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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Uwe Boensch.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Uwe Boensch vs Z Bator, Lodz, 1979
3r1rk1/p1qbb1pp/8/2p1p3/1p1n4/1N1PN1PP/PP3PB1/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd4 if exd4 Nd5 ]
b)
Peter Hesse vs Uwe Boensch, Leipzig, 1980
8/pkp1qR2/1p6/3p2P1/2bP1Q2/2P3P1/1P4P1/2KBr3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb3 ]
c)
Matthey vs Uwe Boensch, DDR, 1983
r3rnk1/7p/5ppb/3p1P2/3P2PN/PpR5/1P2q2Q/K2N3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2 Rxh2 Re1 if Rd3 Rc8 ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Uwe Boensch vs Sergey Smagin, corr. DDR, 1986
3rrnk1/pq5p/2p2p2/1pP2N2/3Pp3/5QP1/PB5P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Qxf6+ Qg7 d5 Rd7 Qxf8+ ]
e)
Black mates in 7.
S Siebrecht vs Uwe Boensch, Binz GER-CH, 1995
8/pp3ppk/4p2p/3bP1n1/2rN2qP/4QNP1/PP3PK1/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ Kg1 Rxd4 ]
f)
S Psaras vs Uwe Boensch, Ano Liosia, 1995
r4rk1/1pp2p2/1q3bpp/p1nP4/2PNp1PP/P3Q3/1PB2P2/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ Bxd3 Bxd4 ]
g)
Uwe Boensch vs Jens Maiwald, Budapest, 1996
r1b2rn1/p1qnp2k/2p1p1pp/Pp6/4B3/2b1BN1P/1PP2PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if hxg5 Qh5+ mates ]
1d)
mate in 6
Uwe Boensch vs Sergey Smagin
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