Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Zhang Zhong.
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)
Zhong vs Xie Jianjun, Beijing, 1996
8/p2r1pk1/2p4p/5p2/2P1bQ1P/4R1P1/P4P2/q4BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 if fxe4 Qg4+ ]
b)
Zhong vs Suat Atalik, Beijing, 1997
3r1bk1/pp3pp1/3pb2p/2rN3P/4PRB1/8/PPP3P1/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 fxe6 Rxf8+ Rxf8 Ne7+ ]
c)
Zhong vs Tong Yuanming, Beijing, 1998
1r5r/p3n2Q/4q3/2p1p1k1/1pP1B1bn/3PN3/PP3P2/5KR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg4+ ]
d)
Zhong vs Arkadij Naiditsch, Wijk aan Zee, 2003
5q2/1p3r1k/p1r3p1/2PNR3/PP6/4Q2P/6PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 Qg7 b5 ]
e)
Zhong vs Bernard Bannink, Port Erin, 2004
1q1r1k2/1b2nppr/3p3p/pB6/P2Q1B2/8/1P3PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bxd6+ ]
Zhong Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Zhong vs Wang Yaoyao, Jinan, 2005
5rkr/1p2Qpbp/pq1P4/2nB4/5p2/2N5/PPP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ ]
b)
Ivajlo Papazov vs Zhong, Bratislava, 1993
r1br2k1/ppb2pp1/2nq2np/3p1N2/8/2PB1N1P/PP3PP1/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf5 Bxf5 Nh4 ]
c)
Li Ruofan vs Zhong, Beijing, 1997
3r2r1/4kp2/3pb3/1p2p1b1/p1n1P1Bp/P1PN4/1P3NPP/3RR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg4 if Nxg4 Bd2 ]
d)
Ahmad Najjar vs Zhong, Genting Highlands, 1998
8/6kp/2p1bb2/3p1N2/1PpPpP1r/r1P1P2B/7R/4K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf5 if Bxf5 Ra1+ ]
e)
Abjijit Kunte vs Zhong, Shenyang, 1999
r4rk1/2pb1pbp/pq1p2p1/2nP4/2pNPPP1/2N1Q2P/PPBR4/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ if Bxd3 Bxd4 ]
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