Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Michael Roiz.
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)
Roiz vs Ovidiu Bodnar, Sao Lourenco, 1995
2rn2k1/1b2qp2/1p2pnpp/p1b1N1B1/8/P1N1P3/1PQ2PPP/1B1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 if fxg6 Qxg6+ Qg7 Bxf6 ]
b)
Roiz vs Margarida Coimbra, Sao Lourenco, 1995
5r1r/pb1qnpkp/2p1p1p1/1p1nP2P/3PN2R/P2B1NP1/1P1Q1PK1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 if Nxf6 exf6+ mates ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Roiz vs Viktor Aronov, Beer-Sheva, 1998
3Rrk2/1p1R1pr1/2p1p2Q/2q1P1p1/5P2/8/1PP5/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ w/Rxf7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 10. Roiz vs Alexander Cherniaev, London, 1999
r4rk1/pbq2pp1/5n1p/5N2/2PQ4/5pP1/PPB3P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxh6+ gxh6 (if Kh8 Ng4+) Qxf6 ]
e)
Roiz vs Joseph Shutzman, Tel Aviv, 2001
r2q1rk1/ppn2ppp/3b4/1N1Pp2b/1P2n3/P3BN1P/5PP1/2RQKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Nxc7 Bxc7 Qc2 ]
Roiz Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Roiz vs Melanie Verot, Saint Vincent, 2002
1rb3k1/4ppbp/1P1p2p1/3P4/Q3P3/3qBN1P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Bf8 Bh6 ]
b)
Roiz vs Kirill Kuderinov, Calvia, 2004
nr4k1/5p1p/p1Pp1Qp1/3P4/pq6/R4NPP/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 Rf8 Rf3 ]
c)
Roiz vs Blazimir Kovacevic, Warsaw, 2005
6K1/2kp1P2/2p1n3/p3P3/1bP5/4B3/8/3B4 w - - 0 1
[ c5 ]
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