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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Nicolas Rossolimo.
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) 
Nicolas Rossolimo vs J Cukierman, Paris, 1937
r1b1rnk1/1p4pp/p1p2p2/3pN2n/3P1PPq/2NBPR1P/PPQ5/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Nxh7 Ng6 ]
b) 
Lothar Schmid vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Heidelberg, 1949
5r1k/1b4pp/8/p1R5/Pp2p2q/1Q2B2P/1P3PK1/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ if Bxf2 e3+ ]
c) 
Jan-Hein Donner vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Amsterdam, 1950
2r2rk1/5ppp/p3p3/2b5/Pp2q3/4B1P1/1PN1QK1P/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2 if Qxc2 Bxe3+ ]
d) 
Savielly Tartakower vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Amsterdam, 1950
3r1rk1/1bq1bpp1/p1npp2p/2p5/2P1N3/P2R1NP1/1PQ1PPBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 axb4 Bxe4 ]
e) 
Hermann Steiner vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Dubrovnik, 1950
5B2/5Rpk/1p5p/1n2p3/7P/P2r2P1/5PK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Kg8 If Rf5 Nd4 ]
1c) 
Jan-Hein Donner vs Nicolas Rossolimo
Nicolas Rossolimo Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Nicolas Rossolimo vs Stojan Puc, Dortmund, 1951
3r4/p1k3p1/2q2p1p/5P1P/1pPB4/bP3Q2/P1K5/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Be5+ fxe5 Qxc6+ Kxc6 Rxd8 ]
b) 
Nicolas Rossolimo vs Jan-Hein Donner, Beverwijk, 1953
1n2rrk1/1pp2p1p/p2q1np1/3Np3/PP2P2N/2PR4/3Q1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if gxf5 Qg5+ ]
c) 
Nicolas Rossolimo vs Arthur Bisguier, New York, 1965
r4rk1/pb2q1pp/1p1np3/3p2Pp/3P1P2/2NBPQ2/PP6/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kh8 Bg6 Nf5 Qxh5+ or if Kxg7 Qxh5+ w/g6 ]
d) 
Rego vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Habana, 1966
r2r4/1p2ppkp/5np1/1PqPn3/p1pNP3/PbN1Q1PB/5P1P/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 if Qxd4 Nf3+ ]
e) 
White mates in 8.
Nicolas Rossolimo vs Riceman, Puerto Rico, 1967
b1r2r1k/p4ppp/Pp2nNQ1/3pN3/3P4/R7/1Pq2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 if Ng5 Qxg5 gxf6 Qxf6 ]
2a) 
Nicolas Rossolimo vs Stojan Puc
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