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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anatoly Bannik.
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 7.
Anatoly Bannik vs Victor Korchnoi, Kiev, 1954
1rr5/1p6/p1n2Q2/8/4B3/P1P3k1/1PP5/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5+ Kh3 Bf5+ Kh2 Qh4+ Kg2 Be4+ ]
b) 
White mates in 5.
Anatoly Bannik vs S Kotlerman, Odessa, 1955
8/3Q1K2/5p1k/7p/1P3qpP/2P1p3/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qc8 ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Anatoly Bannik vs Iskir Kurass, Kiev, 1963
5Q2/6r1/6pp/7k/2pq1P2/P5RP/1P4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rg5+ hxg5 Qh8+ ]
d) 
Anatoly Bannik vs Y Simkin, Kiev, 1966
4r1k1/p5bp/1p1Bn1p1/3B4/2Pp2P1/7P/P4P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 Kf7 f4 ]
e) 
White mates in 7.
Anatoly Bannik vs Alexander Lukjanenko, Kiev, 1967
2b3qk/4R1p1/1ppn1p1p/p1b4Q/P4P2/2BB4/6PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Nf7 Rxf7 Bf5 Qxf5 Bd6 Rxg7 ]
1e) 
mate in 7
Anatoly Bannik vs Alexander Lukjanenko
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