Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexey Sarana.
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)
Mustafa Gulsoy vs Alexey Sarana, Vung Tau, 2008
r1b2rk1/p3pp1p/2pp1bp1/q6P/2B1P3/2N5/PPP2PP1/1R1QK2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3+ ]
b)
Sungmin Kim vs Alexey Sarana, Vung Tau, 2008
r2q1rk1/ppp3pp/2b1p3/5pn1/2PP4/P2BP3/1BQ2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kh1 Qh4 h3 Nxd4 if exd4 Qxh3+ mates ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Alexey Sarana vs Egor Morozov, Kolomna, 2014
2n3k1/3q2b1/6QR/1r1Pp3/5p2/3B1Pp1/4K1P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Alexey Sarana vs Alexander Ganichev, St. Petersburg, 2014
1r5k/3bQBpp/p2q4/1p6/2n4R/6P1/PB3P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qe4+ if Kh8 Qh4+ Qh6 Qxh6# ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Alexey Sarana vs Michael Toelly, Gyor, 2014
3r1rk1/p2pb1pR/1pq5/2p3P1/1nN5/3Q1PP1/PP2P1K1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ ]
1b)
Sungmin Kim vs Alexey Sarana
Alexey Sarana puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexey Sarana vs Timur Amerzianov, Moscow, 2016
q1r2bk1/2Bn1ppp/3P4/p1p5/PpNr4/1P1QR3/5PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5 if Nf6 Nb6 ]
b)
Alexey Sarana vs Yan Dzhumagaliev, Tallinn, 2016
r2b1k2/6q1/p2p3R/1p1bpB1Q/1P3P2/4P1P1/P4K2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Bg8 Be6 ]
c)
White mates in 7.
Alexey Sarana vs Anastasiya Protopopova, Taganrog, 2017
4Qbk1/p4rpp/1q2N3/1pp1Pp2/8/1P4P1/5PbP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 if Qb8 Qxf7+ Kh8 Nd8 ]
d)
Alexey Sarana vs Arseniy Nesterov, St. Petersburg, 2017
2knQR2/pp1r4/q4r1p/3p4/P1p1pB1P/2P5/2P2PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5 if Rdd6 Rxf6 ]
e)
Baadur Jobava vs Alexey Sarana, Minsk, 2017
8/1p1q2bk/p2p4/r4p1p/PK2p2P/1P2N1P1/2P1QP2/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6 if Kxa5 Bc3# or if Qc4 Rxa4+ bxa4 Qb6+ ]
f)
Alexey Sarana vs Alexander Zakharov, Taganrog, 2018
r5k1/1p3pbp/p2p4/3P1N2/n7/4B2P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb4 if b5 Rg4 ]
2f)
Alexey Sarana vs Alexander Zakharov
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