Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Luc Winants.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 4. Winants vs Simen Agdestein, Salonika, 1984
[ Rd8+ w/Qh4+ or Qf5+ ]
b)
Winants vs Detlef Heinbuch, Amsterdam, 1987
[ Bxf7 if Rxc7 Bxc7 Kxf7 Nd6+ ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Winants vs Marinus Kuijf, Budel, 1987
[ Kf4 if Ra2 Re7+ w/Re8+ or if Ra8 Re7+ w/Rh1 ]
d)
Winants vs Henk van Maaren, Netherlands, 1987
[ Qf7+ w/Qxe8+ & Nf7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Winants vs Norbert Stull, Lyons, 1990
[ Qh8+ ]
Winants Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Winants vs Bruno Carlier, Rotterdam, 1990
[ Rxd7 Nxe5 Rd8+ Kf7 Nxe5+ ]
b)
Winants vs Freddy Vanhee, Geraardsbergen, 1992
[ d6 Rxd6 Qc5 Re6 Qxe7 ]
c)
Winants vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Tilburg, 1992
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 Be6+ w/Nc6+ or Rf3+ ]
d)
Winants vs Gata Kamsky, Tilburg, 1992
[ Rd8 if Rc8 h6 ]
e)
Winants vs Elena Cosma, Cappelle la Grande, 1993
[ Nxc6 Bxc6 Nxf6+ w/Bxc6 ]
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