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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Mikhail Ulibin vs Antonio Antunes, Bayamo, 1991
3n1k1r/3qNppp/5n2/1p6/2p5/Q5P1/1P3PBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Hannes Stefansson vs Nana Ioseliani, Gausdal 1991
2b3k1/1p1r3p/8/3N1pp1/2PQ1p2/3N1B2/2nq2PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Alfonso Romero Holmes vs Antonio Antunes, Habana, 1991
R2r3k/3q3p/2p1pp1B/8/1Q6/2P3P1/5P1P/5bK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Vladimir Kramnik vs Nukhim Rashkovsky, Moscow, 1991
7k/3r1rRp/p4n1Q/1pq5/4BP2/P7/1P5P/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Gerald Hertneck vs Matthias Wahls, Munich, 1991
r3bq2/7k/p2p3b/2pP2Q1/2P1pP2/7R/P6P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Andrei Kharitonov vs Oleg Korneev, Smolensk, 1991
4qk2/1b4p1/4pp1N/2p4Q/r3P3/8/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc5+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Rustem Dautov vs Alexei Shirov, Brno, 1991
r1bB4/p4k1p/qbpQ1Np1/5r2/8/6P1/7P/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Joel Benjamin vs Alexander Fishbein, Chicago, 1991
6k1/5pr1/7Q/2p4p/2P4q/pP2B1P1/P4RKP/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Jonny Hector vs Gerardo Barbero, Copenhagen, 1991
1r5k/q5p1/7p/8/P2b3P/1P1b1P2/KPnQ2P1/4R2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxa4+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Yuri Yakovich vs Viktor Bologan, Gausdal, 1991
6r1/1r2pb1k/3p3p/4qPP1/3NN2K/1P1QR3/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Eckhard Schmittdiel vs Oliver Reeh, Germany, 1991
1r4k1/5p1p/p2p2p1/3P2P1/2p5/1q3N1P/3R4/K4Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Jeroen Piket vs Curt Hansen, Hamburg, 1991
2r1r1k1/3n1p1p/6p1/p2Qp3/Np2n3/PP2b1PB/1B3qNP/R2R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Igor Naumkin vs Ralf Appel, Leningrad, 1991
6k1/1p3pp1/3P3p/2P1b3/4bq2/4R2P/PP4P1/4Q1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Mikhail Gurevich, Linares, 1991
r1b2rk1/pp4p1/3bp1p1/3p4/7P/1Q5K/PP2NqP1/R1B3NR b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ g4 Qf1# ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Thomas Paehtz vs Loek Van Wely, Bad Mondorf, 1991
r2q1r1R/1ppb1kbQ/6p1/3Ppp2/p1P1N1P1/P2N4/1PKn4/7R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Eckhard Schmittdiel vs Christopher Lutz, Altensteig, 1991
4rrk1/5Nbp/2R5/3P4/q6P/3K1Q2/5P2/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qf6+ Kg8 Nh6# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Gilberto Milos vs John Fedorowicz, Buenos Aires, 1991
2R5/4r1kp/6p1/3Q4/4p1q1/4B3/1P3PBb/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Kf6 Rf8+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Grigory Serper vs Vasilios Kotronias, Gausdal, 1991
r2q4/1p2kpPQ/p2p4/2pPr1p1/P1P3p1/8/1P4PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 g8/Q+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Lucas Brunner vs Vlastimil Jansa, Germany, 1991
4bkr1/5p1p/p2p1Q2/8/1n6/2P2B1P/q4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Rg7 Qxd6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Ian Rogers vs Nigel Davies, London, 1991
5q2/1ppr1br1/1p1p1knR/1N4R1/P1P1PP2/1P6/2P4Q/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qh4 if Ke6 Nd4+ Ke7 Re5# or if Bg8 Rf5+ Ke6 Nd4# ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Moscow, 1991
5rk1/nq1n1p1p/4p1p1/1p2Q3/3N4/P1BP4/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ Kg8 Nh6# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Andrei Kovalev vs Mladen Palac, Munich, 1991
r4k2/4rn1R/p1qp1p2/7Q/4P3/3P4/1P4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Nxh8 Qxh8+ Kf7 Rxf6# ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Judit Polgar vs Alfonso Romero Holmes, Pamplona, 1991
4r1kr/1p2P1p1/p5Pp/8/P3p1R1/B1p5/2PnKP2/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rf4 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Pawel Jaracz vs Alexandre Lesiege, Parana, 1991
2r1k3/1b3nQp/4pB2/1P6/2p1P3/8/2P1q1PP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Kd7 Qxf7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Niaz Murshed vs Utut Adianto, Penang, 1991
8/pbk2p2/3p1P1p/1QpP1B2/2P5/1KP2qP1/P7/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qa5+ Kb8 Qd8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Anatoly Karpov vs Jaan Ehlvest, Reykjavik, 1991
4r1k1/p1R1b3/4p1p1/3bQ2p/p2P1BNP/Pq3P2/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 if Bf8 Nf6+ Kh8 Rh7# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Khalifman vs Zdenko Kozul, Rogatska Slatina, 1991
8/8/p1q3rk/4Q2p/4P3/8/6PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kg5 Rf5+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Arshak Petrosian vs Igor Glek, Azov, 1991
7k/2p3r1/1p1p3p/pN1P2n1/P7/1P2Pp2/5P1P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3 if b4 Rg1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Grigory Serper vs Arshak Petrosian, Azov, 1991
1R3rk1/5ppp/p2Qp3/4n3/P1p5/3nP1P1/2Nq2BP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if Bxf3 Qf2+ or if Kh1 Nf2# ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Vladimir Gurevich vs Eduardas Rozentalis, Bad Mondorf, 1991
8/8/4R3/3pPrr1/1pp2k2/7K/P1P5/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg3+ if Kh4 Rg4+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Mihail Saltaev vs Alexander Stripunsky, Miedzybrodzie, 1991
8/6pk/p3q2p/3R4/3Q1p2/P5P1/6KP/5r2 b - - 0 1
[ ...f3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Vadim Ruban vs Walter Arencibia, Santa Clara, 1991
1r4k1/3Q1pp1/3b3p/p2p1n2/N1pP4/P3Pq2/5P1P/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ if Kxh2 Qxf2+ or if Kf1 Ng3+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Eduardas Rozentalis vs Daniel King, Bad Mondorf, 1991
2rr4/4R1pp/3k4/p1pp2Q1/P7/2Pq1B2/5PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ Kc6 Qe6+ Rd6 Qxc8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Vidmantas Malisauskas vs Alexander Ivanov, Groningen, 1991
8/2R5/2p1k3/2PpBpK1/b2P3p/5PP1/6r1/8 w - - 1 0
[ g4 fxg4 f4 Rf2 Bd6 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Manuel Rivas Pastor, Las Palmas, 1991
rkb3r1/1p3p1p/8/p1B1RPq1/3P1Q2/1N6/P5PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bd6+ Ka7 Rxa5+ Kb6 Bc5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Zsuzsa Polgar vs Leonid Yudasin, Munich, 1991
3r3k/p1q2p1p/1p3NbQ/5B2/8/PP5P/2p3P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Oleg Korneev vs Valerij Filippov, Pavlodar, 1991
2qk1r2/Q3pr2/3p2pn/7p/5P2/4B2P/P1P3P1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb6+ Ke8 Qa4+ Qd7 Qa8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Evgeny Bareev vs Stefan Djuric, Rogatska Slatina, 1991
5k2/5p1p/b2p1Q2/q2Pr3/8/2N5/5K1P/3N2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd6+ Re7 Qh6+ Ke8 Rg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Khalifman vs Yasser Seirawan, Wijk aan Zee, 1991
r3rbk1/pp3ppp/5p2/q1pP1N1Q/2P2P2/1P6/PB4PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ if gxh6 Qg4+ or if Kh8 Qxf7 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Victor Frias, Wijk aan Zee, 1991
2q2rk1/p1n1R1bp/1p3p2/2p2pN1/2P2P2/2B4P/PP4P1/4Q1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Qe7 or if Kxg7 Qe7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Lajos Portisch vs Zsuzsa Polgar, Budapest, 1991
Rb4k1/5p2/1p4p1/1Pp4p/4p3/1Q2P1P1/1B1r1n1P/4nBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kg2 Ng4+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Evgeny Bareev vs Garry Kasparov, Paris, 1991
5k2/p3pp1p/Q3b1p1/3q4/P2b4/1r5P/4BPP1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg3 ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Julian Radulski vs Marijan Petrov, Pazardzik, 1991
6k1/p4pbN/1p1p2p1/2pb1r2/2P3KR/4r3/1P1R3P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3+ Kh3 Bh1+ Kg4 Re4+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
John Fedorowicz vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada Buenos Aires, 1991
3qr3/p3rpbk/1pp2p1p/3p1P1Q/P4R2/2P1P1R1/1P4PP/1B4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg4+ Kh7 Rh4 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Gerald Hertneck vs Marc Santo-Roman, Europe, 1991
r1b1k1r1/1pPn2b1/5q2/1N1P1pp1/4p3/Q3P1B1/pP3PP1/K2BR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bh5+ Qf7 Nd6+ Kf8 Nxf7+ if Rxa3 Bd6+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Gennadi Zaichik vs Felix Izeta Txabarri, Spain, 1991
2r2r1q/pp3pk1/2pR2p1/6Qp/2n3N1/2P5/PP3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ fxg6 Re7+ Rf7 Qf6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Eckhard Schmittdiel vs Alexander Chernin, Altensteig, 1991
8/QP3k2/3p2q1/3P1p2/2p2Pn1/2P4R/8/4rBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ Kf2 Rxf1+ Kxe3 Qg1+ w/...Qg2+ ]
c)
Vadim Zvjaginsev vs V Orlov, Alma-Ata, 1991
Q7/p4r2/6pk/1P1p4/3P1pP1/q7/6P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kg5 Re5+ Kxg4 Qh6 ]
d)
Gilberto Hernandez vs Renier Vazquez, Asuncion, 1991
r2br1k1/3RB3/pp2p1Np/4P3/4p1P1/2P4P/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6 if Be7 Nxe7+ ]
e)
Evgenij Agrest vs Vladislav Nevednichy, Azov, 1991
5r2/1p1q1p1R/2pk4/3p1PQ1/2r5/P3P3/7P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Ke7 f6+ if Ke8 Qxf8+ mates ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ildar Ibragimov vs German Titov, Azov, 1991
1r6/p1r1q1pk/B2Rbn1p/Q1p2p2/4p2P/2N1P1P1/PP3P2/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6 if Qxe6 Qxc7 ]
b)
Jiangchuan Ye vs Ilia Smirin, Beijing, 1991
4r3/1p3ppk/p1n1b2p/2P5/3r1B1Q/6RP/1P4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qxh6+ Kg8 Bg5 if Ne5 Bf6 ]
c)
John Nunn vs Artur Jussupow, Belgrade, 1991
8/6pk/1pNqp2p/1Pr2p2/2PQn3/7P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 ]
d)
Evgeny Bareev vs Michael Adams, Biel, 1991
1r5r/pp1k1ppp/6b1/6P1/1b2pn2/2N2P2/PP1NPB1P/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bg3 if Bd6 Nc4 Bc7 Nb5 ]
e)
Evgeny Bareev vs Viktor Gavrikov, Biel, 1991
2b2nk1/4Rp2/p3rP1p/3pN2p/B7/8/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be8 if Rb6 Bxf7+ Kh8 Re8 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vassilly Ivanchuk vs Artur Jussupow, Brussels, 1991
8/pp4bk/3p2p1/q2N1r1p/3B2bP/1PR2nP1/P2Q1PB1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf3 Bxf3 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rc7+ ]
b)
Ivan Marinkovic vs Aleksa Strikovic, Cacak, 1991
6k1/p6p/r1P3p1/5p2/1b6/1Np4P/5PPK/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Re6 ]
c)
Alexei Shirov vs Olivier Renet, Correze, 1991
4r1bk/pp4pp/2nq4/3n2N1/2BP4/P2Q2P1/3B3P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Bxh7 Nf7+ Kg8 Nxd6 ]
d)
Rainer Knaak vs John Nunn, Dortmund, 1991
r2q1r1k/7p/1p1p1b2/3P3P/NQ2P1b1/3B4/Pp6/1K3R1R w - - 1 0
[ e5 ]
e)
Marc Santo-Roman vs Manuel Bosboom, Europe, 1991
1k1r4/1p2rp1p/8/R4P2/4n3/1Q2p3/P2qB1PP/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Qa3 ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gyula Sax vs Evgeny Bareev, Hastings, 1991
5rk1/p1p2pp1/2q1p2r/1p1n1P2/8/P1P1N3/1P4QP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Ng4 Rh7 Nf6+ ]
b)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Marc Santo-Roman, Las Palmas, 1991
3rk3/p3pb2/1pppBb2/8/3PP3/P3B3/1PP5/2K2R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 e5 ]
c)
Artur Frolov vs Semen Dvoirys, Moscow, 1991
4r1k1/1R3p1p/p2p2p1/4p1P1/3bP3/1RpQ1P2/2P1K2P/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Qc4 if Rf8 Rxf7 Rxf7 Rb7 ]
d)
Nigel Short vs Michael Adams, London, 1991
r3k3/1p2rq2/p1p2p2/6pQ/8/6R1/PPP3PP/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Qf8 Qh5+ Qf7 Rh3 if Rg7 Re3+ ]
e)
Alexander Khalifman vs Bent Larsen, London, 1991
3r4/R2nNk1p/3Pnb2/4p3/2p5/2N1B3/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if Rc8 Rxd7+ Ke8 Nxe5 Bxe5 Re7+ Kd8 Bb6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bent Larsen vs William Watson, London, 1991
r4bk1/3n1ppp/3p2b1/p2PpN2/qnQ1P3/6N1/1P1B1PPP/1BR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc2 Qa2 Qxa2 Nxa2 Ra1 if Rc8 Ba4 Nc5 Rxa2 ]
b)
Alexei Shirov vs Valeriy Neverov, Moscow, 1991
3q1rk1/Q5pp/pr2p3/8/3pP3/5N2/Pb3PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5 if Rb5 Nd3 ]
c)
Andrei Sokolov vs Vladimir Savon, Moscow, 1991
5rk1/1pr1bppp/p2p4/3Q4/n3PB2/3P4/6PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qa5 ]
d)
Leonid Yudasin vs Judit Polgar, Munich, 1991
7k/p2q3p/1p1pr1p1/3Q2P1/2P5/5R2/PP5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa8+ if Re8 Rf8+ ]
e)
Mark Berkovich vs Vidmantas Malisauskas, Warsaw, 1991
r1bqk2r/ppp2pb1/3pn1p1/8/2n1P3/2N1B1PP/PPQ1N1B1/2KR3R w kq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gata Kamsky vs Zoltan Ribli, Reggio Emilia, 1991
2r5/3r1kp1/2q1p2p/2Bn1p2/pP3P2/P7/4Q1PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ b5 if Qxc5 Qxe6+ Kf8 Qxd7 ]
b)
Giovanni Vescovi vs Carlos Alejandro Martinez, Sao Paulo, 1991
r1b1r1k1/1pR3pp/3qpp2/p3N3/3P1Q2/8/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg3+ Kf8 Ng6+ ]
c)
Sergey Volkov vs Vadim Ruban, Smolensk, 1991
3rrb2/6k1/p2P3p/2p5/1pP5/4N3/P6P/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ d7 if Re5 Nf5+ Rxf5 Rxf5 Rxd7 Rg1+ ]
d)
Csaba Horvath vs Igor Stohl, Stary Smokovec, 1991
r1q2rk1/pp1n3p/4bpp1/1Bp5/2n1P3/2N1PNQ1/PP4PP/3RK2R w K - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Bxd7 Bxc4+ ]
e)
Gata Kamsky vs Evgeny Bareev, Tilburg, 1991
5r1k/6pp/4BP2/2Pp4/p1q2P2/6P1/P4Q1P/2r1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ fxg7+ Kxg7 Qb2+ if Rc3 Re3 ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nigel Short vs Evgeny Bareev, Tilburg, 1991
3r1k2/ppr2pp1/q2Np2p/4n2P/6Q1/P5P1/5P2/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Rxd1 Qxg7+ Ke8 Rxd1 ]
b)
Goran Dizdar vs Drazen Sermek, Pula, 1991
6k1/pR2pp2/4q1p1/1Q6/7p/6PP/P3PPK1/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ if f3 Qe3 ]
c)
Anatoly Machulsky vs Antonio Antunes, Velez-Malaga, 1991
3rk3/R4p2/4pq2/7p/1Q4p1/6P1/5P1P/3rR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4+ if R1d7 Rd1 Qe7 Rdxd7 ]
d)
Nikolaus Stanec vs Daniel King, Vienna, 1991
6k1/5pp1/2P4p/4pPbP/1r2P3/1p6/6P1/1R1N1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb3 if Rxb3 c7 ]
e)
Alexander Huzman vs Nigel Davies, Vrnjacka Banja, 1991
2Q1nk2/5p2/3p4/2pPb3/7q/4B1N1/1Pr3B1/5NK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Qh7 Bh6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs Aleksandr Poluljahov, Anapa, 1991
1r3rk1/1p1qp1bp/p5pn/4Pp2/Q1Pp4/2NP1N1P/PP4P1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 ]
b)
Alberto David vs Thomas Paehtz, Bad Mondorf, 1991
5rk1/p3q3/5b2/2pp4/P2n2BP/5PP1/1P1NrR2/2RQ2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3 Qf1 Rxf2 Qxf2 Ne2+ ]
c)
Oscar De La Riva Aguado vs Pia Cramling, Barcelona, 1991
r4rk1/1p1q3p/p1n2bp1/2P5/2Np1Qb1/1P3N2/PB3PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if Qxf3 Bh4 ]
d)
Alexey Kuzmin vs Loek Van Wely, Berlin, 1991
2r1r3/6k1/p4np1/Np2N2p/3Pbn1P/3B4/PP1K2P1/4R2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd3 Nxd3 Ne4+ ]
e)
Andrei Shchekachev vs Alexandar Panchenko, Berlin, 1991
8/pp1r2k1/2p2n1p/6p1/5p1P/1BP2K2/PP2RPP1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Zdenko Kozul vs Larry Christiansen, Biel, 1991
4r1k1/6pp/1Q3p2/3P4/3q4/P3r1P1/5R1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Kg2 Qe4+ ]
b)
Michael Hoffmann vs Maia Chiburdanidze, Biel, 1991
5bk1/pp3b1p/1np3p1/2N1P3/6Q1/2N4P/PP1q1BP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc5 Bxc5 Qe1+ Kh2 Qxe5+ ]
c)
Gildardo Garcia vs Alonso Zapata, Bogota, 1991
r3rn2/5pk1/p2pb3/1pq1p1pQ/4P1P1/2NBR3/PPP2P2/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng6 if Qxg5 f6 or if Qh2 Nf4 w/...Rh8 ]
d)
Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Iossif Dorfman, France, 1991
3r1rk1/4qp2/1p2pbp1/p2bN2p/3PB3/P4Q2/1P3PPP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe5 dxe5 Bc4 ]
e)
Eric Lobron vs John Nunn, Germany, 1991
8/6k1/1p5r/pPp5/2PpBB2/P2P2qb/4QR2/4KNr1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf1 if Bxg3 Bxe2+ Kxe2 Rxg3 ]
'More tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Thomas Luther vs Peter Enders, Germany, 1991
r7/5ppk/q7/4Q3/5P2/1P6/2P4P/1K4R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa2+ Kc1 Qa1+ if Kd2 Rd8+ ]
b)
Klaus Bischoff vs Curt Hansen, Hamburg, 1991
r1b5/1p3p1k/3p2pP/p2P2q1/7R/5Q1P/PP3P1K/1B6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5 ]
c)
Paul Van Der Sterren vs Jonny Hector, Kerteminde, 1991
2r5/pp5R/8/3N4/5p2/2N2kp1/P4n1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 ]
d)
Loek Van Wely vs Igor Glek, Krumbach, 1991
7k/2p5/1p3r1p/3B4/3p1Pp1/1P1R2Pb/P3r2P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c6 Bh1 Rfe6 Rxd4 Re1+ ]
e)
Marc Santo-Roman vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez, Las Palmas, 1991
r5k1/1q3rpp/2nBp3/3pPp2/1p1N1P2/p2PK3/2R3PP/R1Q5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Kxd4 b3 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xx.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vadim Zvjaginsev vs Valery Chekhov, Moscow, 1991
r2q1rk1/2pnbpp1/pp5p/8/3PN3/6B1/PP3PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 w/...f4 ]
b)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Jan Timman, Hilversum, 1991
8/pp2kpp1/4p2p/3B4/b3R1P1/PNq5/2P5/2K3R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 Bxb3 Qa1+ ]
c)
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Alexey Dreev, Logrono, 1991
6k1/5pp1/2p4p/8/1p6/p1P5/PPK2PPP/2R1r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...b3+ ]
d)
Vadim Ruban vs Ildar Ibragimov, Smolensk, 1991
3q2k1/1N3pp1/p1R1pn1p/1p2Q3/1P6/P3P2P/3r1PPK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ if hxg4 Qh4+ mates ]
e)
Leonid Yudasin vs Andrei Kharlov, Moscow, 1991
4r1k1/3b2pp/BQ1p4/8/1P6/P3R2P/3q1Pp1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Kxg2 Bc6+ if f3 Rxe3 or if Kg3 Qg1+ mates ]
See 3 or 4 moves ahead
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xxi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Alexander Khalifman Reykjavik, 1991
2r3k1/5pp1/p1p3p1/P3P3/6P1/3QBq1P/1r3P2/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 if Bxf2 Qxd3 ]
b)
Igor Novikov vs Alfonso Romero Holmes, Pamplona, 1991
8/5pkp/6p1/B3b3/3p4/P2Q2P1/KP4qP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5+ ]
c)
Alfonso Romero Holmes vs Viktor Korchnoi, Pamplona, 1991
2kr1b1r/pp4pp/1q6/2pPPp2/b2n4/1P6/P3B1PP/RNBQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2+ Qxe2 Bb5 ]
d)
Manuel Bosboom vs Alfonso Romero Holmes, Wijk aan Zee, 1991
1rn1n2k/p2q2b1/Pp1p3r/1P1NP3/1BN2p2/Q6b/4PPB1/1RR2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ if Kxg2 Qg4+ ]
e)
Evgeny Bareev vs Anatoly Karpov, Tilburg, 1991
r1qr2k1/pb2bppp/1p1ppn2/8/2P2BP1/2RQ1N1P/PP2PPB1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if g5 Nh5 Bc1 e4 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xxii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Anatoly Karpov, Tilburg, 1991
3r2k1/2R2p2/2p2p1p/1Pp5/3nPP2/6P1/6BP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c4 if e5 c3 Be4 f5 ]
b)
Alexander Fauland vs Vladimir Epishin, Vienna, 1991
8/1p4p1/2p1k1q1/3nP3/2p3r1/P5B1/1P3QKP/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ Kh1 Nd3 ]
c)
Peter Acs vs Jean-Noel Riff, Warsaw, 1991
8/5p2/3p2pk/7p/2P1PP2/1r3BKP/1p1RR1P1/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3+ if Kxf3 Rf1+ Ke3 b1/Q or if Kh4 Rf4+ ]
d)
Nukhim Rashkovsky vs Nikola Mitkov, Skopje, 1991
3r4/6pk/R2P2rp/1p3Q2/1P4q1/P3p1P1/7P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...e2 ]
e)
Victor Frias vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada, Wijk aan Zee, 1991
3r2k1/p4pp1/4pb1p/1pp1N3/qn2R2P/3r2P1/1P1N1PK1/1QB1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 Bxd2 Rxd2 Rc1 Bxe5 if Rxe5 Nd3 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1991, pt. xxiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Paul Van Der Sterren vs Manuel Bosboom, Wijk aan Zee, 1991
rn1q1rk1/pb1pppbp/1p4p1/4N3/2PQn3/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 Qxc3 Bxg2 Kxg2 Qc7 if f4 d6 ]
b)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Gerardo Barbero, Wijk aan Zee, 1991
4nrk1/pQ3p1p/8/2R2Pp1/2P1r3/6N1/4q1PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ Kh1 Rh4 ]
c)
Oganes Danielian vs Andrei Sokolov, Yurmala, 1991
8/p5N1/7p/2p1k3/2b5/P1P1K3/7P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf7 if c4 Kf6 ]
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