Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lev Psakhis.
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)
Psakhis vs Viktor Gavrikov, Vilnius, 1978
r3k2r/p1q2ppp/2pbpn2/2p2b2/2B2B2/2NP1Q2/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Nb5 ]
b)
Psakhis vs Anatoly Machulsky, Vilnius, 1978
5rk1/4Rpp1/rp6/7p/P4Q2/5PPq/5P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Psakhis vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Minsk, 1982
1qr3k1/1r3pPp/ppbRp1n1/8/2P1P1N1/2n1B1PQ/P4K1P/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kxf6 Bg5 ]
d)
Psakhis vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Sochi, 1982
2rq1r2/3nbk1p/b1p1ppp1/p2pP3/N1P2PB1/1P2B3/P1R3PP/R4QK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6+ if Kxe6 cxd5+ w/Qxa6 or if Kg7 Bxd7 w/Nb6 ]
e)
Psakhis vs Andrei Kharitonov, Tallinn, 1983
6k1/2N1rp2/1p1q1bp1/p2pNb1p/3P1P2/P1R5/1P1Q2PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 w/Nc6 or Rc6 ]
Psakhis Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Psakhis vs Ratmir Kholmov, Sverdlovsk, 1984
3r1k2/5rpQ/3qp1Rp/4p3/p3P3/2R3PK/5P1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 Rxg7 Rf3+ Ke8 Qxg7 if Qe7 Qg6+ Kd7 Rf7 ]
b)
Psakhis vs Dragan Paunovic, Minsk, 1986
rnb3k1/4B3/5PpP/1p1p1p2/rPnP2N1/6P1/8/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f7+ Kxf7 h7 if Kg7 Bf6+ Kxh7 Re7+ mates ]
c)
Psakhis vs Vladimir Malaniuk, Minsk, 1987
r3n3/5pkp/p1b1qn2/1p6/1P1B4/5P1P/P1BQ2P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 if Qd7 Qg5+ mates or if Qd5 Be4 ]
d)
Psakhis vs Valery Loginov, Sverdlovsk, 1987
3q1b1k/pp1b1pp1/4p2p/n2pP3/3P2Q1/2rB3R/P4PP1/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if f6 Bxf6 mates of if Qe8 Rxh6+ mates ]
e)
Psakhis vs Miodrag Todorcevic, Belgrade, 1988
r5k1/r3nRb1/1p2P1pp/pB6/P3p1P1/6B1/1P5P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bd6 if Bf8 Bd7 or if Nc8 Bc7 ]
Psakhis Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Psakhis vs Jaan Ehlvest, Yerevan, 1988
5rk1/pp1b2r1/4pQpR/3p4/q1pP2P1/P1P2P2/2P1B3/R3K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qxf8+ w/g5 Kf2 & Rh1 ]
b)
Psakhis vs Eugene Martinovsky, Philadelphia, 1989
1k1r3r/ppp2ppp/5bn1/Pn1q3Q/N7/3B2B1/1P3PPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb5 if Qxh5 Bxc7+ mates ]
c)
Psakhis vs Ulf Bode, Paris, 1990
r3r3/1bpq1Npk/pb5p/1p2P3/3np3/PB2B2P/1P3PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if Kh8 e6 or if Kg6 Bf7+ Kf5 Qg4+ mates ]
d)
Psakhis vs Tamas Erdelyi, Lenk, 1991
r1n1q1k1/1pR2r2/3pNp1p/P2QnPp1/4P1b1/R5P1/1B5P/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if dxe5 or fxe5 Bb5 ]
e)
Psakhis vs Damjan Plesec, Nimes, 1991
4rbk1/1p2q2p/rpnpbpp1/1N6/2P1PP2/1PN3P1/5QBP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Bxd5 exd5 Na5 Rfe1 w/Rxe8 & Nc7 ]
Psakhis Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Psakhis vs Frank Roeder, Vienna, 1991
3krr2/Qpq5/1Np1b1np/N3p3/1p2P3/3P4/P1P3P1/2K2RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Na8 if Qc8 Nxb7+ ]
b)
Psakhis vs Valery Loginov, Manila, 1992
1r3k2/3n1p1p/p5pb/p1qPp3/2pnP3/2N2NP1/1Q3PKP/1R3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 ]
c)
Psakhis vs R Kraan, Ostend, 1992
3q2k1/5p1p/1n1p1P2/2pPp3/brP1P2P/R7/3NBK2/Q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qg1+ Kf8 Qg7+ Ke8 Rg3 ]
d)
Psakhis vs Matthias Steinbacher, Ostend, 1992
8/3n1Q1p/3p2pk/3Pp3/1Pp1P2q/4N2P/r5PK/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ng4+ if Kg5 Rf5+ mates ]
e)
Psakhis vs Ilaha Kadimova, Groningen, 1993
r3r3/p2Rb1k1/bq2p1np/1p4p1/5p2/P1N2Q2/1PB2PPP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 if Kxg6 Rxe7 ]
Psakhis Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Psakhis vs Georg Steffens, Ostend, 1993
r1b1k1r1/pp5p/n1pp3b/3P1p1q/2P1pPn1/PQN3P1/1P1BN2P/1BK2R1R w q - 0 1
[ h3 if Nf6 g4 ]
b)
Psakhis vs Patrik Lyrberg, Gausdal, 1994
q2rk3/1b2bpp1/2p1p2p/1p2P3/1n1PB3/r4N1P/3B1PP1/R1R1Q1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa3 Qxa3 Ra1 Qb3 Rb1 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Psakhis vs Helge Nordahl, Gausdal, 1994
5rk1/pR4bp/6p1/6B1/5Q2/4P3/q2r1PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ ]
d)
Psakhis vs Dimitri Komarov, Benasque, 1995
5k2/2p3p1/prN1p1P1/1p5P/1P6/6b1/P3K3/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1+ if Ke8 h6 or if Kg8 Ne7+ mates ]
e)
Psakhis vs Ashot Nadanian, Yerevan, 1996
3r2k1/pp1rbppp/1q3n2/2p1B3/2P2Q2/1PNb4/P3BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd3 if Rxd3 Bc7 ]
Psakhis Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win.
a)
Psakhis vs Arias Castanedo, Andorra, 1997
2r1q2k/1p1b1r1p/p3p3/Pn1pPp2/5P2/2PB1NRQ/1P3K1P/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if Rg7 or Re7 Nxh7 mates ]
b)
Psakhis vs Richard Vedder, Hoogeveen, 1997
7k/p1q5/1p2nNp1/2p3rp/4P1bN/3P4/PPP4Q/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ e5 w/Ne4 ]
c)
Psakhis vs Baron Rodriguez, Mondariz, 1997
3r3k/p1nr2pp/1p2p1q1/5p2/3b4/P1N2QBP/1P3PPK/3RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc7 Rxc7 Rxd4 if Rxd4 Qa8+ mates ]
d)
Psakhis vs David Coleman, Port Erin, 1999
r4qk1/2R3bp/3n1r2/1p1ppb2/pP4Q1/P2B1PNP/R2B4/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5 Nxf5 Bxf5 Rxf5 Rxg7+ ]
e)
Psakhis vs Kristian Hovmoller, Copenhagen, 2000
rnr2b2/1q3pkp/ppNp4/2nPp1PQ/4P3/4B3/PP4BP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh3 if Re8 Bf5 mates ]
Psakhis Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win.
a)
Psakhis vs Jacob Pallesen, Copenhagen, 2001
5rk1/p1p2rbp/1pnp1np1/3Np1B1/1PP1P3/6P1/P2QNP1P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Bxf6 Nxf6+ Rxf6 Qd5+ ]
b)
Psakhis vs Robert Fontaine, Internet, 2004
2r1r1k1/2p1n1b1/p3p1Np/1pp4N/4q3/1P3RQP/P4PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7+ Rxe7 Nf6+ ]
c)
Psakhis vs Evgenij Kalegin, Moscow, 2005
r6k/p3nqb1/3p4/2pPp1B1/2P1Q3/P4rN1/7P/1R1R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if Rxf1+ Rxf1 Qe8 Qh4+ ]
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