Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Zhu Chen.
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)
Zhu vs Weida Zhang, Beijing, 1997
r3r1k1/4qppp/pB4n1/3R2n1/2P5/P7/1PQ4P/2KR1B2 w - - 0 1
[ Bc5 if Qf6 Rf5 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Gallego Sergio Castillo, Ubeda, 1998
r2q3k/ppb3pp/2p1B3/2P1RQ2/8/6P1/PP1r3P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ ]
c)
Zhu vs Tea Bosboom-Lanchava, Groningen, 1999
3q1r2/r6k/1pp3pb/p3R2p/8/2PB2Nb/PP1n1PPB/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6+ if Kxg6 Qxh5+ ]
d)
Zhu vs Zaw Tun Win, Yangon, 1999
6k1/1Rb5/2r1Npp1/3p3p/3P3P/3qPNP1/5PK1/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 if Rxc7 Rb8+ ]
e)
Zhu vs Mark Taimanov, Amsterdam, 2001
2r1r2k/3n1p1B/1qp2p1b/8/1p1P3N/3Q2Pb/1P2NP2/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5 if Bxf5 Nxf5 ]
Zhu Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Zhu vs Zhongyi Tan, HeiBei, 2001
3Q1bk1/1R2pp1p/4q1p1/2p1P3/n3BP2/2P4P/1r4P1/5NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5 if Qa6 Rxe7 ]
b)
Zhu vs Nino Khurtsidze, Moscow, 2001
r4rk1/p2p1p1p/b1n1pp2/q1p5/2P5/P1QBP3/1P2NPPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ b4 if cxb4 axb4 ]
c)
Zhu vs Nana Alexandra, Shanghai, 2001
r2q1r2/pb1p1pk1/n3pnpp/6N1/3QP1N1/1P4P1/P4PBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6 Qxf6 (if hxg5 Nh5+ mates) Qxf6+ Kxf6 e5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 2. Zhu vs Ioannis Papaioannou, Gerani, 2003
4Q3/r4ppk/3p3p/4pPbB/2P1P3/1q5P/6P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bg6+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Rui Damaso vs Zhu, Macau, 1996
6k1/1p4p1/p2Rp1rp/3P4/8/1P3Q1P/1Pq3PK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc7 if Qf4 e5 ]
f)
Black Mates in 7. Peter Doggers vs Zhu, Amsterdam, 2005
1rb1r1k1/3n1pbp/p2p2p1/q1pQ2BP/2p3P1/2N2P2/PP6/1KR2BNR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2+ Kxb2 Qb4+ Ka1 Bxc3+ Rxc3 Qxc3+ ]
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