See 2, 3 or 4 moves ahead - Be a Mate-Head !
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Yuri Averbakh.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Yuri Averbakh vs Ratmir Kholmov, Moscow, 1947
4r1k1/4bp1p/1pR3p1/1q1r4/4Q3/8/PB3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7 ]
b)
Yuri Averbakh vs V Zak, Moscow, 1948
r3r2k/3qbp2/p3b1BB/1p1pP3/2np4/2P3Q1/P5PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Kxg7 Bxf7+ if Kh8 Qg6 or if Bg4 e6 Qd8 Qxg4+ ]
c)
Yuri Averbakh vs Vladilen Trupan, Moscow, 1949
2r5/2p2p2/1p2b1k1/p1p1P1p1/P1P3Pr/1P1R1PKp/3B3P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg5 if Kxg5 f4+ ]
d)
Yuri Averbakh vs Alexei Suetin, Moscow, 1950
r2kr3/1q1b1p2/p4n1p/3P2p1/1p6/5BQ1/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6 if Ng8 Rxe8+ Kxe8 Re1+ Kd8 Qf8+ Kc7 d6+ ]
e)
White mates in 6.
Yuri Averbakh vs Frantisek Zita, Schiavno Zdroj, 1950
5R2/pp1rq1kp/1r6/5Q1P/5R2/4p1P1/PPPp4/3K4 w - - 0 1
[ Rg4+ Rg6 h6+ Kxh6 rxg6+ ]
f)
Yuri Averbakh vs Peter Dubinin, Sverdlovsk, 1951
4q1k1/r2b1pp1/p1n3rp/1pRNp1b1/1P2P3/PB4QP/1BR2PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 if Bc1 Qxg6 fxg6 Nf6+ ]
g)
White mates in 5.
Yuri Averbakh vs Alexander Tolush, Gagra, 1953
r1b2k2/1pq2n2/pn1p2Q1/2pP4/P4P2/2P4P/3N1BP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kxe8 Qg8+ Ke7 Bh4+ ]
g)
mate in 5
Yuri Averbakh vs Alexander Tolush
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