'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lembit Oll.
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)
Lembit Oll vs Arkadi Shmirin, Moscow, 1983
r5k1/3b2b1/p1p1p1Q1/4p3/3qN3/8/P1P3PP/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ c3 if Qc4 Nf6+ Kf8 Nxd7+ Kg8 Nb6
or if Qe3 Nf6+ Kf8 Nxd7+ Kg8 Nf6+ Kf8 Nh7+ w/Ng5
or if Be8 Nf6+ Kf8 Nxe8 Qf2 Nxg7 ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Lembit Oll vs Yuri Balashov, Tallinn, 1983
3br1k1/4rp2/pnbp1RpQ/1pq1p1P1/3NP3/1P4N1/PBP4P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 Rxe6 Rxf7 ]
c)
Lembit Oll vs Emelbek Moldobaev, Moscow, 1983
6k1/pRr1q1pp/4p3/2r2p2/1Q6/P3PP2/4b1PP/B2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ if Kf7 Qb2 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Lembit Oll vs Orest Averkin, URS, 1985
4rk2/1p6/p1qr1bQ1/8/P7/1P5R/2P3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rh7 ]
e)
Lembit Oll vs Gernot Gauglitz, Budapest, 1988
r2n2k1/pp2Rbp1/2p4p/2B1Q3/1P6/5PP1/q5BP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 if Ne6 Rxe6 or if Qb1+ Bf1 Qg6 Bd3 ]
1c)
Lembit Oll vs Emelbek Moldobaev
Lembit Oll Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Lembit Oll vs Yuri Shabanov, Uzhgorod, 1988
6k1/1p3pp1/7p/4p3/1PB1Q3/2R3P1/5PPK/r2q4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Qf5+ Ke7 Rc7+ or if Kf8 Rc8+ Ke7 Qxe5+ ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Lembit Oll vs Kalle Kiik, Espoo, 1989
1r2nk2/1b2Rppp/p7/1p3N2/3Q4/5P2/PP4PP/2q2BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ Kxe8 Qe5+ Kf8 Qxg7+ Ke8 Qe5+ ]
c)
Lembit Oll vs Milan Mrdja, Rome, 1990
5r1k/6p1/1q4P1/4pB1n/1p2P3/7Q/PPP1b3/1KR5 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 Bxg4 Qxg4 if Nf6 Qh3+ mates ]
d)
Lembit Oll vs Robert Kuczynski, Manila, 1992
rr1q2k1/5pbp/pn2pn2/Q2p1p2/N2P4/BP2P3/4NPPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be7 Qxe7 Nxb6 if Ra7 Rc8+ ]
e)
Lembit Oll vs Igor Stohl, Manila, 1992
4r3/1bk2p1r/p1pbp1p1/2npB1P1/N3P2P/PP6/1KP3B1/3R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6+ if Kxd6 e5+ ]
2d)
Lembit Oll vs Robert Kuczynski
Lembit Oll Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Lembit Oll vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Moscow, 1992
2rk4/5R2/3pp1Q1/pb2q2N/1p2P3/8/PPr5/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6+ ]
b)
Lembit Oll vs Aleksej Aleksandrov, Minsk, 1993
r1r3k1/5pp1/bpnbpq1p/p2pN3/3P1P2/2N3P1/PPQ1PRBP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 Rxc6 Nxd5 Rxc2 Nxf6+ gxf6 Bxa8 ]
c)
Lembit Oll vs Mikhail Nedobora, Oviedo, 1993
7R/1pq1kp2/p3r1p1/P2pr3/1P6/2P5/6PQ/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ if Kxf7 Rh7+ ]
d)
Lembit Oll vs Alexei Shirov, Wijk aan Zee, 1993
r1r3k1/p5b1/b4ppB/3Pp3/4P1N1/1p5R/1n1K1PP1/1B5R w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Rh7+ mates ]
a)
Lembit Oll vs Johan Quist, Antwerpen, 1994
1r1r4/3n1qkp/5pp1/1BR5/1P6/6QP/6P1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Bxd7 ]
3b)
Lembit Oll vs Aleksej Aleksandrov
Lembit Oll Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lembit Oll vs Ognjen Cvitan, Eupen, 1995
7k/rp2qp1p/p6Q/4p3/P3P1p1/8/1PP4P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 if Qe8 Qf6+ Kg8 Rd8 ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Lembit Oll vs Mikhail Rytshagov, Riga, 1995
1r1b3k/1pr2R1p/p1b1B1p1/3pP1N1/P7/8/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 if Bxc7 Rf7 Kg8 Rd7+ or if Bxg5 Rff7 ]
c)
Lembit Oll vs Sergio Giardelli, Chicago, 1997
6k1/2rb1p2/4p1p1/R1nPb2p/3N3P/4B1P1/2P3BK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 ]
d)
Lembit Oll vs Tal Shaked, New York, 1997
5r2/pp2r2k/2pR1b1p/2P1pb1q/2B5/1PB1PpRP/P2Q1P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Rxf6 Qd8 or Bg8+ ]
4a)
Lembit Oll vs Ognjen Cvitan
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