Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ye Jiangchuan.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Ye vs Liang Jinrong, Kuala Lumpur, 1990
3qrk2/3n1pp1/1p1r1b1p/p2Pp2Q/1PP1B3/6R1/P5PP/2B2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Re7 Bxh6 Bxg7 Bxg7+ or if Kxg7 Qxh6+ mates ]
b)
Ye vs Ilia Smirin, Beijing, 1991
4r3/1p3ppk/p1n1b2p/2P5/3r1B1Q/6RP/1P4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qxh6+ Kg8 Bg5 ]
c)
Ye vs Armen Ambartsoumian, Beijing, 1991
8/4kpp1/p3b2r/2r1qpNp/7P/Q1PR4/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re3 if Qc7 Rd5 ]
d)
Ye vs Joose Norri, Helsinki, 1992
3r1qk1/7p/p1R1R1p1/1p4P1/3r4/3pQ1P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6 if Qe8 Rce6 Qd7 Qe5 d2 Rxg6+ mates or if Qg7 Qxd4 ]
e)
Ye vs Rogelio Antonio, Shenzhen, 1992
r1q3k1/p3Q1np/2r2pp1/4p3/4P1N1/7P/1PP2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Rd8+ Qxd8 Nf7+ Kg8 Nxd8 if Rcc8 Qf7+ mates ]
Ye Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ye vs Leonid Yertaev, Moscow, 1994
3r4/8/2p5/4qpk1/2Q1pR1p/1BP1P2K/1r3NP1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4+ if fxe4 Rg4+ Kh6 Qf7 ]
b)
Ye vs Frank Holzke, Groningen, 1996
1Rn4k/2rq2p1/6Pp/3pQp1P/2pB4/2K5/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6 if Rc6 Rb7 ]
c)
Ye vs Ivan Situru, Jakarta, 1996
r3k1r1/1b3p2/p3p3/3pP3/1pnR1QP1/3B1N2/PPP2q2/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if Qe3 Rxc4 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Ye vs Zhu Chen, Beijing, 1997
2rkr3/3b1p1R/3R1P2/1p2Q1P1/pPq5/P1N5/1KP5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe8+ ]
e)
Ye vs Giovanni Vescovi, Hyderabad, 2002
4r3/7k/2n2Q1b/1ppb4/4q3/5NRP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if Bxg5 Qxg5 ]
Ye Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ye vs Maghami Ghaem, Jodhpur, 2003
1R3bk1/3r1pp1/p2Pr3/q3p3/P1p1N2p/5P2/6PP/1R1Q3K w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if Rd8 Rc5 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Ye vs Darmen Sadvakasov, Jodhpur, 2003
6rk/1p3Qp1/p1n1R2p/5N2/P2p4/6P1/1Pq2PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6+ ]
c)
Ye vs Wang Hao, Jinan, 2005
k6r/3Q1p1p/4p3/r4p2/8/6P1/P4PKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qc6+ ]
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