'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the best games of 2020, pg. 6.
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 4.
Artur Gabrielian vs Shanglei Lu, Internet, 2020
8/pb3pk1/1p4p1/6Qp/3P1R1P/8/PP3PPK/2q1r3 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rh1+ 2.Kg3 Rh3+ if 3.Kxh3 Qh1+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Chithambaram Aravindh vs Volodar Murzin, Internet, 2020
r3q3/5R2/1Q2P1pk/3n2p1/P2N2P1/1P5r/2P4P/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nf5+ gxf5 2.e7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Chopra Aryan, Internet, 2020
5r2/2q1pnk1/ppPb4/4pQp1/B6P/4B1P1/P7/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bc2 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Daniel Fridman vs Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Internet, 2020
5rk1/p2rR1np/1pq2p2/5N2/5NPQ/2P3K1/PP3P1P/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nh6+ Kh8 2.Ng6+ hxg6 3.Nf7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Lance Henderson De La Fuente vs Dennis Wagner, Internet, 2020
5r1r/3b1pk1/pq1p2p1/1p1Pp1P1/1P6/4PQ2/P1P2RB1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxf7+ Rxf7 2.Rxf7+ ]
1d)
mate in 4
Daniel Fridman vs Shamsiddin Vokhidov
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Wenjun Ju vs Olga Girya, Internet, 2020
1k2r3/pp2rp2/2p5/q2p1Bp1/3P3p/1P2PPb1/3QR1P1/5K1R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qxd2 if 2.Rxd2 Rxe3 ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Valentin Dragnev vs Artem Chernobay, Internet, 2020
7k/1pq3rp/p1P4r/2p2p1b/P3p3/1P1P4/3N1PPP/R1Q1R2K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Bf3+ 3.Kg1 Rxg2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Dmitriy Khegay vs Peter Svidler, Internet, 2020
1r4k1/5p2/2p2qp1/2Pp3p/PR2B3/4P3/3Q1PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qa1+ if Bb1 Qxb1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Marcin Krzyzanowski vs Evgeny Tomashevsky, Internet, 2020
b4r1k/6pp/8/1Q3p2/2p1Nn1q/2P5/1PB2P2/2BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bxe4 if 2.Bxe4 Qg4+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Arash Tahbaz vs Masoud Mosadeghpour, Internet, 2020
8/6kp/1R1n4/3QNqp1/Pp1P4/5PK1/1P5P/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qf4+ 2.Kh3 Qh4+ 3.Kg2 Rc2+ ]
2b)
mate in 4
Valentin Dragnev vs Artem Chernobay
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Magnus Carlsen vs Rasmus Svane, Internet, 2020
6k1/pp3pp1/6p1/4q1Pn/7P/3P1Q2/PP3bB1/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Ng3+ if 2.Kh2 Nf1+ or if 2.Qxg3 Qxg3 ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Manuel Petrosyan vs Artur Gabrielian, Internet, 2020
3N4/pR6/4pk1p/5n1P/2Pp4/2nP1B2/3KP3/6r1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rd1+ 2.Kc2 Ne3+ 3.Kb2 Rb1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Dmitry Obolenskikh vs Jules Moussard, Internet, 2020
4q3/5pk1/pp1R1np1/4r3/P1P2K2/1PQ2P1P/8/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ 1....Nh5+ 2.Kg4 f5+ 3.Kh4 Qe7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Brandon Jacobson vs Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Internet, 2020
4r1k1/p2p2p1/3P3p/3bN1q1/6R1/8/1PQ2P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qxg4+ if 2.Kf1 Bg2+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Vladimir Belous vs Vladislav Artemiev, Internet, 2020
6k1/pp3p2/3p2p1/2pP1b2/2P5/2N1r1qp/PP1Q1R2/7K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxc3 2.bxc3 Be4+ ]
3b)
mate in 4
Manuel Petrosyan vs Artur Gabrielian
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Razvan Preotu vs Mikhail Al Antipov, Internet, 2020
5r2/3R4/2R1pk2/4p2p/1PN5/2n2KPn/2r4P/8 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Re2 2.g4 Ng1+ 3.Kg3 Ne4+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Sanan Sjugirov vs Nikolas Theodorou, Internet, 2020
2b2r1k/pp4rp/1q1p3b/3Pp2p/2N1Pp1P/2NQ2P1/PP3PK1/6RR b - - 0 1
[ 1...fxg3 if 2.Rf1 Rxf2+ 3.Kg1 Rxf1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Baadur Jobava, Internet, 2020
4Nbk1/1p3pp1/6r1/3N1R2/Pp1R2n1/1P2p3/1Q2P1Bq/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qh1+ 2.Bxh1 Nh2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Volodar Murzin vs Pawel Jaracz, Internet, 2020
3r4/pp5k/4b2p/4bp2/4p2q/1NPr1P2/PPQ4P/RN3R1K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rd2 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Artur Gabrielian vs R Praggnanandhaa, Internet, 2020
5Q2/3k2r1/p3p2p/4q3/Pp1p4/3P3P/1PP2Pb1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bf3+ 2.Kf1 Rg1+ 3.Kxg1 Qg5+ ]
4c)
mate in 4
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Baadur Jobava
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Hao Wang vs Anish Giri, Internet, 2020
4r1k1/Bq3pp1/4r2p/8/1Pp5/P4NPb/2Q1PP1P/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qxf3 ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen, Internet, 2020
6k1/5p2/2b5/4PN2/2pP2Pb/2q2P1p/3r3P/Q4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bf2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So, Internet, 2020
4Q3/5pkp/p3p1p1/1pB1P3/2P5/8/PPBq2PP/4b1K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bf2+ if 2.Bxf2 Qc1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Dmitry Bocharov vs Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Khanty Mansyisk, 2020
8/p3k2p/3pB1pP/1PnP4/P1K4R/1r3r2/8/R7 b - - 0 1
[ 1...a5 if 2.bxa6 Nxa6 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
David Gavrilescu vs Vincent Keymer, Internet, 2020
2k5/7p/2p4b/1p6/p5PP/P1NbpK2/BP1r4/7R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rf2+ 2.Kg3 Bf4+ 3.Kh3 Bf1+ ]
5e)
Black mates in 4.
David Gavrilescu vs Vincent Keymer
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Aleksander Kaczmarek vs Ryszard Eggink, Katowice, 2020
4q2k/4N1R1/8/p6n/1p4Q1/1P3P2/P1r1r3/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rg8+ Kh7 2.Qf5+ Kh6 3.R1g6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Kamil Plichta vs Lukasz Butkiewicz, Ustron, 2020
1r2r3/3R2p1/4kpPP/1qp1p3/p1n1P3/Q4N2/1PP5/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ng5+ fxg5 2.Qh3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Sebastian Felipe Sanchez vs Santiago Avila Pavas, Fusagasuga, 2020
1Q6/B4pkp/5Np1/p2rP3/1b3P2/6Pq/1P2K2P/1Q5R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qg2+ if 2.Ke3 Bd2# or if 2.Bf2 Rd2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Mikhail Nedobora vs Eytan Rozen, Ramat-Gan, 2020
2r3k1/5pp1/p3p2p/N2b4/3QP3/RP2P1qP/2r3P1/R4BK1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxg2+ 2.Bxg2 Rc2 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Rui Lin Ying vs Miguel Santos Ruiz, Sitges, 2020
5rk1/p5pp/2pbp3/7q/3P2r1/5R2/PP1B1Q1P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxf3 ]
6b)
mate in 4
Kamil Plichta vs Lukasz Butkiewicz
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Lev Yankelevich vs Milan Pacher, Skalica, 2020
r3r1k1/1pp2ppp/p1nb4/3p2q1/3P4/P1N1PK1P/1P1N1P2/RB1Q1R2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Nxd4+ 2.exd4 Qf4+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Jeffrey Xiong vs Christopher Yoo, Internet, 2020
5k2/1p1qrb2/p1r1p1B1/P2pB3/3P4/2P1p3/1P4P1/3Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qh5 if 1...Re8 2.Bf6 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Sergey Karjakin vs Stanislav Tsyhanchuk, Internet, 2020
2r3rk/p4Rpp/1b6/3QN3/2B5/P3q3/1P4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rf8 if 1...Rcxf8 2.Qxg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Kamil Dragun vs Sam Schmakel, Internet, 2020
2r1qrk1/1b1n1ppp/p2b4/1p2N2Q/2BPpP2/2R5/PP4PP/4BRK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh3+ Kg8 3.Ng6 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Volodar Murzin vs R Vaishali, Internet, 2020
3kr2r/pQqn3p/2p2P2/6p1/4p2N/8/P4PPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qa8+ if Qc8 2.Rb8 ]
7d)
mate in 4
Kamil Dragun vs Sam Schmakel
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Skliarov vs Tarun Kanyamarala, Internet, 2020
R4bk1/1Q1nq2p/2p1rppB/4p3/1p2P3/3P1N2/2P2PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxd7 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Avital Boruchovsky vs Aleksandar Savanovic, Internet, 2020
2Qnk2r/1pp1r2N/p2p4/4P2p/7q/2P2p1P/PPB2Pn1/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bg6+ Rf7 2.exd6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Oleg Vastrukhin vs Jesse Kraai, Internet, 2020
3r2kb/p3R2N/Pp3nBP/8/2bp1Q2/2P3Pq/2P2P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxf6+ if 1...Kf8 2.Nd5+ or if 1...Bxf6 2.Bh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Andrew Hong vs Maximillian Lu, Internet, 2020
3rr1k1/2b1Rp2/pnq3p1/1p1p2P1/3P4/2PB3Q/PP3PK1/2B1R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxg6 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Nikita Vitiugov vs Ivan Salgado Lopez, Internet, 2020
4r1k1/3R2pb/r1q1Pb1p/4Q3/pP3p2/P5P1/1BP2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxg7+ Kh8 2.Rxh7+ if 2...Kg8 3.Rh8+ or if 2...Kxh7 3.Qf5+ ]
8b)
mate in 4
Avital Boruchovsky vs Aleksandar Savanovic
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Pavel Ponkratov, Internet, 2020
rq2r2k/pp4p1/2n1Bp1p/2p1bP1Q/2P3R1/1P2P1PP/PB5K/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxg7 if 1...Kxg7 2.Qg6+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Raunak Sadhwani vs Manuel Petrosyan, Internet, 2020
r4rk1/pp1q3p/2p3p1/3pRbN1/7Q/1BB5/PPP2PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxd5 if 1...Rf7 2.Rxd7 Be6 3.Bxe6 or if 1...cxd5 2.Qd4 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Kirill Shevchenko vs Parham Maghsoodloo, Internet, 2020
1r2k2r/6Rp/p1n1pp2/2B5/4b3/8/P1P1B1PP/2KR4 w k - 1 0
[ 1.Bh5+ if 1...Bg6 2.Rxg6 ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Jonas Lampert vs Adrian Mihalcisin, Maribor, 2020
4kr2/p4pQ1/1pq2P2/2p2P2/1n6/1bN1B2R/1P1r2PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxf8+ if 1...Kd7 2.Qe7+ or if 1...Kxf8 2.Rh8# ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Vojtech Zwardon vs Vlastimil Babula, Pardubice, 2020
1r4k1/pB1qP1bR/6p1/Q3p3/3r4/3P4/PP2PP2/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxg7+ Kxg7 2.Qxe5+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ ]
9e)
mate in 5
Vojtech Zwardon vs Vlastimil Babula
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Nikolas Theodorou vs Yuniesky Quezada, Internet, 2020
4r1k1/5p1p/4bB2/1p4P1/2n4R/6QP/P2q2BK/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxh7 Kxh7 2.Qh4+ Kg6 3.Qh6+ Kf5 4.Qh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
John Burke vs Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Internet, 2020
6k1/4p3/2bpqrBQ/2p1p3/2P5/8/P4PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rb1 Rxg6 2.Rb8+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Illya Nyzhnyk vs Andrew Tang, Internet, 2020
2r1qr2/pb3p1k/1pn1pQ1p/8/4N2P/PP4P1/5PB1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ng5+ if 1...hxg5 2.Be4+ Kg8 3.Qxg5+ or if 1...Kg8 2.Qxh6 ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Jeffrey Xiong vs Alexandr Bortnik, Internet, 2020
r1n4r/pp3qkp/2n1pN1p/b1P5/3N4/P2Q4/1P4PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxe6+ Qxe6 2.Nh5+ Kg8 3.Qg3+ Qg6 4.Qb3+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Jeffrey Xiong vs Baadur Jobava, Internet, 2020
6kr/3qp3/2pr3p/1p2Q1p1/p2P2N1/P5P1/1PB4P/2K2R2 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rf8+ Kxf8 2.Qxh8+ Kf7 3.Ne5+ ]
10d)
mate in 5
Jeffrey Xiong vs Alexandr Bortnik
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Aryan Tari vs Marko Nenezic, Internet, 2020
2r1b2k/5prp/1qnppR1Q/1p4N1/4P1P1/3P3P/2P3B1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxe6 if 1...Rg8 2.Rxf7 or if 1...Rg6 2.Rxg6 ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Igor Janik vs Luca Moroni, Internet, 2020
4br1k/1p5p/p1p2q2/2Pp2PQ/PP6/3R3P/5rNK/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qf4+ 2.Rg3 Rxg2+ 3.Kxg2 Qxf1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 5.
Thomas Beerdsen vs Alexey Sarana, Internet, 2020
6k1/pq3rp1/1p2Q1R1/1Pb3R1/5pP1/5N2/2Pr1PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxf2+ if 2.Kg1 Rf1+ 3.Kxf1 Qxf3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 5.
Jonathan Dourerassou vs Vasiliy Korchmar, Internet, 2020
r3r1k1/p1p2p2/3p2p1/1P1P3p/1P1b1P2/2n2BqP/RRQB2P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Re1+ 2.Bxe1 Qxe1+ 3.Kh2 Bg1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Dennis Wagner vs Dmitry Kokarev, Internet, 2020
8/6k1/pr1p1p2/Q1pPn1p1/4PpNp/P4P1P/1qB3PK/8 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Nxf3+ ]
11c)
mate in 5
Thomas Beerdsen vs Alexey Sarana
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
David Anton Guijarro vs Alireza Firouzja, Internet, 2020
r4rbk/6bp/2Q5/1Pp5/P3NpP1/q1N1pP1P/2B5/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ 1...Ba2+ 2.Ka1 Bxc3+ 3.Nxc3 Qxc3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Ori Kobo vs Pavel Skatchkov, Internet, 2020
1k1r4/p5pp/4p1b1/1PP1P1P1/5n2/1P5B/P2b2RP/R2K4 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Bb4+ if 2.Rd2 Rxd2+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Peio Duboue vs Anatole Vlachos, Chartres, 2020
3r4/Q4ppp/1Bqkb3/3N4/3nP3/6P1/P3nRBP/2rR1K2 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qe7+ Ke5 2.Qg5+ if 2...Kd6 3.e5+ or if 2...Bf5 3.Rxf5+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Krzysztof Jakubowski vs Monika Socko, Katowice, 2020
8/1p3Q1p/p1n3pk/6q1/3p4/1BP3P1/PP4K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qf8+ Kh5 2.Bd1+ Qg4 3.Bxg4+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Felix Blohberger vs Lev Yankelevich, Skalica, 2020
r2rn2k/pp3pp1/2n1q3/6R1/2P1p2P/2Q1P3/PB1N1P2/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxg7+ Nxg7 2.Bxg7+ if 2...Kg8 3.Bf6+ or if 2...Kh7 3.Rh5+ ]
12a)
mate in 5
David Anton Guijarro vs Alireza Firouzja
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Alberto Barp vs Luca Moroni, Bassano del Grappa, 2020
3k3r/NQp1pp2/3p4/3Pb3/P3q3/3r4/1PP5/R1K2R2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qf4+ if 2.Kb1 Qxf1+ 3.Ka2 Qxa1+ 4.Kxa1 Ra3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Alexander Zubarev vs Spartak Vysochin, Kiev, 2020
Q4b1r/3bkppp/5n2/3pp3/P1qP1n2/1P2PK2/3B1PPP/R5NR b - - 0 1
[ 1...e4+ if 2.Kxf4 Qc7+ or if 2.Kg3 N6h5+ 3.Kh4 g5+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Ermes Espinosa Veloz vs Jung Min Seo, Internet, 2020
r4krR/p2qnp2/1p2p3/2ppPnB1/3P1NQ1/P1P5/2PK1P2/7R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bf6 Nh6 2.R1xh6 Qc6 3.Rxg8+ Nxg8 4.Qxg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Benjamin Bok vs Pavel Shkapenko, Internet, 2020
r1b1kr2/pp2bN2/2n1pQ2/qN6/8/8/PP2BPPP/3R1RK1 w q - 1 0
[ 1.Nfd6+ if 1...Kd7 2.Nf5+ or if 1...Bxd6 2.Bh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Matthias Bluebaum vs Oliver Dimakiling, Internet, 2020
3RQb1k/1pq3p1/1n2Br1p/5P2/5PP1/2B4P/Pp5K/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxf8+ Rxf8 2.Rxf8+ Kh7 3.Bg8+ Kh8 4.Bf7+ ]
13a)
mate in 5
Alberto Barp vs Luca Moroni
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Manuel Petrosyan vs Azat Sharafiev, Internet, 2020
2k3nr/pp1r1R2/2p4p/2p4P/2PbN1q1/3P4/PP1Q3B/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nd6+ if 1...Rxd6 2.Re8+ Rd8 3.Rc7+ or if 1...Kc7 2.Qa5+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Nikolas Theodorou vs Lucas Coro, Internet, 2020
5rk1/3n2bp/p1bN2p1/2pNp3/1PBnP3/P3B1P1/7P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ne7+ Kh8 2.Rxf8+ Bxf8 3.Nf7+ Kg7 4.Bh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Renato Terry vs David Kalashian, Internet, 2020
r3k3/1b1p1r1p/pp1Bp2Q/4R1p1/P7/2P2P2/1Pq3PP/3R2K1 w q - 1 0
[ 1.Rxe6+ dxe6 2.Qxe6+ Kd8 3.Bc7+ ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Israel Caspi vs Baadur Jobava, Internet, 2020
5rk1/5p2/2p1pQp1/3pP2p/4r3/P4RP1/1q3PK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxh5 gxh5 2.Qg5+ Kh7 3.Rf6 ]
e)
Black mates in 6.
Yago De Moura Santiago vs Jeffrey Xiong, Internet, 2020
2r2rk1/pp1b1p1p/4p1pP/q2p1PP1/2nP4/1P3Q2/NbP1N3/1K1R1BR1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Na3+ 2.Kxb2 Rxc2+ 3.Ka1 Nb5 4.Nec1 Qa3 ]
14b)
mate in 5
Nikolas Theodorou vs Lucas Coro
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Maksim Chigaev vs Leonid Nozdrachev, Sochi, 2020
r3k2r/1p4R1/2p1Pp1B/3nqN1P/p3Q3/P7/1P3PP1/n5K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxe5 fxe5 2.Bg5 ]
b)
Black mates in 6.
Alisa Galliamova vs Alina Kashlinskaya, Moscow, 2020
7r/PBr2pk1/1Rp3pb/2Pp2nq/3Pp3/B3PpP1/R4Nb1/4QNK1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Qh1+ 2.Nxh1 Nh3+ 3.Kh2 Bxe3 if 4.Qxe3 Nf4+ 5.Kg1 Rxh1+ ]
c)
White mates in 6.
Jeffrey Xiong vs Lukasz Licznerski, Internet, 2020
5rk1/ppq2ppp/1np5/5RB1/3r4/3B2bQ/PP4P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxf7 if 1...Rxf7 2.Qxh7+ Kf8 3.Qh8# or if 1...Rf4 2.R1xf4 Bxf4 3.Bxh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 7.
Nikita Matinian vs Renato Terry, Internet, 2020
6rr/ppp2pk1/2b2pnp/q4B2/2pN3Q/6R1/P1P2PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ne6+ if 1...Kh7 2.Qxh6+ or if 1...fxe6 2.Rxg6+ Kf8 3.Qxf6+ Ke8 4.Qxe6+ ]
e)
White mates in 7.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Internet, 2020
r3r3/1bq1ppkp/p1p3p1/1p1nP3/n7/2PB1NNP/1P1Q1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nh5+ if 1...Kg8 2.Qh6 or if 1...gxh5 2.Qg5+ Kh8 3.Qf5 ]
15b)
mate in 6
Alisa Galliamova vs Alina Kashlinskaya
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 7.
Yevgeniy Roshka vs Andrei Macovei, Internet, 2020
7k/p1N2Qp1/1p5p/2p1r3/3q4/P7/3pr1PP/1R1R3K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Re1+ 2.Qf1 Qf2 3.Rxe1 dxe1/Q 4.Rxe1 Rxe1 ]
b)
Peter Michalik vs Lev Yankelevich, Ceske Budejovice, 2020
3rr3/p4ppp/k7/1R1R3b/8/1P6/1P1K1PBP/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bf1 if 1...Bf3 2.Rxd8 or if 1...Rxd5+ 2.Rxd5+ ]
c)
Temur Kuybokarov vs Stefan Pogosyan, Internet, 2020
5rk1/4qppp/2p5/4p3/2B1n2n/4B2P/P4PP1/3Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qg4 if 1...Nc3 2.Bg5 ]
d)
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Internet, 2020
5qk1/5ppp/1R2r3/2rpNb2/4n3/3BP3/1Q3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxc5 Nxc5 2.Rb8 if 2...Nxd3 3.Rxf8+ or if 2...Re8 3.Rxe8 ]
e)
Nodirbek Yakubboev vs Leonardo Tristan, Internet, 2020
2k5/2p2p1r/pp4p1/2N3p1/3r1qP1/1Q5P/PP3P2/1K2R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Re8+ Rd8 2.Qd5 ]
16a)
mate in 7
Yevgeniy Roshka vs Andrei Macovei
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Baadur Jobava vs Alexander Motylev, Internet, 2020
r1bq1rk1/pp1nbppp/2p1pn2/1N1p4/2PP1B2/P3P3/1P3PPP/R2QKBNR w KQ - 1 0
[ 1.Bc7 if 1...Qe8 2.Nd6 Bxd6 3.Bxd6 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Samuel Sevian vs Artur Gabrielian, Internet, 2020
b4rk1/2q2Npp/1b3p2/p1p5/P1B5/6Q1/1PP2P1P/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxg7+ Kxg7 2.Rg1+ ]
c)
Sanan Sjugirov vs Anatoly Bykhovsky, Internet, 2020
5r1k/2p2q1p/4pPp1/p3P3/1pPr1PB1/7Q/PP6/2K2R2 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxe6 if 1...Qe8 2.Qxh7+ mates ]
d)
Igor Lysyj vs Roman Yanchenko, Internet, 2020
r1bqr1k1/p2nbppp/1pp2n2/3p4/3P1B2/2N2NP1/PPQ1PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nb5 if 1...cxb5 2.Bc7 ]
e)
Aleksandr Shimanov vs Pawel Jaracz, Internet, 2020
3R4/ppk2p2/4p1p1/3pP1P1/3q4/1P2n3/2r2P1Q/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rc8+ ]
17e)
Aleksandr Shimanov vs Pawel Jaracz
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gabor Nagy vs Anatoly Bykhovsky, Internet, 2020
r2q1rk1/pp4bp/3p2p1/2pPpb1n/2P5/P1NB3P/1P3PPB/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxf5 Rxf5 2.g4 Rg5 3.Ne4 ]
b)
Baadur Jobava vs Alexey Sarana, Internet, 2020
3r4/5R2/p3Bnkp/Np4p1/2pr4/5PP1/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nc6 Rd1+ 2.Kh2 if 2...R8d6 3.Ne5+ mates ]
c)
Ivan Ivanisevic vs Pavel Ponkratov, Internet, 2020
2br2k1/2R2pp1/p6p/P1QP2r1/8/7q/6P1/3R1BK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qe7 if 1...Rf8 2.Qxg5 ]
d)
Semen Khanin vs Arghyadip Das, Internet, 2020
r2q1rk1/1p3pp1/p2pb2p/4p3/nPP1n2B/4NP2/P2QB1PP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ 1.Bxd8 Nxd2 2.Be7 Rfe8 3.Bxd6 Rad8 4.c5 ]
e)
Hikaru Nakamura vs S L Narayanan, Internet, 2020
2r2rk1/5ppp/p3p3/P1n5/2N1q3/1PR2Q2/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nd6 Qxf3 2.gxf3 Rc7 3.b4 ]
18e)
Hikaru Nakamura vs S L Narayanan
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Anish Giri, Internet, 2020
1r3rk1/5ppp/p3bbn1/qp5Q/4B1PP/2N2N2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ng5 if 1...h6 2.Nxe6 or if 1...Bxg5+ 2.hxg5 h6 3.gxh6 ]
b)
Cristhian Cruz vs Pablo Cruz Lledo, Alfafar, 2020
r2qr1k1/pp1nppbp/1n4p1/2p5/2BP4/1P2PN1P/PB3PP1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Ng5+ if 2...Kf6 3.Qf3+ mates
or if 2...Kg8 3.Ne6 Qc8 4.Nxg7 ]
c)
Romain Edouard vs Vincent Keymer, Biel, 2020
3r3k/5p1p/p4p2/1p2nP2/6q1/1BP5/P4QPP/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qb6 ]
d)
David Paravyan vs Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Internet, 2020
r1br1nk1/1p2qppp/p2b1n2/3p2B1/8/P1N2N2/BP2QPPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxe7 Bxe7 2.Nxd5 Nxd5 3.Bxe7 if 3...Rd7 4.Bxf8 ]
e)
Aram Hakobyan vs Vladimir Belous, Internet, 2020
r2r4/p3b1pp/2p1k3/3pn3/5B2/7P/PP3PP1/RN3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Re1 Bf6 2.Bxe5 ]
19e)
Aram Hakobyan vs Vladimir Belous
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xx.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Michalik vs Vlastimil Babula, Pardubice, 2020
4rrk1/2q4p/2pp2p1/p1n1b3/P1PBPp2/1P3P1Q/3RN2P/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxc5 if 1...dxc5 2.Rd7 ]
b)
Hikaru Nakamura vs Roman Ovetchkin, Internet, 2020
5rk1/pp1B3p/1q4p1/3p2Q1/1n1P4/1P6/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qe7 if 1...Qf6 2.Be6+ Kh8 3.Qxb4 Qxe6 Qxf8# ]
c)
Haik Martirosyan vs Hrant Melkumyan, Internet, 2020
5k2/p3r2R/1p1p1nB1/1P1Pq3/8/r7/6QP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rh8+ if 1...Kg7 2.Rd8 or if 1...Ng8 2.Qf1+ ]
d)
P Iniyan vs Illya Nyzhnyk, Internet, 2020
2r1k2r/1b2qp2/p3pn1p/1p1P2p1/2p1B1P1/2Q1PN2/PP1R1PP1/1K5R w k - 1 0
[ 1.d6 ]
e)
Mikhail Kobalia vs Kirill Shevchenko, Internet, 2020
r1q5/p5kp/1p3p2/2p1p3/P1P2p2/1P5Q/2P2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rd7+ if 1...Kf8 2.Qh6+ Ke8 3.Rxh7 ]
20b)
Hikaru Nakamura vs Roman Ovetchkin
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xxi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Pavel Kotsur vs Kirill Shevchenko, Internet, 2020
r1bq1rk1/p1p2pbp/2pp1np1/6B1/4P3/2N5/PPPQ1PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ 1.e5 ]
b)
Manuel Petrosyan vs Grigoriy Oparin, Internet, 2020
q2r3k/P5p1/1Qp4p/8/4n3/2pp4/5P1P/1RR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxd8+ Qxd8 2.Rb8 Qxb8 3.axb8/Q+ Kh7 4.Qf4 ]
c)
Kirill Shevchenko vs M Amin Tabatabaei, Internet, 2020
r1bq1r1k/pp2npbp/2np2p1/2p2p2/2B1P2Q/2NP1N2/PPP3PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ng5 if 1...h5 2.Nxf7+ ]
d)
Axel Bachmann vs Max Warmerdam, Internet, 2020
4r1k1/1Rn2pb1/1Rpq2pp/3b4/8/2NQ2P1/4PPBP/r4NK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxd5 Nxd5 2.e4 ]
e)
Nr Visakh vs Israel Caspi, Internet, 2020
5b1r/rbNnkpp1/p1q1p1p1/1p6/5BQ1/1p6/PPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bg5+ if 1...f6 2.Rxe6+ or if 1...Nf6 2.Qb4+ ]
21d)
Axel Bachmann vs Max Warmerdam
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xxii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sergey Karjakin vs Aleksei Pridorozhni, Internet, 2020
3r1r2/pbq1pp1p/1p4pk/2p1n3/2P5/1P2PNP1/P3QPB1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxe5 if 1...Bxg2 2.Ng4+ ]
b)
Roman Yanchenko vs Vincent Keymer, Internet, 2020
2qr1r1k/bp4pp/p2R1p2/4p3/bPP1N3/P5B1/3RQPPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxd8 Rxd8 2.Nd6 if 2...Qc7 3.Nf7+ ]
c)
Aleksey Sorokin vs Ermes Espinosa Veloz, Internet, 2020
rnbqk2r/4bppp/p7/1p1pN3/2pP4/4P1P1/1P1B1PBP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ 1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Qh5+ g6 3.Qxd5+ Be6 4.Qxa8 ]
d)
Aleksander Delchev vs Vahap Sanal, Internet, 2020
3qr1k1/pp3pp1/2p5/3nrN1p/P3R2P/1P1R1Q2/2P2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nh6+ if 1...Kh7 2.Nxf7 or if 1...gxh6 2.Qg3+ ]
e)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, Internet, 2020
6k1/R4pb1/4r1p1/1pBn3p/1P6/5N1P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ra8+ if 1...Kh7 2.Ng5+ ]
22b)
Roman Yanchenko vs Vincent Keymer
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xxiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Ngoc Truongson Nguyen, Internet, 2020
3rk2r/2p3p1/1np1p2p/4P3/1bP1N1P1/3R3P/5P2/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxd8+ Kxd8 2.c5 Nc8 3.Ra4 Be1 4.Kf1 ]
b)
Radoslaw Wojtaszek vs Petr Golubka, Warsaw, 2020
1r1qn2k/p1n2p1p/2Q1p3/B3Pp2/PbBp4/8/4NPKP/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bxb4 Rxb4 2.Qc5 ]
c)
Praveen Balakrishnan vs Peter Svidler, Internet, 2020
rn1q1rk1/ppp1ppbp/5np1/3P4/2Q1P1b1/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ 1.e5 ]
d)
Noel Studer vs Jean-Marc Degraeve, Cattolica, 2020
r5k1/2qnpp1p/1p1p2pQ/3P2P1/1PP2R2/r6P/4BP2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxf7 Kxf7 2.Qxh7+ Kf8 3.Bg4 ]
e)
Rauf Mamedov vs Loek Van Wely, Internet, 2020
1r1q2k1/p4pb1/1p2b2p/nPQN2pP/4B3/P4N2/5PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ne7+ ]
23a)
Dmitry Andreikin vs Ngoc Truongson Nguyen
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xxiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Sebastien Maze, Internet, 2020
5brk/1p1q1r1p/2p1RpnB/p2p1N1P/3P4/2P2QP1/P4P2/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ 1...Ne5 2.dxe5 Qxe6 3.Nd4 Qh3+ 4.Kg1 Bxh6 ]
b)
Jeffrey Xiong vs Novendra Priasmoro, Internet, 2020
7r/pp6/2p1bp1r/2n1n1kB/5N1R/1P2N1P1/P1P5/4K2R w - - 1 0
[ 1.b4 ]
c)
Aleksander Delchev vs Radoslav Dimitrov, Primorsko, 2020
4rk2/5p1p/1rP2Bp1/3R4/8/p7/1n1R2PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rd8 if 1...Rb8 2.Rxb8 Rxb8 3.c7 ]
d)
Matthias Bluebaum vs Dariuz Swiercz, Internet, 2020
6r1/pn1p1r1p/1p2k3/1P1RPN2/2P4P/5R1K/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nd4+ Ke7 2.Rxf7+ Kxf7 3.Rxd7+ ]
e)
D Gukesh vs Arjun Erigaisi, Internet, 2020
8/6p1/4k2p/n4p2/2N2P2/1P3KP1/r7/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rd6+ Ke7 2.Ra6 ]
24c)
Aleksander Delchev vs Radoslav Dimitrov
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xxv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Samuel Sevian vs M Amin Tabatabaei, Internet, 2020
3r2k1/p3qpp1/Qp2p2p/2rnN3/8/4P1P1/PP3PP1/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nc6 ]
b)
Haik Martirosyan vs Vincent Keymer, Internet, 2020
2n1r2k/3r2q1/6pp/3R4/4p3/1BN4P/PP2QPP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxd7 Qxd7 2.Ba4 ]
c)
Alexander Bagrationi vs Liam Vrolijk, Internet, 2020
3r2k1/ppQ3pp/2n5/2P5/8/q3Bb1P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bd4 ]
d)
Giga Quparadze vs Gyula Pap, Internet, 2020
3r2k1/ppq2r2/2p2Q1P/4R3/2PP4/bP4N1/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.h7+ ]
e)
Nikita Matinian vs Axel Bachmann, Internet, 2020
R7/6pk/8/1r1Bbb2/4p3/4B3/5PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Bc6 if 1...Rb8 2.Ra5 ]
25e)
Nikita Matinian vs Axel Bachmann
Best chess puzzles of 2020, pg. 6, pt. xxvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Marco Baldauf vs Thomas Koch, Karlsruhe, 2020
5rk1/5ppp/4P3/p2p4/b2N3P/3n1PB1/6P1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Ra1 if 1...Nc5 2.Bd6 Nb3 3.Rxa4 ]
b)
David Howell vs Maxime Lagarde, Internet, 2020
r2q1rk1/3b2bp/n2p4/pp1P1p2/5P2/2NpB1P1/PP4BP/2RQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...b4 2.Nb1 Bxb2 ]
c)
David Howell vs Maxime Lagarde, Internet, 2020
8/4PR1p/6pk/3p4/p3rP1P/8/3K1P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.f3 Re6 2.f5 if 2...gxf5 3.Rf6+ or if 2...a3 3.fxe6 mates ]
d)
Parham Maghsoodloo vs R Praggnanandhaa, Internet, 2020
3k4/ppp2p2/5nb1/6rp/2Pp1N1R/P2Pr1PB/1P1K4/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxg6 if 1...Rxg6 2.Rxd4+ ]
e)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Jeffrey Xiong, Internet, 2020
8/5pk1/3n2p1/4r3/PQ1p4/3B3P/5qPK/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rf1 (if 1.Qxd6 Qf4+ 2.Kg1 Qxc1+) ]
26d)
Parham Maghsoodloo vs R Praggnanandhaa
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