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)
Black Mates in 3. Irina Petrovich vs Javakhishvili, Cala Galdana, 1996
2k5/p5r1/PpN1p3/1P1q1p1p/4n3/6rP/4QPP1/2R3RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2+ ]
b)
Javakhishvili vs Miranda Khorava, Tbilisi, 1999
6rk/6p1/2p5/p1Pp4/1p1P4/1P1QR1n1/P1B3rq/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg3 ]
c)
Black Mates in 4. Natia Janjgava vs Javakhishvili, Tbilisi, 2001
3R4/Q4p1k/2q2Pp1/1p5p/1Pr2b2/P3p3/1B5P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ Kxh2 Rh4+ ]
d)
Javakhishvili vs Grigol Maglaperidze, Tbilisi, 2001
r1b3k1/1pq2r1p/p1n2bp1/3B4/4Q3/8/PP3PPP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Kg7 Bxf7 if Qxf7 Bh6+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Megi Esebua vs Javakhishvili, Baku, 2002
8/pp2bk2/5p2/2Nb1p2/3P1B1r/P3K1RP/1P6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 ]
f)
Black to move and win. Alexandra Stiri vs Javakhishvili, Rethymnon, 2003
r1b2rk1/2qp3p/p1pbpp1Q/6p1/2PNPn2/1P6/PB1N1PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf7 w/...Bf8 ]
Georgian GMs
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