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a)

Farago vs Mihaly Szekely, Budapest, 1968
[ g3 if Qh6 or Qf5 Qxb4+ mates ]

b)

White Mates in 8. Farago vs Lutz Espig, Budapest, 1975
[ Nxe5 Qxd1+ (if fxe5 Qh6+ Rg7 Rd8+ mates) Rxd1 fxe5 Rd7 Rg7 Qh8+ Rg8 Qf6 ]

c)

Farago vs Laszlo Eperjesi, Budapest, 1976
[ Bxg7+ w/Qc3 & h6 ]

d)

Farago vs Rene Borngaesser, Dortmund, 1978
[ Bd5 ]

e)

Farago vs Stefan Kindermann, Oberhausen, 1980
[ Nf3 w/Nd1 ]

Farago Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

Farago vs Igor Zaitsev, Sochi, 1980
[ Rb4 if f6 Qh5 ]

b)

Farago vs Jacob Ost-Hansen, Svendborg, 1991
[ Ra8 if Rh1 h7 ]

c)

White Mates in 6. Farago vs Petar Velikov, Albena, 1983
[ Qg7+ Kg5 (if Kxh5 Qh7+ & h4#) h4+ Kxh4 Qh6 Bxf3 Nf6+ Bh5 Qf4+ Bg4 Qxg4# ]

d)

Farago vs Branko Damljanovic, Belgrade, 1984
[ Nxg6+ if hxg6 Qxf6+ & Rxe8+ ]

e)

Farago vs Yehuda Gruenfeld, Toronto, 1984
[ Rxe5 w/Bxc5 & Na4 ]

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