Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anna Zatonskih.
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)
Zatonskih vs Harriet Hunt, Szeged, 1994
r3kb1r/p2q1ppp/1pn1pn2/2p4b/8/1N1PBNPP/PPP2PB1/R2Q1K1R w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Bg6 Ne5 ]
b)
Zatonskih vs Evgenia Prokopenko, Szeged, 1994
b1rr2k1/5pp1/1p2p2p/p3b2Q/2P5/P1BB4/1P2KP1q/3R2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ ]
c)
Zatonskih vs Peter Klein, Hilohovec, 1995
1r3r1k/pNp3pp/4R2n/7Q/2P1Bp2/1P5P/5PPK/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 if gxh6 Qe5+ Kg8 Bd5+ Rf7 Qf6 Rf8 Nd8 mates ]
d)
Zatonskih vs Tomas Malovec, Hlohovec, 1996
r1bqk2r/2p2ppp/pbn5/1p1n2N1/3P4/1B6/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Kxf7 Qf3+ ]
e)
Zatonskih vs Irina Ionescu, Bucharest, 1998
2kr1bnr/2q2p2/2p3pp/ppNpP1P1/3P3P/3NQ3/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh3+ ]
Zatonskih Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Zatonskih vs Vladislava Kalinina, Kiev, 1998
r5k1/1b4pp/pp3r2/1p1pR3/1P1N1P1q/2P5/1P2Q1PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Qxf4 Rf1 if Qc4 Re8+ mates ]
b)
Zatonskih vs Olga Alexandrova, Kramatorsk, 2001
5rk1/1r1P2p1/1p2Rp1p/1Bp1n3/P1P5/6P1/5RKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 ]
c)
Zatonskih vs Monica Calzetta, Leon, 2001
r5k1/3n1p1p/p1R3p1/P7/1P1brB2/6P1/4B1KP/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Bf3 if Ree8 Rd6 ]
d)
Zatonskih vs Evgeniya Doluhanova, Alushta, 2002
r1bq1rk1/3nb1pp/p4p2/1p1Np3/4P3/2B3Q1/PPP1B1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ba5 if Qxa5 Nxe7+ Kh8 Nxc8 w/Rxd7 ]
e)
Zatonskih vs Timofey Iljin, Kharkov, 2002
1nkrr3/pp3pp1/1q2p2p/3p4/3P1B2/P2R1NPb/1PP1QP2/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 if Qa5 Rb5 Qa6 Qe5 ]
Zatonskih Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Zatonskih vs Walter S Browne, San Diego, 2004
r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/4p3/4b2N/4N3/P2qPQP1/1P5P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rcd1 if Qb5 Qxf7+ mates ]
b)
White to move and win. Zatonskih vs Svetlana Agrest, Calvia, 2004
r3kb1r/pp1n1ppp/2p1nq2/3p3b/1P1N4/2P2N1P/P4PP1/RBBQR1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ g4 if Bg6 Bg5 ]
c)
Natia Apkhaidze vs Zatonskih, Duisburg, 1992
5rk1/p2p2pp/1p1Pp3/3qn3/1P1nQ3/P4PP1/4P3/R2N1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ndxf3+ if exf3 Nxf3+ ]
d)
Karolina Smokina vs Zatonskih, Bucharest, 1998
5rk1/2pq2bp/1p1p2p1/1N1b1p2/QN2p3/P2nP1P1/5PBP/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra8 if Qd1 Nxb4 or if Na6 c6 ]
e)
Nastja Onischuk vs Zatonskih, Alushta, 1999
2kr3r/pp1q4/2n1b1p1/2p5/4PP1b/P2Q1B2/1PPB1N2/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd3 cxd3 Nd4 ]
f)
Natalia Zdebskaja vs Zatonskih, Kramatorsk, 2001
3rr1k1/5pp1/1qp4p/1bNn1B2/8/PP1p1PP1/7P/2QRR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ Rxe1 d2 ]
g)
Renard Anderson vs Zatonskih, Oklahoma City, 2003
3r1rk1/p1q2ppp/3bp3/2p1Nn2/2P3Q1/2BR4/PP3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f6 if Nf3 Bxh2+ w/...Rxd3 ]
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