Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eduardo Iturrizaga.
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)
Iturrizaga vs Oswaldo Zambrana, Habana, 2006
2kr3r/pp2qp2/2pn1b1p/6p1/P2PN3/6N1/1PQ2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Nxd6 Qxd6 Qf5+ if Kb8 Ne4 ]
b)
Iturrizaga vs Victor Issac Michelen, Bogota, 2006
2q2rk1/5pp1/1p5p/1p2p3/3n4/1B3Q2/1P3PPP/2R3K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qxf7+ ]
c)
Iturrizaga vs Velez Marlon Lopez, Balneario Camboriu, 2005
1rb2rk1/p3bp1p/1qn1pnp1/1p1pN1B1/3P4/2PBR3/PP1N1PPP/2RQ2K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Nxc6 Qxc6 Qf3 Kg7 Qf4 w/Bh6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Iturrizaga vs Villalonga Mairata, Binissalem, 2004
1r2r3/1q2p1k1/2R3p1/2pPP1Np/1p5P/4Q1P1/1P4K1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxg6+ if Kxg6 Qe4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Iturrizaga vs Yuri Solodovnichenko, Internet, 2006
r1r4k/2q3bp/3p4/4pPB1/pp6/1Q6/PKP1N3/3R3R w - - id 1-0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Bh6 Rxh6+ Kg7 f6+ ]
Iturrizaga Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Iturrizaga vs Carlos Gallegos, San Cristobal, 2008
2k1r3/1pq3np/p2Rbpp1/8/1Q6/2N3PP/PP3PB1/2K5 w - - id 1-0
[ Bxb7 if Qxb7 Qc5+ ]
b)
Juan David Becerra vs Iturrizaga, Bogota, 2006
3r2k1/pp3r1p/2b2bp1/4p3/2P2n2/1PN3Q1/PB3PPP/R5K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rd3 if f3 Rxc3 or if Qg4 h5 Qc8 Rd8 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Jose M Dominguez vs Iturrizaga, Santo-Domingo, 2007
4k3/p5p1/2p4r/2NPb3/4p1pr/1P4q1/P1QR1R1P/7K b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
d)
Segura Ariza vs Iturrizaga, Binissalem, 2004
qr4k1/3Qppbp/3p2p1/2pPP1B1/rn6/5N1P/1P1R1PP1/4R1K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rb7 if Qg4 Nc2 ]
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