Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ivan Sokolov.
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)
Sokolov vs Zacrewski, Poland, 1974
r1r1n1k1/pb2bppp/1p2q3/1N1p4/Pn6/2N1BB2/1PP2QPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 if Qxg4 Qxf7+ mates ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Sokolov vs Johannes Van Mil, Budapest, 1986
2b2rk1/p4N2/1p1P2p1/7p/7Q/1B4P1/P4PPK/4q3 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6 Qe6 Bxe6 Kh7 Ng5+ w/Qxf8+ ]
a)
Sokolov vs Vladimir Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee, 2004
[ Ng5 ]
d)
Sokolov vs Milos Perunovic, Neum, 2005
2r2k2/pp3pr1/2b1pN2/2n3q1/2BR4/2P5/P3Q1PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg4 Qh6 Qe5 if Rxg4 Qxc5+ ]
e)
Sokolov vs Nenad Fercec, Neum, 2005
r3r1k1/2p2pp1/2N1b2p/p1Pn1n2/Bp6/6B1/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 if Nxd4 Bxe8 Nc2 Bc6 or if Red8 Nxf5 Bxf5 Bc6 ]
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