Tactics in the King's Indian
Here are some chess puzzles from the 2008 Russia Club CH.
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)
White mates in 2.
Natalia Zdebskaja vs Ekaterina Kharashuta, Sochi, 2008
r4r1k/pb2qp1p/3p1b1Q/2pR3p/1p2P2P/8/PPP2P1N/1NK3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Alexei Shirov vs Dmitry Andreikin, Sochi, 2008
7r/3kbp1p/1Q3R2/3p3q/p2P3B/1P5K/P6P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qc6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Irina Vasilevich vs Svetlana Deriabina, Sochi, 2008
4r3/1p3R2/1k1BN3/p2P4/1nP5/1P5P/P3b1P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc5+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Tatiana Kosintseva vs Anastasia Bodnaruk, Sochi, 2008
3b3k/7p/p3q2P/4N3/4P3/2Q5/P1PK4/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ ]
Puzzles from the 2008 Russia Club CH, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Ernesto Inarkiev vs Hua Ni, Sochi, 2008
5rk1/7p/2p3p1/3p1b2/1R1PnP2/7P/1P4B1/1KB2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Andrei Kharlov vs Alexey Dreev, Sochi, 2008
2r2q1Q/1R6/p1p3k1/2Pp2p1/3P4/P3PN2/3K2P1/5q2 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5+ Kf5 Qh7+ Ke6 Qd7+ Kf6 Ng4+ ]
c)
Pavel Ponkratov vs Evgeniy Najer, Sochi, 2008
4r1qk/1p4rp/5Q2/pN3R2/Pn6/1b3B2/1P5P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd5 if Qd4 Ne3 ]
d)
Alexander Riazantsev vs Peter Svidler, Sochi, 2008
r3n2k/1p4bp/3p4/p2Pq1R1/P7/3QBr1P/1P2NP2/R3K3 b Q - 0 1
[ ...Qxg5 ]
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