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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Daniel Fridman.
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)
A Abdul Rahman vs Daniel Fridman, Duisburg, 1992
8/7p/1B1k2p1/P2n4/rpR5/5PKP/5P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...b3 ]

b)
Daniel Fridman vs Akaki Iashvili, Stockerau, 1993
3qr1k1/r3b2p/b5p1/p1pPn1P1/2p1B2Q/P1N4N/1P3R1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 Nxf7 Rxf7 if h5 Bxg6 or if Kxf7 Qxh7+ mates ]

c)
White mates in 7.
Daniel Fridman vs Robert Fontaine, Bratislava, 1993
2r4k/pp4Rp/8/4P3/1n5Q/5r2/PPqp1P1P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 Rg3 Qxg3 Qe4+ f3 Qxf3+ Qxf3 d1Q Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Daniel Fridman vs A Arcimenia, Marijarnpole, 1996
r1bnrn2/ppp1k2p/4p3/3PNp1P/5Q2/3B2R1/PPP2PP1/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qb4+ if c5 dxc5+ or if Kf6 Qh4# ]

e)
Daniel Fridman vs Jan Hudecek, Pardubice, 1996
2r1r1k1/pR1nppbp/6p1/n4q2/3PN3/B3P1P1/3Q1PBP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qd5 Nf6+ or if Qxg4 Qxa5 ]

1c)
mate in 7
Daniel Fridman vs Robert Fontaine

Daniel Fridman Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Daniel Fridman vs Viesturs Meijers, Germany, 1998
6rk/1b3pb1/q4p1p/p1p2B2/3r1PQN/6R1/PP4PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if Kh7 Ne5+ ]

b)
Daniel Fridman vs Pit Schulenburg, NRW, 1998
4qrk1/pp2p1bp/n2p2p1/3P2N1/1P2Q3/6PB/r3PP1P/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be6+ Kh8 Nxh7 Rf5 Ng5 Bh6 Qh4 Qf8 Bxf5 gxf5 Ne6 ]

c)
Daniel Fridman vs Roman Bar, Rishon le Zion, 1998
2q3k1/1b1r1ppp/p3p3/6P1/p1nPPQ2/5NP1/5P2/1R3BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc4 if Qxc4 Qb8+ ]

d)
Daniel Fridman vs Markus Hidding, Kleve, 1999
3r2k1/2q1rp1p/p1Bb1np1/2pP4/1p2nP2/4P1P1/P1QN3P/B1R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb2 ]

e)
Daniel Fridman vs Utut Adianto, Las Vegas, 1999
2r3k1/5p1p/1q1pb1p1/1p2n3/1P1N1P2/2Q1P1PP/6B1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if Rxc3 Ra8+ mates ]

2e)
Daniel Fridman vs Utut Adianto

Daniel Fridman Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 8.
Daniel Fridman vs Siegfried Coenen, Duisburg, 2000
r2q2r1/1p2p2k/3pR1b1/p2P2pp/1nPQB2P/1P4R1/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg5 Rg7 Rexg6 Rxg6 Bxg6+ Kh6 Rxh5+ ]

b)
Daniel Fridman vs Alfred Weindl, Zurich, 2001
4r1k1/1p1r2b1/2p5/p1q3Pp/2p5/3B1Q1P/P1NB4/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kxh7 Qxh5+ Bh6 Qxe8 ]

c)
Daniel Fridman vs Jiri Jirka, Pardubice, 2002
r3kb1r/1b1npppp/8/p2qN1P1/Pp1Pp1Q1/4P3/1P1B1PBP/2R1K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 if Qxe4 Qxd7# or if Nxe5 Bxd5 Nxg4 Bxb7 Ra7 Bc6+ Kd8 h3 ]

d)
Daniel Fridman vs Oliver Kniest, Zurich, 2002
8/4R1p1/1P2nk2/4p2p/7r/5P2/4PK2/5N2 w - - 0 1
[ e4 if Nc5 b7 ]

e)
Daniel Fridman vs Juergen Mazarov, Oberhausen, 2011
r4r1k/1b1qb1p1/p6p/1ppp4/3P1B2/5N1P/PPQ2PP1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5 w/Ng6+ ]

3b)
Daniel Fridman vs Alfred Weindl

Daniel Fridman Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Daniel Fridman vs Sergei Azarov, Yurmala, 2012
2r5/p6R/3Bkp2/2P5/8/4PK1p/r3N3/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Daniel Fridman vs Luke McShane, Wolvega, 2012
1r6/2R1B1k1/1n1P1p1p/7P/1p3K2/1B5b/1P6/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ if Kf8 Bg7+ ]

c)
Mindaugas Genutis vs Daniel Fridman, Warsaw, 2012
1r4k1/5ppp/5n2/1q2n1B1/1P1R3Q/6P1/5PB1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng6 Qh3 Qxg5 ]

d)
Daniel Fridman vs Vidmantas Malisauskas, Tallinn, 2013
r7/p3Rr2/5kpP/1pp4n/4R3/P3P3/1P2KP2/8 w - - 1 0
[ R4e6+ Kf5 Re5+ if Kf6 R7e6# or if Kg4 Rf7 ]

e)
Daniel Fridman vs Suren Poghosyan, Yerevan, 2014
2b1nr2/5kpp/prN1p1n1/1p3pPQ/2p2q2/1P5R/PB4BP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5+ if Ke7 Qxg6 ]

4e)
Daniel Fridman vs Suren Poghosyan

Daniel Fridman Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Daniel Fridman vs Kamil Miton, Trzcianka, 2014
2R1bk2/4pp2/8/p2n4/8/1PQ1P3/P7/KB5q w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Daniel Fridman vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt, Trzcianka, 2014
3r1rk1/pp3p1R/6p1/Q1pP4/2P5/3pp3/PP3Pq1/4K2R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kg7 Qc3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 5.
Andrei Cioara vs Daniel Fridman, Germany, 2014
r3r1k1/1p3ppp/1Q1b4/p7/2P3n1/2N2qP1/PP1B3P/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg3 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Bf4 Bxf4 ]

d)
Andrzej Dassuj vs Daniel Fridman, Trzcianka, 2014
r3k2r/pp3ppp/2n1p3/3q4/1b1Pn3/3B1N2/PP1B1PPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxd2 Nxd2 Qxd4 Be2 Rd8 ]

e)
Herbert Bastian vs Daniel Fridman, Verden, 2014
2r1q1k1/1R3pb1/p1n3pp/2p1p3/Q1P1b3/P3BNPP/1P3PB1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qxe8+ Rxe8 Nxd4 Bxb7 ]

5d)
Andrzej Dassuj vs Daniel Fridman

Daniel Fridman Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Daniel Fridman vs Jaan Ehlvest, Yurmala, 2015
r2qnrk1/pp1nppb1/3p3p/2pPP1N1/5Pp1/2N5/PPP3P1/R1BQK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qd3 if f5 Ne6 ]

b)
Daniel Fridman vs Jean-Baptiste Mullon, Nancy, 2017
r3r1k1/2pn1pbp/1p4p1/p2PP2n/4N1q1/5NP1/PPQ3KP/1RB1R3 w - - 1 0
[ h3 if Qf5 g4 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Daniel Fridman vs Ruzvelt Martsvalashvili, Batumi, 2018
r7/3n1p2/pp4kp/5RbN/1P6/3Q2P1/P3PPKP/2r5 w - - 1 0
[ Rf6+ Kxh5 Qf3# ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Daniel Fridman vs Margeir Petursson, Tallinn, 2018
2rr3k/pp2p1b1/6Pp/8/1RB2P2/P5q1/1P2Q3/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rxh6+ Bxh6 2.Qe5+ Bg7 3.Qh5+ ]

6d)
mate in 4
Daniel Fridman vs Margeir Petursson

Daniel Fridman Puzzles, Part VII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Thai Dai Nguyen vs Daniel Fridman, Batumi, 2018
4k3/pp3p2/2p2K1b/7P/3Pr3/5N1R/PP6/8 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rf4+ 2.Ke5 Ke7 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Daniel Fridman vs Sergey Kasparov, Porticchju, 2018
k1r5/1R5p/P5p1/2bB1p2/8/4p2P/1PP3P1/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ a7 if Bxa7 Rb3+ ]

c)
Daniel Fridman vs Israel Caspi , Israel, 2019
1n3r1k/2p4p/4pp1Q/2q1p3/1p6/2b1P1P1/5PBP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rd8 if 1...Rxd8 2.Qxf6+ Kg8 3.Qxd8+ Qf8 4.Rd1 Na6 5.Qg5+ mates ]

d)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Daniel Fridman, Karlsruhe, 2019
5rk1/pp3np1/7p/3P1p2/5N2/2PR2Q1/P4PPK/4q3 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Ne5 if 2.Re3 Ng4+ ]

7d)
Jorden Van Foreest vs Daniel Fridman

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