Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Efim Geller.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 7. Geller vs Nikolai Novotelnov, Moscow, 1951
[ Rxf8+ ]
b)
Geller vs Reginald Broadbent, London, 1954
[ Nxg7 ]
c)
Geller vs Alexander Buslaev, Erevan, 1959
[ exf6 w/Bxh7+ or Qh5 ]
d)
Geller vs Joseph Vatnikov, Kiev, 1950
[ Nd5 ]
e)
Geller vs Isaac Lipnitsky, Moscow, 1951
[ Bxc5 ]
Efim Geller, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Geller vs Paul Muller, Helsinki, 1952
[ Nf4 w/Ng5 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Geller vs Andrija Fuderer, Goteborg, 1955
[ Bxf7+ w/Rd7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Geller vs Alexander Kotov, Moscow, 1955
[ Bxg7+ if Bxg7 Re8+ mates in 4 ]
d)
Geller vs Mikhail Shishov, USSR, 1959
[ Nxd7 w/Bxh7+ & Ne4 ]
e)
Geller vs Lev Polugaevsky, Moscow, 1961
[ Qxh6+ ]
Efim Geller, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 8. Geller vs Pal Benko, Stockholm, 1962
[ Rxg6 ]
b)
Geller vs Miroslav Filip, Curacao, 1962
[ Nd5 w/Bxd5+ ]
c)
White Mates in 10. Geller vs Helmuth Luik, Leningrad, 1962
[ Qxh7+ ]
d)
Geller vs Vladimir Bagirov, Leningrad, 1963
[ Rc7+ ]
e)
Geller vs Ludek Pachman, Beverwijk, 1965
[ Rf6+ w/Rxd6+ Rxd7+ & h6 ]
Efim Geller, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Geller vs Vasily Smyslov, Moscow, 1965
[ Qxg4 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Geller vs Bent Larsen, Copenhagen, 1966
[ Rd6 ]
c)
Geller vs Alexander Matanovic, Sukhumi, 1966
[ Bxf5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Geller vs Enver Bukic, Skopje, 1967
[ Bc5+ ]
e)
Geller vs G Mazzoni, Monte Carlo, 1967
[ g4 ]
Efim Geller, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Geller vs Lajos Portisch, Moscow, 1967
[ Bxh6 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Geller vs Milko Bobotsov, USSR, 1968
[ Nc4+ ]
c)
Geller vs Anatoly Lutikov, Moscow, 1969
[ Ng4 ]
d)
Geller vs Heikki Westerinen, Goteborg, 1968
[ Bh3 ]
e)
Geller vs Zbigniew Doda, Wijk aan Zee, 1969
[ Rxe8+ ]
Efim Geller, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Geller vs Andre Filipowicz, Hungary, 1970
[ Bb4 ]
b)
Geller vs Svetozar Gligoric, Belgrade, 1970
[ h4 w/g3 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Geller vs Heinz Liebert, Kapfenberg, 1970
[ Rh6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Geller vs Hernandez, Havana, 1971
[ Nxe6+ ]
e)
Geller vs Borislav Ivkov, Hilversum, 1973
[ d7 ]
Efim Geller, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Geller vs Roberto Debarnot, Las Palmas, 1976
[ Qxc7+ ]
b)
Geller vs Nino Kirov, 1977
[ Bxg6 ]
c)
Geller vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson, Wijk aan Zee, 1977
[ Ne4 ]
d)
Geller vs Andrew Whiteley, Moscow, 1977
[ Nxf7 ]
e)
Geller vs Svend Hansen, 1978
[ Nc7+ if Kf7 Qxd5+ mates in 4 ]
Efim Geller, Part VIII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Geller vs Yuri Anikaev, Minsk, 1979
[ Qf7+ ]
b)
Geller vs Alexei Suetin, USSR, 1980
[ Ng4 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Geller vs Bosko Abramovic, Moscow, 1982
[ Nef5+ ]
d)
Geller vs Igor Zaitsev, Erevan, 1982
[ Nd2 ]
e)
Geller vs Algirdas Bandza, USSR, 1983
[ e6 w/Rf5 or Ne5 ]
Efim Geller, Part IX. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Geller vs Pia Cramling, Reykjavik, 1984
[ Qg6+ ]
b)
Geller vs Joseph Pribyl, Sochi, 1984
[ Nh4 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Geller vs Herbert Bastian, Baden-Baden, 1985
[ Rf8+ ]
d)
Geller vs Lanka Ravi, Coimbatoire, 1987
[ Rc3 if Ne5 f4 ]
e)
Geller vs Raja Ravisekhar, New Dehli, 1987
[ Qh1 if Nd8 Bh7 ]
Efim Geller, Part X. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Geller vs John Fedorowicz, New York, 1990
[ Bf5 ]
b)
Geller vs James Howell, Reykjavik, 1990
[ Qb3 if B any Bxb7+ ]
c)
Geller vs Anthony Saidy, New York, 1990
[ fxe6 w/Ba7+ ]
d)
Geller vs Eric Knoppert, Berlin, 1991
[ Be5+ w/Qxe5+ & d6+ ]
e)
Geller vs Jan Banas, Cappelle, 1992
[ Nf4 ]
f)
Geller vs Ratmir Kholmov, Moscow, 1992
[ Qg4+ ]
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