Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya.
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)
Donaldson-A vs Luba Kristol, Frunze, 1975
1n6/2p4p/8/P2K1kPP/4p3/4B3/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ g6 if hxg6 h6 Kf6 Bd4+ ]
b)
Donaldson-A vs Sabine Warkentin, Buenos Aires, 1978
r5kr/ppp3pp/2q2nn1/5NN1/3Q4/8/PPP3PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Nxe7 Nxe7+ mates or if Re8 Rxg7+ mates ]
c)
Donaldson-A vs Marta Litinskaya, Tbilisi, 1979
2r4Q/2r2bp1/pq1kp3/4p1B1/P3B3/2N5/1PP5/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rd1+ if Kc5 Qxc8 w/Be3+ ]
d)
Donaldson-A vs Tunde Csonkics, Budapest, 1985
2rr2k1/1q3pp1/3p2n1/1p1N2Q1/1P2P3/P3N1K1/1B3R2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Nf5+ mates or if Qd7 Nf5 Qe6 Nf6+ ]
e)
Donaldson-A vs Ingrid Dahl, Salonika, 1988
2kr1b1r/pp4p1/2bqpn1p/4Q3/2pP4/2N2PBB/PP5P/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qa5 ]
Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Donaldson vs Corey Russell, Seattle, 1993
1q4k1/1p3pbp/r1pr4/5P1n/1PQ5/6PP/5BB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 Qxd6 Re8+ Bf8 Qg4+ Ng7 Bc5 ]
b)
Donaldson vs Anjelina Belakovskaia, USA, 1994
1r6/pB5p/Pb1k1pp1/4p3/4P3/5KP1/2R2P1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rc6+ Kd7 Rxb6 axb6 a7 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Donaldson vs Alexey Root, USA, 1994
r7/1nqb2kp/3p2p1/p1pP4/2P2Q1P/P5N1/1R4P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh5+ gxh5 Qg5+ Kh8 Rf7 ]
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