Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Monika 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 Czeslawa Pilarska, Lublin, 1993
6k1/4rpbp/qpB3p1/8/2R2P2/3Pp1P1/4Q2P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra4 ]
b)
Socko vs Monika Aksiuczyc, Brzeg Dolny, 1995
2rrn1k1/pp2ppbp/1qn3p1/8/Q2P4/1P4PP/P2BNPB1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 w/Ba5 ]
c)
Socko vs Alina Atlaska, Brzeg Dolny, 1995
5rk1/pp2qpb1/2r2n2/2p1p1pQ/3pP1N1/3P1R1P/PPP3B1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 if Bxf6 Nh6+ & Nf5+ ]
d)
Socko vs Joanna Sadkiewicz, Germany, 1995
1rb2k1r/3nqp1p/pp1Nn1p1/2p1b3/P1P5/5N2/1P2B1PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 ]
e)
Socko vs Michaela Svobodova, Frydek-Mistek, 1997
3r1b2/1p1r3k/2pqp1Rp/p3Q1p1/P1P3P1/1P4BP/5R1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 if Bxh6 Qe4+ ]
Socko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Socko vs Diana Darchia, Groningen, 1998
2b1r3/2kpqp1p/p7/2b3p1/p5QP/3R4/P4PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re3 ]
b)
Socko vs Gyozo Forintos, Koszalin, 1998
r2qkb1r/1b1n1ppp/pp2pn2/1BppN3/3P1B2/4PN2/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 ]
c)
Socko vs Monika Aksiuczyc, Lubniewice, 1998
3r2k1/1b1rqpp1/p3pn1p/2b5/3N1P2/3BP3/P3Q1PP/BRR4K w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7 Rxb7 Nc6 Qd6 Nxd8 ]
d)
Socko vs Joanna Dworakowska, Sopot, 1998
2rqnrk1/pp1bbpp1/4p2p/n2pN3/3P3B/P1NBP3/1PQ2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd7 Qxd7 Bxe7 Qxe7 Nxd5 ]
e)
Socko vs Karolina Szymanowska, Wroclaw, 1999
r1b1r1k1/ppnn1pbp/4p1p1/4P3/2B2B2/P1N2N2/1P3PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 Nxb5 Bxb5 w/Bg5 ]
Socko Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Socko vs Iaroslav Gushpit, Barlinek, 2002
r7/1p2P1R1/7p/2p5/4p2k/4n2P/6P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf4+ w/e8=Q+ & g3 ]
b)
Socko vs Anna Kucypera, Lubniewice, 2003
1r6/3PN1k1/4Kb2/7p/7P/2p3P1/2B5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ w/Nd6+ & Ne8 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Socko vs Magdalena Guzkowska, Dzwirzyno, 2004
1b4k1/1b4p1/6Q1/p2pPp2/3BnP2/P2B1NP1/6KP/3q4 w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]
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