Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vasilios Kotronias.
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)
Kotronias vs Emanouel Pandavos, Athens, 1984
[ e6 w/Nxb5 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Kotronias vs A Karmbinas, Karditsa, 1984
[ Rg7+ Bg6 h4+ Kxh4 Nxf4 Kg5 g3 Rg8 Rxg8 Kg4 Rxg6# ]
c)
Kotronias vs Marcel Caruana, Salonika, 1984
[ Na7 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Kotronias vs Miklos Orso, Budapest, 1986
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Qxh8+ Ke7 Bg5+ Rf6 Bxf6+ Kf7 Rg7+ Kxf6 Qh6+ Ke5 Nf3# ]
e)
Kotronias vs Suat Atalik, Pucarevo, 1987
[ Qa3+ Kd4 Qe3+ Ke5 Bxg6+ ]
Kotronias Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kotronias vs Nikolaos Skalkotas, Akropolis, 1988
[ Nc4 w/Nd6 ]
b)
Kotronias vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Salonika, 1988
[ Nxf5 w/Nxh6+ ]
c)
Kotronias vs Teodor Hellborg, Stockholm, 1988
[ Rxd4 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Kotronias vs Alexander Goldin, Moscow, 1989
[ Bh6+ Kxh6 Qxf7 g5 h4 gxh4+ Kxh4 Rg6 Qf8+ ]
e)
Kotronias vs Rikard Winsnes, Gausdal, 1990
Kudos to Paul Dearhouse for the correction !
[ Nf4 g5 Ng6+ ]
Kotronias Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Kotronias vs Daniel King, New York, 1990
[ Qh6 ]
b)
Kotronias vs Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Ano Liosia, 1991
[ Nf5 if Ra8 Qc1 mates if Rc7 Nxh6+ mates ]
c)
Kotronias vs Ivan Radulov, Chalkidiki, 1991
[ Rxh7 (if Kxh7 Qh4+ & Ng5) w/Rg7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Kotronias vs Alte Gronn, Gausdal, 1991
[ Rxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qh7+ Kf8 g6 e5 Qxd7 ]
e)
Kotronias vs Dimitrios Kiriazis, Greece, 1991
[ Bxe5 if Qxe5 Qc6 mates ]
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