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Best Chess Puzzles: July – Dec., 2012 Edited by Bill Harvey Best Chess Puzzles: July – Dec., 2012 edited by Bill Harvey This is a collection of 287 chess puzzles drawn from games of the last half of 2012. Both players are rated above 2400 ELO. In each diagram, the player at the bottom of the board moves first and wins. The solutions are found at the end of the book along with the diagram. The editor is the webmaster of ‘Chess Puzzles by GMs’, wtharvey.com, where you will find thousands of chess puzzles from modern and classic games indexed by wtharvey.com grandmaster, chess opening, date or tournament. 10,000 chess puzzles 2 / 8 / 2 0 1 3 1) Jakov Geller (RUS) – 4) Arian Gonzalez Perez (CUB) – Sergei Iskusnyh (RUS) Levan Aroshidze (GEO) Samara, July 7 Barbera del Valles, July 9 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-mk-tr( 8-wqr+n+k+( 7+l+-vl-zp-' 7+-+R+-zpp' 6pwq-+Lsn-zp& 6p+r+p+-+& 5+p+-+-+-% 5+-+-+p+-% 4-+-+-+-vL$ 4p+P+N+-+$ 3+-+P+-+-# 3+P+-+QzP-# 2PzP-+QzPPzP" 2-+-+-zPKzP" 1+-tR-tR-mK-! 1+-+R+-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 5. 2) Hans Tikkanen (SWE) – 5) Mikhail Ulibin (RUS) – Pia Cramling (SWE) Ivan Martic (SRB) Falun, July 8 Paracin, July 9 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-vl-mk-tr( 8-+-+r+-+( 7+R+-+pzpp' 7zp-+q+k+-' 6p+-zP-+-+& 6-zp-vlNsnr+& 5zP-+q+-+-% 5+-zp-+Qzp-% 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+Pzp-+-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 3+-+R+-vL-# 2-+-sNQzPPzP" 2PzP-+-+PzP" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1+-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 3. 3) Lubomir Ftacnik (SVK) – 6) Kore Akshayraj (IND) – Mikulas Manik (SVK) Yaroslav Zinchenko (UKR) Banska Stiavnica, July 9 Rethymno, July 11 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+k+( 8-trl+-tr-mk( 7zpp+-tRrvlp' 7zpp+-+P+p' 6-+-+-+p+& 6-+-wq-+-+& 5+-+p+qvL-% 5+-+-+-+Q% 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-zPR+-+$ 3+P+-+-+P# 3+P+L+-zpP# 2-zP-wQ-zPP+" 2-+-+-+-+" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1+-+-+RmK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 3. 7) Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) – 10) Blazo Kalezic (MNE) – Aleksandr Shimanov (RUS) Dragan Kosic (MNE) Konya, July 11 Cetinje, July 12 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 8r+-+l+k+( 7zp-+-+R+-' 7+RtR-+-zp-' 6-+-+-+-zp& 6pzp-+Pzp-+& 5+-+pmk-+-% 5+-+-+nsNp% 4-+-sN-tR-+$ 4-zP-+-zp-+$ 3tr-+-+-+-# 3+-+r+-+-# 2-tr-+-+-+" 2-vL-+-zP-mK" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1+-+-+-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 8) Mikhail Ulibin (RUS) – 11) Parimarjan Negi (IND) – Slobodan Martinovic (SRB) Evgeny E Vorobiov (RUS) Paracin, July 12 Leiden July, 14 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+l+-+-+( 8-+-+-+ktr( 7+p+nmkp+-' 7tr-+-vlp+N' 6p+-sNpsn-zp& 6p+-+l+-+& 5+N+-+-zp-% 5+p+q+-+Q% 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-zp-+-zp$ 3+-+-zP-zP-# 3+-+L+-+-# 2PzP-+P+LzP" 2PzPP+-+P+" 1+-+R+-mK-! 1+-mK-tR-+R! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 9) Dmitry Svetushkin (MDA) – 12) Kore Akshayraj (IND) – Jayaram Aswin (IND) Sergey Viktorovich Volkov (RUS) Rethymno, July 12 Rethymno, July 14 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+rmk( 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-+-+psn-' 7zp-+q+k+r' 6p+rzpl+-zp& 6-zppwQlzPp+& 5+-+-+-+-% 5+-+-+-+p% 4qzp-wQ-+-+$ 4-+p+-+-+$ 3+N+-tR-tRP# 3+-vL-+-zPP# 2-zP-+-zPP+" 2PzP-+-+-mK" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1+-+-tR-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 13) Chakkravarthy J Deepan (IND) – 16) Isam Ortiz (CUB) – Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP) Viktor Moskalenko (UKR) Barcelona, July 19 Barcelona, July 21 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8rsn-+k+-tr( 8-+-+-+k+( 7zpp+-+pzpp' 7+-+l+r+-' 6-wqp+p+-+& 6p+-wq-+p+& 5+-+n+-+l% 5+p+p+-+p% 4-+LzP-+-+$ 4-+pzP-sn-+$ 3zP-vL-+N+P# 3+-+-tRP+-# 2-zPP+QzPP+" 2PzP-+-+-wQ" 1+-mKR+-+R! 1mKL+-tR-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 14) David Arutinian (GEO) – 17) Yifan Hou (CHN) – Martyn Kravtsiv (UKR) Nino Khurtsidze (GEO) Pardubice, July 19 Jermuk, July 21 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-tr-+-+k+( 8-+-+-tr-mk( 7+-+-+-zpp' 7+-tr-vllzp-' 6-+-+p+n+& 6-+-wq-zp-zp& 5+pwQ-wq-+N% 5+-+-+L+R% 4-+-+N+P+$ 4-+-+Q+-+$ 3+-+nzPR+-# 3+-zP-vL-+P# 2P+-+-+-zP" 2-+-+-+P+" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1+-+-+R+K! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 15) Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS) - 18) Mikhail Kobalia (RUS) – Bathuyag Mongontuul (MGL) Mikhail Gurevich (TUR) Jermuk, July 19 Konya, July 22 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-+k+( 8-+-wqn+k+( 7zpp+-wqpzpp' 7zpp+-+p+p' 6-+-+-+-+& 6-+-+-+p+& 5+-+L+-+-% 5+Q+N+N+-% 4-+R+-wQ-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 3zP-+-+-zP-# 3+-zP-+P+-# 2-zPl+rzP-zP" 2P+-+-+PzP" 1+-tR-+-mK-! 1+-+n+-mK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 19) Jakub Czakon (POL) – 22) Jan Votava (CZE) – David Arenas (COL) Maxime Aguettaz (FRA) Sitges, July 22 Pardubice, July 26 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+l+-+k+( 8-tr-+-+k+( 7+-sN-+-zpp' 7+-+-+p+p' 6-zp-zP-+-tr& 6-wq-zpp+pvL& 5zp-+-zp-+-% 5+p+-+-+-% 4-zPP+-wq-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 3+-+-tR-+-# 3+-+QzP-zP-# 2-zP-wQ-zPpzP" 2PzPR+-+KzP" 1+-tR-+-mK-! 1+-+-vl-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 20) Ervin Toth (HUN) – 23) Chanda Sandipan (IND) – Gyula Pap (HUN) Tamir Nabaty (ISR) Pardubice, July 25 Pardubice, July 27 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+r+r+( 8-+-tr-trk+( 7zpl+-wq-zP-' 7zpp+-+p+-' 6-zpp+n+k+& 6-+ntR-zp-zp& 5+-+pwQ-zp-% 5+-+-+-+-% 4-+-+p+-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 3+-vL-zP-+-# 3+R+-+-+P# 2PzP-+-zPP+" 2P+-+-zPP+" 1+K+R+-+R! 1+-+-+LmK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates In 6. 21) G N Gopal (IND) – 24) Gabriel Battaglini (FRA) – Igor Malakhov (RUS) Ciprian-Costica Nanu (ROM) Pardubice, July 26 Arad, July 29 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-trr+k+( 8-+r+r+k+( 7+l+-vl-wq-' 7zppwq-+-zpp' 6p+-zp-zpp+& 6-+-vl-+-+& 5+-+-zpP+-% 5+-+-sN-+-% 4-zpP+P+Pzp$ 4-+lvLQ+-+$ 3+P+-+Q+-# 3zP-+R+-+-# 2P+-+-+-zP" 2-zP-+-+PzP" 1+LvL-+RtRK! 1+-+-+RmK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 25) Andrei Volokitin (UKR) – 28) Prasanna Vishnu (IND) – Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR) Benjamin Bok (NED) Kiev, July 30 Biel, Aug 2 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-mk-+-+q+( 8r+-+-trk+( 7+-zpltRr+-' 7+-+-tRp+-' 6Qzp-+-+p+& 6p+qzp-+-wQ& 5zp-+p+pvLp% 5snp+-+l+-% 4-+-zP-+-zP$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 3+-zP-+-zP-# 3+-zp-+-+P# 2PzP-+-zP-+" 2PzP-+-zPP+" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1tR-vL-+-mK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 29) Yannick Pelletier (SUI) – 26) Vitali Golod (ISR) – Rao Prasanna (IND) Maxim Rodshtein (ISR) Biel, Aug 3 Biel, Aug 1 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+k+( 8r+r+-+k+( 7+p+r+l+p' 7zp-+-snp+p' 6-zp-sN-tRp+& 6-+-+pvL-+& 5+-+-zP-+-% 5+-+-+-+-% 4-+-zp-+P+$ 4Pzpq+-+-+$ 3+-+-+-+P# 3+Q+-+PzPl# 2PzP-+-+-+" 2-zP-+-+-zP" 1+-+-+-mK-! 1tR-+R+-mK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 27) B Adhiban (IND) – 30) David Arutinian (GEO) – Miso Cebalo (CRO) Torstein Bae (NOR) Biel, Aug 2 Olomouc Aug 3 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+-+rmk( 8r+lwq-+k+( 7+l+-+p+p' 7+-zp-sn-vlp' 6p+qzp-zPpwQ& 6p+Pzp-snr+& 5+p+-+-+-% 5+-+-zp-zp-% 4-+p+N+-+$ 4-+-+Pzp-+$ 3zP-+-+-+-# 3+-sNN+P+-# 2-zPL+-+PzP" 2PzP-+LvLPzP" 1tR-+-+R+K! 1+-tRQ+RmK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 6. 31) Andras Flumbort (HUN) – 34) Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR) – Kore Akshayraj (IND) Rui Gao (CHN) Budapest, Aug 4 Athens Aug 8 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+r+k+( 8-+-+-trk+( 7+-vLn+-vlp' 7+-+R+p+-' 6p+-+-+p+& 6p+-+p+p+& 5+-+P+p+-% 5+p+-zP-+p% 4-zp-sNlzP-+$ 4-+-+-+-wq$ 3+L+-+-zP-# 3+P+-wQ-+-# 2P+-+-+-zP" 2P+r+-zPP+" 1+-mKRtR-+-! 1+-+R+-mK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 32) Samvel Ter Sahakyan (ARM) – 35) Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) – Yi Wei (CHN) Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) Athens Aug 6 Moscow, Aug 9 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-vlk+( 8r+l+-trk+( 7+-+-trqzP-' 7+pwq-+psnN' 6p+-zp-wQ-zp& 6p+-vlp+-+& 5+-+-zpL+-% 5+-+nsN-+-% 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 3+-+-+P+-# 3+-+L+-+-# 2-zPP+-+-zP" 2PzPP+QzP-zP" 1+KvL-+-+-! 1tR-+-+KtR-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 3. 33) Alexei Shirov (LAT) – 36) Alexander Fier (BRA) – Viktor Laznicka (CZE) Igors Rausis (CZE) Novy Bor, Aug 7 Riga, Aug 9 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-vlk+( 8-+-+rvl-tr( 7+-+Q+-zpp' 7+kwq-+-+-' 6p+-+-zp-+& 6psnp+-+-+& 5+-+-+N+-% 5wQ-+psNp+p% 4-zP-+r+-+$ 4-+-zP-zP-+$ 3+-+p+-zP-# 3+R+-+-+-# 2-+-+-zPKzP" 2PzPP+-+-zP" 1+-+q+-+-! 1+-mKR+-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 37) Yangyi Yu (CHN) – 40) Grzegorz Gajewski (POL) – Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) Joaquin Antoli Royo (ESP) Athens, Aug 10 Barcelona Aug 19 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+rwqk+r+( 8rsn-+-mk-+( 7zpp+-+-vLp' 7zpp+-+-vlp' 6-+-+p+-wQ& 6-+-zP-+-tr& 5+-+p+-+-% 5+N+-+l+-% 4-+-+N+P+$ 4-+-+-zp-+$ 3+-+-+-+P# 3+Q+-+L+-# 2PzP-+-zP-+" 2PzP-+-zPPwq" 1+K+n+-+R! 1tR-+-tRK+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 3. 38) Ivan Salgado Lopez (ESP) – 41) Igor Blechzin (RUS) – Vladimir Okhotnik (FRA) Mladen Palac (CRO) Vienna, Aug 18 Schwarzach, Aug 20 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-mk-tr( 8r+-+-trk+( 7+-+Qvl-zp-' 7zpp+l+pzpp' 6-+-+Pzp-+& 6-+-+p+n+& 5zp-+pzP-+p% 5+-wq-+-+-% 4P+-wq-+-+$ 4PvlN+L+-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 3+Q+-+-zP-# 2-zP-+-+PzP" 2-vL-+PzP-zP" 1+-tR-+R+K! 1tR-+-+RmK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 39) Melikset Khachiyan (USA) – 42) Valeriy Neverov (UKR) – Andranik Matikozian (ARM) Pavel Ponkratov (RUS) Los Angeles, Aug 18 St Petersburg, Aug 24 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+-wq-trk+( 8-+-+rtrk+( 7+l+-snp+p' 7zp-+-+-+p' 6pzp-zp-+p+& 6lzp-zp-vLp+& 5+-+-zpP+-% 5+-zpP+-+-% 4P+-sNP+-+$ 4-+P+-zP-wQ$ 3+-sN-+-+-# 3+-+-wq-+P# 2-zPP+-+PzP" 2P+L+-+-mK" 1+-+RwQRmK-! 1tR-+-+-tR-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 3. 43) Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS) – 46) Levon Aronian (ARM) – Igor Lysyj (RUS) Ziaur Rahman (BAN) St. Petersburg, Aug 24 Istanbul Aug 29 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+-trk+( 8-+-+-trk+( 7+p+-+p+p' 7zp-wQ-+pzpp' 6p+-vl-zp-+& 6r+q+-+-+& 5zP-zp-zp-+-% 5+-+-+-+-% 4-+-+-+l+$ 4P+-+-tR-+$ 3+-sNP+-sN-# 3+-+-+PzP-# 2-zPP+-zPPzP" 2-+-+-zP-+" 1tR-+-tR-mK-! 1+-+R+-mK-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 4. 44) Alvar Alonso Rosell (ESP) – 47) Zdenko Kozul (CRO) – Luc Bergez (FRA) Dzhurabek Khamrakulov (UZB) Barcelona Aug 25 Istanbul, Aug 29 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-tr-+( 8-+l+-+-+( 7+Q+-+-+p' 7zp-+p+kzpQ' 6-+-+Lmkpvl& 6-+-zP-+-zp& 5+-zp-zp-sN-% 5+-+-zP-vl-% 4p+-+-wq-+$ 4-+-+-wq-+$ 3zP-+-+-+-# 3+-zPL+N+-# 2-zP-+-zP-+" 2-+K+-+-+" 1+-+RmK-+-! 1+-+-+-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy White Mates in 2.
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