Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Viktor Laznicka.
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)
Laznicka vs Pierre Huebner, Svetla nad Sazavou, 1997
3r4/p1p2p1p/1p3kp1/4n3/8/2PN1PPP/PP2K3/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 if Rxd1 Ng3+ ]
b)
Laznicka vs Michael Buscar, Oropesa, 1999
r2q2r1/pppn1p1k/3p1p1p/7N/2P1P1Q1/2P5/P1P3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7 ]
c)
Laznicka vs Petr Sykora, Czech Republic, 2000
r1b2rk1/pp2bp2/2ppn1p1/6Pp/n1qPP2P/P1N1QNBB/1PP5/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bf1 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Laznicka vs Pavel Rozumek, Czech Republic, 2001
rn3rk1/2qp2pp/p3P3/1p1b4/3b4/3B4/PPP1Q1PP/R1B2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxf8+ ]
e)
Laznicka vs Josef Obsivac, Roznov, 2002
2r3k1/1p2R1p1/p1b2r1p/3p1p2/3P4/P6P/1q1BQPP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Kxg7 Bxh6+ or if Kh8 Qe7 mates ]
Laznicka Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Laznicka vs Thomas Schunk, Internet, 2005
r3k2r/pR2ppbp/2p2np1/8/4N3/3PB1QP/q4PP1/5RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Rb8+ ]
b)
Laznicka vs Alexsej Lanin, Herceg Novi, 2005
r2qr1k1/p1pn1ppp/4pn2/2bp2B1/Q7/P3PN2/1P2BPPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Laznicka vs Sergei Movsesian, Pardubice, 2007
4N1k1/1p2qrb1/p1p1np2/2P5/8/4B3/Pp5Q/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Laznicka vs Henrik Teske, Benasque, 2009
r1br4/1p2k3/p1p1n1Q1/6N1/P2P1qnP/8/2B2PP1/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7+ if Kd6 Rxe6+ Kd5 Qe4+ ]
e)
Laznicka vs Kirill Stupak, Pardubice, 2009
5bk1/rb1n2pp/1pp1Np2/p7/5B1P/P5P1/1P3PB1/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf8 if Nxf8 Re7 or if Kxf8 Bd6+ ]
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