Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Elena Tairova.
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)
Tairova vs Joanna Kasperek, Oropesa, 2000
r1nq1rk1/p2b2bp/2p2p2/3p1P2/8/2N1B3/PPPQB2P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 if Kh8 Nf4 Rf7 Bc4 ]
b)
Tairova vs Svetlana Vasilkova, Moscow, 2002
4r3/2b1q1kp/ppR3p1/3Ppn2/PP2Q3/2B3PP/6BK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re6 if Qd8 Bxe5+ ]
c)
Tairova vs Sopiko Guramishvili, Budva, 2003
2r2b1k/p1P4p/Q2p4/2pNpq2/2P2p2/1R5P/P2nN1P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc8 if Qxc8 Rb8 ]
d)
Tairova vs Katrina Skinke, Budva, 2003
r1bq1rk1/p3p1bp/n1p3p1/4P3/1p3nP1/3B1N2/PPPB1N2/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 if Rxf4 Bc4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Tairova vs Anna Gordiyenko, Halkidiki, 2003
2rk2r1/3b3R/n3pRB1/p2pP1P1/3N4/1Pp5/P1K4P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7+ Kxd7 Rf7+ ]
Tairova Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tairova vs Evgeny Tkachenko, Tula, 2003
r1b1k1nr/pp2qp1p/3p2p1/1NpPb3/2PpPB2/3B4/PP3PPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Bxe5 dxe5 d6 w/Nc7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Tairova vs Krishna Ramya, Belfort, 2005
2b1rqk1/r1p2pp1/pp4n1/3Np1Q1/4P2P/1BP5/PP3P2/2KR2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Tairova vs Elena Winkelmann, Belfort, 2005
8/5r2/3R4/3Pp1p1/p2pPk1p/P2PbP2/1P2K2P/4B3 w - - 0 1
[ Rg6 if Bg1 Bxh4 ]
d)
Tairova vs Margarita Schepetkova, Vladimir, 2005
6k1/3r1p1p/3P2p1/5rqn/p4nN1/5P2/1P3Q1P/3RRB1K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kg7 h4 ]
e)
Tairova vs Irina Gevorgyan, Heraklio, 2004
8/p7/1p1Nppk1/4P2p/2Pb1P2/5K1P/P7/8 w - - 0 1
[ f5+ if Kg7 fxe6 Kf8 e7+ w/Nf5+ ]
f)
Black to move and win. Artem Samsonkin vs Tairova, Minsk, 2005
8/1pr3kp/p4bp1/P3q3/1PBR4/2P5/3Q3P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 if Q moves Be3+ ]
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