Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.
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)
Nisipeanu vs Marius Chereches, Singeorz, 1993
r5k1/p2r1pp1/1pnNb2p/5n1q/1P1p4/P2B2B1/2PQ1PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be4 ]
b)
Nisipeanu vs Bela Badea, Bucharest, 1994
4k3/1r1r2B1/2Qp2K1/p1n1pP1P/6p1/P7/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1
[ h6 if Rc7 h7 ]
c)
Nisipeanu vs George Grigore, Bucharest, 1994
r2r2k1/1p3pb1/p1bppnpp/8/1P2P1Pq/2NNBP1P/1PPQ3K/3R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bf2 Qg5 Qe1 w/Bh4 ]
d)
Nisipeanu vs Nikola Hocevar, Eger, 1995
1k2r2r/pp3bpp/2nbp3/2p1q1P1/Q4N1P/2P1B2B/PP3P2/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rfe1 if Bh5 Bc1 Bxd1 Qxd1 ]
e)
Nisipeanu vs Dan Bogdan, Baile Herculane, 1996
rn2r3/pp4p1/2p1Nnkp/4bp2/4pB2/2P3PB/PP2PP1P/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5+ Kxf5 Nxg7+ ]
Nisipeanu Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Nisipeanu vs Levente Vajda, Baile Herculane, 1996
rr4Rb/2pnqb1k/np1p1p1B/3PpP2/p1P1P2P/2N3R1/PP2BP2/1KQ5 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7 Kxg8 Qh6 Bxd5 Qxh8+ ]
b)
Nisipeanu vs Martin Pribyl, Germany, 1998
3qnrk1/1p2bp1p/p5p1/3bP3/P3B3/4Q3/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rad1 if Nc7 Bxd5 Nxd5 Qb3 ]
c)
Nisipeanu vs Josif Dorfman, Cap d'Agde, 2000
4kr2/4qp2/p1p1p1p1/B1b1P2p/2P2Q1P/3R4/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6 ]
d)
Nisipeanu vs Elmar Magerramov, Dubai, 2002
3rr1k1/2q1bp2/p3p1p1/1p2P3/5Q2/3B4/PPP3P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7 if f5 Rdh1 ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Nisipeanu vs Michel Clairen, Trignac, 2002
r1b2rqk/p6p/4p1p1/2ppP3/5NQ1/3B1R2/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6+ ]
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