Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lubomir Kavalek.
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 3. Kavalek vs Ilkka Kanko, Halle, 1963
2bqQ3/p2n1pk1/2p2b2/6p1/P1PP2P1/1P3R2/6K1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Kavalek vs Drazen Marovic, Krakow, 1964
5rk1/ppR2p1p/q2p2pB/P2pb3/1P1n2P1/5Q1P/6B1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Kavalek vs Coen Zuidema, Tel Aviv, 1964
4r3/2p5/2p1q1kp/p1r1p1pN/P5P1/1P3P2/4Q3/3RB1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe4+ ]
d)
Kavalek vs Svend Pedersen, Sinaya, 1965
2rq3k/5p2/2bp2rp/p3pNb1/1p2P3/5B2/PPP4Q/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 if Rxd6 Qxe5+ ]
e)
Kavalek vs Vlastimil Jansa, Czechoslovakia, 1968
5nk1/p4qp1/2Q2p1p/P1Pp1P2/3B2P1/4P1K1/3r4/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Rb7 ]
Kavalek Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kavalek vs Dragoljub Janosevic, Sarajevo, 1968
6Q1/8/3p1k1p/6q1/4p1B1/3n2B1/6PP/b6K w - - 0 1
[ Bh4 ]
b)
Kavalek vs Joost Marcus, Dieren, 1969
2r5/R5N1/2p2p1k/1p2p2p/1P2n2P/2P3P1/4K3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ ]
c)
Kavalek vs Hans Ree, Eersel, 1969
1r1r2k1/5ppp/1b2b3/1p2pN2/1P1nP3/2B3P1/5PBP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd4 if exd4 Ne7+ ]
d)
Kavalek vs Ole Jakobsen, Skopje, 1972
8/N1b2k2/1n1p2p1/pP1Pp2p/2K1P3/4B1P1/7P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb6 Bxb6 Nc8 ]
e)
Kavalek vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Skopje, 1972
4r1k1/q4ppp/bp2p3/p7/1nP5/1P4P1/PB2QPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ a3 if Na2 Ba1 ]
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