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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Bogdan Lalic.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Bogdan Lalic vs Miklos Orso, Andorra, 1988
6k1/3n2b1/3pr2p/1Npn1qp1/4R1N1/1P1Q2PP/r2B1P2/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 if Rxd6 Re8+ or if Rxd2 Nxf4 ]
b)
Bogdan Lalic vs Josko Mukic, Vrnjacka Banja, 1989
2b2k2/nppp1ppp/7r/p1P3P1/2B5/1P5P/PB4P1/4rRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 gxh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Bogdan Lalic vs Susan Arkell, Toulouse, 1990
8/8/8/6R1/8/7p/4K3/7k w - - 0 1
[ Kf3 if Kh2 Rh5 Kh1 Rxh3+ or if h2 Rd5 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Bogdan Lalic vs Pal Kiss, Cannes, 1990
rn2rk2/p1q1Nppp/1p4b1/2pP2Q1/2P5/6P1/PB3P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ Kf8 Qh6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Bogdan Lalic vs A Summerscale, Hastings, 1993
3Q1R2/pp4bk/6p1/6p1/2B1b1q1/P7/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Qg8+ ]
f)
White mates in 7.
Bogdan Lalic vs J Becerra Rivero, Linares, 1997
5kr1/1b3p1p/4p3/1B2P3/3p4/8/qP2QRPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qf2+ Kg6 Qf6+ ]
g)
White mates in 6.
Bogdan Lalic vs E Kengis, Pula, 1997
r1bQ4/7q/p2R4/p4p2/2pP2k1/6P1/2P2K1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rg6+ if Qxg6 Qg5# or if Kh3 Qg5 f4 Rh6+ ]
1d)
mate in 4
Bogdan Lalic vs Pal Kiss
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