See 3 or 4 moves ahead
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Arjun Erigaisi.
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)
Arjun Erigaisi vs Shoam Cohen, Al-Ain, 2013
1k2r1r1/pqp5/1p1p4/3N4/2P3n1/1P4Pp/P2Q1R1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7 if Rc8 Ne7 ]
b)
Arjun Erigaisi vs Azat Nurmamedov, Al-Ain, 2013
r2qk2r/pbp2ppp/1pnppn2/6B1/QbPP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ d5 exd5 cxd5 Bxc3+ bxc3 Qd7 Bxf6 gxf6 Bb5 ]
c)
Black mates in 6.
Raunak Sadhwani vs Arjun Erigaisi, Rajahmundry, 2016
6k1/1p6/p1n1p2p/3p1qp1/3P1n1r/1P2QP1P/P2R1PBK/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ if Kg1 Qb1+ Bf1 Qxf1+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Siddayya Gavi, Chennai, 2017
r3nr2/5k1p/p1Pp4/1p1P1b2/3B1p1q/5B2/PP2Q2P/4R1RK w - - 1 0
[ Bh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Rohan Talukdar, Montevideo, 2017
1q2r1k1/1Pp4p/1n3Qp1/8/r7/P5P1/4PPBP/2bR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 if Nxd7 Bd5+ ]
1b)
Arjun Erigaisi vs Azat Nurmamedov
Arjun Erigaisi puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Dan Poleg, Ahmedabad, 2017
8/5qpQ/p4n2/1p2p1kP/1B2Pp2/P4P2/1P4KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ h4+ Kxh4 Qf5 ]
b)
L R Srihari vs Arjun Erigaisi, Coimbatore, 2017
b3r1k1/4qpbp/ppp3p1/8/1N3P2/P3QBPP/1P6/3NR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4 Qxd4 Qxe1+ Kh2 c5 ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Goyal Tarini vs Arjun Erigaisi, Mumbai, 2017
6rk/p2R2p1/1p3p2/4pQ1p/4Pn1P/8/P1r2PP1/4qBKN b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ ]
d)
Arjun Erigaisi vs Ngoc Thuy Duong Bach, Hanoi, 2018
2r1r1k1/bp3pp1/p5q1/3p1Nnp/6Q1/1P2PP2/PB2R1PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh7 Qxc8 Rxc8 Nxg6 Kxg6 Rxd5 ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Amro El Jawich vs Arjun Erigaisi, Sharjah, 2018
r2k3r/1bq1bBpp/p2pP3/4p3/Q1p5/8/PP2nBPP/2R2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Kxg2 Qb7+ Kh3 Qf3+ ]
f)
White mates in 6.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Karthikeyan Ajay, New Delhi, 2019
4nrk1/p1r1qp1p/6pQ/4p1PP/np2P3/3P1PN1/P3N2R/4K2R w K - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 hxg6+ Kg8 Rh8+ ]
g)
Haik Martirosyan vs Arjun Erigaisi, Moscow, 2020
3k4/2R5/7p/2b1B3/2r1P1P1/1p2rP2/4RK2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rexe4+ if Ke1 Rxe5 or if Rxc5 Rxe2+ ]
2f)
mate in 6
Arjun Erigaisi vs Karthikeyan Ajay
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