'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gadir Guseinov.
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 5.
Gadir Guseinov vs Vugar Gashimov, Cala Galdana, 1996
5r2/pp1nRNkp/2p3p1/2P5/2Q5/1P4P1/P2q1P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ if Kh8 Nxg6+ or if Kf6 Qe6+ Kg5 h4+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Gadir Guseinov vs Ernesto Fernandez Romero, Aviles, 2000
3rk2r/1pR2p2/b2BpPp1/p2p4/8/1P6/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ ]

c)
Gadir Guseinov vs Daniel Stellwagen, Baku, 2002
2b1rr1k/Q3q1pp/8/3R4/2Bpp3/8/PBP2bPP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7 Rxe7 Ba3 ]

d)
Gadir Guseinov vs Kivanc Haznedaroglu, Batumi, 2002
5r2/6k1/r2qn2p/1p1N2p1/3nPp2/3Q1P2/1N4PP/2RR3K w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 if Rb6 Nxe6+ ]

e)
White mates in 6.
Gadir Guseinov vs Kaveh Sabri, Dubai, 2003
1qr1r2k/4bp1p/p2p2pQ/1p1N1bP1/8/P4R2/1PP3BP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 if Bxh3 Rxf7 ]

1e)
mate in 6
Gadir Guseinov vs Kaveh Sabri

Gadir Guseinov Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gadir Guseinov vs Perparim Makoli, Antalya, 2004
r3k2r/4b2p/p2ppP2/q5P1/2bQ4/7B/PpPR3P/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc4 if Qxd2 Qc6+ mates ]

b)
Gadir Guseinov vs Elshan Moradiabadi, Abudhabi, 2005
2k4r/1pp3pp/p1p3n1/2Nq3Q/8/1bP1B2P/1P3PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4+ if Kb8 Qb4 or if Kd8 c4 Bxc4 Rd1 ]

c)
Gadir Guseinov vs E Ahmadinia, Teheran, 2005
6k1/pp2pr1p/3p1p1Q/2rP1R2/5R2/1PP4P/1P4PK/4q3 w - - 0 1
[ Rg4+ Kh8 Qh5 if Rf8 Qxh7+ ]

d)
Gadir Guseinov vs Arman Pashikian, Teheran, 2005
5rk1/p1p2p1p/5Bq1/5R2/8/4b3/1PP3QP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rf3 if Qxg2+ Kxg2 Re8 Rg3+ or if Re8 Rg3 Bg5 Qc6 ]

e)
Gadir Guseinov vs Tony Molina, Dubai, 2005
6r1/1r3N1p/p7/1p1p4/5k2/P2B4/2P4P/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1+ if Ke3 Nd6 if Rd7 Nf5# ]

f)
Boris Avrukh vs Gadir Guseinov, Goteborg, 2005
3R4/6kp/3pr3/3Qnp1q/4p3/1NP5/1P3PP1/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3 ]

2c)
Gadir Guseinov vs E Ahmadinia

Gadir Guseinov Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gadir Guseinov vs Isam Ortiz, Tromsoe, 2014
r6k/5Rpp/p1b5/b7/2B2P2/8/5BPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4 if Bb5 Rxg7 or if Rg8 Bxg7+ or if Kg8 Bxg7 ]

b)
Gadir Guseinov vs Zoran Stojcevski, Bilbao, 2014
r6k/1p3qpp/2p2nbP/4B1Q1/p7/4RB2/P4PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ hxg7+ if Kxg7 Bxf6+ Qxf6 Re7+ ]

c)
Gadir Guseinov vs Thomas Koch, Bilbao, 2014
2r1r3/p5pk/1pq2bpp/2pN4/2P5/1P4QP/P1P1R1P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 gxf6 Ne7 if Rxe7 Rxe7+ mates ]

d)
Gadir Guseinov vs Zhaoqin Peng, Bilbao, 2014
5r1k/4q2n/p3p1R1/1p5Q/7P/P1P3P1/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ if Nf6 Rh6+ or if Rf6 g4 ]

e)
Yuriy Kuzubov vs Gadir Guseinov, Doha, 2014
3r2k1/1p3p1p/2N1p3/6n1/2p2qP1/1P3B2/r5PP/3RQRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Kh1 Nf2+ if Rxf2 Rxd1 or if Kg1 Nxd1 Bd5 Qe3+ ]

3b)
Gadir Guseinov vs Zoran Stojcevski

Gadir Guseinov Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Stanislav Bogdanovich vs Gadir Guseinov, Berlin, 2015
r4rk1/1p1b3p/3p2p1/pN2pp2/2P1n3/1P1RBPq1/PQ2B3/1R3K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4 if Bd1 Bh3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Anton Korobov vs Gadir Guseinov, Berlin, 2015
6k1/4pp1p/3p2p1/1NpP4/Q3Pb2/5n2/1PR3KP/4q2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh4+ Kh3 Qe3+ Kxh4 Bg5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Zaur Mammadov vs Gadir Guseinov, Nakhichevan, 2015
7k/NbQ2Bb1/1p1p2p1/8/1P2P3/3n3q/P3Kn2/R3R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ if Kxf2 Bd4+ or if Kd2 Qd3+ Kc1 Ne2+ ]

d)
Gadir Guseinov vs Sergei Tiviakov, Nakhichevan, 2015
7k/pp1nRrqp/2p5/3p2p1/3P4/P1PB3P/1P4P1/4Q2K w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Rxd7 Qe8+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Aydin Suleymanli vs Gadir Guseinov, Baku, 2016
2br1b1k/p6p/7r/3P4/5p2/2NB2p1/PP1R2P1/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ Ke2 Bg4# ]

4b)
mate in 4
Anton Korobov vs Gadir Guseinov

Gadir Guseinov Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gadir Guseinov vs Elizabete Limanovska, Tallinn, 2019
r1b2r1k/p1q1ppbp/1pp5/2p1np2/5B1Q/2NP1N1P/PPP3P1/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxe5 if 1...Bxe5 2.Ng5 mates ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Gadir Guseinov vs Gulnar Mammadova, Baku, 2019
3rk2r/p4qb1/1p1P1n1p/1P1Np1pP/P1Q5/B7/5PP1/1R2K2R w K - 1 0
[ 1.d7+ if 1...Rxd7 2.Qc8+ Rd8 3.Nc7+ Qxc7 4.Qe6+ or if 1...Kxd7 2.Qc6# ]

c)
Gadir Guseinov vs Guntis Jankovskis, Riga, 2019
r4rk1/6p1/p3p3/1p5R/3b2R1/3B1b2/PPPB1P2/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bh7+ if 1...Kf7 2.Rf4+ or if 1...Kh8 2.Be4+ ]

5b)
mate in 5
Gadir Guseinov vs Gulnar Mammadova

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