Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ortvin Sarapu.
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)
White Mates in 5. Sarapu vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, Sousse, 1967
3nr1k1/pp4Bp/4N3/2bQ4/6P1/2PK4/PP5q/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd8+ Re6 Qxe6+ Kxg7 Qf6+ Kg8 Qg5+ ]
b)
Sarapu vs WR Withers, Siegen, 1970
r3r3/1b3kpp/p4qn1/1p1pRp2/3P4/1B3N2/PP1Q1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ ]
c)
Sarapu vs Chee Seng Lee, Lucerne, 1982
6b1/p1q1n1k1/1p1r1rpp/8/2p2pNP/8/PQB2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6 w/Nxf6 & Rxe7+ ]
d)
Sarapu vs Bruce Watson, New Zealand, 1982
r4r2/pbq2pnk/1p2p1p1/4N3/6P1/2PB4/PP3Q1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 ]
e)
Sarapu vs Harinlal Aturupane, Dubai, 1986
2r2rk1/1p3ppp/p3b3/3pR3/2qB4/4Q3/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg5 if g6 Qe5 ]
Sarapu Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sarapu vs Alejandro Hoffman, Dubai, 1986
2k5/4q2p/2prPp2/p2p4/1p3QPP/1P6/P1P1R3/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd6 ]
b)
Sarapu vs Bernhard Dorawa, Bad Wildbad, 1993
2r5/p3k3/1pR1b1pp/1n2N3/3pPP2/P2P4/7P/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ Kxe6 Bh3+ ]
c)
Sarapu vs Nigel Metge, New Zealand, 1993
3r2k1/1b1qb1pp/1pn1pr2/p1pn4/P4BB1/1NNP2P1/1PP4P/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 Qxd5 Bxe6+ if Qxe6 Rxe6 Bc7 or if Rxe6 Qxd5 Rxd5 Rxe6 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Sarapu vs Robert Gibbons, New Zealand, 1998
2R1R1nk/1p4rp/p1n5/3N2p1/1P6/2P5/P6P/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 if Ne7 Rxe7 ]
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