Chess Puzzles from the 2017 Russia Club CH (w).

Quick Kills in the Alapin Sicilian

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2017 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 3.
Marina Nechaeva vs Zarina Shafigullina, Loo, 2017
r3r2k/p1Nnb1p1/BpR4p/4B3/1P2p2n/P6P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ Kg8 Bc4+ ]

b)

White mates in 4.
Anna Ushenina vs Oksana Gritsayeva, Loo, 2017
4r3/bp2qk2/p5p1/6p1/1P3P2/P3n2Q/1B5K/1B2R3 w - - 1 0
[ Ba2+ if Nc4 Qh7+ ]

c)

White mates in 4.
Elena Tomilova vs Jana Mukhina, Loo, 2017
4rk2/2Q2p1p/8/4pNp1/P3P2P/1P1n2P1/4qP2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd6+ if Kg8 Qh6 ]

d)

Olga Belova vs Olga Girya, Loo, 2017
4r3/5pk1/R2b1ppp/1p1P4/1PqQ2bP/3N1N2/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if Qxc4 bxc4 ]

e)

Darya Trapeznikova vs Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Loo, 2017
6k1/p4p2/8/2pN2pP/2Pbb2q/1P3p1P/1P1Q1P2/6KB b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Kf1 Bd3+ ]

f)

Jana Mukhina vs Dina Belenkaya, Loo, 2017
3rr2k/pp1q1p2/2pP1pp1/2P3bp/8/2NB1QPb/PP3B2/4R1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4 if Qg2 Bf3 Qxf3 Qh3# ]

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Quick Kills in the Alapin Sicilian

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2017 Russia Club CH (w). The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2017 Russia Club CH (w).
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.