Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Csaba Balogh.
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)
Balogh vs Volodymyr Eryomenko, Mureck, 1998
r3kb1r/pp1b1p2/4p1pp/3pP1N1/3q4/3B4/PP3PPP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Rg8 Nxh6 w/Bxg6+ ]
b)
Balogh vs Gabor Hidegh, Paks, 1998
1r4k1/2q1ppbp/3n2p1/pp3b2/2rB4/PNN4P/1PP1QPP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qd7 Nxe7+ Kh8 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Nxf5+ if gxf5 Qe5+ ]
c)
Balogh vs Zoltan Revesz, Paks, 1998
7r/1p1Rn1pp/pr2kp2/4p3/P7/2N1P3/1PP1K1PP/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ ]
d)
Balogh vs Costantino Aldrovandi, Budapest, 1999
2R5/2N2pkp/1p4p1/p1b3P1/2r5/8/P7/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8+ Kf8 Nd6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Balogh vs Tamas Herman, Budapest, 1999
1r2qbk1/3b1p1p/3p1Pp1/p5Q1/P1B1PR1R/1pP5/1P4PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 if Kxh7 Rh4+ or if Qxe4 Bxf7+ or if Qe6 Bxe6 ]
Balogh Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Balogh vs Ilkka Kanko, Budapest, 2000
2r2rk1/1p1qbppp/pB1p4/3Np3/3nP3/3Q4/PP3PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8 if Rxc8 Bxd4 & Nb6 ]
b)
Balogh vs Laszlo Gonda, Budapest, 2001
1rb2rk1/1p4bp/pQn3p1/q4p2/8/2N2B2/PP2NPPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb3+ w/Bxc6 ]
c)
Balogh vs Miklos Kaposztas, Budapest, 2001
2r2k2/p4p1p/1p2p3/qB3p2/P3bR1P/2P5/1P2QPP1/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 if fxe4 Qxe4 w/b4 ]
d)
Balogh vs Lars Stark, Dortmund, 2001
1qr5/1b2kpp1/pp2pn1p/4N3/3R1Q2/2P4P/PPB2PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ if Nxd7 Qxf7+ mates or if Ke8 Rxf7 (if Nd5 Rf8+ mates) ]
e)
Balogh vs Ronald Frosch, Zalakaros, 2001
r4rk1/6pp/1q2bp2/p1bpB3/1p1N4/1PP2Q2/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc7 ]
Balogh Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Balogh vs Peter Horvath, Budapest, 2002
r2r2k1/q2n1ppp/3p2b1/1B1N4/P1Nbp3/8/1P1Q1PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ ]
b)
Balogh vs Hoang Thanh Trang, Budapest, 2002
7k/1Q4pp/8/p7/5r2/qP5P/6P1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ if Rf8 Qf7 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Balogh vs Vasik Rajlich, Budapest, 2002
4Q3/pp3pk1/5bp1/2N1R3/2r5/2q2P2/2P1K1P1/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ if Kh7 Qxf7+ Kh6 Rh1+ ]
d)
Balogh vs Levente Vajda, Nagykanizsa, 2003
1r3bk1/RP5p/4P1p1/2p1PnB1/5P2/4p3/1P4PP/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ e7 Nxe7 Bxe7 w/Ra8 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Balogh vs Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Novi Sad, 2003
rn3k2/pR2b3/4p1Q1/2q1N2P/3R2P1/3K4/P3Br2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb8+ ]
Balogh Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Balogh vs Daniel Christen, Internet, 2003
r2qr1kb/pp1b1p1p/3p2pB/1Bp4n/4P3/2N2P2/PPPQ2P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxd7 if Qxd7 Rxh5 ]
b)
Balogh vs Mikhail Umansky, Internet, 2003
4rk2/1r1qppb1/p1Np2pp/2nPPb2/2p5/2N1Q1B1/RPP3PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ exd6 if exd6 Bxd6+ ]
c)
Balogh vs Martin Freile, Internet, 2003
2r2kr1/2q1b1p1/3p4/p2Q1P2/1pp4P/8/PPP1N3/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 if Qc6 Ng6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Balogh vs Joseph Gallagher, Basel, 2004
1r2r1k1/5p2/5Rp1/4Q2p/P2B2qP/1NP5/1KP5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ ]
e)
Balogh vs Arkadij Rotstein, Austria, 2006
r3k2r/1b1n1ppp/pp2p3/2bpP3/P2N1PP1/2P3P1/1q3BB1/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Be1 w/Rf2 ]
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