Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Konstantin Landa.
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 6. Landa vs K Raag, Pinsk, 1989
3r1bk1/1qrb1ppp/p2p1P2/2pP4/6R1/1P2BB2/P4QPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Bxg7 Qg3 ]
b)
Landa vs Imre Kincs, Matra, 1993
r4r2/p1q2p1k/1p1RpQ2/2p3p1/4bB2/2P5/PP5P/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be5 if Rg8 Rxe6 ]
c)
Landa vs Stefan Van Blitterswijk, Biel, 1994
r2qr1k1/pp3pb1/3pn1bR/2p1p3/2B1P3/2PPBNQ1/PP3PK1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 fxg6 Ng5 Qf6 Qh3 ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Landa vs Michal Horak, Mlada Boleslav, 1994
5kr1/1b1r1p2/p1p1p3/1nP1P3/3P3B/6R1/1P2BPK1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg8+ Kxg8 Bf6 ]
e)
Landa vs Csaba Horvath, Oberwart, 1996
r4r1k/pp2Qp1p/1q4p1/5b2/8/P1N3P1/P3PPBP/b1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be3 w/Qf6+ or Rxa1 ]
Landa Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Landa vs Maxim Sherstoboev, Tomsk, 1998
r2qr1k1/p4pp1/1p1p4/2pPP1pn/2P2Pb1/3Q2P1/PB4BP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 w/h3 ]
b)
Landa vs Francisco Fernandez Barrera, Ubeda, 1999
r4b2/pp1k4/3n4/2pPQp1r/2P1pP1P/qP2B3/P4P2/1K1R2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ Bxg7 Qxg7+ if Kd8 Qf6+ ]
c)
Landa vs Irina Nattermueller, Senden, 2002
2kr3r/1q2n1p1/p1bQ1pP1/1p3p2/4P3/PB2B3/1PP5/2KR2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Be6+ w/Qxe7 ]
d)
Landa vs Juergen Lisek, Germany, 2003
R1rb1k2/1p1q3r/3ppp2/5n2/2PP4/5NP1/5PB1/1Q2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8 Qxc8 g4 ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Landa vs Evgeny Shaposhnikov, Sochi, 2005
3rr3/p2nb1k1/qpp1pn1p/7P/PPPP4/3Q1N2/3B1PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh6+ Kh8 Bg7+ Kxg7 Qg6+ Kh8 Ng5 ]
Landa Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Landa vs Zhu Chen, Bad Wiessee, 2006
r4rk1/pp2bppp/1np1p3/3q4/3Pb3/1QP3P1/P3PPBP/R1BRN1K1 w - - 0 1
[ c4 ]
b)
Black Mates in 5. O Grizak vs Landa, Leningrad, 1990
2r3k1/3QRp2/6pq/1p6/1P4p1/5nP1/5P1P/5N1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]
c)
Dragan Vasiljevic vs Landa, Belgrade, 1991
6k1/3b2pp/6r1/pp1p1p1n/2pP3q/P1P1PPrP/2Q2RP1/1BBR1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3 gxh3 Ng3+ Ke1 Nh1 Kf1 Nxf2 Qxf2 Qxh3+ Ke1 Rg2 ]
d)
Valeri Yandemirov vs Landa, Omsk, 1996
8/r2bk1p1/2B5/p2p3p/P2Nn3/4R3/1P4PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc7 ]
e)
Snorri Bergsson vs Landa, Halkidiki, 2002
8/1p3p2/p2r1b1k/7p/5p2/1P1b1P2/P4BPP/2KR1N2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc6+ Kd2 Bb5 w/...Rd6+ ]
Landa Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Cas Zwaneveld vs Landa, Vlissingen, 2005
r5k1/1bq1br2/p3Q1p1/3pn2n/Pp2P2p/1N1BB2P/1PP1N1P1/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng7 Qb6 Qxb6 Bxb6 dxe4 ]
b)
Ramon Koster vs Landa, Netherlands, 2006
5rk1/q4pbp/3p2p1/4p3/p1B2P2/PrBPn1P1/1P1QP2P/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb7+ Rf3 Nxc4 dxc4 Rxc3 if Qxc3 e4 ]
c)
Nisha Mohota vs Landa, Port Erin, 2006
8/6pk/7p/1p1Q1p2/p4P2/Pn2PP2/1PrBK3/3R2q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2+ if Rxd2 Nc1# ]
d)
Karel Van Der Weide vs Landa, Bad Wiessee, 2006
6k1/1p4p1/7p/pP1p4/P2BbqnQ/2P2r2/4B2P/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5 if Qg5 Rg3+ mates ]
e)
Black Mates in 3. Denis Rombaldoni vs Landa, Regiio Emilia, 2007
2Q5/6pk/5b1p/5P2/3p4/1Rr2qNK/7P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ ]
Other Russian GMs
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