc6+ Ke7 Nd5+ ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Skripchenko vs Maia Lomineishvili, Kishinev, 1995
[ Rxg7 Kxg7 Qg3+ Kh8 Ng6+ fxg6 Qxc7 ]
b)
Ortrun Goschl vs Skripchenko, Matinhos, 1994
[ ...Bxf3 Rxf3 Nxe5 Qd1 Nxf3+ ]
c)
Black Mates in 2. Cristina Iosif vs Skripchenko, Rumania, 1992
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh4# ]
d)
Black Mates in 3. Elena Fatalibekove vs Skripchenko, Moscow, 1994
[ ...Bh3 Ne3 Bg2+ Nxg2 Rh3# ]
e)
Mark Van der Werf vs Skripchenko, Cannes, 1997
[ ...Qf4+ Kh1 Ng3+ Kg1 Qc1+ Bf1 Nxf1 ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Skripchenko vs Monika Tsiganova, Elista, 1998
4krnr/pp1nb1p1/2p1p2p/4P1B1/4N3/8/PPQ3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Skripchenko vs Rosa Te-Llalemand, Paris, 1999
r2r2k1/p3bppp/3p4/q2p3n/3QP3/1P4R1/PB3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ ]
c)
Skripchenko vs Iulia Mashinskaya, Halle, 2000
2b2rk1/p3brpp/4p3/1Bp1B3/2P1n1P1/1q2N2P/1P2QP2/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd3 if Qb4 Nc2 w/Qxe4 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Skripchenko vs Angela Khegai, Istanbul, 2000
2r1n1k1/1q1r1p1p/pp1ppBp1/8/P1P2PP1/1P1R3Q/7P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Skripchenko vs Claudia Amura, Shenyang, 2000
6k1/3R2pp/2p1bp2/p1q1pN2/4P3/Pr6/5PPP/2Q3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ Kg8 Rg7+ ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Skripchenko vs Suat Atalik, Saint Vincent, 2001
6rn/5ppk/1p2p3/p2pP1QP/3P3N/3qB3/6R1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6 if fxg6 hxg6+ Qxg6 Qh5+ ]
b)
Skripchenko vs Cyrille Vaugeois, France, 2002
2rk4/p1r1qpnN/P1b3p1/1p1pPp1p/3P1N1P/1RP2PP1/3Q2K1/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 w/N4xd5 ]
c)
Skripchenko vs Laurent Fressinet, Val d'Isere, 2002
4q2r/4nkbQ/pp1P1r1p/3bp1pP/P5P1/1B2NP2/1P6/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 Rxh7 Nxf6+ Kxf6 d7 if Qd8 Rd6# ]
d)
Skripchenko vs Natasa Bojkovic, Rethymnon, 2003
1r1rn1b1/6pk/p2p1p1p/3N1P1q/P1PB2R1/3R3P/5QP1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rg6 w/Kh2 & g4 ]
e)
Skripchenko vs Timothee Heinz, France, 2004
4r1k1/p6p/2p3p1/2prpb2/P7/1P1PR3/2PN2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Bxg4 Ne4 ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win.
a)
Skripchenko vs Pascal Charbonneau, Internet, 2004
r4rk1/pp2p2p/1q3npQ/4NbN1/3p4/8/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 ]
b)
Skripchenko vs Joanna Dworakowska, Warsaw, 2004
4k3/1p1n1p2/p1rp2r1/4pQB1/2q1P3/2P2RP1/1P1R3P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd5 if Rg7 Bh6 ]
c)
Skripchenko vs E Kasioura, Aghia Pelagia, 2004
4k2r/1n1r1pp1/pp2p1n1/2p1P2p/P1qPN2P/2P2QP1/2N2P2/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne3 ]
d)
Skripchenko vs Friederike Wohlers-Armas, Chartres, 2005
r2r4/q3pkb1/b1p3p1/p2pP3/1p3P2/3B2P1/PPP1Q3/1KNR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6+ if Kf8 Rh8+ Bxh8 Qh5 mates ]
e)
Skripchenko vs Maia Lomineishvili, Chisinau, 2005
3r2k1/p2rbpp1/2p1p3/1p4PP/2PP4/4B2q/PP2Q3/K4RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh1 if Qg3 Bf4 ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Hway Oei vs Skripchenko, Bad Mondorf, 1991
1n6/R1p3qk/1p1p3p/3Pp2P/1PP1Pr2/4QRp1/P2B2r1/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Qxf3 Rf2 ]
b)
Ana Benderac vs Skripchenko, Matinhos, 1994
r7/2rb2k1/1b1p2pp/1p1Pp3/1P2PpPP/qB1R1P2/N3Q3/1KR5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc1+ Nxc1 Qa1+ Kc2 Rc8+ mates ]
c)
Tatiana Shumiakina vs Skripchenko, Budva, 1996
1k5r/pp1n1rb1/7q/2p5/3p2Rp/P4P1B/1P3QPP/2NR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf6 ]
d)
Ildiko Madl vs Skripchenko, Porec, 1998
8/1B3pk1/4b1pp/2P1p3/1p2P3/1P2Q2P/1qr3PK/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc3 if Qe1 Rxh3# ]
e)
Yvonne Loesch vs Skripchenko, Germany, 1999
5rk1/5ppp/Q4n2/3N4/5b1q/5B2/4PP1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if Qb6 Qxh2+ Kf1 Be3 ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part VII. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ildiko Madl vs Skripchenko, Germany, 2001
3r1r1k/3q2pp/5n2/1N2n3/P1Ppp3/1Q6/5PPP/3BRR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3 if Re2 Nc1 ]
b)
Marta Zielinska vs Skripchenko, Moscow, 2001
r7/1p2nkpQ/3qpp2/3p2p1/1PnP2P1/P4N1P/4RP2/2B2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng6 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky vs Skripchenko, Moscow, 2001
8/6pk/4Q3/p3P1Pp/1p3P1K/8/1P4q1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ Qh3 Qxf4+ ]
d)
Zhaoqin Peng vs Skripchenko, Germany, 2003
3k1r2/2p4p/B1R1b3/6R1/1b1pP3/4r1P1/7P/2NK4 w - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2 if Be2 Bb3+ ]
e)
Malina Nicoara vs Skripchenko, France, 2004
6k1/1qr2pb1/6p1/4p3/4Nn2/2BrRQ1P/1P4P1/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 Qxe3 f5 ]
Skripchenko Puzzles, Part VIII. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anne Muller vs Skripchenko, France, 2004
3r2k1/2p2qp1/1p4r1/p3Q3/5p1n/1NPP3P/PP3PPK/3R2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ if Rxg2 Nf3+ or if Kh1 Rh2+ ]
b)
Zsuzsa Veroci vs Skripchenko, Internet, 2004
1r1r3k/1p4pp/p1b1Qn2/2q5/2P5/1PN3PB/P4R1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1+ Nxd1 Re8 Qf5 Re1+ Bf1 Qxf5 w/Rxd1 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Ekaterini Fakhiridou vs Skripchenko, Aghia Pelagia, 2004
6k1/5rb1/p7/1p4Q1/3q4/P3p3/1PP3R1/4K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf1+ Ke2 Qd2+ Kxf1 Qd1# ]
d)
Rosa Te-Llalemand vs Skripchenko, Val d'Isere, 2004
k1nr3r/p2q4/Qpn2R1p/3p2p1/3P4/B1PP2N1/6PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb8 ]
e)
Anne Muller vs Skripchenko, Chartres, 2005
R1br4/5pk1/2p3pp/1p2p2n/1P2P1qP/2P2QP1/2B2PK1/6N1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf3+ Nxf3 Bh3+ ]
f)
Cyril Humeau vs Skripchenko, Corsico, 2005
8/p4pkp/3p2p1/1rpBb3/1q6/1P1P4/P1Q1RPPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4 if Bf3 Qa1+ mates ]
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