'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Igor Khenkin.
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)
Igor Khenkin vs Alexey Vyzmanavin, Barnaul, 1988
r2q1rk1/pb3pp1/1p6/2pn2B1/8/P1QB4/1P3P1P/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ if Kxh7 Qh3+ or if Kh8 Qg3 Qe8 Qh4 mates ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Igor Khenkin vs Valeriy Neverov, Moscow, 1989
4r1k1/pp3b1q/4QR1B/8/8/1P2p3/P5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe8+ ]
c)
Igor Khenkin vs Thomas Engqvist, Stockholm, 1990
6k1/1p5p/p1pBqpp1/2P1n2n/3r1P1Q/2N5/PP4PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if fxe5 Qd8+ mates ]
d)
Igor Khenkin vs Nikolaos Kalesis, Iraklion, 1992
1r1r4/p2nn1kp/3R2p1/2p1p3/Q1P1Pp1P/P4N2/1q3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 Qxd7 Rb7 Qe6 if Qb6 Rd6 ]
e)
Igor Khenkin vs Gad Rechlis, Tel Aviv, 1992
6r1/p4pk1/2p1p3/2r4p/2PR1Q2/2q5/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ R4d3 if Qe5 Rg3+ Kf8 Qh6+ or if Qxc4 Rg3+ Kf8 Qd6+ ]
1c)
Igor Khenkin vs Thomas Engqvist
Igor Khenkin Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Khenkin vs Vasilios Kotronias, Chalkidiki, 1992
1r2q2k/p2p3p/6p1/2p1nr2/4QB2/2P2PKP/P5P1/1R1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb8 Qxb8 Rxd7 if Rxf4 Rb7 or if a6 Re7 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Igor Khenkin vs Vlastimil Piza, Pardubice, 1993
5rk1/5pb1/r1pnp1p1/q1Pn2P1/1p1P1P2/pP1Q4/P3NB1R/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Qh3 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Igor Khenkin vs Darius Zagorskis, Weilburg, 1995
2Q5/6kp/pp2pNp1/8/3qP3/6PP/P2n1P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ Kxf6 Qf8+ ]
d)
White mates in 7.
Igor Khenkin vs Kuno Thiel, Bad Ragaz, 1995
r7/3PQp1p/p5pk/1q2B3/1p6/5b1P/1P4P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qh4+ Bh5 Qf4+ g5 Qf6+ Bg6 Qg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Igor Khenkin vs Roland Schmaltz, Recklinghausen, 1996
2r4k/1p1RB3/p5Bp/1n2P3/5PK1/6PP/4r3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6+ Kg8 Rh7 ]
2d)
mate in 7
Igor Khenkin vs Kuno Thiel
Igor Khenkin Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Khenkin vs Almira Skripchenko, Recklinghausen, 1996
4k2r/3pnppp/2b1p3/2p1P3/1qP2P2/4B3/2Q1B1PP/R5K1 w k - 0 1
[ Rb1 Qa3 Rb8+ ]
b)
Igor Khenkin vs Adalberto Villavicencio, Las Palmas, 1997
3q2k1/p4pb1/6p1/4p2p/1P1rP3/PNQ1n3/5PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd4 exd4 Qc8 ]
c)
Igor Khenkin vs Gianni De Vita, Porto San Giorgio, 1997
7k/pbQn3p/1p2q3/5pr1/3p4/2NBPP2/PP6/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Qc6 Qd8+ or if Qe8 Qxb7 ]
d)
Igor Khenkin vs Ted Barendse, Haarlem, 1997
rn2r3/pb1N1k2/1p1pp2p/2pP3P/7p/P7/1P2PPBP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ dxe6+ if Kxe6 Nxc5+ or if Rxe6 Bxb7 ]
e)
Igor Khenkin vs Colin McNab, Koszalin, 1997
r2q2k1/ppp2p1p/3p2pQ/1r1N4/8/7R/P1P2PB1/b5K1 w - - 0 1
[ c3 if Rxd5 Bxd5 Qf6 Qxh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]
3e)
Igor Khenkin vs Colin McNab
Igor Khenkin Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Khenkin vs Yuri Shulman, Stockholm, 1998
8/p4p1k/3B2pp/3P4/4N3/5P2/r6P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kg7 Be7 Re2 d6 ]
b)
Igor Khenkin vs Lorenz Drabke, Bolzano, 2000
r3kb1r/pp2nppp/1q2p3/3pN3/3PbB2/1QN5/PP3PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Qxb6 axb6 Nb5 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Igor Khenkin vs Dimitri Anagnostopoulos, Athens, 2000
r4rk1/pp2pn1p/2p5/n2q2pP/3B4/2PB1Q2/P1P2PP1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qd3+ ]
d)
Igor Khenkin vs Carlos Beltran, Cali, 2000
r4rk1/5pb1/ppnqp2p/4N1pP/2BP4/P7/1PQ2PP1/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Rxf7 Rxe6 Qd7 Rxc6 or if Kxf7 Rxe6 ]
. e)
White mates in 4.
Igor Khenkin vs Michael Drexel, Bad Wiessee, 2001
2r2k2/3R1p1p/2qP1N2/6Pp/3Q4/5P2/2p3K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh5 if Ke8 Qe5+ or if Qc3 Qxc3 ]
4a)
Igor Khenkin vs Yuri Shulman
Igor Khenkin Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Igor Khenkin vs Marianne Spiel, Bad Wiessee, 2001
r1b2rk1/pp2qNp1/1np2bQp/4p3/2BP4/4PN2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ N7g5+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Igor Khenkin vs Sergey Kalinitschew, Senden, 2001
7k/pp2r3/8/7q/1PP5/P2Q4/7P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Qe8 Qd4+ Re5 Qh4+ Rh5 Qf6+ ]
c)
Igor Khenkin vs Ludwig Deglmann, Fuerth, 2002
r1bqk2r/ppp3bp/3p2p1/4np2/1PP5/6P1/PB2PPBP/RN1Q1RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ f4 ]
d)
Igor Khenkin vs Erik Hedman, Stockholm, 2004
3rb1k1/bpq2pp1/2p2n1p/p3N3/3P1Q2/P6P/BP2NPP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Qxf4 Nxd8+ ]
e)
Igor Khenkin vs Gerlef Meins, Bad Wiessee, 2005
1q1r1k2/5p2/1r1bpp2/pB1p3Q/P2P4/6P1/1PR2P2/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if Rxc8 Qh8+ Ke7 Rxc8 ]
5b)
mate in 5
Igor Khenkin vs Sergey Kalinitschew
Igor Khenkin Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Khenkin vs Michael Schimmer, Bad Homburg, 2006
r4r1k/2qb1p1p/3p1Pp1/ppnPb3/2p1P2Q/P1N1BR2/1PB3PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ g4 w/Rh3 ]
b)
Igor Khenkin vs Swayangsu Satyapragyan, Andorra , 2006
2kr3r/pp1n1p1p/2pQ2p1/4P3/2PNPqB1/P7/6PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if bxc6 Rb1 ]
c)
Igor Khenkin vs Sebastien Maze, Geneva , 2007
2r5/2P2ppk/1p2rq1p/p2R4/8/P3PPB1/3Q1PKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 Re8 Rxe8 if Rxe8 Qc2+ ]
d)
Igor Khenkin vs Erwin L'Ami, Germany, 2007
6r1/1p2rp2/1pp2n1k/5Bpb/P2RP3/2N2P2/1P3K1P/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd6 if Kg7 Rxg5+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Igor Khenkin vs Anthony Kosten, Andorra, 2007
5k2/R7/4P2p/5Kpn/P2B4/2P5/6r1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8+ ]
6c)
Igor Khenkin vs Sebastien Maze
Igor Khenkin Puzzles, Part VII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Khenkin vs John Van Der Wiel, Nordhorn, 2009
r2q1rk1/1p1b2p1/p2p1pP1/3Pp2p/4P2b/2N1BP1n/PP2QN1P/R4KR1 w - - 0 1
[ f4 if Bg4 Rxg4 hxg4 Qxg4 or if Nxg1 Qxh5 Re8 Qh7+ mates ]
b)
Igor Khenkin vs Falko Bindrich, Bad Liebenzell, 2010
1r4k1/1p3Np1/p1p4p/P6n/2Br4/1R5P/1P1b1PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ if Kh7 Bd3+ Kh8 Nxc6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Igor Khenkin vs Wolf-Dietrich Guth, Bad Homburg, 2010
2R5/6pk/4N1p1/p2p4/8/5P2/5KPP/3r4 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ Kh6 Nf7+ ]
d)
Igor Khenkin vs Hans Klip, Tromsoe, 2010
2rn1rk1/p3q2p/4b1pb/2p5/Q4p2/BNP2BP1/P3P2P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc5 if Rxc5 Qd4 ]
7c)
mate in 3
Igor Khenkin vs Wolf-Dietrich Guth
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