Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Azmaiparashvili vs Alexander Izvozchikov, Tbilisi, 1979
3r1k2/p5pp/n1p1Q3/1bqp4/1p3B2/1P4P1/P3PPBP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc1 if Qe7 Qxe7+ Kxe7 Bg5 ]
b)
Azmaiparashvili vs Aleksandr Shneider, Vilnius, 1984
3rbnk1/p1R2pp1/1p1Bp2p/4P3/q2PB2P/P4Q2/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc6 ]
c)
Azmaiparashvili vs Ratmir Kholmov, Minsk, 1985
b1r3k1/3R1pp1/1qp1p2p/8/rP2B3/2Q3P1/4PP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 if Kxf7 Rd7+ mates ]
d)
Azmaiparashvili vs Neil McDonald, Tbilisi, 1986
r1bq1r1k/6bp/pn1p2p1/N2Pp3/4P3/4B3/RP1QB1PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Qc7 Qa5 ]
e)
Azmaiparashvili vs Zurab Sturua, Vani, 1986
8/p2n1kp1/1p2bp1p/3p4/1Pr2P2/6P1/PB1RPKBP/8 w - - 0 1
[ f5 ]
Azmaiparashvili Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Azmaiparashvili vs Benjamin Finegold, Amsterdam, 1989
2k2r2/ppq2p1p/2pbP1r1/8/P1Q5/2B2P2/1P5P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 w/Bb4 ]
b)
Azmaiparashvili vs Jonathan Speelman, London, 1989
2r3k1/p1r3pp/8/2nR4/8/6P1/P2B3P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf4 if Rc6 Rd6 Rb6 Rd2 ]
c)
Azmaiparashvili vs Kiril Georgiev, Burgas, 1994
2bb2k1/2q2n2/1r1p4/p1pPpNp1/P1P1PnPp/1RN2P2/8/1Q2KBB1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb6 if Qxb6 Ne7+ ]
d)
Azmaiparashvili vs Jaan Ehlvest, Pula, 1997
1rbqk2r/p1n2p2/3p3p/2pPn3/2B1N1p1/1P2B1b1/P2Q1PP1/2R1K2R w Kk - 0 1
[ Bg5 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Azmaiparashvili vs Scott Brent, Internet, 2003
r1bqrb2/1p1nk3/p3p1Qp/8/3P1B2/7P/PP3PP1/1BR2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh7+ if Kf6 Bd6 ]
Azmaiparashvili Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
Tihomir Toshkov vs Azmaiparashvili, Albena, 1984
2Q2nk1/p2r1pp1/2N4p/8/8/1P6/1q3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 ]
b)
Evgeny Pigusov vs Azmaiparashvili, URS, 1986
6k1/7p/1pp5/p1n5/P4p2/1P1NrP2/2PK3P/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3+ ]
c)
Richard Wessman vs Azmaiparashvili, Reykjavik, 1990
8/pp1k1n1p/2pbNBp1/6P1/2P1nN2/1P2P3/P3K3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf6 gxf6 g5 ]
d)
Atanas Kolev vs Azmaiparashvili, Ponferrada, 1991
r1r3k1/2p2pb1/8/4n1p1/Np2Q3/1P3qP1/P2B1P1P/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe4 Rxe4 Nf3+ ]
e)
Valery Loginov vs Azmaiparashvili, Manila, 1992
5bk1/R4p1p/2p3p1/pr6/N3Pp2/1P3NPq/1QP2P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh5 if Nh4 Rxh4 gxh4 f3 mates ]
Azmaiparashvili Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 3. Yuri Yakovich vs Azmaiparashvili, New York, 1994
r5k1/3npp1p/2b3p1/1pn5/2pRP3/2P1BPP1/r1P4P/1NKR1B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ Kxc2 Ra2+ ]
b)
Markus Stangl vs Azmaiparashvili, Tilburg, 1994
r2r2k1/p1q1pp1p/6p1/1N2n3/4Pb2/2P2N2/PP3PPP/RQ3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ gxf3 Qd7 w/...Qh3 ]
c)
Sergey Smagin vs Azmaiparashvili, Cap d'Agde, 1996
2kr4/pp6/2q5/8/2p3PP/P3QR2/5PK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3 if Qe2 Rxf3 Qxf3 c3 ]
d)
Sergei Krivoshey vs Azmaiparashvili, Internet, 2003
7k/1pp4p/3p4/3Ppn2/1PP2r1P/5P2/r1BK3R/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ ]
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