Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Daniel Fridman.
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)
Fridman vs Petri Kekki, Espoo, 1995
[ Ne5 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Fridman vs A Arcimenia, Marijarnpole, 1996
[ Qb4+ c5 dxc6 Kf6 Qh4# ]
c)
Fridman vs Akaki Iashvili, Stockerau, 1993
[ Rf7 Nxf7 Rxf7 h5 (if Kxf7 Qxh7+ mates) Bxg6 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Fridman vs R Fontaine, Bratislava, 1993
[ Qg5 Rg3 Qxg3 Qe4+ f3 Qxf3+ Qxf3 d1Q Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qf7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Fridman vs Normunds Miezis, Latvia, 1994
[ Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxd3 Bxd3+ Kf2 Bf5 Qc1 ]
Fridman Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Fridman vs Jan Hudecek, Pardubice, 1996
[ g4 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Fridman vs Viesturs Meijers, Germany, 1998
[ Ng6+ ]
c)
Fridman vs Nuutti Sorsa, Jyvaskyla, 1998
[ Bf6 if gxf6 gxf6 & Rxf8+ ]
d)
Fridman vs Pit Schulenburg, NRW, 1998
[ Be6+ Kh8 Nxh7 Rf5 Ng5 Bh6 Qh4 Qf8 Bxf5 gxf5 Ne6 ]
e)
Fridman vs Roman Bar, Rishon le Zion, 1998
[ Bxc4 if Qxc4 Qb8+ ]
Fridman Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Fridman vs Markus Hidding, Kleve, 1999
[ Qb2 ]
b)
Fridman vs Utut Adianto, Las Vegas, 1999
[ Nxe6 ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Fridman vs Siegfried Coenen, Duisburg, 2000
[ Rxg5 Rg7 Rexg6 Rxg6 Bxg6+ Kh6 Rxh5+ ]
d)
Fridman vs Alfred Weindl, Zurich, 2001
[ Bh7+ w/Qxh5+ & Qxe8 ]
e)
Fridman vs Dimitri Reinderman, Germany, 2002
[ Bxc6 if bxc6 Qh4+ & Rdxc6 ]
Fridman Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Fridman vs Jiri Jirka, Pardubice, 2002
[ Bxe4 Nxe5 Bxd5 Nxg4 Bxb7 Ra7 Bc6+ Kd8 h3 ]
b)
Fridman vs Oliver Kniest, Zurich, 2002
[ e4 ]
c)
Fridman vs Evgeniy Najer, Internet, 2004
[ Ra2 Qd3 Nf4 ]
d)
Black to move and win. A Abdul Rahman vs Fridman, Duisburg, 1992
[ ...b3 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Cristina Hava vs Fridman, Stockerau, 1993
[ ...Rxc2 if Kxc2 Qxh2+ mates ]
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