Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lela Javakhishvili.
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)
Javakhishvili vs Svetlana Cherednichenko, Rimavska Sobota, 1996
6k1/8/2N1p1p1/4P1Pp/2P4n/6K1/3B4/5n2 w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 if Nf5 Nxf5 w/Kf2 ]
b)
Javakhishvili vs Maria Machalova, Rimavska Sobota, 1996
6k1/bbqn1ppp/2n1r3/4p3/2N5/BQ2P1P1/4NPBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Ba8 Nxf7 Kxf7 Bh3 ]
c)
Javakhishvili vs Miranda Khorava, Tbilisi, 1999
6rk/6p1/2p5/p1Pp4/1p1P4/1P1QR1n1/P1B3rq/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg3 ]
d)
Javakhishvili vs Sopio Gvetadze, Batumi, 2001
6k1/p1P4p/3B2p1/r2p1qN1/2pQ1P2/2Pb2RP/4r1PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6 ]
e)
Javakhishvili vs Grigol Maglaperidze, Tbilisi, 2001
r1b3k1/1pq2r1p/p1n2bp1/3B4/4Q3/8/PP3PPP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Kg7 Bxf7 if Qxf7 Bh6+ ]
Javakhishvili Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Javakhishvili vs Olga Alexandrova, Antalya, 2002
r4rk1/4bp1p/1qn3pQ/1p2pb2/1P2N3/1B2P3/1B3PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 if Qxc6 Bxe5 mates ]
b)
Javakhishvili vs Marina Makropoulou, Istanbul, 2003
r1b4k/1pp2nqp/p1nb3r/8/1PBpPpP1/P4N2/1B3PPN/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7 Qxf7 Rxc6 if bxc6 Qxd4+ ]
c)
Javakhishvili vs Zehra Topel, Istanbul, 2003
r4r1k/p1p2qn1/3p1Np1/1p4Pp/2P2P2/2Q1R3/PP5P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 Qxc4 Rxg7 if Kxg7 Nxh5+ mates ]
d)
Javakhishvili vs Zehra Topel, Kusadasi, 2006
1rb3k1/p4nbp/5r2/2BBpp2/2P5/P7/4N1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rab1 if Rxb1 Rxb1 w/Rb8 ]
e)
Javakhishvili vs Bahar Hallaeva, Turin, 2006
r5k1/p2n3n/1p1B1rpp/q1P2p2/b2Np3/2P1P3/P3B1PP/R3QRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb3 ]
Javakhishvili Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Javakhishvili vs Ilaha Kadimova, Baku, 2007
1n1r2r1/4kp2/b3pn2/N2P4/2PB4/8/6B1/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb8 Rxb8 Nc6+ Kd7 Nxb8 w/Bxf6 ]
b)
Black Mates in 3. Irina Petrovich vs Javakhishvili, Cala Galdana, 1996
2k5/p5r1/PpN1p3/1P1q1p1p/4n3/6rP/4QPP1/2R3RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2+ ]
c)
Kseniya Rybenko vs Javakhishvili, Rimavska Sobota, 1996
rnbqkb1r/pp2pp2/6p1/2ppP2p/3n1P2/2NQ2PP/PPPPN3/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Bf5 ]
d)
Maria Petraki vs Javakhishvili, Tbilisi, 1999
r4r1k/p5pp/b2b4/2pN2N1/2pP2n1/4B3/PPP3PP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ Kh1 Bb7 if Bf4 Bxd5 Bxh2 Nf2+ ]
e)
Natia Pkhakadze vs Javakhishvili, Tbilisi, 2001
1rq2r2/Q3bpkp/6p1/N3p3/n3P3/PNn3P1/2P2B1P/R3RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd8 w/...Ra8 or ...Qa6+ ]
Javakhishvili Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Natia Janjgava vs Javakhishvili, Tbilisi, 2001
3R4/Q4p1k/2q2Pp1/1p5p/1Pr2b2/P3p3/1B5P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ Kxh2 Rh4+ ]
b)
Megi Esebua vs Javakhishvili, Baku, 2002
8/pp2bk2/5p2/2Nb1p2/3P1B1r/P3K1RP/1P6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 ]
c)
Alexandra Stiri vs Javakhishvili, Rethymnon, 2003
r1b2rk1/2qp3p/p1pbpp1Q/6p1/2PNPn2/1P6/PB1N1PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf7 w/...Bf8 ]
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