'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Rashid Nezhmetdinov.
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)
Black mates in 5.
Samsonov vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Kazan, 1929
Qn1qk2r/p4ppp/2p5/3pP3/4n3/2P5/P1PPB1bP/R1B1K2R b KQk - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ Kd1 Nf2+ Ke1 Nd3+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs P Ermolin, Kazan, 1946
rnb3kr/ppq1pp1p/6p1/1B2bN2/8/4B3/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ ]
c)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Yakov Estrin, Baku, 1951
4r3/4bpk1/1r2qn1p/p7/1pp1PQ2/1P3N1P/P4PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 Qc8 Nf5+ Kg8 Qg3+ ]
d)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Yuri Zelinsky, Riga, 1954
5rk1/p1q3p1/4p2n/4p1NQ/8/7P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 Rf6 Qe8+ Rf8 Qxf8+ Kxf8 Nxe6+ ]
e)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Lev Polugaevsky, Gorky, 1955
5rkr/p3R1bp/2p1b1p1/8/5Q2/3P4/q2B1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bc3+ Kg8 Qd4 ]
1d)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Yuri Zelinsky
Rashid Nezhmetdinov Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gunnar Uusi vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Gorky, 1955
4r1k1/p4bpp/2p5/2n2P2/1q2P3/1PN5/P1Q5/1NKR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 if axb3 Nxb3+ or if Qb2 Rb8 axb3 Nxb3+ ]
b)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Anatoly Bannik, Kiev, 1957
r2q2k1/1b4pp/3p1b1B/pP2pP2/P1prN1Q1/2R4P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 Bxg7 f6 Qf8 Rg3 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Yuri Kotkov, Krasnodar, 1957
r2q3k/pp1b1Q1p/3p1bp1/5p2/2B5/1P5P/P1PP1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Vitaly Zhilin, Sochi, 1958
2kr4/5R2/2qP2pp/2pr4/6P1/1pPQ4/1P5P/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8+ Qxa8 Rc7+ ]
e)
Yuri Kotkov vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Gorky, 1963
5r1k/1pp3bp/7q/1P2p3/4P1BP/2P1NpPn/2Q2Pn1/R2R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2 if Nf5 Nxd1 Rxd1 Rxf5 or if Nxg2 Nxg4 ]
2d)
mate in 4
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Vitaly Zhilin
Rashid Nezhmetdinov Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs S Elizarov, Kazan, 1964
r5kr/5pp1/1p4n1/p1qp4/Q6p/P1BB4/1PP3PP/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 if fxg6 Qd7 Rh7 Rf7 ]
b)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Alexander Zaitsev, Kazan, 1964
R1nk3r/1n1q2bp/5pp1/1p6/8/1BP5/1P2QPPP/2B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be6 if Re8 Rxc8+ ]
c)
Vladimir Bagirov vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Baku, 1964
3rr3/BBp3bk/7p/5p1b/5P2/2Nn4/PP5P/RK4R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 if bxc3 Re2 ]
d)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Nikolai Krogius, Sochi, 1965
8/4n1rk/1q1p1b1p/1p1P1p2/pB2pP2/P3NbPP/1P1R3K/1B2Q3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5 Nxf5 Bxe4 Bxe4 Qxe4 Kg6 g4 ]
e)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Vladimir Sergievsky, Saratov, 1966
r6r/2q1kpp1/p1p1bn1p/4p3/3Q4/2N5/PPP1BRPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc5+ Ke8 Rxf6 gxf6 Ne4 ]
3e)
Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Vladimir Sergievsky
Rashid Nezhmetdinov Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vladimir Khromov vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Spartov, 1966
4k2r/p4pp1/2p3b1/3pb1Pp/NP1n1BqP/P7/2P2Q1K/R4R2 b k - 0 1
[ ...Be4 Bxe5 Nf3+ if Kh1 Ng1+ Kh2 Qh3+ Kxg1 Qh1# ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Vladimir Timofeev vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Leningrad, 1969
B2q4/6bk/p1Q4p/5p2/2bP1Pn1/5K2/PP2Pp2/R2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...f1Q+ Rxf1 Qh4 ]
c)
Black mates in 7.
Vladimir Karasev vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Daugavpils, 1973
2b2rk1/5ppp/1p6/3qp3/1Q2n3/P1P1P1PP/3pKP2/3R1BR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3+ Qxc3 Ba6+ Qd3 Qxd3+ Kf3 Bb7+ Kg4 Qg6+ ]
4a)
Vladimir Khromov vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov
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