Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Ushenina.
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)
Ushenina vs Elena Cherednichenko, Kiev, 1997
r1b1qrk1/p1pnbppp/1p2p3/4P3/2N2P2/2P1B3/PPQ1B1PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf3 if Rb8 Bc6 w/Qd2 ]
b)
Ushenina vs M Chaplinskaia, Kiev, 1999
r1n4k/1ppb1Bbq/p2p4/3Pr1B1/2P1P3/2N4p/PP1Q4/1K3RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6 if Bxf6 Rg8+ mates ]
c)
Ushenina vs Viktor Romanchuk, Alushta, 2002
r1b1rn1k/pp2q2p/2p2ppB/2P1b3/2B4Q/5N2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 if Qxe5 Rae1 or if fxe5 Bg5 w/Bf6+ ]
d)
Ushenina vs Anatasia Gutsko, Kramatorsk, 2002
r1q2rk1/pp2bpp1/P3p1p1/n2nP1B1/B5P1/2N4P/1P2QPK1/R2R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if exd5 Bxe7 ]
e)
Ushenina vs Anatolij Yashtylov, St Petersburg, 2002
2r3k1/5ppp/6q1/pp2r3/2b4Q/2P2B1P/PP4P1/R2R3K w - - 0 1
[ b3 if Be6 Rd8+ mates ]
Ushenina Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ushenina vs Valentin Diadychko, Alushta, 2004
r3r3/5k2/nq1p1bp1/pNpP4/P5Q1/8/1P4PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd7+ Re7 Rxf6+ if Kxf6 Rf1+ mates ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Ushenina vs Maria Velcheva, Kusadasi, 2006
rqb4R/3n1ppp/pBp1k3/8/1bpQPp2/2N5/PPP3PP/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ if Be7 Nd5 f6 Rxe7+ Kd6 Bc5+ ]
c)
Ushenina vs Bayanmonh Anhchimeg, Turin, 2006
nq6/4rk2/rP1b2p1/p1pPp1Pp/P1N1Pp1P/5P2/1R1Q2K1/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Qd3 ]
d)
Ushenina vs Kateryna Dolzhikova, Odessa, 2006
4nrk1/5pbp/r1bp2p1/qpn1p2P/p1P1P1P1/2N1B1N1/PP1Q1P2/1K1B2RR w - - 0 1
[ cxb5 Bxb5 Nxb5 if Qxb5 Be2 ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Ushenina vs Ekaterina Ubiennykh, Sochi, 2007
2k5/5r1p/1PKB3P/6P1/5p2/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bc7 ]
Ushenina Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Oksana Vozovic vs Ushenina, Kiev, 1997
r1b1r1k1/pp3pbp/1npp2p1/3P4/2P1PPnq/6Q1/PP5P/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ w/...Nf2+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 5. Maryna Kazak vs Ushenina, Kiev, 1998
7k/pp4rp/2p3q1/4P3/4p3/1P2P1PR/P2r4/5RKQ b - - 0 1
[ ..Qxg3+ ]
c)
Alexandra Stiri vs Ushenina, Kochin, 2004
2rr4/6kp/3q2p1/p2Npp1n/2Pn4/4QP2/P2R1P1P/1BR4K b - - 0 1
[ ..Qxd5 if cxd5 Rxc1+ Kg2 Nf4+ ]
d)
Jan Vokoun vs Ushenina, Pardubice, 2006
2rr2k1/pQ5p/5qp1/8/3RpP2/4n3/PP2NR1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 if Nxd4 Rc1+ mates ]
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