Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vadim Zvjaginsev.
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)
Zvjaginsev vs Boris Kantsler, Ashkhabad, 1990
r1bqr1k1/pppn3p/2np1pp1/3N2P1/2PNPP2/5B2/PP4P1/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if Rb8 Nbxc7 ]
b)
Zvjaginsev vs Tomas Oral, Rimavska Sobota, 1992
r1b5/1p5k/3b1q1p/pNR2r2/3Qp1R1/1P5P/P3BP2/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 ]
c)
Zvjaginsev vs Andrew Whiteley, Cappelle la Grande, 1993
rn3rk1/pp3ppp/2p2n2/3qN1Bb/1b1P4/3B2N1/PPQ2PPP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if Bxe1 Nxh5 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Zvjaginsev vs Wolfgang Humer, Loosdorf, 1993
3R4/rr2pp1k/1p1p1np1/1B1Pq2p/1P2P3/5P2/3Q2PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]
e)
Zvjaginsev vs Jan Votava, Stockerau, 1993
4Rbk1/5p2/1p2pBpp/3bN3/3P4/4P2P/5PPK/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 if Ra8 Bd8 ]
Zvjaginsev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Zvjaginsev vs Viktor Korchnoi, Pamplona, 1995
r1bq1rk1/p7/2p3p1/2b1pp1p/4N2Q/6P1/PP1BPP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Qd4 Nxc5 Qxc5 Be7 ]
b)
Zvjaginsev vs Tullio Marinelli, Vienna, 1996
6k1/2B2pp1/b3r2p/4p3/p3P3/P1R2PP1/1n2B2P/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxa6 if Rxa6 Rc2 or Ke2 ]
c)
Zvjaginsev vs Alexander Reprintsev, New York, 1997
r2q2k1/pppr1pp1/5b1p/4nQ2/8/1BN4P/PP3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Rxe5 or if Nxd7 Rd1 ]
d)
Zvjaginsev vs Valerij Filippov, Samara, 1998
r1b2r1k/4q1pp/p2R4/1p2Np2/5Q2/1Bn1P3/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh6! if gxh6 Ng6+ hxg6 Qxh6+ mates ]
e)
Zvjaginsev vs Ladislav Salai, Panormo, 2001
8/4k3/r6P/1b1P1p2/2pB2p1/2P3P1/4BP1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ d6+ ]
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