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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Levan Pantsulaia.
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)
Levan Pantsulaia vs Alexandre Kasrashvili, Tbilisi, 2001
8/p2r3p/1p2k1p1/3n1p2/Pn1R4/4P3/1P1N1PBP/3K4 w - - 0 1
[ e4 if fxe4 Bh3+ ]
b)
Alexandre Kekenadze vs Levan Pantsulaia, Tbilisi, 2001
1n2r3/2b2kp1/2r2pp1/3K2P1/1B3P1P/3N4/1R6/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd8+ Ke4 f5+ Ke3 Rxd3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Akaki Sharashenidze vs Levan Pantsulaia, Tbilisi, 2001
8/R5p1/1R4p1/6k1/5p2/3r4/P3K3/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...R3d2+ Kf3 Rf1+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Levan Pantsulaia vs Igor Smirnov, Heraklio, 2002
1R6/5qpk/4p2p/1Pp1Bp1P/r1n2QP1/5PK1/4P3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ ]
e)
Boris Chatalbashev vs Levan Pantsulaia, Izmir, 2002
8/8/4bk2/7p/4K1pP/1p6/1R6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5+ Ke3 Bc2 ]
1c)
mate in 4
Akaki Sharashenidze vs Levan Pantsulaia
Levan Levan Pantsulaia Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Levan Pantsulaia vs Arusiak Grigorian, Batumi, 2003
8/6pk/2qrQ3/5P1p/5PNK/2n5/7P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if gxf6 Qf7+ Kh8 Re7 ]
b)
White mates in 7.
Levan Pantsulaia vs Hrant Melkumyan, Batumi, 2003
4r2k/2q3pp/1p1RB2P/p3p1Q1/2P1n3/1P4P1/7K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 Nd6 Bd7 Qxd7 Rxd7 ]
c)
Levan Pantsulaia vs Tommi Luukkonen, Saint Vincent, 2005
5R2/1p1r4/2p3p1/2n5/2p1k1P1/P1B1bN1P/1P4K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ if Kf4 Be1 Ne4 Rf8+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Emanuel Berg vs Levan Pantsulaia, Goteborg, 2005
8/kp1R4/2q2p1p/3Qb2P/p7/P5P1/KP6/N1r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxa1+ ]
e)
Nadar Anand vs Levan Levan Pantsulaia, Abu Dhabi, 2018
6k1/5p1p/6p1/p2Pr3/1p2qQ2/2b3P1/P7/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Rxd4 Qxb1+ ]
2a)
mate in 4
Levan Pantsulaia vs Arusiak Grigorian
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