Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lazaro Bruzon.
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)

Bruzon vs Jose Santalla Pinto, Basarrate, 1998
2kn3r/p7/Pq1Bp2p/1b2Ppr1/2pP1Nn1/2P2QP1/2P2PK1/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb5 Qxb5 (if Qxa6 Rc5+ w/Rc7+ & Re7+ mates) Qa8+ w/Qxa7+ & axb7 ]

b)

Bruzon vs Luis Valdes, Habana, 1998
4kr2/ppp1b1pp/2p1b3/3rN3/4N3/7P/PPP1RPP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc3 ]

c)

Bruzon vs Lenier Dominguez, Matanzas, 1998
r4rk1/2qbbp1p/p3pn2/3p4/1n6/1BN3N1/1PP3PP/R1BQ1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Qd8 Bxf6 Bxf6 Qg4+ & Qxb4 ]

d)

Bruzon vs Chingiz Aliev, Aviles, 1999
r1r3k1/3b3p/p3qpp1/4p3/2n1P3/PBN5/5QPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Kh8 Bxc4 w/Nb6 ]

e)

Bruzon vs Omar Almeida, Camaguey, 1999
r3r3/pbq4k/1n1R3p/8/4p3/1PB3P1/P3N1BP/6QK w - - 0 1
[ Qd4 if Rf8 Qd2 or if Qf7 Rf6 Qg7 (or Qg8) Rxb6 ]

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

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