'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Peter Leko.
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)
Peter Leko vs Zeyaad Janahi, Duisburg, 1992
1k1r4/pbp3pp/1np2pq1/4B3/2P5/1P2Q1PB/P4P1P/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxc7+ Kxc7 Qf4+ Rd6 c5 ]
b)
Peter Leko vs Viktor Moiseev, Nettetal, 1992
2r2rk1/p5b1/b1npp1pB/8/2pPP1q1/2P2R2/P1BQN1P1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg3 if Qh4 Bg5 Qh5 Rh3 Qg4 Rh4 or if Qh5 Bxg7 Kxg7 Rh3 Qa5 Qh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Peter Leko vs Vladimir Turta, Bratislava, 1993
nr2kb1r/1p3p1p/p2p1q2/P2Pp3/2N2p2/2P3PB/1P3P1P/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qa4+ ]
d)
Philip Viner vs Peter Leko, Sydney, 1992
2r3k1/p1r1ppbp/1p1q2p1/8/2BP2N1/PP3K2/1B1Q1P1P/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 if Be2 Rxc1 Bxc1 Qc6+ ]
e)
Emil Szalanczy vs Peter Leko, Budapest, 1993
2r2kr1/1pq1pp2/p2p3p/3Rn1p1/2nRP3/1NP3BP/P1P2PP1/4Q1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb6 Ra5 Nc6 Rc5 Nd7 if Rcc4 b5 ]
1d)
Philip Viner vs Peter Leko
Peter Leko Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Leko vs Ramon Oltra Caurin, Oviedo, 1993
2r2k2/pp3pn1/q2pb1p1/7p/3N1r1P/P3NP2/1PPQ2P1/1KR4R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
b)
Peter Leko vs Attila Turzo, Szeged, 1994
3qr1k1/pp2ppb1/3p2p1/2rPn1B1/3N4/2P4Q/PP4PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if fxe6 Qxe6+ Kh7 Rd4 ]
c)
Vladimir Baklan vs Peter Leko, Szeged, 1994
1r3rk1/1q4pp/2p1np2/4p3/P1P1P3/b3QNPP/5P2/BR3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb1 Rxb1 Rxb1+ Kg2 Bc5 if Qc3 Bb4 ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Peter Leko vs Giorgi Bakhtadze, Canary Islands, 1995
r1b2rn1/ppk3p1/3RQnBp/2p1P3/2P5/6B1/Pq3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ exf6 Bxe6 Rxe6+ Kc8 Re8+ Rxe8 Bf5+ ]
e)
Jozsef Horvath vs Peter Leko, Budapest, 1997
6k1/4b1pp/pp2p3/8/2P2P2/1P1r2NK/PBR4P/3n4 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5 ]
2d)
mate in 6
Peter Leko vs Giorgi Bakhtadze
Peter Leko Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Peter Leko vs Ferenc Palasti, Hungary, 1998
3R4/p1r3rk/1q2P1p1/5p1p/1n6/1B5P/P2Q2P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ ]
b)
Peter Leko vs 'Pocket Fritz', Mainz, 2001
3r1rk1/pp1b2pp/1qp1pb2/4B3/1P2B3/2P3P1/P3QP1P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if h6 Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxd7 Rxd7 Qe8+ or if g6 Bxg6 hxg6 Qxg6+ ]
c)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Peter Leko, Monte Carlo, 2003
1r4k1/5pp1/2R1b2p/8/5P2/1Pp2BP1/4P1KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc8 Rxc8+ Bxc8 Be4 Bb7 ]
d)
Peter Leko vs Lazaro Bruzon, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
2r1r2k/2qbbp1p/p7/1p1pPN2/5p2/P6P/1PB2PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e6 if fxe6 Qd5+ ]
a)
White mates in 3.
Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich, Nice, 2009
4Q3/p2r2pk/1n5p/8/8/5N1P/q4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ hxg5 Qh5+ ]
3c)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Peter Leko
Peter Leko Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Leko vs Liren Ding, Beijing, 2012
5k2/1pp2n1p/3p4/3Pq2N/4r1p1/1P4P1/P4Q1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6 if Re2 Nd7+ ]
b)
Peter Leko vs Arkadij Naiditsch, Dortmund, 2013
8/7p/2QP2pk/1p3p2/p7/5rPP/P3qP2/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc1+ f4 Qd2 ]
c)
Levon Aronian vs Peter Leko, Beijing, 2013
3rnbk1/qbr2p1p/4p1p1/2N1P3/1p1PpP2/1P5P/PB3QP1/1B1RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc5 if dxc5 Bxc5 ]
d)
Anton Korobov vs Peter Leko, Hengshui, 2019
2r3k1/1b3ppp/p3pn2/1q2N3/8/P1B1PP2/1Q4PP/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxc3 ]
e)
Peter Leko vs Sebastian Bogner, Biel, 2019
5rk1/1p4n1/p1p5/2P4p/1P4Q1/P6P/q2BR2K/8 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qxg7+ Kxg7 2.Bc3+ ]
4a)
Peter Leko vs Liren Ding
Other Hungarian GMs
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