Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maya Chiburdanidze.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Chiburdanidze vs N Gaprindashvili, Belgrade Yugometal, 1996
[ Rh8+ w/Nxf7+ ]
b)
Chiburdanidze vs Astra Goldman, Moscow, 1983
r1b2r1k/pp2q1pp/8/n4pN1/1bBp1B2/6P1/PPP2P1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if h6 Qg6 ]
c)
Chiburdanidze vs Tatiana Voronova, Tbilisi, 1979
[ Qg6 if Be8 Bf5 ]
d)
Chiburdanidze vs Julia Lebel-Arias, Dubai, 1986
[ Bxe6 w/Bg5 ]
e)
Chiburdanidze vs Valentin Arbakov, Moscow, 1981
[ Rxd8 ]
Chiburdanidze Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 8. Chiburdanidze vs Nana Alexandria, Tbilisi, 1977
1r3bk1/2q2ppp/b4B2/P1pB2Q1/3pR3/r2P2P1/P4P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 Bxg7 Rg4 Qe5 Qxe5 Kf8 Qxb8+ ]
b)
Chiburdanidze vs Dana Nutu-Gajic, Bad Kissingen, 1979
1rbqr1k1/5pp1/p2p1b2/3NpP2/Pp2P3/5B2/1PPQ3P/R5RK w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Chiburdanidze vs Amador Rodriguez, Barcelona, 1979
r2r2k1/1q4p1/ppb3p1/2bNp3/P1Q5/1N5R/1P4BP/n6K w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Kf8 Nxg6+ Ke8 Qe6 ]
d)
Chiburdanidze vs Marta Litinskaya, Tbilisi, 1984
r1b1rnk1/2p2ppp/p7/1pbpP3/3N2Nq/2P1QPnP/PPB3PB/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf4 if Nh5 Nh6+ ]
e)
Chiburdanidze vs Marija Petrovic, Jajce, 1986
4nrk1/1p1q1pbp/r2P2p1/p1BNp3/P2n4/1P4PP/2PQ2B1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 w/d7 ]
Chiburdanidze Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Chiburdanidze vs Francois Vareille, Montpellier, 1986
2r1k3/R2b4/1p2p3/3pP1rp/1P1Nn1p1/6P1/2P1B2P/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if Bxe6 Bb5+ or if Rxe5 Rf8+ w/Rxc8 ]
b)
Chiburdanidze vs Christoph Pfrommer, Berlin, 1988
3R4/6k1/3bqpp1/p2r4/PpQp1B2/1P5P/2P3P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6 Rxd6 Qc7+ ]
c)
Chiburdanidze vs Nana Ioseliani, Telavi, 1988
2r3k1/pb3rp1/1p1bp3/4q3/3N4/3B4/PPP1Q2P/1K1R1R1R w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ if Kf8 Nxe6+ Ke7 Qxe5 Bxe5 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Nd8+ ]
d)
Chiburdanidze vs Vladimir Malaniuk, Kusadasi, 1990
r1b2r1k/pppp1ppp/4n3/3NP3/8/1P1BQ3/1qP2PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7 if Kxh7 Qh3+ mates ]
e)
Chiburdanidze vs Daniel Borner, Biel, 1991
1nk1r2r/ppq2pbp/4p1b1/1PP2pB1/3p3N/6P1/P3QP1P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ b6 ]
Chiburdanidze Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a) White Mates in 3. Chiburdanidze vs Bent Larsen, Vienna, 1993
1r3r1k/6p1/p6p/2bpNBP1/1p2n3/1P5Q/PBP1q2P/1K5R w - - 0 1
b)
Chiburdanidze vs Alisa Maric, Moscow, 1994
r3b1k1/6p1/2pB2p1/p2p4/3P2P1/1Pr2PK1/P2R4/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 c5 Bb2 ]
c)
Chiburdanidze vs Miguel Moreno Bello, Sevilla, 1994
r3kb1r/pppq1ppp/2n1b3/3np3/3P4/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ e4 ]
d)
Chiburdanidze vs Mehrshad Sharif, Lippstadt, 1995
r1q1rbk1/pp3p2/n1p2B2/5b2/3P4/2P3P1/P3PPB1/R1Q2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh3 Nc7 Qg5+ ]
e)
Chiburdanidze vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Belgrade, 1996
r1bq1rk1/ppp2p2/5np1/4p1N1/2P1N1n1/6P1/PP2PPB1/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Nxf7+ ]
Chiburdanidze Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Chiburdanidze vs Anna-Maria Botsari, Pula, 1997
3r2k1/1pp1bqpp/2n1np2/3bp3/1P6/2BP1NP1/r2NPPBP/1RRQ2K1 w - - 0 1
[ e4 ]
b)
White Mates in 2. Chiburdanidze vs Roman Slobodjan, Lippstadt, 2000
4r3/1b2r2p/p2p2k1/P1pP1R1N/3b4/1P1B3P/3n2P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Re5+ ]
c)
Chiburdanidze vs Ekaterina Polovnikova, Krasnoturinsk, 2004
k2rr1n1/1p4pp/pPp3b1/5p2/4PB2/5P2/1P2BKPP/R6R w - - 0 1
[ Rxa6+ w/Bxa6 & Ra1 ]
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