Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
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)
Wojtaszek vs Alcazar Jimenez, Maria d'Or, 1998
2q1br1k/Rr1n3p/R1N3p1/3P2P1/1ppP1PB1/8/4Q3/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7 Qxb7 Ra7 if Qc8 or Qb5 Bxd7 Bxd7 Qe5+ mates ]
b)
Wojtaszek vs Davit Magalashvili, Chalkidiki, 2001
r2q3k/1b1p1p1p/1p2pPr1/1p2P3/3BP2Q/1B4R1/P2n2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 if fxg6 Qh6 ]
c)
Wojtaszek vs Henrikas Asauskas, Goa, 2002
r2r4/1pb5/p1p1pk1p/P3n1p1/2P2B1P/1PR3P1/5PB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5+ if Bxe5 Rf3+ ]
d)
Wojtaszek vs Adam Cichocki, Dzwirzyno, 2004
r1b1r1k1/pp3ppp/2p2bn1/q7/2B1NP2/1P2P3/PBQ4P/1K2R1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ if gxf6 Rxg6+ if hxg6 Qxg6+ mates ]
e)
Wojtaszek vs Jakub Zeberski, Dzwirzyno, 2004
2r1r1k1/3n1ppp/p1p1n3/qp2PBb1/3P4/1QN5/PP3BPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Be7 Bxe6 ]
Wojtaszek Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Wojtaszek vs Radek Kalod, Czech Republic, 2004
5k2/6bp/3P2p1/2p1p1N1/b3P3/1q4P1/Q5KP/5B2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh7+ Ke8 Bb5+ if Qxb5 Qe6+ mates ]
b)
White Mates in 2. Wojtaszek vs Darcy Lima, Turin, 2006
1r2Rr2/3P1p1k/5Rpp/qp6/2pQ4/7P/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ ]
c)
Adam Popovics vs Wojtaszek, Balatonlelle, 2003
5rk1/b5pp/1r6/pB1p1p1b/P2P3q/3Q1P2/1B3PKP/6RR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg6+ Kf1 Qh3+ Ke2 Bxf3+ Qxf3 Re6+ ]
d)
Pawel Stempin vs Wojtaszek, Lubniewice, 2003
6k1/7p/1p1p4/2pP2P1/2Pb1P2/4p1KP/2b1r1B1/2R1B3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb2 if Bf3 Bxc1 Bxe2 Bd2 ]
e)
Black Mates in 4. Jakub Zeberski vs Wojtaszek, Poraj, 2003
k2r4/pp3p2/2p5/Q3p2p/4Kp1P/5R2/PP4q1/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd4+ Kxe5 Qg7+ ]
f)
Olav Sepp vs Wojtaszek, Turin, 2006
2r2bk1/1b3ppp/3pp3/p1q5/2r1PP2/2P1R1PP/NP4BK/2QR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra4 ]
g)
Black Mates in 3. San Segundo Carrillo vs Wojtaszek, Turin, 2006
3Q1rk1/8/7R/p1N1p1Bp/P1q5/7b/3Q1PPK/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]
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