"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Marie Sebag.
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)
Marie Sebag vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Marina d'Or, 1998
8/4rkpp/2b1pp2/1p6/pP1P1PPP/P7/B7/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if Bd7 fxe6 ]
b)
Marie Sebag vs Nadezda Stojanovic, Marina d'Or, 1998
2rqnrk1/3bppbp/p5p1/np2P1B1/8/1BN2N1P/PP3PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Nc6 Rc1 h6 Nxe7+ Nxe7 Rxc8 ]
c)
Marie Sebag vs Elmira Hasanova, Oropesa, 1999
2r3r1/1b6/pn1pkp2/4pNPp/1P2P2P/3P4/1B3R2/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 Kxd6 Rxf6+ if Kc7 Bxe5+ ]
d)
Marie Sebag vs Emmanuel Neiman, France, 2000
4r1k1/pp3p2/2p1qBp1/3p1n1p/1P3QP1/2PP4/P3rP1P/R5RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxf5 if gxf5 gxf5+ ]
e)
Marie Sebag vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Oropesa, 2000
2rqr3/p2n2Q1/4kb1B/1p2p3/2ppP3/3P4/PPP2RB1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh3+ Kd6 Qxd7+ Qxd7 Rxf6+ Re6 Bxe6 Qe7 Raf1]
1b)
Marie Sebag vs Nadezda Stojanovic
Marie Sebag Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Marie Sebag vs Nathalie Franc, Marseilles, 2001
2rr1k2/6R1/b1B2Pp1/pP1p4/3Bn3/1p6/1K4PP/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 if Rxc6 bxc6 dxe4 Bc5+ ]
b)
Marie Sebag vs Antoaneta Stefanova, Rethymnon, 2003
r2r4/pp4k1/1n1p1pp1/3Nq1p1/3QP3/1P3P1P/1P4P1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 if Rac8 Qxe5 fxe5 Ne6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Marie Sebag vs Viktorija Cmilyte, Gaziantep, 2012
8/2qr2p1/1p4Q1/2p1k3/2P5/6RP/5PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ f4+ Kxf4 Qe6 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Alisa Galliamova vs Marie Sebag, Khanty Mansyisk, 2012
4r3/ppb4p/2p4k/5p2/3rP2K/1P3B1P/P3R3/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg8 if Bg4 f4 or if Rg2 Bd8+ ]
e)
Marie Sebag vs Sven Charmeteau, Nantes, 2013
3r1k1r/1pN2pp1/p4b2/8/3P2Qp/4P2P/1q4P1/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if fxe6 Rc7 Kg8 Qxe6+ mates ]
2b)
Marie Sebag vs Antoaneta Stefanova
Marie Sebag Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Marie Sebag vs Mustapha Nezar, Haguenau, 2013
5k2/4b2p/r5p1/4Bp2/1p1N1P2/1B5P/4K1P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ ]
b)
Marie Sebag vs Xue Zhao, Cap d'Agde, 2013
1rq1r1k1/2p2p1p/p2p2pB/2pb4/2PbPQ2/1P5P/P4PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd4 if cxd4 Qf6 mates ]
c)
Marie Sebag vs Yifan Hou, Beijing, 2013
5rk1/1p1R2bp/p5pq/6r1/2P1pnQ1/1PN4P/P4PP1/B4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ if Kxg7 or Kh8 Nxe4 (+) or if Qxg7 Qxg5 ]
d)
Marie Sebag vs Kateryna Lahno, Beijing, 2013
4rbk1/1r3pp1/2q1p2p/3b4/1p1B2Q1/2PB3P/1P3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ c4 if Bxc4 Rc1 ]
e)
White mates in 6.
Marie Sebag vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Cap d'Agde, 2019
5r1k/2R1RPpp/pr6/1p1n2N1/8/7P/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rc8 Rb8 2.Rxb8 g6 3.Ne6 ]
3e)
mate in 6
Marie Sebag vs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
French GMs
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