Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Bartosz Socko.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Socko vs Edward Lupkowski, Torun, 1991
6k1/p2rn1bp/b2pp1p1/2p3B1/4P3/2P2QPB/qr3P1P/2RR1NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 if Qc4 Rxa6 Qxa6 Bxe6+ ]
b)
Socko vs Aleksandr Pavlov, St Petersburg, 1997
qr6/2r1n3/p2kp1p1/3b2Pn/1p6/1N2B2R/PPPQB3/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh5 gxh5 Bf4+ if e5 Bxe5+ ]
c)
Socko vs Rafael Vaganian, Belgrade, 1999
2q2k2/1p2nrpp/1p6/3p1p2/1PrN1P2/P3Q3/2P3PP/3RR2K w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ Kg8 Ng5 ]
d)
Socko vs Sebastien Riff, Cappelle la Grande, 1999
1r2k2r/5pp1/1q2b2p/1N6/P3Q1PP/4bP2/1PP5/1K1R3R w k - 0 1
[ Rd6 if Qc5 Rc6 ]
e)
Socko vs Cristhian Montero Martinez, Internet, 2000
3r2k1/4q1p1/pn1Npp1p/1p2Q3/8/1PPR3P/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 ]
Socko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Socko vs Milos Pavlovic, Internet, 2000
6k1/1b1p2r1/p1q1pQpR/4Pp2/2p2P2/6P1/P1P2R2/3r1NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]
b)
Socko vs Miroslaw Grabarczyk, Plock, 2000
2q4k/2b1nr1p/1p6/2p1p1P1/2PpP2N/P2P1N1Q/5K2/7R w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ ]
c)
Socko vs Giorgi Kacheishvili, Leon, 2001
5q1r/2Q1bpk1/2B2p1p/p4P1P/1p1R4/1P6/K1P3P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 if Bd8 or Bc5 Qg3+ mates ]
d)
Socko vs Sipke Ernst, Bermuda, 2002
r1q2rk1/ppp1bppp/8/2p1Pb2/3Nn3/4B3/PPPNQPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5 if Qxf5 Qd3 ]
e)
Socko vs Jacek Gdanski, Warsaw, 2002
r3r3/1p5k/4p1pb/1pNpPq2/1PnB1PQ1/2P5/P6R/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 if Qf8 Nd7 ]
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