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 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 ]

c)
Georgiev vs Anatoly Vaisser, Szirak, 1986
5k2/2p2p1p/r1N3p1/pn1RP3/8/6P1/1P3PKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nb8 ]

d)
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 ]

e)
Georgiev vs Predrag Nikolic, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
3Rr1k1/5p1p/p1bR1p1B/2P5/1p4P1/1P4K1/P3r3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ if Bxe8 c6 ]

f)
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 ]

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