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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Krunoslav Hulak.
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)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Stefano Tatai, Stip, 1979
r2q3k/ppp3pp/3p4/3Pp1N1/3n1rb1/3BQ3/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf4 if exf4 Nf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Krunoslav Hulak vs Vlastimil Hort, Wijk aan Zee, 1983
2kr4/2p5/7Q/1p2pP2/1q6/7P/5BP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa6+ if Kb8 Ba7+ or if Kd7 Qe6# ]

c)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Peter Scheeren, Wijk aan Zee, 1983
1rb3k1/2q2pbp/p1p3p1/3B4/8/1Q3P1P/PP3BP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Kh8 Qxb8 Qxb8 Rd8+ ]

d)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Joerg Hickl, Zagreb, 1987
4r1k1/p4ppp/q5n1/3RPP2/2rQ2P1/P1p4P/2R3BK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd3 if Nf4 Rd8 Kf8 Qd7 ]

e)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Ralf Scheipl, Dornbirn, 1988
2r1r1k1/pp4p1/3q4/2b2Rp1/4B3/P5P1/6KP/3QR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ Kh7 Rxe8 if Rxe8 Qh5+ ]

1e)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Ralf Scheipl

Krunoslav Hulak puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Spyridon Skembris, Portoroz, 1993
5r1k/pp1q2bp/2pNR3/2P2Q1P/8/6P1/Pr6/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ Bxf8 Rxf8+ Kg7 Rfe8 ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Krunoslav Hulak vs Hrvoje Dusper, Djakovo, 1994
3r3k/7p/1r1q1ppB/8/2Q4P/6P1/1P2PP2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7 if Rg8 Bg7+ Rxg7 Rc8+ ]

c)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Eko Supriyono, Jakarta, 2001
r3nk2/pp2q1nQ/2pb1p2/5B2/3P1P1B/6RP/PP4P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Bg6+ Ke6 Re3+ ]

d)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Stanko Kosanski, Celje, 2003
1r3q2/1p1P3k/pN3r1p/P4p2/3Q4/8/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc8 ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Krunoslav Hulak vs Feridun Oney, Istanbul, 2003
8/5p2/6p1/7p/3R1Pk1/1p4P1/1n4KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rd5 ]

f)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Davor Rogic, Vukovar, 2005
2br1bk1/1p2qpp1/r3p2p/p3N3/3PB3/P2Q4/1P3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ Kh8 Bg6 if f5 Nf7+ or if Re8 Bxf7 ]

2c)
Krunoslav Hulak vs Eko Supriyono


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