'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Dmitry Andreikin.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Berna Guillen, Oropesa, 2001
r2nr2k/1bp1bpp1/p7/1p1pP3/3P2q1/2P2NP1/P1B2PK1/R1BQR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rh1+ Kg8 Bh7+ if Kf8 Bf5 ]

b)
Viktor Kozlov vs Dmitry Andreikin, St. Petersburg, 2001
3r3k/2pq4/5p1p/pp2pP1Q/4P2P/1PP3R1/1P1r4/2K1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2+ if Kxc2 Qd2+ Kb1 Qxe1+ Ka2 Qxg3 or if Kb1 Qd2 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Shakhiyar Rahmanov, Heraklio, 2002
1r3r2/1p5R/p1n2pp1/1n1B1Pk1/8/8/P1P2BPP/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bh4+ Kxf5 Be6+ Kf4 Bg3+ ]

d)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Pogos Nakhapetiane, Dagomys, 2003
rn2k1r1/1R1b1p1p/3pp3/p6R/4P3/3NBP2/2P1B1P1/b4K2 w q - 0 1
[ Rxa5 Rxa5 Rxb8+ ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Evgueij Kretov, Dagomys, 2004
3r1r2/1pqn1pkp/b3pNp1/4P3/p2R4/P3QB1P/1PP2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6+ Kxh6 Rh4+ Kg5 Nxh7+ if Kf5 Bg4+ Kf4 Bxe6# or if Kxh4 Re4# ]

1c)
mate in 4
Dmitry Andreikin vs Shakhiyar Rahmanov

Dmitry Andreikin Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
b)
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Romain Edouard, Heraklio, 2004
1r3r2/2Q2q1k/p6p/8/8/8/PP6/K5RR w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6+ Kxh6 Qd6+ Qf6 Qh2+ ]

b)
Denis Yevseev vs Dmitry Andreikin, Smolensk, 2005
4r1k1/Q4ppp/1r1q4/N1pPpb2/1nP5/R5P1/P4PBP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra6 if Qb7 Rb8 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Alexsej Lanin, St. Petersburg, 2007
7k/1p1q1rnp/p4RRQ/4p3/4P2P/8/PPr1N1P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Rxg7 Rf8+ ]

d)
Genadi Ageichenko vs Dmitry Andreikin, Moscow, 2007
2r3k1/1q3p2/pr1p2p1/2nPb1Qp/8/6P1/RP1RPPBP/2B3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne6 if dxe6 Rxc1+ mates ]

2c)
mate in 3
Dmitry Andreikin vs Alexsej Lanin

Dmitry Andreikin Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Leonardo Valdes, Internet, 2010
5q1k/4Rp2/3p1PBp/2pP4/2P2QP1/1n5P/1r6/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ Qxh6 Re8+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Sergey Karjakin, Moscow, 2010
r1bq1rk1/ppppnp1p/2n3p1/3N2B1/2PQ4/8/PP2PPPP/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Ng4+ f6 Bxf6+ ]

c)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Ruslan Ponomariov, Moscow, 2010
2r5/r1p3pp/4k3/p1n2pB1/PbP5/5P2/2B2P1P/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd5 if g6 Be3 or if c6 Bxf5+ ]

d)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Alexey Dreev, Baku, 8/13/2011
r4rk1/pp3pp1/4pq1B/2N4R/6Q1/P7/1P3PPP/n5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7 if Qg6 Bf6 ]

e)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Valerij Popov, Olginka, 2011
r1q1k2r/1b2bpp1/p3pn1p/1pp5/4NB2/6P1/PPQRPPBP/3R2K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Rd8+ if Bd8 Nd6+ or if Qxd8 Nxf6+ Bxf6 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Bxb7 ]

3b)
mate in 5
Dmitry Andreikin vs Sergey Karjakin

Dmitry Andreikin Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Quang Liem Le, Astana, 2012
r1r2n2/1p2R3/3P2pk/2p1Bp1p/pP5P/P4PP1/6K1/5B2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ Kh7 Bf6+ Kg8 Bc4+ ]

b)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Sanan Sjugirov, Moscow, 2012
r1b2rk1/1pq2pnN/p2bp3/3nN3/8/3B4/PPP1QP1P/R4KR1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg4+ Kh8 Nf6 Nxf6 Qh4+ mates ]

c)
Alexander Moskalenko vs Dmitry Andreikin, Sochi, 2012
2q1r1k1/1p3p2/p2p3Q/2pPr3/2P1p3/PP2Pn1P/1R1N1PK1/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg5+ Kf1 Rg6 if Qf4 Qxh3+ or if Qh5 Re5 ]

d)
Vladimir Potkin vs Dmitry Andreikin, Sochi, 2012
8/5Bkp/5np1/2p3Q1/r7/5qp1/P6P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...gxh2+ Kxh2 Ng4+ Kg1 Qg3+ ]

e)
Evgeny Alekseev vs Dmitry Andreikin, Moscow, 2012
3r2k1/1p3p1n/pq2p1p1/4Q3/5P2/3r1NP1/PP3RKP/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re3 ]

4a)
mate in 5
Dmitry Andreikin vs Quang Liem Le

Dmitry Andreikin Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Ivan Bukavshin, Loo, 2013
4r2k/1br4p/p2RP1p1/1p6/1P3p2/1B5P/P5P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 if Re7 Rxc7 ]

b)
Alexey Dreev vs Dmitry Andreikin, Tromsoe, 2013
6k1/5p2/1p2n1p1/4P2p/PR1b3P/3Q2BK/6P1/5Bq1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Bh2 Nf4+ Kg3 Nxd3 Bxd3 Qe1+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Sergey Karjakin, Tashkent, 2014
2rr4/p4k2/4npbR/qppBpNp1/4P1P1/5P2/P1n3K1/3R3Q w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ Bxh7 Qxh7+ Kf8 Qe7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Stanislav Novikov, Moscow, 2015
1k2r3/pp2Q3/2p2n1p/7P/5q2/5N2/PPP3P1/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ ]

5c)
mate in 4
Dmitry Andreikin vs Sergey Karjakin

Dmitry Andreikin Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Maksim Chigaev, Sochi, 2015
r4k2/1p2R3/2bR1rp1/p7/2q5/2P3QP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ if Kxe7 Qd6+ or if Qf7 Rfxf7+ ]

b)
Marco Baldauf vs Dmitry Andreikin, Novi Sad, 2016
4r1rk/pp5p/3P3q/3P2nn/8/3Q1N2/PP4PP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Kh1 Ng3+ hxg3 Nf2+ Kg1 Nxd3 ]

c)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Sochi, 2017
3r2k1/r3qpp1/b3pn2/p3n1B1/2P1N2Q/3B4/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxf6+ if 1...gxf6 2.Qh7+ mates ]

d)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Yunguo Wan, China, 2017
8/4r1pk/p1qp3p/1p6/8/1P4R1/PKP2Q2/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qf5+ Kg8 2.Rc3 ]

6b)
Marco Baldauf vs Dmitry Andreikin

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