'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of William Lombardy.
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 2.
William Lombardy vs Atanas Kolarov, Uppsala, 1956
5r1k/1ppbq1pp/8/1n1PB2B/1P6/6Q1/6PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ ]

b)
William Lombardy vs Ralph Hallerod, Toronto, 1957
r4rk1/pbp4p/1p1p2p1/8/1PPnnP1q/P1BB4/6PP/3QRRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 if Bxe4 Qxd4 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
William Lombardy vs Wolfgang Heidenfeld, Munich, 1958
5q2/2p3kp/1r2Q1p1/2pP3P/pp3B2/b2B2P1/P4P2/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ h6+ Kh8 Be5+ ]

d)
Luis Sanchez vs William Lombardy, Bogota, 1958
6k1/5pp1/2p1r3/pp6/3Pr3/Pq4PP/1P4R1/3R1QK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf6 if Qd3 Re1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Hannu Keto vs William Lombardy, Leningrad, 1960
5r1k/ppp3pp/8/3Pp1bq/1P2P1n1/3P2P1/P3Q3/1RBN2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf1+ ]

1d)
Luis Sanchez vs William Lombardy

William Lombardy puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
William Lombardy vs R Dava, Helsinki, 1961
3r2k1/2Rb3p/3P2p1/1pQnqp2/4p2P/1NP3P1/5PBK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Rxd7 Qc8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
William Lombardy vs Nikola Spiridonov, Krakow, 1964
3r4/p3R2p/1pr3nk/5R2/7P/1B5P/P4PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh5+ ]

c)
Matthew Green vs William Lombardy, San Juan, 1965
6k1/4ppb1/r2p2p1/3P4/1rp1P3/2Nn1P2/PBK3P1/1R5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 if Kxc3 Rab6 or if Bxc3 Rxa2+ ]

d)
William Lombardy vs Tibor Weinberger, New York, 1968
r6k/pp6/3p2qp/2p2n2/2P5/1P1B4/P5PP/R2Q2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf1 Rf8 Qf2 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
William Lombardy vs Larry Kaufman, New York, 1972
1k6/b2q1r2/p2PQ1p1/4Bp1p/3P3P/6PK/6B1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Qxe8 d7+ Qxe5 d8/Q# ]

2e)
mate in 3
William Lombardy vs Larry Kaufman

William Lombardy puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
William Lombardy vs Miguel Quinteros, Manila, 1973
2bk1r2/3n2p1/prq2bQp/1p1NpR2/6B1/8/PPP3PP/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Rxf6 Qxg7 Re6 Qf7 or if gxf6 Bxd7 Bxd7 Qg7 ]

b)
Raymond Schneider vs William Lombardy, Nice, 1974
5rk1/4nppp/2Rp4/1p1Pb3/8/pP2PB1P/6P1/1K3R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...a2+ Kxa2 Ra8+ Kb1 Ra1+ Kc2 Rxf1 ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Hillar Karner vs William Lombardy, Tallinn, 1975
6k1/5pp1/4p2p/4Pb2/p2r1P1K/Pn3BP1/QPqp1R1P/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ Kh5 Bg4+ Kxg4 Qf5+ ]

d)
William Lombardy vs Elliott Winslow, Fairfax, 1976
r3r1k1/pp3p1p/6p1/q1p2b2/7Q/1Pn2NPP/P1R1PPB1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if h5 Qc4 ]

e)
William Lombardy vs Heikki Westerinen, Lone Pine, 1978
1r2nr1k/p2q1p1p/4nPpQ/2p1PN2/2p1B3/P2p3P/1P4P1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf4 if Kg8 Ne7+ ]

f)
William Lombardy vs Vincent McCambridge, Neskaupsstadur, 1984
2b5/p1p2rnk/1pP5/4qpQN/4pR2/2P4P/P3B3/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Be6 Nxg7 Rxg7 Qh5+ mates or if Re7 Rh4 mates ]

g)
William Lombardy vs Roel Yumol, New York, 1994
8/3n4/pp1k4/P2B4/1P1K2p1/6P1/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ b5 ]

3c)
mate in 4
Hillar Karner vs William Lombardy

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