Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kaido Kulaots.
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. Kulaots vs Balazs Szuk, Duisburg, 1992
r3k2r/6pp/p1b1Pp2/q1bN1Q2/8/1p6/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ ]
b)
Kulaots vs Ralf Akesson, Stockholm, 1994
1rk5/1b1rR3/p2p1P2/2p5/2P2B2/2P2p2/P4K2/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ f7 if Kc7 Rxb7+ ]
c)
Kulaots vs Thomas Bach Nielsen, Stockholm, 1994
1kn5/pp4p1/5pPr/P3p3/8/1BP5/1P3P2/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 Rxg6 Bd5 ]
d)
Kulaots vs Frank Haas, Weilburg, 1995
r1b1k2r/p1pq1p1p/1pn1p3/1N3p2/3P4/P4Q2/1PP2PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ d5 if Ne5 dxe6 ]
e)
Kulaots vs Arne Matthiesen, Copenhagen, 1996
3r1r2/p1k2pb1/1p1qp1pp/2p1N3/3P3P/P2RQ3/1PP2PP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if cxd4 Nxd8 or if Nxf7 dxc5 ]
Kulaots Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kulaots vs Jyrki Kiltti, Hyvinkaa, 1996
r3k2r/1pqb1ppp/p3pn2/2b1N3/3Q1B2/2N5/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - id 1-0
[ Nxd7 if Bxd4 Nxf6+ ]
b)
Kulaots vs D Mensikov, Marijampole, 1996
2r1qrk1/1ppn1pp1/p1n2b1p/3Np2Q/4P3/P2PB2P/BPP2RP1/5RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Nxf6+ Nxf6 Rxf6 if gxf6 Qg6+ mates ]
c)
Kulaots vs Hillar Karner, Tallinn, 1996
4r3/pr2n2k/3RNppb/q1p1p2p/1p2P2P/1B4R1/PPP1QPP1/1K6 w - - id 1-0
[ Ra6 if Qb5 Bc4 Qd7 Nxc5 ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Kulaots vs Hans Koch, Deizisau, 1997
4r1rk/2q2ppp/p3p3/1p1p2N1/3B1P2/1B4R1/PPP3PP/4R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rh3 ]
e)
Kulaots vs Bjorgvin Jonsson, Elista, 1998
1q6/5pkp/1p4p1/2n5/3NQ3/1Pr4P/5PP1/R5K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Nf5+ if gxf5 Qd4+ or if Kf6 Qe7+ Kxf5 g4+ Kf4 Kf6+ ]
Kulaots Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kulaots Sandor Videki, Paks, 1999
r3knr1/1bq1p1bR/pn1p2p1/6P1/1R1NP3/2N1BQ2/1PP2P2/4K3 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxg7 if Rxg7 Qxf8+ Kxf8 Ne6+ w/Nxc7+ & Bxb6 or if Rh8 Qf7+ Kd8 Ne6+ & Bxb6 ]
b)
Kulaots vs Marko Keskel, Tallinn, 2000
r1k2r2/1pp5/p2b3p/8/2PBBp1n/P7/1P4PP/3RR1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ c5 if Be7 g3 ]
c)
Kulaots vs Hillar Karner, Parnu/Tallinn, 2001
r3r1k1/1pb1q2p/p2Rp1p1/8/4P3/5Q1B/PnP1N2P/5R1K w - - id 1-0
[ Bxe6+ if Kh8 Qc3+ Qg7 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rf7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Kulaots vs Daniel Hersvik, Bergen, 2002
r7/P1n3pk/2N3p1/1qb5/1p1p1P2/5QP1/1B4K1/R7 w - - id 1-0
[ Rh1+ Kg8 Qb3+ ]
e)
Kulaots vs Dietmar Kessler, Deizisau, 2002
5n1k/6bp/2pR1pp1/p4P2/P3P3/2N1B2P/1r4P1/6K1 w - - id 1-0
[ e5 if fxe5 f6 ]
Kulaots Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kulaots vs Mark Bluvshtein, Gausdal, 2002
2r5/p4pk1/1p1Rpnpp/7P/2P3Pq/P1B2Q2/2P2P2/5K2 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Qb7+ Kf8 Qxc8+ Ne8 Bb4+ ]
b)
Kulaots vs Jakov Geller, Moscow, 2002
r1b1k2r/ppppnppp/2n5/2b5/3NP2q/2N1B3/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - id 1-0
[ Nf3 if Qh5 g4 ]
c)
Kulaots vs Christer Niklasson, Sweden, 2002
1rb3k1/3n1pPp/pp1p4/5pP1/P6Q/1q2N3/1P4BP/R6K w - - id 1-0
[ g6 if fxg6 Bd5+ ]
d)
Kulaots vs Tomas Hutters, Gausdal, 2003
4k1r1/1p1b1pb1/p2Q4/4p1p1/P3Pn1p/2q1BP1P/2P3P1/R4R1K w - - id 1-0
[ Bc5 if Bf6 Rad1 or if Bf8 Qb8+ mates ]
e)
Kulaots vs Kim Pilgaard, Gausdal, 2003
r2q1r1k/2p1b3/p3p1Q1/1pn5/8/2P2N2/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Re5 if Rf5 Rxf5 w/Ne5 ]
Kulaots Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kulaots vs Geir Tallaksen, Gausdal, 2003
4qk2/1b4b1/p3B3/1p2p1pQ/P7/1P2R1N1/5PPK/2r5 w - - id 1-0
[ Rf3+ Bxf3 Qxf3+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kd8 Qa8+ ]
b)
Kulaots vs Vladimir Poley, Stockholm, 2004
r2n3k/3R2bp/2p2qp1/p1P1pr2/PpB3Q1/4B2P/1P3PP1/3R2K1 w - - id 1-0
[ R1d6 Qf8 Qh4 if Rf6 Rxg7 or if Nf7 Bxf7 Rxf7 Rd8 ]
c)
Kulaots vs Simon Kuemin, Istanbul, 2004
7r/pp3qk1/6p1/3pPpQ1/2pP1K2/P1P5/2P4R/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Qf6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 2. Kulaots vs Felix Levin, Gausdal, 2006
r7/6R1/ppkqrn1B/2pp3p/P6n/2N5/8/1Q1R1K2 w - - id 1-0
[ Qb5+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Kulaots vs Eduard Porper, Gausdal, 2006
r1b2r1k/p6p/1p3pnQ/3BRn2/8/P4N2/1Bq2PPP/R5K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Re8 if Ng7 Ng5 ]
a)
White Mates in 3. Kulaots vs Hakon Bentsen, Gausdal, 2005
3n1rk1/5Nbp/2p5/4PQ2/1p6/1P2B1RP/6PK/4q3 w - - id 1-0
[ Nh6+ ]
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