Chess Puzzles from the 2016 Russia Club CH (w).

The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2016 Russia Club CH (w).
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.
Marina Baraeva vs Alfia Nasybullina, Sochi, 2016
r3bk2/1p4p1/p1p3Bp/8/1b1q3B/PQ6/1P2RPPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8+ ]

b)

Black mates in 4.
Evgenija Ovod vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Sochi, 2016
4r1k1/2pn4/3p2qp/R2P4/P3n1N1/B1P1Q2P/4Br1b/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe4+ Qf3 Qxf3+ ]

c)

Polina Shuvalova vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Sochi, 2016
3r2k1/pp2pp2/6p1/4P2p/B1Q5/2K4n/PP4q1/R3R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ Kb3 Rd3+ ]

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The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2016 Russia Club CH (w). The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2016 Russia Club CH (w).
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.