Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Bu Xiangzhi.
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)
Bu vs Franz Hoelzl, Bled, 2000
1r1q1rk1/pp3pbp/1n4p1/1b1Pp3/4N3/P3BQ2/BP3PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc5 if Re8 Nd6 ]

b)
Bu vs Pontus Carlsson, Athens, 2001
8/4Bn2/6pp/3R1p1k/7P/2r3PK/5P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6 if Rc4 Rd7 or if Rc7 g4# ]

c)
Bu vs Zhang Pengxiang, Suzhou/Jiangsu, 2001
2q2rk1/1p3ppp/3Pp3/pN6/P1B4B/4PP2/6PP/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 if Qd7 Be7 Rc8 Bb5 or if Qb8 Be7 Rc8 d7 ]

d)
White Mates in 5. Bu vs Janez Barle, Bled, 2002
rn3k2/p2q1p1p/b2p1Bp1/1p1P4/1Qp5/P5P1/1P3PBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd2 ]

e)
Bu vs Gadir Guseinov, Internet, 2005
5rk1/1pR2rpp/1q1p4/p2Pp3/P5Q1/1P3PP1/2R3KP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 Rxf7 Qe6 ]

Bu Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Liang Shuai vs Bu, Qingdao, 1999
4r1k1/1p6/p5pb/3n4/P1p2PP1/1P1n3P/3RN3/1K3R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 ]

b)
Andreas Meschke vs Bu, Deizisau, 2000
5rk1/pp4b1/4b2p/P2rp3/1Pq5/1QP1BN2/6PP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb3 Rxb3 Rd3 ]

c)
Teimour Radjabov vs Bu, New York, 2000
3r1rk1/1p4p1/pq6/3p1n2/8/6PQ/PP3R1P/3R2KB b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if Rdd2 Rc8 ]

d)
Artiom Akhmetov vs Bu, St Petersburg, 2000
4q3/R1R2ppk/5b1p/2p2P1P/1P2r3/5QBK/1P2r2P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...R2e3 Qf2 Rh4+ ]

e)
Konstantin Aseev vs Bu, St Petersburg, 2000
1r2k1r1/2q1bp2/3p1n2/4pPp1/2n1P3/1pQB1NBP/PP6/1K1R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na3+ if Kc1 Qxc3+ bxc3 bxa2 ]



Bu Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Zhao Xue vs Bu, Tiayuan, 2005
1B4k1/1p3pp1/2p4p/5q2/1P3n2/PR5P/5P1K/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5 if Rg3 Ne2 ]

b)
Tomi Nyback vs Bu, Moscow, 2005
8/bp2r1pk/pq1B3p/5P1n/P7/2N5/1P4QP/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd6 ]

c)
Michail Panarin vs Bu, Internet, 2005
2b1r1k1/4r1p1/3p3p/p1qPn2R/PpP2p2/1P3N1P/1Q2B1P1/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3 if Bxf3 Re1 ]

d)
Black Mates in 4. Wu Wenjin vs Bu, Beijing, 2005
2r1k2r/1p2pp1p/1p2b1pQ/4B3/3n4/2qB4/P1P2PPP/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2+ ]

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