Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ljubomir Ljubojevic.
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 5 (two solutions). Ljubojevic vs Miklos Kovacs, Sarajevo, 1970
2r4r/2p2Rbk/ppPpQ3/6pp/6q1/8/P4PPP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ (played) or Qf6 ]
b)
Ljubojevic vs Drogoljub Janosevic, Vrsac, 1971
2rrk3/1pRb1p1p/p2p1Q2/1q3p2/1P6/P4B1P/1B4P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ w/Bf6+ & Bxd8 ]
c)
Ljubojevic vs Gyozo Forintos, Caorle, 1972
3q2k1/rp2rp1p/2p2np1/p1Pp4/4PPb1/1PN2B2/P5PP/2QR1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 ]
d)
Ljubojevic vs Jacek Bednarski, Skopje, 1972
r1b3k1/pp2q1p1/2n5/4p2Q/3pN3/2N5/PPP3PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if dxc3 Ng5 ]
e)
Ljubojevic vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez, Lanzarote, 1973
r1bqkr2/ppppbpQp/8/5n2/P7/2N5/1PPP1PPP/R1B1R1K1 w q - 0 1
[ Nd5 if f6 Qxh7 d6 Qg6+ ]
Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ljubojevic vs Jan-Heim Donner, Wijk aan Zee, 1973
r7/p1n2qk1/1pp2p1p/5p2/2P2P1Q/P1B5/1P4PP/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6+ if Qxf6 Re7+ or if Kg6 Re7 Qxf6 Qg3+ Kh5 Rg7 w/Qf3+ ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Ljubojevic vs Nikola Padevsky, Nice, 1974
r1q4r/1bp2pbk/1pn4p/3Np1pP/p1Q1P3/P1P2NB1/1P3PP1/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Bxf6 Qxf7+ Bg7 Nxg5+ ]
c)
Ljubojevic vs Joaquim Durao, Orense, 1974
2kr3r/Q2b2pp/2pb4/4pq2/B3R3/BPP5/P5PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 if cxb5 Qa6+ mates or if Rdf8 Qa8+ Bb8 Ba6+ Qc7 Qb7+ Kd8 Qxb8+ Bc8 Bc5 ]
d)
Ljubojevic vs Fridrik Olafsson, Las Palmas, 1975
r1bq1rk1/3pn1bp/pp2p1p1/4np2/2P1PB2/2N2B2/PPNQ1PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 Bxe5 exf5 Ra7 fxe6 ]
e)
Ljubojevic vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Las Palmas, 1975
5k2/p6R/6p1/3nq3/8/2P5/P4PpP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ ]
Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Ljubojevic vs Helmut Pfleger, Manila, 1975
5rk1/3b1p1p/2n2Qp1/p7/2P1N3/4R2P/5PP1/2q2BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6 ]
b)
Ljubojevic vs Manuel Bellon Lopez, Orense, 1975
1r6/q3k1rp/1p1p1p2/pRpPpP1p/P1P1P1nN/R5Pb/1P1B3P/4Q2K w - - 0 1
[ Nf3 w/Ng1 ]
c)
Ljubojevic vs Hrvoje Messing, Zagreb, 1977
8/6p1/NRb1rp1p/4k3/pKP3P1/P6P/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 Rd6 Kc5 ]
d)
Ljubojevic vs Bozidar Ivanovic, Niksic, 1978
2r1b1k1/p3bp1n/1p4p1/3NB3/P3P3/q4B2/2P3PQ/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bb2 if Qd6 Nf6+ or if Qc5 Qe5 ]
e)
Ljubojevic vs Feridun Oney, Praia da Rocha, 1978
r7/ppp4k/4p1bN/8/2P5/1P1q2QP/P7/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ if Kxh6 Qh4+ mates ]
Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ljubojevic vs Nigel Short, London, 1980
q5k1/4p2p/3p1bp1/1n3rN1/5P2/1P2B3/3Q2PP/2R3K1 w - - 0
[ g4 if Rd5 Rc8+ ]
b)
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 ]
c)
Ljubojevic vs Timothy Taylor, New York, 1984
2r2rkq/5pp1/3Rb2p/1p6/p3B1P1/1P6/P1PQ3P/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 fxe6 Qd7 if Rce8 Bg6 ]
d)
Ljubojevic vs Charles Partos, Biel, 1985
1r1kr3/1q1bnpp1/1p2p2p/1P1pP3/1N1P4/Q1RB3P/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6+ if Bxc6 bxc6 Qc7 Qd6+ or if Nxc6 bxc6 Bxc6 Qd6+ Bd7 Ba6 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. 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+ ]
Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ljubojevic vs Jan Timman, Amsterdam, 1986
2r5/1b2kp2/p5p1/1p6/3QqN1P/1P6/P1P5/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6+ w/Rd2 ]
b)
Ljubojevic vs Viktor Korchnoi, Tilburg, 1986
r4n2/3bk2p/p3pp2/1p5B/4p3/P1p1P1R1/2P4P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ Kd8 Rdxd7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Ljubojevic vs Ochoa De Echaguen, Bilbao, 1987
1r4k1/7R/p2p4/P5q1/1P2B3/5Pb1/2Q3K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5+ ]
d)
Ljubojevic vs Krunoslav Hulak, Wijk aan Zee, 1987
rr3k2/5p1p/4p1p1/2R1p3/bq2P2P/3B4/1P1Q1PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ ]
e)
Ljubojevic vs Murray Chandler, Linares, 1988
6k1/5p1p/1p1Nrqp1/4n3/1r6/4Q1P1/3RPP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3 if Rg4 or Ng4 f3 ]
Ljubojevic Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ljubojevic vs Jonathan Speelman, Linares, 1992
2r3k1/3r2p1/b2Bp2p/p1p1nq2/4N3/P7/1P3QPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf5 (if Nxc5 Qxf2 w/Rxc5 Rxd1 & Nd3+) exf5 Nxc5 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Ljubojevic vs Anatoly Karpov, Monte Carlo (active), 1997
3r4/4RRpk/5n1N/8/p1p2qPP/P1Qp1P2/1P4K1/3b4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxh6 Rh7+ ]
c)
Ljubojevic vs Jan Timman, Villarrobledo, 1997
2rr2k1/5ppp/p1nBp2b/q1P1P3/2R4P/1R4P1/P3Q1B1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rb6 if Na7 Bb7 ]
d)
Ljubojevic vs Predrag Nikolic, Monaco (active), 1998
3rr1k1/ppqnppb1/2p3pp/8/3PP3/BPN2QP1/P4PKP/2RR4 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qa5 Bb4 Qxa2 Nxe7+ w/Qxf7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Ljubojevic vs Alfonso Romero Holmes, Villarrobledo, 2000
8/8/p6p/1p3Kpk/1P2P3/P1b3P1/2N4P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ne3 ]
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