'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Slavoljub Marjanovic.
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) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Dimitar Ilievski, Bjelovar, 1979
r1b3k1/ppq2ppp/4pb2/3r4/2N5/P2B1Q2/1PP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd5 ]
b) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Georgi Tringov, Trstenik, 1979
r4bk1/2q2p1p/3p2p1/4n3/1p1BP1B1/1P5P/2P2QP1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if dxe5 Rd7 or if h5 Bd4 & Qf6 mates ]
c) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Gyozo Forintos, Barcelona, 1980
r2qrbk1/pb1p1ppp/np1P4/5Nn1/1P6/P2B1N2/1B3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8 if Nxf3+ Qxf3 ]
d) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Vitomir Arapovic, Sarajevo, 1982
2r2r2/1p1q1pk1/4nRpp/3pP3/pPnP3Q/P3N3/4N1PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ if gxf5 Qxh6+ mates ]
e) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Ian Rogers, Nis, 1983
k2r3r/pp3pp1/2p1p1p1/3n4/6P1/5Q1P/2qB1PB1/R2RK3 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3 a6 Rac1 ]
1e) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Ian Rogers
Slavoljub Marjanovic Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Slobodan Marinovic, Vrnjacka Banja, 1983
r4rk1/3nqp1p/pp2p1p1/4B3/2P5/1P3QN1/P5PP/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qf6 ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Ralf Akesson, Bela Crkva, 1984
2b5/3pr1p1/2pR1p2/4pP1p/kP2P1nP/P1K3P1/3R4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd5 cxd5 Rxd5 ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Emir Dizdarevic, Sarajevo, 1985
4n3/pbq2rk1/1p3pN1/8/2p2Q2/Pn4N1/B4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ Kxg6 Qh6+ Kxf5 Qh5+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Bosko Abramovic, Zenica, 1986
3r1q1k/6bp/p1p5/1p2B1Q1/P1B5/3P4/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ Qxg7 Qxd8+ ]
e) 
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Miodrag Todorcevic, Rome, 1988
3rr1k1/1p1q1pbp/p5p1/P1pn4/4NB2/2P4P/QP3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if f6 Bxf6 Rxe4 Bxd8 ]
2c) 
mate in 4
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs Emir Dizdarevic
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