Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Mikhael Mchedlishvili.
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)
Mchedlishvili vs Mario Sandhu, Tallinn, 1997
r1b3k1/1p5p/p2Qr1pq/3N1p2/2P1PP2/6P1/PP2B2P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Kg7 Qc7+ or if Kh8 Qd8+ ]

b)
Mchedlishvili vs A Kopilov, Krasnodar, 1998
r1b2rk1/ppbn2p1/2p2q1p/2P1ppNQ/3P4/8/PPB2PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb3+ w/Ne6 ]

c)
Mchedlishvili vs P Zangiev, Krasnodar, 1998
r4r2/ppp4p/5q1k/2P1R3/1P6/2Q2pP1/P4P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 Rf7 Rxf7 Qxf7 Qe3+ Kg6 Qe4+ Kh6 Re7 ]

d)
Mchedlishvili vs Dietmar Klemm, Dresden, 1999
7k/6rp/p1n1q3/2Q2p2/P3bP2/2N3B1/1rP3PP/4RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4 fxe4 f5 if Qe8 Bxa6 w/Bb5 ]

e)
Mchedlishvili vs David Petrosian, Yerevan, 1999
2r2rk1/1b2q1n1/8/p1ppB2p/5Pp1/1P2P1P1/P5B1/1QR3KR w - - 0 1
[ Qg6 if Qf7 Qh6 w/Rxh5 ]

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