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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of David Navara.
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. Navara vs Jakub Lahner, Svetla nad Sazavou, 1994
1rb2rk1/pppp1pp1/7p/3QP3/2B2P2/7R/P1P5/q1BK3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 if gxh6 Qg2+ Kh7 Bd3+ ]
b)
Navara vs Nikolai Danilov, Szeged, 1994
r3r1k1/pbp2p2/6pp/2p1q3/6QB/3Bn1R1/P1P3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe3 Qxe3 Bxg6 Bf3 Bxf7+ w/Rxf3 ]
c)
Navara vs Tomi Nyback, Cannes, 1997
r1b1k2r/pp1nppbp/2np2p1/qB1N4/3NP3/4BP2/PPP3PP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ b4 Nxb4 (if Qd8 Bxc6) Bd2 Qd8 Bxb4 ]
d)
Navara vs Miroslav Muron, Czech Republic, 1997
r2q2k1/2p1n2p/p2pb1p1/1p6/3QPr2/2N5/PPP1B1P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 Kxh7 Rh1+ if Kg8 Qh8+ mates ]
e)
Navara vs Zdenek Ruzicka, Czech Republic, 1998
2rqr1k1/2p2p1p/1p1pnbp1/p2N4/Q3P3/1P2BP2/P1P3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe8+ ]
Navara Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Navara vs Jan Smeets, Marina d'Or, 1998
r4r2/pp1R4/6R1/2kbp3/B1p4p/2P1K3/PP5P/8 w - - 0 1
[ b4+ cxb3 Rc7+ Bc6 Rcxc6+ bxc6 Rxc6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Navara vs Jan Helbich Jr, Olomouc, 1998
r3Rnkr/1b5p/p3NpB1/3p4/1p6/8/PPP3P1/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 ]
c)
Navara vs Henrikas Asauskas, Oropesa, 2000
rr4k1/4ppbp/8/2Q2p2/pq6/4BP2/P1P3PP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Navara vs Manfred Keller, Passau, 2000
5rk1/3p1p1p/p4Qq1/1p1P2R1/7N/n6P/2r3PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 ]
e)
White Mates in 9. Navara vs Jean Netzer, Balatonlelle, 2001
1r6/qp2k1p1/2rp1p1p/pR6/4PR2/1Q2n1PB/PPP4P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qe6+ Kf8 Rxf6+ ]
Navara Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Navara vs Hans-Juergen Doeres, Germany, 2001
r2r2k1/1p3ppp/p1n5/8/1P6/P1Nq3P/6P1/2RQR2K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]
b)
Navara vs Manuel Feige, Germany, 2002
3r2k1/4R3/5Qp1/1p6/2bq3P/6P1/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ if Kh7 Qe7+ Kh6 Qf8+ ]
c)
Navara vs Alexandar Panchenko, Pardubice, 2002
2r1r1k1/1b1nqp2/p2b2p1/2p5/2BP3N/1Pn3N1/P2R1PPP/1Q1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6+ w/Qh6+ & Ng6+ ]
d)
Navara vs Jonathan Tisdall, Rethymnon, 2003
6k1/1pq1rpPp/r3bR2/4p1QB/1p2P3/8/1PP4P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 w/Bg6 ]
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