Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kiril Georgiev.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Georgiev vs Eric Lobron, Salonika, 1984
7k/p4q1n/3r1b1p/2rp1B2/5P2/P3PQ1P/5PRK/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if Qf8 Qg6 ]
b)
Georgiev vs Hans-Joerg Illi, Lugano, 1986
r4rk1/pp1n2bp/3p1q2/2pPp1pP/2P1B3/4B1P1/PP3PK1/R2Q3R w - - 0 1
[ h6 if Bh8 Qg4 Nb6 Bxg5 or if Bxh6 Qh5 ]
c)
Georgiev vs Sylvain Barbeau, Quebec, 1986
4k1r1/3bPp2/p4p1b/q1N4p/1p1P4/1Q6/PP2rPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd5 if Rxe7 Nxd7 Qxd5 Nxf6+ or if Qc7 Nxd7 ]
d)
Georgiev vs Arshak Petrosian, Sarajevo, 1986
8/3r1r1p/p2BR1pk/4Q3/2p4q/7P/PPP2PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc5 if Qf4 Qxf4 w/Be3 ]
e)
Georgiev vs Anatoly Vaisser, Szirak, 1986
5k2/2p2p1p/r1N3p1/pn1RP3/8/6P1/1P3PKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nb8 ]
Georgiev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Georgiev vs Rafael Vaganian, Saint John, 1988
r4rk1/1bpnbppp/p2qp3/1p6/3P1P2/2N1PN2/PPQ2PBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 Bxg5 Bxb7 if Rb8 Ne4 Qe7 Nxg5 ]
b)
Georgiev vs Predrag Nikolic, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
3Rr1k1/5p1p/p1bR1p1B/2P5/1p4P1/1P4K1/P3r3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ if Bxe8 c6 ]
c)
Georgiev vs Gyula Sax, Reggio Emilia, 1989
4kr2/1r1b1pQ1/p1pRp3/4pp2/2B4P/8/PPP2q2/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if Bxe6 Rd8+ mates or if fxe6 Rxd7 ]
d)
Georgiev vs Valentin Panbukchian, Sofia, 1989
r2k1r2/ppnbbpQ1/1qp1pp2/5N1p/2BP1B2/2P5/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd6 if Bxd6 Nxd6 Ke7 Nf5+ Ke8 Qxf6 or if exf5 Bxe7+ ]
e)
Georgiev vs Peter Lukacs, Stara Zagora, 1990
r7/3Pkp1p/P4p2/1rNR4/1p6/1K2P3/7P/8 w - - 0 1
[ d8/Q+ Rxd8 Rxd8 w/a7 ]
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