Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Agrest.
White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)

Agrest vs Igor Khmelnitsky, Simferopol, 1989
1N1r2k1/BR4bp/4p1p1/3r4/7P/8/Pn4P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 w/Ne7+ ]

b)

Agrest vs Dariusz Krzywicki, Bilsko-Biala, 1990
1r4k1/3b2bp/4pqp1/1p4N1/p3P3/4Q3/B4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 (if Rxd7 Black mates) if Qe7 Rxd7 w/Bxe6+ ]

c)

Agrest vs Vladislav Nevednichy, Azov, 1991
5r2/1p1qkp1R/2p4Q/3p1P2/2r5/P3P3/7P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f6+ if Ke8 Qxf8+ mates ]

d)

Agrest vs Zend Hekmet, Stockholm, 1991
1n2k2r/3r1pp1/p2b1qp1/1ppB4/5B2/5PP1/PP3Q1P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6 Rxd6 Qxc5 if 0-0 Qxd6 & Bxf7+ or if Kd7 Qa7+ ]

e)

White Mates in 6. Agrest vs Nikolai Vlassov, Katowice, 1992
5q1k/7p/2b1Pp1P/p1p2P2/1p1p2Q1/6R1/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg7+ Qxg7 Rxg7 Be8 Re7 Bb5 Rb7 Be8 Rb8 Kg8 Rxe8# ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Agrest. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Evgeny Agrest.
White to move and win except where noted.