'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ljubomir Ljubojevic.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Gyozo Forintos, Caorle, 1972
3q2k1/rp2rp1p/2p2np1/p1Pp4/4PPb1/1PN2B2/P5PP/2QR1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 ]

b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Jacek Bednarski, Skopje, 1972
r1b3k1/pp2q1p1/2n5/4p2Q/3pN3/2N5/PPP3PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if dxc3 Ng5 ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Nikola Padevsky, Nice, 1974
r1q4r/1bp2pbk/1pn4p/3Np1pP/p1Q1P3/P1P2NB1/1P3PP1/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Bxf6 Qxf7+ Bg7 Nxg5+ hxg5 h6 ]

d)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Las Palmas, 1975
5k2/p6R/6p1/3nq3/8/2P5/P4PpP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ Qxb8 Rh8+ ]

e)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Hrvoje Messing, Zagreb, 1977
8/6p1/NRb1rp1p/4k3/pKP3P1/P6P/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 Rd6 Kc5 ]

1c)
mate in 6
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Nikola Padevsky

Ljubomir Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first..
a)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Feridun Oney, Praia da Rocha, 1978
r7/ppp4k/4p1bN/8/2P5/1P1q2QP/P7/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ if Kxh6 Qh4+ mates ]

b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Nigel Short, London, 1980
q5k1/4p2p/3p1bp1/1n3rN1/5P2/1P2B3/3Q2PP/2R3K1 w - - 0
[ g4 if Rd5 Rc8+ ]

c)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Rubens Filguth, Brazil, 1981
1bb2rk1/1p1rnpp1/2n4p/1Nqp4/8/3B1N2/PBPQ1PPP/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 Qb6 Nbd4 if Qd8 or Qc7 or Qa7 Nxc6 ]

d)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Timothy Taylor, New York, 1984
2r2rkq/5pp1/3Rb2p/1p6/p3B1P1/1P6/P1PQ3P/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 fxe6 Qd7 if Rce8 Bg6 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Amador Rodriguez, Biel, 1985
5k2/ppqrRB2/3r1p2/2p2p2/7P/P1PP2P1/1P2QP2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ if Kxf7 Qh5+ or if Kg7 Rg8+ ]

2a)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Feridun Oney

Ljubomir Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Jan Timman, Amsterdam, 1986
2r5/1b2kp2/p5p1/1p6/3QqN1P/1P6/P1P5/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6+ Ke8 Rd2 ]

b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Viktor Korchnoi, Tilburg, 1986
r4n2/3bk2p/p3pp2/1p5B/4p3/P1p1P1R1/2P4P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ Kd8 Rdxd7+ if Nxd7 Rg8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Ochoa De Echaguen, Bilbao, 1987
1r4k1/7R/p2p4/P5q1/1P2B3/5Pb1/2Q3K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5+ Kf8 Rf7+ Ke8 Qc6+ ]

d)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Krunoslav Hulak, Wijk aan Zee, 1987
rr3k2/5p1p/4p1p1/2R1p3/bq2P2P/3B4/1P1Q1PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ if Kg7 Qxb4 ]

e)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Murray Chandler, Linares, 1988
6k1/5p1p/1p1Nrqp1/4n3/1r6/4Q1P1/3RPP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3 if Rg4 or Ng4 f3 ]

3c)
mate in 4
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Ochoa De Echaguen

Ljubomir Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoly Karpov, Monte Carlo, 1997
3r4/4RRpk/5n1N/8/p1p2qPP/P1Qp1P2/1P4K1/3b4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxh6 Rh7+ Nxh7 Qg7# ]

b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Predrag Nikolic, Monaco (active), 1998
3rr1k1/ppqnppb1/2p3pp/8/3PP3/BPN2QP1/P4PKP/2RR4 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qa5 Bb4 Qxa2 Nxe7+ Kh8 Qxf7 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Alfonso Romero Holmes, Villarrobledo, 2000
8/8/p6p/1p3Kpk/1P2P3/P1b3P1/2N4P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ne3 Be1 Ng2 ]

4a)
mate in 3
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoly Karpov

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