Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Roy Robson.
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)
Robson vs Irakli Beradze, Heraklio, 2004
r3rk2/2qn1p1p/p1p1p3/1pPpP1Q1/3P2P1/1P6/P5NP/2R2RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+ Nf6 Rxf6+ Ke7 Rf5+ Kd7 Rf7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Robson vs Rao Prasanna, Heraklio, 2004
2rqnk2/pp2p1b1/3pbpQR/4P1p1/2r3P1/1NN1BP2/PPP5/2K4R w - - id 1-0
[ Rh8+ if Bg8 Rxg8+ w/e6 ]
c)
White Mates in 7. Robson vs Pieter Bierkens, Chicago, 2006
2r5/1bqkrQ2/pp1p4/4Pp2/2P4R/1NN5/PP4PP/7K w - - id 1-0
[ e6+ Kc6 Nd4+ Kc5 Qxf5+ d5 Na4+ Kb4 a3+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Robson vs S Shankland, Peabody, 2007
5k1r/6p1/1Qq2p1p/2r1p3/2B3P1/1P6/1PP5/2K2R2 w - - id 1-0
[ Qd8+ if Qe8 Rxf6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Robson vs Eugene Perelshteyn, Peabody, 2007
r3k3/3b3R/1n1p1b1Q/1p1PpP1N/1P2P1P1/6K1/2B1q3/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Rh8+ ]
Robson Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Robson vs David Vigorito, Chicago, 2007
1rrnb3/2k3p1/Pp3p1p/1R2pP2/N2pP3/3P4/1R1B2PP/6K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rc2+ if Nc6 Nxb6 w/Ba5 or a7 ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Jay Bonin vs Robson, Foxwoods, 2007
3r4/N4p2/1k2p3/p5r1/QbpPq2P/6P1/1P3P2/R5KR b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxg3+ if fxg3 Qxd4+ Kg2 Qe4+ Kf1 Qf3+ ]
c)
Chouchanik Airapetian vs Robson, Stillwater, 2007
8/p4p2/5Pk1/5np1/1r5p/1PRN3P/r5P1/5R1K b - - id 0-1
[ ...Ng3+ if Kg1 Re4 Nc1 Rd2 ]
d)
Semyon Grigoriev vs Robson, Kemer, 2007
6k1/1N2b2p/1n4p1/8/1q1B4/1P1Q2P1/7P/4rRK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxf1+ Kxf1 Nd5 ]
e)
Vojtech Plat vs Robson, Kemer, 2007
1n1r1rk1/p3qpb1/bpp1p1pp/8/P1NPN3/1B2PQ2/1P3PPP/R4RK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Qb4 ]
US GMs
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