Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Sofia Polgar.
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)
Polgar vs Ralf Akesson, Reykjavik, 1988
rb3rk1/5pp1/p1bpp3/7p/4PPN1/P1qB1RQ1/2P3PP/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ e5 if Bxf3 Nf6+ Kh8 Qxf3 ]
b)
Polgar vs Richard Valenti, Val Maubuee, 1988
6R1/1p3p2/2k3p1/p1Pn4/P1BPr3/8/1P3K2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8+ if Nc7 Bb5 ]
c)
Polgar vs Victor Frias, New York, 1989
2r3k1/2P2ppp/p3p3/1r2P3/nB3P2/8/P3K2P/1RR5 w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 if Rd5 Rxd5 w/Ba5 ]
d)
Polgar vs Marcel Piket, Amsterdam, 1990
1r4k1/6np/b2N1RpB/3p4/1P4P1/7P/8/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 Ne6 Re7 if Nd4 Rg7+ mates ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Polgar vs Rumiana Gocheva, Novi Sad, 1990
3r1kbR/1p1r2p1/2qp1n2/p3pPQ1/P1P1P3/BP6/2B5/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6+ ]
Sofia Polgar Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Polgar vs Peter Spiriev, Budapest, 1991
1r2r2k/1p4pp/pP1R2n1/2N1p3/4P1b1/2P2pP1/1P3K1P/3R1B2 w - - 0 1
[ h3 if Bc8 Rd8 ]
b)
White Mates in 10. Polgar vs Nunez Garcia, Guarapuava, 1991
2r4k/1q1rb1p1/p2p2Qp/1p1R3R/4Np2/1PP5/P5PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rdg5 Bxg5 Nxg5 Qxg2+ Kxg2 f3+ Kf1 Kg8 Qh7+ ]
c)
Polgar vs Jens-Uwe Maiwald, Guarapuava, 1991
r3n1k1/1p1q1p1p/p3r1p1/P3P1B1/3P3Q/5R2/6PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 Qxf7 Rxf7 Kxf7 Qf4+ w/d5 ]
d)
Polgar vs Alexander Fominyh, Rimavska Sobota, 1991
r2r2k1/qp3pp1/p1np3p/3N3R/P3P3/1P5Q/1P4PP/3R1K2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 if f5 Qg6+ mates ]
e)
White Mates in 5 (2 solutions).
Polgar vs Josep Maria Basart, San Sebastian, 1991
3r2k1/pp4b1/2r1p1p1/3p1B2/q2P3R/P5Q1/1P1N2K1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 Kf8 Rh8+ Bxh8 Rxh8+ or Rh8+ Bxh8 Qxg6+ Kf8 Rxh8+ ]
Sofia Polgar Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Polgar vs Peter Sinkovics, Hungary, 1992
3r2k1/p4p2/1qr3p1/6Qp/3p2bP/1B6/PP3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Re7+ w/Rae1 ]
b)
Polgar vs Vladimir Savon, Pila, 1992
4k2r/1b3pb1/pp3npp/3qpB2/P2r3N/BP3R2/2P2QPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ c4 if Qd8 Rxd5+ or if Qa5 b4 w/Rxe5+ ]
c)
Polgar vs Gyula Horvath, Brno, 1993
8/2p2pk1/6n1/2pp1r2/P5Rr/4RP2/2P1N2P/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Ng3 ]
d)
Polgar vs Wolfgang Unzicker, Muenster, 1993
3q1n1k/4Nbp1/rn1p1p1p/1p3N2/1PpPP3/2P4P/3Q1KP1/1B2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg7 if Kxg7 Nf5+ Kg8 Qxh6 Ne6 Re3 ]
e)
Polgar vs Anda Safranska, Ljubljana, 1994
4rr2/pb2qp1k/1p2nRp1/2ppP3/8/P1NB2QP/1PP3P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6+ fxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qh5+ ]
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