Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Judit Polgár.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Polgár vs Snorri Bergsson, Reykjavik, 1988
2b1kb1r/p2p3p/2pRp1p1/1rQBPp2/5B1P/1P6/q1P2PP1/1NK4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ if dxe6 Bxc6+ or if Kd8 Bg5+ & Rxc6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Polgár vs Pavlina Angelova, Thessalonika, 1988
r1b2rk1/pp1p1p1p/2n3pQ/5qB1/8/2P5/P4PPP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ ]
c)
Polgár vs Singh, Hastings, 1988
2r3k1/1R5p/p1q1rnp1/3p1p2/P7/2Q2B2/1P4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 ]
d)
Polgár vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Amsterdam, 1989
r3r1k1/pp3pbp/3P1Bp1/1R2n3/2bqNQP1/3B3P/2PK4/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 w/Nf6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Polgár vs H Winfridsson, Goteborg, 1989
r4r1k/1pqb1B1p/p3p2B/2bpP2Q/8/1NP5/PP4PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Polgár vs Peter Popovic, Novi Sad, 1990
3q2k1/1p3pp1/p2p4/3NrP1Q/1P4R1/8/P1r2b1P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 ]
b)
Polgár vs Branko Damljanovic, Wijk an Zee, 1990
r2q2k1/1b3p2/p3r1nQ/3p2P1/Pp1pP2R/3B4/1PP3RP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 if Rxe5 Bxg6 mates ]
c)
Polgár vs Annett Wagner-Michel, Novi Sad Ol, 1990
r2q2k1/p1b3pp/n4r2/3p1p2/3P1p2/BQP2N2/P5PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be7 if Qxe7 Qxd5+ ]
d)
Polgár vs Oscar De la Riva, San Sebastian, 1991
3q3r/5b2/1pp4k/p3RB1p/P4P1Q/8/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Kg7 Be6 ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Polgár vs F Hellers, Biel, 1991
2r5/4kp2/1q2pNr1/p2RP3/1p3P2/1P6/P1P5/2KQ4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ w/Rxf7+ ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Polgár vs Lev Polugaevsky, Aruba, 1991
5b1k/5Pp1/p2q1rPp/3pp3/b3P3/3P2Q1/1P6/1KR4R w - - 0 1
[ Rcg1 ]
b)
Polgár vs Oscar Panno, Buenos Aires, 1992
6r1/4k3/4prbn/pp1p4/2pP1RPN/P1P1K3/2P1B3/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 w/g5+ & Nf3+ ]
c)
Polgár vs Jorge Rubinetti, Buenos Aires, 1992
1r4k1/1b3pp1/1n1N1b1p/2p5/1n1PP3/1P3N1P/3Q1PP1/qB2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 w/Bh7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Polgar vs Leon Pliester, Aruba, 1992
q3r3/4b1pn/pNrp2kp/1p6/4P3/1Q2B3/PPP1B1PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ Kxh5 (if Kf6 Nd7#) Qf7+ ]
e)
Polgar vs Bent Larsen, Monte Carlo, 1992
8/5R2/2p4p/2Pk1pp1/1n1r4/8/3N1P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Polgar vs Evgeny Bareev, Hastings, 1993
r2r1n2/2p2N1k/p1P1pq1p/1p1b1p1Q/3P1P1b/3BB3/PP5P/2K3R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh6 if Qxh6 Qf7+ ]
b)
Polgar vs Zsuzsa Polgar, Oviedo, 1993
4r3/pp3k1p/4n2r/3b2p1/1R4BB/2P3K1/1P5P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg5 if Rg6 Bh5 or if Nxg5 Rf4+ ]
c)
Polgár vs Pastor Manuel Rivas, Seville, 1993
r1br2k1/p1q2ppp/1np2n2/2b5/3N1P2/2NQ2P1/PPP4P/2KR1BBR w - - 0 1
[ Ndb5 ]
d)
Polgar vs Boris Gulko, Dos Hermanas, 1994
4k3/8/1R2P3/4KN2/1p4b1/8/8/3r4 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ Rd8 Nd6+ if Ke7 Rb7+ ]
e)
Polgar vs Alexei Shirov, Amsterdam, 1995
r5nr/3Bkpb1/b4npp/p3p1B1/2p1N3/P4Q2/1P3PPP/4K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd1 if hxg5 Qd6+ Kd3 Bb5+ mates ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win.
a)
Polgár vs Vasily Ivanchuk, Monaco, 1995
3rr1k1/1p2bR2/p5p1/P1p3Np/6P1/7Q/1PP4P/4qB1K w - - 0 1
[ Qb3 w/Re7+ Rxe1 Qc3+ & Qxe1 ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
b)
White Mates in 5. Polgár vs V Epishin, Geneva, 1996
2r1rq2/pp3pkP/2b1p3/4N1p1/3Q1n1N/1B6/PPP2PP1/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ if exf5 Nd7+ ]
c)
Polgár vs Anatoly Karpov, Melody Amber rapid, 1996
3rrbk1/3Rn3/p1p1R1p1/6Np/1Pp5/2B4P/1PK2P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rdxe7 if Bxe7 Rxg6+ mates or if Rxe7 Rxg6+ w/Bxg7 ]
d)
Polgár vs Veselin Topalov, Leon, 1996
2r2rk1/1Q4b1/p2p2p1/4n2p/4N3/2BP4/q5PP/2R2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Polgár vs Jun Xie, Melody Amber Rapid, 1996
3r2k1/1b2Qp2/pqnp3b/1pn5/3B3p/1PR4P/P4PP1/1B4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 2. Polgár vs E. Bareev, Kremlin PCA Rapid, 1996
5k1r/4npp1/p3p2p/3nP2P/3P3Q/3N4/qB2KPP1/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ ]
b)
Polgar vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Monte Carlo, 1996
4rb2/1b3p2/q4Nkp/6p1/2p5/2Bp2NP/1P3PP1/2Q3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd1 if Qxf6 Qh5+ ]
c)
Polgar vs Nigel Short, Dortmund, 1997
2r5/1b1r1pkp/p3R1p1/1p1p2R1/1P1N3Q/q2B4/2PK3P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ if Kg8 Ne7+ ]
d)
Polgar vs Boris Spassky, Hoogeveen, 1998
r5k1/1bb1Bn1p/p3Q3/1p1p3p/1P6/2q4P/P1B1RPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6 ]
e)
Polgar vs James Thinnsen, Kona, 1998
r3r1k1/pp1nbp1p/1q2p1p1/6B1/3P3P/1PNQ4/1P3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 if Rxe7 Nd5 ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Polgar vs Viswanathan Anand, Wijk aan Zee, 1998
1R6/3q4/3r2pk/p2N2bp/1p2Pp2/1P2Q1P1/1P4K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kg7 Qd4+ Bf6 Qxf6+ if Rxf6 Rh7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Polgar vs Artashes Minasian, Batumi, 1999
4R3/p2r1q1k/5B1P/6P1/2p4K/3b4/4Q3/8 w - - 0 1
[ g6+ ]
c)
Polgar vs W Walbers, Frankfurt, 1999
r1bq2k1/1p2rpp1/p1n4p/3p4/3Nn3/1N1B4/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 bxc6 Bxe4 ]
d)
Polgar vs Gilberto Milos, Buenos Aires, 2000
1r4k1/1b1q1p1p/p5pb/1p1p4/3N1P2/1P2Q2P/PB4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe5 w/Nf5 ]
e)
Polgar vs Aung Aung, Istanbul, 2000
8/4rk1p/1p1R2p1/1N2p3/nP2P3/8/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd2 w/Ra2 ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part VIII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Polgar vs Gilberto Milos, Buenos Aires, 2001
4r1k1/5p1p/p5p1/1p5q/1P2P3/1BQ2PPn/P3R1K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 if Ng5 Rh1 ]
b)
Polgar vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Bled, 2002
r4b1r/2p1k1pp/p1nqb3/1pn2Q2/3p4/1BP5/PP1N1PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if Nxe6 Ne4 ]
c)
Polgar vs Jozsef Horvath, Halkidiki, 2002
r1br2k1/1p4pp/p7/1n2Rp2/8/qP2B3/2P3PP/1K2QB1R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ if Kf8 Bxb5 w/Bc5+ or if Kh8 Bd2 h6 (Bd7 Bb4) Re8+ Rxe8 Qxe8+ mates ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Polgar vs Bu Xiangzhi, Bilbao, 2007
6k1/6p1/4R2p/5R2/1P3PK1/5QP1/6rq/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ ]
e)
Polgar vs Veselin Topalov, Mexico City, 2010
r4rk1/ppp2ppp/8/2P2q1b/3PRb2/5N2/PPB2KPP/R2Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Re5 if Qg4 Bf5 ]
f)
Polgar vs Gadir Guseinov, Aix les Bains, 2011
5k2/1B1bp3/3p2p1/1p1P2P1/pP1K1P2/P7/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bc6 if Ke8 f5 ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part IX. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Jonathan Tisdall vs Polgar, Reykjavik, 1988
k7/1p1q1pp1/p2p4/P2P2P1/4R2r/7r/KPP1Q1R1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa4+ ]
b)
Borislava Borisova vs Polgar, Salonika, 1988
8/p4pkp/1p2qbp1/3r4/5P2/1PB1p1P1/P1Q1P1KP/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc5 if Bxf6+ Qxf6 Qd1 Qc6+ ]
c)
Alon Greenfeld vs Polgar, Haifa, 1989
8/2qp2bk/6pp/1P1Q1p2/3N3P/1P6/1r3PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd2 if Rxd2 Qc1+ ]
d)
Rob Bertholee vs Polgar, Amsterdam, 1990
6k1/R5p1/5p1p/7P/3r2P1/Pp3PK1/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb4 if axb4 b2 ]
e)
Asela De Armas vs Polgar, Novi Sad, 1990
2r3k1/1pb2p2/p3nQp1/1b1p2qp/3B4/2P1R2P/PPBN1PP1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf6 Bxf6 Bf4 ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part X. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sofia Polgar vs Polgar, Paris, 1992
2r2rk1/1B2pp1p/6p1/p3p3/2Pn4/PP4P1/5P1P/RR3K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb8 Be4 Nxb3 Ra2 Nd2+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. Yasser Seirawan vs Polgar, Monaco, 1993
1r3rk1/5p1p/pp2b1p1/4n3/4PP2/1BP1B1Pq/P6P/R1QR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kf2 Qxh2+ Kxf3 Bg4+ ]
c)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Polgar, Monaco, 1995
8/1b6/3p4/B3nP2/2P1n2P/3q4/2k3BK/5Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ ]
d)
Evgeny Bareev vs Polgar, Geneva, 1996
5r2/2p5/6kb/p1P1Rn2/3P4/P1BKPr1p/2N4R/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4 ]
e)
Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Polgar, Dos Hermanas, 1997
4rr1k/3n1qpp/p1bP4/4B3/8/3BR1Q1/PP5P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 Rxe5 Qa7+ R1e3 Rxe5 Qxe5 Rf3 ]
Polgár Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Peter Svidler vs Polgar, Dos Hermanas, 1999
4qrk1/2Qn2pp/1p1p4/1B1Pb3/5p2/P3p2P/2P2PP1/2B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...exf2+ if Kxf2 f3 ]
b)
Alexander Morozevich vs Polgar, Frankfurt, 1999
8/1Rp2q1k/2P2pp1/3r4/2Qn1B2/P6P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
c)
Predrag Nikolic vs Polgar, Moscow, 2002
3r2k1/pq2pp1p/6p1/2pP4/P3P3/2b3Pb/1rNB1P1P/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd2 Qxd2 Qb3 if Rac1 Qf3 or if Rec1 Rxc2 ]
d)
Emil Sutovsky vs Polgar, Natanya, 2009
1r3bk1/3R1ppp/p3p3/q5P1/P1Q1NP2/1P6/2P4P/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1 w/...Rb4 ]
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