Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Mikhail Gurevich.
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 6. Gurevich vs Alexander Filipenko, Severodonetsk, 1982
3Rr2k/4q2p/p5pB/Q3pp2/3b4/1P6/KP4rP/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Qc7 ]
b)
Gurevich vs Leonid Yudasin, Lvov, 1984
2r2rk1/pb1q1p2/1pn1p2p/7R/3P4/P1PB4/2Q2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd2 (or Qc1) f6 Qxh6 Qg7 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rh7+ ]
c)
Gurevich vs Evgeny Sveshnikov, Riga, 1985
6k1/1r1nqppp/8/4p3/2Q5/4B1P1/4PP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Qe8 Qc6 Ra7 Be3 ]
d)
Gurevich vs Tamaz Giorgadze, Tbilisi, 1985
r2qrk2/1bp5/p2n1bQp/1p6/3PN3/1B3P2/PP2p1PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ w/Qh7+ & Nxd6 ]
e)
Gurevich vs Stefan Dejkalo, Eger, 1987
2R1n3/p2r1qk1/1p1p1r1p/6p1/8/3QN2P/PP3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4 if Kg6 Qe4+ or if Kf8 Rxe8+ w/Nd5 & Rc8+ or if Qe6 Ng4 ]
Gurevich Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Gurevich vs Jan Meier, Eger, 1987
3qr3/pp2rpk1/4b1pn/3pP3/3P1N1p/2P4P/P1BQ1RP1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nh5+ if gxh5 Qg5+ mates ]
b)
Gurevich vs Vidmantas Malisauskas, Lvov, 1987
2br3k/R6p/4npq1/4p3/1Q6/1B2N2P/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bc2 if Qg5 Rxh7+ Kg8 Qe7 mates ]
c)
Gurevich vs Joel Benjamin, Moscow, 1987
2b3rk/2Q1R1p1/1p3p1p/p2q4/8/1P3P1P/PB4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 ]
d)
Gurevich vs Konstantin Lerner, Moscow, 1987
5qr1/pb2rk2/1p1p1p2/1B1P2p1/3BP1P1/P4P2/1P5R/1K5Q w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ if Rg7 Qh5+ mates ]
e)
Gurevich vs Yuri Razuvaev, Moscow, 1987
2r5/4r1bk/1p2pq1p/5ppP/2nP1N2/3Q4/P4PP1/BR2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if exd5 Rxe7 Qxe7 Qxf5+ ]
Gurevich Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Gurevich vs Ilia Smirin, Moscow, 1988
1r4k1/1pqb1pb1/p2p4/Pnpn1r2/2N5/5B2/1P1BN1PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ng3 ]
b)
Gurevich vs Fernand Gobet, Bern, 1989
8/p3nk1p/1pb1pN1b/4Ppp1/1B1P1P2/1B4P1/P4K1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 ]
c)
Gurevich vs Simon Jakob, Bern, 1989
4nrk1/pp1r4/2p1bqp1/2np2N1/5BP1/4PP2/PPB4Q/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Be5 Qxg5 Qh8+ Kf7 Qh7+ Ng7 Qxg7+ Ke8 Bxg6+ ]
d)
Gurevich vs Patrick Wolff, Palma de Majorca, 1989
5rk1/5ppp/p2q1p2/1p1N4/2r5/b1P1P3/P3QPPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 if Qxb6 Qxc4 ]
e)
Gurevich vs Nigel Davies, Tel Aviv, 1989
1rb2rk1/1p3pbp/p1np1pp1/8/1qPP4/2NBP3/4NPPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qb2 Nec3 w/Na4 ]
Gurevich Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Gurevich vs Jan Timman, Rotterdam, 1990
2rnr1k1/pp1n1p1p/q2p2p1/3Pp3/P3PP1N/1PBb1BP1/3Q3P/R3R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 if Nc5 Bb4 ]
b)
Gerevich vs Hans Klarenbeek, Gent, 1992
r1r3k1/1b2q1pp/4p3/N4p2/1n1Bn3/6P1/1Q2PPBP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxb7 if Rxc1+ Rxc1 Qxb7 Rb1 Ra4 Bc5 ]
c)
Gurevich vs Christopher Lutz, Munich, 1992
5R2/1b2q1pk/1p5p/p1p5/2P1PN2/PP3P2/4B1P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]
d)
Gurevich vs Alexandre Lesiege, Biel, 1993
3R1r1k/pbr3q1/7p/2p2pp1/2B1p3/1P6/P2Q1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6 if Rxd8 Qxd8+ Kh7 Bg8+ or if Rc8 Rd7 ]
e)
Gurevich vs Eric Prie, Clichy, 1993
2r3k1/p1q1r1pp/5p2/4p3/2n1R2N/2P5/P3QPPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc4 Qxc4 Rd8+ Kf7 Qh5+ Ke6 Rxc8 w/Qf5+ ]
Gurevich Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win.
a)
Gurevich vs Garcia Ilundain, Linares, 1995
4r3/p2r4/1p3k1p/2nnp1p1/2b5/P4P2/1PB2BPP/K1NRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 bxc5 Ba4 ]
b)
Gurevich vs Igors Rausis, Haarlem, 1997
1r2r1k1/pq1n1ppp/4pn2/P7/3N4/4P3/2Q1BPPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Ra8 Rab1 ]
c)
Gurevich vs Pieter Claesen, Belgium, 1998
5rk1/R5n1/1qNp4/3Pp3/1P2Q1pK/8/5P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ if Kh8 Qh1 ]
d)
Gurevich vs San Segundo Carrrillo, New York, 1998
2rqr1k1/pp2bppp/2n1bn2/3p4/3N1B2/P1N1P3/1P2BPPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 bxc6 Ba6 ]
e)
Gurevich vs Robert Beekman, Haarlem, 1999
3r2k1/pp3p1p/n2q4/2pPRp2/1P3QP1/P5P1/6B1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]
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