Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Baadur Jobava. White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)

White Mates in 4. Jobava vs Dennis De Vreugt, Yerevan, 2000
qr3b1r/Q5pp/3p4/1kp5/2Nn1B2/Pp6/1P3PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ a4+ w/Na5+ & Qf7+ ]

b)

White Mates in 6. Jobava vs Petr Herejk, Schwabisch Gmund, 2001
6k1/1R3p2/4b2P/4KpP1/4p3/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ g6 fxg6 Kxe6 Kh8 Kf6 Kg8 Kxg6 Kf8 h7 Ke8 h8/Q# ]

c)

White Mates in 4. Jobava vs Zviad Izoria, Tbilisi, 2001
2q4k/5pNP/p2p1BpP/4p3/1p2b3/1P6/P1r2R2/1K4Q1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ w/Ng5+ ]

d)

White Mates in 4. Jobava vs Ara Minasian, Batumi, 2002
8/pR3Nk1/2p3p1/7r/4N2p/4K3/P7/2n5 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ Kf8 Rf7+ Ke8 Nd6+ Kd8 Nxc6# ]

e)

White Mates in 7. Jobava vs Ana Matnadze, Tbilisi, 2002
1r1br1k1/3q1pPp/3p4/2n3P1/p1BQ3R/8/PPP4P/1KB1R3 w - - 0 1
[ g6 Bf6 (if Bxh4 gxh7+) gxh7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ Kf8 h8/Q+ Bxh8 Rxh8+ Ke7 Bg5+ f6 Bxf6# ]

f)

White Mates in 7. Jobava vs David Arutinian, Batumi, 2003
3kb1Rr/5p2/3P4/2N1p3/1pB2n2/1P6/1K5p/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ d7 Nd3+ Bxd3 Rxg8 Rxg8 h1/Q Rxe8+ Kc7 Rc8+ Kb6 d8/Q+ Ka7 Qa5# ]

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