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Old September 30th 05, 02:00 PM
W T Harvey
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Default Chess Puzzles - Oct 1st

Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players in
September tournaments. Each puzzle is White to move and win.

a) http://wtharvey.com/aa2005a.png
Loek Van Wely vs Erik Van Den Doel, Leeuwarden, 2005
2b5/p3k1pp/4Pp2/N3nP2/nr4P1/6NP/6B1/R5K1 w - - 0 1

b) http://wtharvey.com/aa2005b.png
Alexey Dreev vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Merida, 2005
Q3b2k/1r2q2p/6p1/2p5/2B1pP2/7P/6P1/4R2K w - - 0 1

c) http://wtharvey.com/aa2005c.png
Evgeny Bareev vs Andrei Kharlov, Kazan, 2005
r1b2qk1/ppB2rpp/P1p5/8/3P1p2/1Q6/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1

d) http://wtharvey.com/aa2005d.png
Alexander Khalifman vs Ernesto Inarkiev, Kazan, 2005
4rbk1/1pqr1pn1/p2p2pQ/3P4/P1PB2pP/1P1B1R2/5RK1/8 w - - 0 1

e) http://wtharvey.com/aa2005e.png
Konstantin Sakaev vs Yuri Yakovich, Kazan, 2005
2r1k1r1/4n1P1/3qpQ2/1P2Np2/2p5/3p2P1/1P3P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1

Solutions are posted at the top of http://www.wtharvey.com/prodex.html

More puzzles by:

Dreev http://www.wtharvey.com/dree.html
Ivanchuk http://www.wtharvey.com/ivan.html
Bareev http://www.wtharvey.com/bare.html
Kharlov http://www.wtharvey.com/khar.html
Khalifman http://www.wtharvey.com/khal.html
Inarkiev http://www.wtharvey.com/inar.html
Sakaev http://www.wtharvey.com/saka.html

WH

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