Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alex Yermolinsky.
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)
Yermolinsky vs Sergey Gorelov, URS, 1981
1Q3b2/4q3/4p2k/p2pNn1p/7P/1P1B2P1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 if exf5 Qb6+ ]
b)
Yermolinsky vs Aleksandr Shneider, Pavlodar, 1982
3R4/8/6n1/Pb2kpPp/7P/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8 if Bc6 a6 ]
c)
Yermolinsky vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Telavi, 1982
2k5/6p1/1KPP3p/5p1P/5p2/r7/p3B1b1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ d7+ Kd8 c7+ Kxd7 Rd1+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Yermolinsky vs Alexander Cherepkov, Leningrad, 1983
3r3k/p2P4/1pR4p/1P1Q4/P4q2/8/4r2P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qd4+ ]
Correction (mate in 4) by Eddie Janssen. Thx !
e)
Yermolinsky vs Edvins Kengis, Vilnius, 1984
4r1r1/p4p2/kpN5/2b5/P1P3np/2B1P1P1/5PBP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 w/Rd7 ]
Yermolinsky Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Yermolinsky vs Tamaz Giorgadze, Aktjubinsk, 1985
r3kb1r/2pn1ppp/1pq1p3/p3P1N1/6Q1/6P1/PPP2P1P/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf4 ]
b)
Yermolinsky vs Alexander Graf, Tashkent, 1987
k2r4/p2q4/2p3r1/4B3/2pPP1pp/2Pb1Q1P/R5P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa7+ w/Rxa7+ & Qf7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Yermolinsky vs Igor Naumkin, Tashkent, 1987
7r/p4p2/5pkp/1pR2Nb1/4Q2P/6P1/1q3PK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd4+ f5 Qxf5+ Kg7 Ne6+ ]
d)
Yermolinsky vs Janez Barle, Caorle, 1989
8/pp3p1p/5Bpk/4P3/6Q1/P2r4/1P1q1bPP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ g3 if g5 Rxf2 ]
e)
Yermolinsky vs Ronald Burnett, Chicago, 1991
rnb1k2r/1p1ppp1p/p3q1p1/3Nb3/6n1/6P1/PP2QPBP/RNB1K2R w - - 0 1
[ f4 if Bd6 Qxe6 dxe6 Nb6 ]
Yermolinsky Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Yermolinsky vs 'Hiarcs Master 3.0', Boston, 1994
r1b2r1k/pp3pbp/1n6/3Ppp1Q/q3N2N/3B2R1/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if h6 Nxf7+ mates ]
b)
Yermolinsky vs Martin Olesen, Chicago, 1994
1q1r1rk1/1b1n1p1p/p5p1/1p1Np3/2P1P1N1/1P4P1/P4Q1P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Rxd7 if Rxd7 Qf6# ]
c)
Yermolinsky vs Nick De Firmian, Key West, 1994
2R5/3r2kp/3qpp2/pb1p4/5PP1/PP2PB2/2Q2K2/8 w - - 0 1
[ a4 ]
d)
Yermolinsky vs Juan Reyes, Las Vegas, 1994
3rk1nr/1p3p2/p2qp1n1/3p2p1/3P1P2/3QP1N1/PP2N3/1KR4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh8 Nxh8 Qh7 ]
e)
Yermolinsky vs Boris Zisman, New York, 1994
2n5/2r5/Rpp1br1k/4Np2/2PP1Pp1/3BP3/5K2/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg4 if fxg4 Rh1+ w/Rh7+ ]
Yermolinsky Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Yermolinsky vs Jonathan Berry, Seattle, 1994
1n2k2r/R3b1np/2p2pp1/4p3/1rN1P3/4B1PP/P4PB1/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ if Kxe7 Bc5+ ]
b)
Yermolinsky vs Art Marthinsen, USA, 1994
1r1qk1r1/1bpp1ppp/p3n3/1p1BnN1Q/4N3/8/PPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nfd6+ cxd6 Nxd6+ Ke7 Nxb7 ]
c)
Yermolinsky vs David Gliksman, Concord, 1995
2r3k1/p2q1ppp/8/N1pbb3/8/6P1/P1Q1PPBP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 if Bd4 Bxd5 w/e3 ]
d)
Yermolinsky vs Stephen Stoyko, Philadelphia, 1996
5b2/r2q1p1k/4n1p1/p1pBP2p/P1Q5/1PB5/6PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 ]
e)
Yermolinsky vs Stefan Kindermann, Groningen, 1997
r6k/P5b1/3p1n1p/3qpQ2/5p2/3B1P2/5B1P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 Kxg7 Qg6+ Kf8 Qxf6+ Kg8 Qg6+ Kf8 Qe4 ]
Yermolinsky Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win.
a)
Yermolinsky vs Howard Wu, Las Vegas, 2001
rn3rk1/4p1bp/p2p2pn/PbpP1p2/1qN1P3/2N5/RP2BPPP/2BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb5 if axb5 Bd2 or if Qxb5 Nb6 ]
b)
Yermolinsky vs Dmitry Gurevich, Philadelphia, 2003
1q1b1rk1/1b3ppp/1nrppn2/pN6/N1P1P3/4BP2/3QB1PP/1RR3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 ]
c)
Yermolinsky vs Dmitry Zilberstein, San Francisco, 2003
r2q1rk1/p1bn1p2/2pN2bp/6p1/4p3/6B1/P3BPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb7 ]
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