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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Roman Dzindzichashvili.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Igor Bondarevsky vs Dzindzichashvili, Match, 1962
6k1/pp3ppp/4p3/2P3b1/bPP3P1/3K4/P3Q1q1/1R5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ ]
b)
Dzindzichashvili vs Aleksander Bokuchava, Tbilisi, 1965
3r1rk1/1pp1bpp1/6p1/pP1npqPn/4N2P/P2PP3/1B2BP2/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Dzindzichashvili vs Igor Zaitsev, Tbilisi, 1965
4qQ2/p3r2k/1p4pp/3bB3/2pP2P1/P1P4P/8/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ ]
d)
Dzindzichashvili vs Kalandazichvili, Georgia, 1967
r3r1k1/p1pb2pp/1bp5/2Npq3/8/2Q1B3/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ ]
e)
Dzindzichashvili vs Kurban Khanov, Moscow, 1967
5n1k/1p2r1qp/p3p3/2p1N2Q/2P1R3/2P5/P2r1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf4 if Rxa2 Rxf8+ or if Rd8 Rf7 ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Dzindzichashvili vs Georgadze, Tbilisi, 1970
b3R3/2q2pk1/1p4p1/1P4B1/2p5/r2P2P1/2P5/4Q1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be7 ]
b)
Dzindzichashvili vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Leningrad, 1971
4kn1Q/pp2pp2/6p1/2NRP1P1/5r2/P1P5/1P2q3/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ w/Qxf8+ Qxe7+ Qxb7+ & b4+ ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Dzindzichashvili vs Lev Alburt, Baku, 1972
4R3/5krp/p2p2pQ/3n4/1p4p1/8/q4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Oleg Dementiev vs Dzindzichashvili, URS, 1972
6k1/6p1/2q1p1P1/4Pn1Q/8/5RB1/7K/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ if Kxh1 Nxg3+ ]
e)
Dzindzichashvili vs Leonid Shamkovich, URS, 1973
2Q5/p3q2p/1p1p2pk/8/1b6/4rBP1/2R1P2P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rc7 if Qe6 Qf8+ mates ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Dzindzichashvili vs Itchak Radashkovich, Israel, 1978
4r2k/p1r3Rp/1p2qPbB/1P2p2p/2PpQ3/3P1R2/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 if Bxe4 Bg7+ Kg8 f7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Dzindzichashvili vs Walter Browne, New York, 1984
rq6/pp1r3k/5p2/7p/3PR3/6Q1/PP3P1K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Re5 if Kh8 Rxh5+ Rh7 Rxh7 Kxh7 f4 or if fxe5 Qg6+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Calvin Blocker vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1984
7r/2k1b1pp/p1np4/2p2R2/1pP1P3/1P2P3/P4P1P/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 if f4 g6 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Dzindzichashvili vs W Browne, New York, 1986
rq6/pp1r3k/5p2/7p/3PR3/6Q1/PP3P1K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Re5 ]
e)
Dzindzichashvili vs Erik Ronneberg, Boston, 1988
1r3r2/1b2q1kp/1p1p2p1/p4p2/P1PNn3/1PR4P/3Q1PP1/3BR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f3 if Nxd2 Rxe7+ Kf6 Re2 Nb1 Rc1 Na3 Ra1 ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Robert Byrne vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1989
3r1rk1/p4pbp/4n1p1/3Np1n1/6Pq/4Q2P/PPP3B1/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd5 if Bxd5 Nxh3+ Kh2 Nhf4+ w/Nxd5 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Dzindzichashvili vs Andrew Soltis, New York, 1989
5r1k/pp4p1/2p1Q1Pq/4R3/P2P4/2P3K1/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7 ]
c)
Black to move and win. R Bolton vs Dzindzichashvili, Chicago, 1991
r2qr1k1/pp3pbp/2np2p1/2p5/2P1b3/P3PN2/1P1QBPPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na5 if Ra2 Nb3 Qe1 Bb1 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Adolf Herzog vs Dzindzichashvili, Saint Martin, 1991
8/4ppkp/3p2p1/3P4/2R1PRnP/1r6/4K3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb2+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Eric Moskow vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1992
7r/5pk1/1p4p1/p1r1pnq1/4N1b1/P2PPBP1/1P3Q2/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh5 ]
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