Kapitel 6: Deadly Puzzles

1. 

   Lösung 976

   Goganov – N. Petrov
   Khanty-Mansiisk 2022

   45...Te2+! 46.Kxe2 Td2+! 47.Ke3 Te2+ 48.Kd4 Te4+ 49.Kd5 Td4+ 50.Kc5 Td5+ 51.Kc6 Td6+ 52.Kc7 Tc6+ 53.Kd8 Tc8+ 54.Ke7 Te8+ 55.Kd7 Td8+ =

   • 45...Td1?? 46.Th4#
   • 49.Kd3 Td4+ 50.Kc2 Td2+ 51.Kb3 Tb2+ 52.Kc3 Tc2+ =

2. 

   Lösung 977

   An. Kozak – Lagarde
   European Rapid Ch, Katowice 2022

   22...Dh4! 23.De2?! Lxg3+ 24.Kg1 gxh5 25.Da6 Lf2+ 26.Kf1 Dxh3+ 27.Ke2 De3+ 28.Kf1 Lh3# 0-1

   • 23.Dd3 Dxh3+ 24.Kg1 Lxg3 25.Te2 Dxh5 26.Tf1 Lf4 27.Sd1 (27.Df3 Dxf3 28.Txf3 Lg4) 27...Tf8 –+
   • 25.Tf1 Lxh3 26.Tf5 Kh8 27.Dxh5 Lf2+ 28.Kh1 Dxe4+ 29.Df3 Lxf5 –+
   • 27.Kxf2 Dh2+ 28.Kf3 Tf8#

3. 

   Lösung 978

   Lamaze – Kunin
   Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy 2022

   28...Txf3! 29.Kxf3 Tf8+ 30.Ke3 Lxe4 31.Th2?! Dg5+ 32.Kxe4 Te8+ 33.Kf3 Dd5+ 34.Kf2 Txe2+ 35.Kxe2 De4+ 36.Kf1 Df3+ 37.Ke1 Dg3+ 38.Tf2 Dxh3 –+

   • 29.Dxf3 Tf8 30.Dxf8+ Kxf8 31.The1 h5 –+
   • 30.Kg2? Lxe4+
   • 31.Kxe4 Te8+ 32.Kd3 (32.Kf3? Df6+ 33.Kg3 Txe2 –+) 32...Dg3+ 33.Kd2 Txe2+ 34.Kxe2 Dg2+ 35.Kd3 Dxb2 –+
   • 31...Dg3+! 32.Kd2 Lf3! –+
   • 33.Kd3 Db5+ –+
   • 36.Kf2? Dc2+ –+

4. 

   Lösung 979

   Hector – Westerberg
   Swedish Ch, Uppsala 2022

   46...d5!! 47.exd5 e4! 48.De3 Tb2+ 49.Kf1 Tb1+ 50.Kf2 Db2+ 51.De2 Dd4+ 52.Kg3 exd3 0-1

   • 47.cxd5 c4! 48.d6 c3! 49.De3 Dxd6 50.Tc8 Tb2+ 51.Kg3 Dd4 52.Dxd4 exd4 –+
   • 48.Txe4 Tb2 –+

5. 

   Lösung 980

   B. Jacobson – A. Hong
   USA Junior Ch, Saint Louis 2022

   14...Sf3+! 15.gxf3 Sxe3! 16.Da4 Dg5+ 17.Sg3 Lxh3 18.Ld2 Df6 19.Lxh7+ Kh8 20.Lf5 Sxf5 21.Sxd5 Dg6 0-1

   • 16.Dd2 Dxh3 –+
   • 19.Le2 Sxd1 20.Lxd1 Lxf2+ 21.Kh2 (21.Kxf2 Db6+) 21...Ld7 22.Dxd7 Dh4+ 23.Dh3 Lxg3+ 24.Kg2 Dd4 –+

6. 

   Lösung 981

   Praggnanandhaa – Arjun
   Paraćin 2022

   22.Lg5! Dxg5 23.Txd7 Te7 24.c6 Txd7 25.cxd7 Db5 26.Td1 Td8 27.a4 Db7 28.Dd3 ±

   • 23...Dxc5? 24.Da2 (24.Db3 Le7 25.Txf7 +–) 24...Le7 (24...Te7 25.Txf7 +–) 25.Txf7 1-0
   • 24...De5? 25.Txe7 Lxe7 26.Dc4 De6 27.Dd5 Ld6 (27...Td8 28.Sf4! Txd5 29.Sxe6 Td3 30.Tc1 +–) 28.Sd4 De7 29.Sb5 Le5 30.Dd7 Kf8 31.Dxe7+ Kxe7 32.a4 +–

7. 

   Lösung 982

   Duda – Sevian
   Internet rapid 2022

   23.Sxg7! Kxg7 24.d5 Sh8! 25.Lb2+ Kg8 26.Dc3 Sg6 27.Tf6 Dg7 28.Taf1 Tac8 29.Txg6! Txc3 30.Txg7+ Kxg7 31.Lxc3+ Kg8 32.a4 ±

   • 24...Tg8? 25.Dg3+ Kf8 26.Lh6+ Ke7 27.Tae1+ 1-0

8. 

   Lösung 983

   Dobrowolski – A. Donchenko
   Pardubice rapid 2022

   19...Sd4! 20.Da4 Se2+ 21.Kh1 Th3!! 0-1

   • 22.Se3 (22.gxh3 Df3#) 22...Txh2+ 23.Kxh2 Dh5+ 24.Dh4 Dxh4#

9. 

   Lösung 984

   So – Melkumyan
   Chennai Olympiad 2022

   19.Txe4!! Sf8 20.Tf4 f5 21.Sxf5 gxf5 22.Txf5 Dd6 23.Dg4+ Sg6 24.Txd5 +–

   • 19...dxe4 20.Dxf7+! Kxf7 21.Lc4+ Kf6 22.Sxe4+ Kf5 23.g4+ Kxe4 24.Te1+ Kf3 25.Ld5# (25.Te3#)
   • 22...Sg6 23.Txd5 +–

10. 

    Lösung 985

    Nisipeanu – Ajay Krishna
    Dubai 2022

    29.Txd6! Tb6 30.Da7!! Db8 31.De7 Df8 32.Td8 Sxd8 33.Txd8 1-0

    • 29...f6 30.Td7 Dc8 31.Dxc8+ Txc8 32.T1d5 Sb4 33.Txc5 Txc5 34.Kf1 +–
    • 30...Dxa7 31.Td8+ Sxd8 32.Txd8#
    • 30...Sxa7 31.Td8+ Dxd8 32.Txd8#
    • 31.Sg5
    • 31...Sxe7 32.Td8+ Dxd8 33.Txd8#

11. 

    Lösung 986

    Sindarov – Gareyev
    Tashkent 2022

    48.Dd6! Sxg4+? 49.hxg4 Txg4 50.g3 Te4 51.Tb8 Da7 52.Df8+ Kf6 53.Dd8+ Kf5 54.Tb6 Td4 55.Df6+ Ke4 56.Dc6+ Kf5 1-0

    • 48...Db4 49.Sxf6 Dxd6 50.Se8+ Kf8 51.Sxd6+ Ke7 52.Sb7 Txf2 53.Tc8 ±
    • 53...Kg7 54.Dh8#
    • 56...Td5 57.f3+ Ke3 58.Tb3+ Ke2 59.Dc4+ Ke1 60.Tb1+ Td1 61.Dc3+ Kf2 62.Tb2+
    • 57.Df3+ Tf4 58.g4#

12. 

    Lösung 987

    Shankland – Moradiabadi
    USA Ch, Saint Louis 2022

    41.Txe5! Txg4+ 42.Kf3 Txb4 43.cxb4 dxe5 44.d6 Kf7 45.Ke4 g4 46.Kd5 g3 47.d7 g2 48.d8D g1D 49.Dc7+ Kg8 50.Ke6 h6 51.Df7+ Kh8 52.De8+ Kh7 53.Dd7+ Kh8 54.f6 +–

    • 41...dxe5 42.d6 Te4 43.Kf2 +–
    • 47...Ke7 48.Kc6 g2 49.f6+ Ke6 50.d8D g1D 51.De7+ Kf5 52.f7 +–
    • 50...h5 51.Df7+ Kh8 52.Dxh5+ Kg8 53.De8+ Kh7 54.Dg6+ Dxg6+ 55.fxg6+ Kxg6 56.Kxe5 +–

13. 

    Lösung 988

    Ivanchuk – J. van Foreest
    World Rapid Team Ch, Jerusalem 2022

    26.Sd7!! Texd7 27.Lxd6 Txc2 28.Txc2 Txd6 29.Tc8 Dxc8 30.Lxc8 +–

    • 26...Sbxd7 27.Txc7 Lxc7 28.Lxe7 Dxe7 29.Txc7 +–
    • 26...Tcxd7 27.Lxd6 Txd6 28.Tc8 +–
    • 26...Txc2 27.Sxf6+ Kg7 28.Txc2 Lxa3 (28...Kxf6 29.Tc8 Dxc8 30.Lxc8 Lxa3 31.Lxa6 +–) 29.Tc8 Dd6 30.Se8+ Txe8 31.Txe8 +–

14. 

    Lösung 989

    Adly – Dardha
    World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

    35.Kh2! a2 36.g4+! fxg4 37.Tg5+ Kh4 38.Td5 a1L 39.Lg3# 1-0

    • 35...Ta4 36.Txf8 a2 37.Le5 Kg6 38.La1 +–
    • 36...Kh4 37.Lg3#
    • 37...Kh6 38.Ta5+ Kg7 39.Txa8 +–
    • 38...Ld6 39.Lg3+ Lxg3+ 40.fxg3#

15. 

    Lösung 990

    E. Bogdanov – Licznerski
    Bialystok 2022

    18.Se5!! Dxe6 19.Sxg7+ Kf8 20.Sxe6+ Kg8 21.Sxg6 +–

    • 18.Sd6+? Kf8 19.Sh4 Sxh4 20.Dxe7+ Kg8 –+
    • 18...Ld3 19.Sxg7+ Kf8 20.Dxd5 Sxd5 21.Se6+ Kg8 22.Sxd3 +–

16. 

    Lösung 991

    Rakhmanov – Akbas
    European Ch, Vrnjačka Banja 2023

    17.Lh4! Te8 18.Lxf6 gxf6 19.Dh7+ Kf8 20.Dxh6+ Ke7 21.Txe6+ Kxe6 22.Lf5+ Ke7 23.Te1+ Se5 24.dxe5 Lxc3 25.exf6++ Kd6 26.Df4+ Kc5 27.b4+ Lxb4 28.Tc1+ 1-0

    • 17...g5 18.Txe6! fxe6 19.Dg6+ Kh8 20.Dxh6+ Kg8 21.Dxg5+ Kh8 22.Dh6+ Kg8 23.Dg6+ Kh8 24.Lxf6+ Dxf6 25.Dh7#
    • 21...Kf7 22.Dg6+ Ke7 23.Dg7+ Tf7 24.Lxf6+ Kd6 25.Dxf7 +–
    • 23...Kd6 24.Lg3+ +–
    • 21...fxe6 22.Dg7+ Kd6 23.Se4+ Kd5 24.Lb3+ Kxe4 25.Dg4+ Kd3 26.Td1+ Ke2 27.De4#
    • 28...Lc3 29.Txc3+ Kd5 30.Dd4#

17. 

    Lösung 992

    Wei Yi – Rasulov
    Internet rapid 2023

    40.Tb5!! cxb5 41.Dc6+ Kg7 42.Dd7+ Kh8 43.Txd3 +–

    • 40.Tf5+? Kxf5 41.Df7+ Kg5 42.Dg7+ Kf4 43.Dc7+ =
    • 40...Txb5 41.Dxc6+ Ke7 42.Dxb5 Dxb2+ 43.Dxb2 Sxb2 44.Kxb2 g3 45.Th1 Kf6 46.Th3 +–

18. 

    Lösung 993

    W. Watson – H. Möhn
    Bundesliga 2022/3

    32.De1!! Lxc2+ 33.Kxc2 Tc8+ 34.Kb1 Dxg5 35.h3 ±

    • 32.Sxf7?? Lxc2+! 33.Kxc2 De4+ 34.Td3 (34.Kb3 Dc4#) 34...De2+ 35.Kc3 (35.Td2 Tc8+ –+) 35...Tc8+ 36.Kb4 Dxd3 –+
    • 32...Lxg4? 33.Dh4! Th8 34.Se6+! fxe6 35.Td7+ Kg6 36.Dxh8 Df1+ 37.Ka2 Dc4+ 38.b3 Dxc2+ 39.Db2 +–
    • 32...Dxg4? 33.De5+ f6 34.De7+ Kh6 (34...Kg6 35.Dh7+ Kxg5 36.Dxg8+ +–) 35.Dxf6+ Kh5 36.Df7+ Lg6 (36...Kh4 37.Td4 +–) 37.Df3 Kxg5 38.h4+! Kh5 39.Td5+ Kxh4 40.Df2+ Kh3 41.Td4 Le4 42.De3+ Df3 43.Dxe4 Dxe4 44.Txe4 +–

19. 

    Lösung 994

    Ka. Larsen – J. Lauridsen
    Danish Team Ch 2022/3

    30.fxg5! e5 31.gxf6 Tc2 32.Lxe5 Txb2 33.f7+ Lxf7 34.Txh7 Lc4 35.Th8+ Kf7 36.Th7+ Ke8 37.Th8+ Kd7 38.Th7+ Ke8 39.Th8+ =

    • 30.Lf2?? Tc2 31.fxg5 Txb2 32.Df1 Tb1 0-1
    • 30...f5 31.Le5 Tc2 32.Txh7 Kxh7 33.Dh4+ Kg8 34.Dh8+ Kf7 35.g6+ Ke7 36.Dg7+ Kd8 37.Df8+ Kd7 38.Dd6+ Kc8 39.Db8+ Kd7 40.Dd6+ =
    • 32...Te2 33.Dc1 Tc2 34.De1 Te2 =
    • 36...Kg8 37.Th8+
    • 38.Td8+ Kxd8 39.Dh4+ Kc8 40.Dh8+ Kb7 41.Db8+ Ka6 42.Da8+ Kb5 43.De8+ Ka6 44.Da8+ =
    • 38...Ke6?? 39.d5+ Kxe5 40.Dg3+ Kxd5 41.Td7+ Kc6 42.Dc7+ Kb5 43.Txd3 +–
    • 38...Kc6?? 39.d5+
    • 38...Kc8?? 39.Tc7+

20. 

    Lösung 995

    Lohvinov – Ja. Schneider
    Rosenheim 2023

    22.Se7+ Lxe7! 23.Txd8 Lb7+ 24.Kf1! Tfxd8 25.fxe7 Td4 26.f4 Lf3 27.Dh4 +–

    • 22...Kh8? 23.Lg7+ Sxg7 24.fxg7+ Kxg7 25.Dxg5+ Kh8 26.Df6# 1-0
    • 24.Kg1? Tfxd8 25.fxe7 (25.Lxg5 Ld6 26.Lh6+ Kh8 27.Lg7+ Kg8 =) 25...f5!! 26.exd8D+ Txd8 27.Dxf5 (27.Dxg5+ Sxg5 28.Lxg5 Td5 =) 27...Sf3+ 28.Kf1 (28.Kh1?? Sh4+ –+) 28...Sxh2+ 29.Kg1 (29.Ke2?? Sd4+ –+) 29...Sf3+ =

21. 

    Lösung 996

    Soham – Schlegel
    Rosenheim 2023

    10.Lxf7+!! Kxf7 11.Db3+ Kf8 12.Seg5 Sh6 13.Lxb2 Dg4 14.Tad1 Sc6 15.Tfe1 +–

    • 10...Kf8? 11.Dd8+ Kxf7 12.Sfg5+ +–
    • 11...Ke8 12.Lxb2 +–
    • 13...Tg8 14.Sxh7+ Ke8 15.Lxg7 Txg7 16.Dc3 Txh7 17.Dxc8+ Kf7 18.Dxb7 +–

22. 

    Lösung 997

    Amdouni – Doluhanova
    Lyons 2023

    53.d5!! Lxe5 54.dxc6 Ke7 55.Ta4 Kd8 56.Txa3 Kc7 =

    • 53.Tb3? a2 54.Ta3 Lxe5 55.dxe5 Ld5 56.c6 Ke7 57.Ta8 h5 –+
    • 53...Lxd5?? 54.Tf4 +–
    • 53...exd5?? 54.Tf4 +–
    • 54.Lxf6 Kxf6 55.Tb6 +–

23. 

    Lösung 998

    K. Balajayeva – Sandu
    Chennai Women’s Olympiad 2022

    22...b5! 23.Db4 Dh4! 24.Lxd4 Dxh3! 25.Lxg7 Te4 26.Sxe4 Dxg4+ =

    • 22...Sf3+? 23.Kg2! b5 24.Db4! +–
    • 24.Da5? Txe3! 25.Dxa6+ Kd8 –+
    • 24.Txd4? Txe3! 25.fxe3 Dg3+ 26.Kf1 Df3+ 27.Ke1 Dxe3+ 28.Kd1 Lxd4 –+
    • 25...Le4 26.Sxe4 Dxg4+ 27.Kh2 Dh4+ 28.Kg1 Dg4+ =
    • 27.Kh2 Dh3+ 28.Kg1 Dg4+ =
    • 27.Kf1 Dxd1+ 28.Kg2 (28.De1?? Lh3+ –+) 28...Dg4+ =

24. 

    Lösung 999

    Elmi – Ars. Davtyan
    World Under-16 Ch, Mamaia 2022

    59.Tg8+! Kf6 60.Tf8+!? Ke6 61.Ta1 Td1+ 62.Txd1 Dxd1+ 63.Kh2 Dh5+ 64.Kg1 Dd1+ =

    • 59.Ta1?? Td1+ 60.Txd1 Dxd1+ 61.Kh2 Dd5 62.Kg1 Kg7 63.Kh2 Df7 0-1
    • 61...Db3 –+
    • 60.Ta1 Td1+ 61.Txd1 Dxd1+ 62.Kh2 Dh5+ 63.Kg1 Dd1+ =
    • 60...Kg6 61.Tg8+ =
    • 60...Ke5?? 61.Txf5+!! Kxf5 62.Ta5+ Kg6 63.Txh5 Tb6 64.Te5 Txb7 65.Txe4 +–
    • 61...Dxf5 62.b8D +–

25. 

    Lösung 1000

    B. Jacobson – Aravindh
    Sant Ferran de ses Roques 2023

    24...Db3!! 25.Tc1 Dxa3 26.Tc2 Sxd3 27.Dd1 0-1

    • 24...Sxd3? 25.Sb5! Sxe1 26.Kxe1 Tc5 ∓
    • 25.axb3 Sxb3#
    • 25.Sxc5 Db4+ 26.Kd3 Dd4+ 27.Kc2 Txc5+ –+
    • 27...Txc2+ 28.Dxc2 Tb2 –+

26. 

    Lösung 1001

    Zhao Yuanhe – Asis Gargatagli
    Sant Ferran de ses Roques 2023

    30...Td7+ 31.Td6 f6!! 0-1

    • 31.Kc3 Kxe5 32.Txf5+ Kxf5 –+
    • 32.Txd7 fxe5+ 33.Kc5 Lxd7 –+
    • 32.c5 fxe5+ 33.Kc3 e4 –+

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