Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Borki Predojevic.
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)
Predojevic vs Dmitry Svetushkin, Belgrade, 2002
2r3k1/pqrn1pbp/4p1p1/3bP3/1pBPp1Q1/1P2B2P/P1RN1PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 if exd5 Qxd7 ]
b)
Predojevic vs Balind Nadjhedjesi, Obrenovac, 2002
2r1kb1r/1p1q1ppp/p1n1p3/2P2b2/Q2N4/4BB2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w k - 0 1
[ Nxf5 exf5 Ref1 if Be7 Rad1 Qc7 Bf4 ]
c)
Predojevic vs Vjatsheslav Soskov, Halkidiki, 2003
1rbr2k1/3p1pp1/p1nP3p/qp1Bp3/8/4B1P1/PP3P1P/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh6 if g6 Qg4 or if gxh6 Qh5 ]
d)
Predojevic vs Nebojsa Misailovic, Budva, 2004
r1q1b1k1/4bn1p/2BpQ1pp/8/1p2P3/1N2B3/PPP5/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7 if Qxc6 Bxh6 mates ]
e)
Predojevic vs Darko Covic, Neum, 2005
r4b1k/1p4p1/p2pP1b1/7p/3Bq2P/4Q3/PP2B1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ if Rxf8 Qh6+ mates ]
Predojevic Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Predojevic vs Nenad Mrkonjic, Bizovac, 2005
r5rk/np5p/p3p2q/3pN2b/1P1P1R2/P1N1Q3/7P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ if Bxf7 Qe5+ Rg7 Rf7 Rg8 Rgxg7 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Predojevic vs Sebastian Siebrecht, Cappelle la Grande, 2005
r1r1n1k1/1b2bNp1/p6p/8/8/2qB4/2P1Q1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxh6+ if Kh8 Nf7+ ]
c)
Predojevic vs Arkadij Naiditsch, Sarajevo, 2006
k4r1r/1p3pp1/pB6/3N3p/1P6/6nP/1P4B1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf2 if Nf5 or h4 Nb6+ mates ]
d)
Predojevic vs Andrei Maksimenko, Zlatibor, 2006
1r1brnk1/2q2ppp/pp1p4/3P1NPQ/P1n2B2/7R/2P3BP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 if Nxd6 Bxd6 Qxd6 Qxf7+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Zdenek Holeksa vs Predojevic, Mureck, 1998
6k1/3qbppp/p3p3/1p6/2bB4/P1P2P1P/1P2NQP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Bc5 Bxc5 ]
f)
Black Mates in 3. Zlatko Basagic vs Predojevic, Neum, 2005
4q2k/3R2bp/8/pQ1N1pp1/8/1P4K1/P3r1PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5+ ]
g)
Black to move and win. Alain Schartz vs Predojevic, Calvia, 2004
r1b1rbk1/pp3ppp/2N5/3pP3/2p2Pnq/2N2B1P/PPP3P1/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5+ ]
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