"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the 2019 Russian 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.
Monika Tsiganova vs Svetlana Tishova, Sochi, 2019
8/p4p2/3R1p1R/5k2/1r2p2P/1P3P2/r4P2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rhxf6+ Ke5 f4# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Dinara Dordzhieva vs Anastasiya Protopopova Sochi, 2019
5r1k/p7/3NP2q/2p1b3/3p4/1P6/P4PQP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ if Kh7 Qe4+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Kamaliya Bulatova vs Svetlana Bezgodova-Filichkina, Sochi, 2019
r4knR/4p3/p1pp1rP1/5p2/2pP1Q2/3B1P2/qP3P2/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rxg8+ Kxg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh4+ ]
d)
Olga Girya vs Lidija Tomnikova, Sochi, 2019
3r2k1/1p2qppp/p2bpn2/3bN3/1P6/P2QPP2/1B4PP/1BR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng4 if Nxg4 Qxh7# ]
Puzzles from the 2019 Russian Club CH (w), pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anna Styazhkina vs Alina Bivol, Sochi, 2019
4r3/3q1p1k/5r2/pp1p2pp/4n1P1/P1PQ3P/1PN2PK1/3RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 if Rxe4 Qxe4+ ]
b)
Ekaterina Smirnova vs Svetlana Vifleemskaia, Sochi, 2019
r1r3k1/1p3ppp/1n3n2/pP1pN3/1q1P2b1/2NB4/P2Q1PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg4 if Nxg4 Bf5 ]
c)
Evgenija Ovod vs Ekaterina Borisova, Sochi, 2019
3r2k1/1pq2p2/p4pn1/2pp1nNQ/5P2/2P3P1/PP5P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Ne6+ ]
d)
Elena Zaiatz vs Jana Mukhina, Sochi, 2019
6rk/p5bp/3p4/2pP3Q/3qP2P/5P2/1Pn3K1/2BN2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5+ Bg5 Qd2+ Nf2 Ne3+ ]
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