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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Adrian Mihalcisin.
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)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Seiram Chekhelian, Moscow, 1979
3brk2/1p4p1/p2p1p2/3PpP2/P1R5/qP2B1Pp/5K1P/3Q4 w - - 1 0
[ Qb1 w/Bc1 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Norris, Mexico, 1980
4b3/3k3p/R2B2nb/2pPP3/2P3p1/8/5Pp1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ e6+ Kc8 Rb6 ]

c)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Vladimir Bagirov, Tallinn, 1988
r5k1/p5p1/1n2p3/2N1Pq2/3Pp3/1P3r1p/P2Q3P/R5RK w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 Qh7 Qxe6+ Kh8 Rae1 ]

d)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Robert Tibensky, Trnava, 1988
r5r1/1p1b1q1k/2pQN1pp/p2pPp2/5P1n/1P2P1RP/P4P1K/2R4B w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 if cxd5 Rc7 Bxe6 Rxf7+ Bxf7 Qf6 or if Bxe6 Bxe6 ]

e)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Andrzej Luczak, Cappelle la Grande, 1989
r2qr1k1/pb2np2/1p2pbp1/6Np/3P3P/B1PB2Q1/P4PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if fxe6 Rxe6 Kg7 Rxe7+ or if Qd7 Nc7 ]

1b)
mate in 3
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Norris

Adrian Mihalcisin puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Nebojsa Ristic, Cetinje, 1992
4q3/pp5k/2p3pb/2Pb3p/8/2Q2N1P/PB3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Leon Gostisa, Portoroz, 1993
4r1k1/pp2rNPn/4b2p/qPpB4/2P5/8/2Q3PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Qg6 if Rxf7 Bxe6 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Domen Krumpacnik, Ptuj, 1995
r7/2R5/3Pk1p1/4r2p/p5PP/P5K1/1P1R4/8 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kf6 Rf2+ Rf5 g5# ]

d)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Vladimir Petkov, Sibenik, 2006
4r1k1/2p2pp1/pr1b3p/1pNp3q/3P4/P3P2P/1PQ2PP1/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7 if Rb7 Qc6 Ra7 Nf6+ gxf6 Qxe8+ ]

e)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Miljenko Muha, Ptuj, 2021
3r2k1/p3np1p/1p1q1bp1/1B1p4/3P3P/2B2QP1/rP3P2/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4 if Qxb4 Qxf6 ]

2d)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Vladimir Petkov


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