Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lubomir Ftacnik.
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)
Ftacnik vs Peter Egmond, Amsterdam, 1977
3rbrnk/pp4q1/3p1np1/2pP2B1/2P1p2P/2P1N1Q1/P3BR2/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if Nxf6 Qg5 ]
Improvement by Alejandro Drago. Thx, Meistro!
b)
Ftacnik vs Stanislav Petrik, Detva, 1977
r4rk1/p1q1b1pp/1pp5/2n1Nn2/8/2N3P1/PP2QP1P/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc4+ Kh8 Nf7+ if Kg8 Nh6+ mates ]
c) White Mates in 3. Ftacnik vs Ivan Jankovec, Marianske Lazne, 1978
R7/3nbpkp/4p1p1/3rP1P1/P2B1Q1P/3q1NK1/8/8 w - - 0 1
d)
Ftacnik vs Peter Petran, Dolny Kubin, 1979
7r/p2k1ppp/b3pn2/n7/3N4/Pp4P1/1P1NPPBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc5 Nb7 Rc6 ]
e)
Ftacnik vs Jozef Polacek, Dolny Kubin, 1979
3r2k1/pB3ppp/1bb1p3/2P1B3/1n6/1N4P1/4PP1P/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ cxb6 Bxb7 Nc5 Bc6 b7 ]
Solution tweak by Pablo Pena. Thx!
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