Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Goldin.
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)
White Mates in 4. Goldin vs Igor Efimov, Kislovodsk, 1982
r4rk1/p5pN/6QR/1np2p2/8/8/3q1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe6+ Rf7 Qe8+ ]
b)
Goldin vs Rustem Dautov, Tashkent, 1987
3r3r/2q2pk1/p2b2p1/1ppP1RQ1/3P2NP/P7/1P6/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Qxf7 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qf6+ ]
c)
Goldin vs Yuri Kruppa, Uzhgorod, 1987
r5k1/1pq2p1p/3R1Q2/1n1B3p/8/4P1P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb6 w/Rxb7 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Goldin vs Andrei Lukin, Klaipeda, 1988
5q1k/p3R1rp/2pr2p1/1pN2bP1/3Q1P2/1B6/PP5P/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Qxg7 Re8+ ]
e)
Goldin vs Franciszek Borkowski, Polanica Zdroj, 1988
rn2k2r/pp3ppp/2p1p3/2qb2B1/QbN1P3/8/PP3PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Be3 Qe7 Nb6 ]
Goldin Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Goldin vs Milko Popchev, Moscow, 1989
r2q1rk1/pp1n1ppp/n1pp2b1/3Pp1b1/2P1P3/P1N1B1PP/1P1NBP2/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg5 Qxg5 h4 w/h5 ]
b)
Goldin vs Timo Haas, Baden-Baden, 1990
2r2rk1/pb2nqpp/1p1Rp3/8/4P3/P1B1Q3/4BPPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 ]
c)
Goldin vs Lars Bo Hansen, Warsaw, 1990
r3n2k/1bn1qB1p/1p2p3/p2pN2N/3P2pP/P3P3/1PQ2P2/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ hxg6 Qxg6 Qf8 Rxc7 if Nxc7 Nf6 mates ]
d)
White Mates in 2. Goldin vs Dragoljub Velimirovic, Cetinje, 1993
4rk2/pp2r3/3Q3p/2pN4/6RP/8/P5PK/3q4 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ ]
e)
Goldin vs George Umezinwa, Chicago, 1995
r4nk1/p2r1ppp/bpp5/3pPP2/3P2N1/PP4Pq/3B3P/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf3 w/Nf2 ]
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