Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Bojan Kurajica.
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)
Kurajica vs Karen Grigorian, Leningrad, 1964
3k4/4r2p/pP3pp1/P1n5/6P1/4RBKP/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ b7 Rxb7 Bxb7 Nxb7 Re6 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Kurajica vs Robert Huebner, Barcelona, 1965
1q1r1rk1/3b1p1p/2np1p1Q/5P2/p5P1/P4N1P/pPP5/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if fxg5 f6 or if Bxf5 gxf5 Re8 Nxh7 ]
c)
Kurajica vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Barcelona, 1965
r3r2k/1bp3np/p5q1/1p2B3/2p1N3/6Q1/PPP3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ Qxg7 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rd7+ if Kh8 Nf6 ]
d)
Kurajica vs Luben Popov, Batumi, 1966
r4kq1/8/p2bprp1/7Q/1p1p1P2/1P1B2R1/P1P3R1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 Rxg6 Rxg6 Qf7 Qh8+ ]
e)
Kurajica vs Vlastimil Hort, Sombor, 1968
3r1rk1/p1p1b1pb/2q5/2Pp2p1/3B2Bn/1PNQ4/P4P1R/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Bxd4 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxg5+ Rf6 Rxh4+ ]
Kurajica Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Kurajica vs Robert Hartoch, Wijk aan Zee, 1969
1r4k1/pp3q1p/5Pp1/4r3/8/1B1b3P/PP1Q2PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 ]
b)
Kurajica vs Francisco Garcia Tore, Malaga, 1970
1k2rb1r/1p1b1pp1/pBqpp1n1/6P1/P3P3/2N1Q3/1PPRBP2/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if axb5 axb5 Qc8 Qa3 or if e5 Bc7+ ]
c)
Kurajica vs Vlastimil Hort, Wijk aan Zee, 1970
1k2r2r/pp3pp1/1qb5/3pb1P1/PP1Q2B1/2P1B3/3K1P2/R6R w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5 if Rxe5 Rxh8+ ]
d)
Kurajica vs Lubomir Kavalek, Wijk aan Zee, 1970
3q1knr/rn3p2/pb2P1p1/5N2/Q7/1N5P/1PP2PB1/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb4+ Nc5 Nxc5 gxf5 Nb7+ Qe7 Qxb6 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Kurajica vs Mathias Gerusel, Wijk aan Zee, 1973
2rr3k/7p/p4P2/1p2Rp2/2nB4/2P5/P6P/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 f7+ ]
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