'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexey Vyzmanavin.
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)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Boris Malisov, Minsk, 1983
8/r3b1kp/4Q1p1/1p1Pp3/3qP3/1p4PP/5RK1/3N4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ Kh6 Nf2 if Bc5 Ng4+ mates ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Manuel Rivas Pastor, Leningrad, 1984
8/5p1p/4b1pk/rP2Q3/pR1p2PP/q7/4PPBK/8 w - - 0 1
[ g5+ Kh5 Qg7 if Kxh4 Qxd4+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Jaan Ehlvest, Lvov, 1984
r1b4k/p2n1R2/3N1n1p/q1pP1P2/2P2BrQ/3B4/P5pP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Nxf8 Qxf6+ Kh7 Qf7+ ]

d)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Vladimir Egin, Tashkent, 1985
2r1r2k/1p4pp/p4p2/3RnQ2/8/q3P1P1/3RBPKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if fxe5 Bd3 g6 Qf6+ Kg8 Be4 ]

e)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Grigory Serper, Irkutsk, 1986
1Rbr2k1/5p2/p5p1/2pNPn1p/2P5/6PP/P5B1/7K w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Ng7 Rxc8 Rxc8 Ne7+ ]

1e)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Grigory Serper

Alexey Vyzmanavin Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Oleg Nikolenko, Moscow, 1987
r7/p2qBr2/bp4k1/2pPp2N/2P1P2Q/8/P5PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 if Qxe7 Qh5+ mates or if Rxf6 Qxf6+ Kh7 Qf7+ ]

b)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Igor Belov, Moscow, 1989
7r/p5k1/bp2P1p1/3P1p2/2P1n1q1/P6R/7Q/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qe5+ if Nf6 Qc7+ ]

c)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Miso Cebalo, Palma de Majorca, 1989
3r2k1/1q3pp1/1p1n3p/p7/3Q4/3B4/PP3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd6 ]

d)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Arshak Petrosian, Palma de Majorca, 1989
1R6/p4p1k/5Ppp/4P3/8/2pr3P/P5K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]

e)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Semen Dvoirys, Leningrad, 1990
2b2bk1/1p1r1p1p/pBn3p1/3P4/P7/q7/B2QNPPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc2 if Bb4 dxc6 Rd2 cxb7 or if Ne7 Bc5 ]

2b)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Igor Belov

Alexey Vyzmanavin Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 9.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Vladimir Akopian, Lvov, 1990
1r4k1/2p3np/1q3P2/2pPp3/p7/P3Q3/1rB4P/2KR1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kf7 fxg7 Kxg7 Rg1+ or if Kh8 Qh6 ]

b)
White mates in 9.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Maxim Sorokin, Moscow, 1991
r1r5/2qkbQ1B/p3p3/P2bP3/1p1R4/8/1P3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5+ if exd5 Qxd5+ Qd6 exd6 or if Kc6 Be4 Kb7 Rd7+ ]

c)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Dimo Werner, Ostend, 1991
4q2k/1r5p/r1p1p1n1/pn2Pp2/1b1P1P2/3N1N1P/1PQB2RK/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb4 axb4 Nc5 ]

d)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Jacob Murey, Benasque, 1992
6k1/1pp1Rr2/3p1P2/pPnN2qp/3Q2p1/7P/PP4P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qc4 Qf5 Rxc7 if Qe6 Ne7+ Kh8 Ng6+ Kg8 Rc8+ ]

e)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Fernando Braga, Benidorm, 1993
rr5k/4qppp/1pbNpN2/p1n1P3/3Q4/2R5/1P3PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 if gxf6 Qh4 or if h6 Qf4 ]

3c)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Dimo Werner

Alexey Vyzmanavin Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Burgas, 1993
R7/5p1k/4pP1p/2b1P1p1/B5r1/3K4/P6P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bc2 if Rg2 Kc3+ ]

b)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Jorge Sanchez Almeyra, Zaragoza, 1993
r5k1/5p1p/6p1/3NQ3/4P3/5P1P/6PK/5q2 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Kf8 Nxg6+ hxg6 Qh8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Margarita Voiska, Zaragoza, 1993
q2r1r1k/pb1n1p2/1p3n1p/2bp4/6R1/1PN1P2P/PBQ2PP1/1BR3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 if Bd4 Bxd4 Ne5 Bxe5 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Alain Luco, Cap d'Agde, 1994
2q5/1b3pkp/5Np1/Pp1PQ3/8/7P/1P3PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng4+ if Kf8 d6 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Alexei Gavrilov, Novgorod, 1995
r1q2b2/p4p1k/1p1r3p/3B1P2/3B2Q1/4P3/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7 if h5 Bg8+ ]

4e)
mate in 3
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Alexei Gavrilov


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