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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Aleksander Wojtkiewicz.
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)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Bolat Asanov, Sochi, 1980
3q1rk1/pp2pp2/3p2p1/3Nb3/3r1Bp1/8/PPPQ4/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Lembit Oll, URS, 1982
r1b2nrk/4Npbp/p2p1p2/1p1N3Q/4p2R/P2B2R1/2P2KPP/q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7 Qd4+ Re3 Be6 Qxe6 Nxe6 Ng6# ]
c)
Henrik Teske vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Polanica Zdroj, 1988
3r1bk1/5pp1/7p/1p1q1N2/2nP2P1/3Q3P/5P2/2B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 if Rxe5 Qxe5 or if Qe3 Nf3+ ]
d)
Andre Schmitt vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Cattolica, 1989
3r2k1/3r2pp/ppqBpb2/4n3/P1PRP3/1P5P/3Q2P1/2NR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Michael Brooks, New York, 1989
3R1bk1/pp3p1p/6p1/q7/3QNN2/1P4P1/r7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kg7 Ng4+ ]
1b)
mate in 5
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Lembit Oll
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 7.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Ronald Young, New York, 1989
7k/1pq4p/3NQ3/3P3p/2P5/3n2P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ Kg7 Nf5+ Kf6 Qe6+ Kg5 h4+ Kg4 Qe2+ ]
b)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Michal Krasenkow, Palma de Majorca, 1989
1n2b1k1/r4p1p/6p1/1p2r3/p2N4/R3P1P1/5PBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if Nd7 or Na6 Nc6 ]
c)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Robert Kuczynski, Biel, 1990
6k1/1pqnQppp/2p1p3/3P4/3r4/5BP1/4PP1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 if Qc8 Qxd7 ]
d)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Nicolas Rojas, Sevilla, 1990
2r3k1/3Rbppp/p3p3/2q1B3/2p1Q3/6P1/PP2PPKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 if Qb4 a3 ]
e)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Timo Pirttimaki, Jyvaskyla, 1991
6k1/p1N1Q2p/1pq2pp1/2p2P1n/8/4P2P/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if Qc8 Nd8 ]
2a)
mate in 7
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Ronald Young
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Rico Mascarinas, Manila, 1991
4r3/5pk1/1p4p1/p4p1p/PnqNN3/1p2QP1P/2r1P3/R2R3K w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5+ gxf5 Rg1+ Kf8 Qh6+ ]
b)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Valentin Panbukchian, Iraklion, 1992
2rqn1k1/1p3pbp/p2P2p1/8/2B2pP1/P1N2Q1P/1P3P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Qd5+ Kf8 d7 ]
c)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Antonios Vragoteris, Komotini, 1992
2br2k1/ppq2pb1/2pp2p1/6P1/2PBrP2/8/PP1QBK2/3R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Qc3+ ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Richard Biolek, Katowice, 1993
3k4/1pp1r3/p3PQ1p/P2P3K/1P1R2P1/7P/8/4q3 w - - 0 1
[ d6 if cxd6 Qf8+ Kc7 Rc4# ]
e)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Massimo Zucchelli, Linares, 1995
4k2r/pp3ppp/1q2b3/3r4/8/QN4P1/P4P1P/2RR2K1 w k - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if Bxd5 Rc8+ ]
3a)
mate in 4
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Rico Mascarinas
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Afrim Fejzullahu, Bern, 1996
3r2rk/2qnpb1p/6p1/1pp1p3/1P1B1PB1/7R/5QPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc5 if Qb7 fxe5 e6 Qxf7 or if Nxc5 Bxe5+ ]
b)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Peter Detter, Graz, 1996
r1b2rk1/4qpp1/4p2p/np1n4/8/P4NP1/1PQBPRBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ e4 Nf6 Bb4 ]
c)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Edoardo Daverio, Neuchatel, 1995
r4rk1/2pq1pp1/1pbbp1np/p2n4/2NP4/P4NP1/1PQBPPBP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e4 if Nde7 e5 ]
d)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Georg Schweiger, Arco, 1997
r3r1k1/p4p1p/1qp1b1p1/4b3/1nB2B2/1QN1P2P/1P3PP1/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Na4 if Qb5 Bxe6 fxe6 Rc5 or if Qb8 Bxe5 ]
e)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Peter Langdon, Kona, 1998
2r1rbk1/pb2qpp1/1p2pn1p/8/2PN3P/1P4P1/PBQ2PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Qc7 Be5 w/Bxb7 or if Qb4 Bxb7 exf5 Bc3 ]
4b)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Peter Detter
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Martin Mrva, Krynica, 1998
r4rk1/1np4p/1p1p4/p2Ppnq1/1PP4N/P1N3P1/4Q2P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 if Rxf5 Ne4 Qh5 Nf6+ ]
b)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Chris Bush, Fredericksburg, 1999
r1bb1rk1/1p3ppp/p2p4/3Np3/2P5/2Q3P1/q3PPBP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 if Qxe2 Bf3 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Shelly Mays, Philadelphia, 1999
2r1rk2/1p2ppb1/p2p2p1/q1nPnPP1/2PN3Q/1P2B3/P5K1/1BR4R w - - 0 1
[ f6 if exf6 gxf6 Qd8 Qh8+ ]
d)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs William Morrison, Philadelphia, 1999
r5k1/6pp/1p1rqp2/2bp4/p1bB4/P3P1P1/1PQR1PBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 if bxc5 Qxc4 dxc4 Rxd6 ]
e)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Vladimir Kosyrev, Internet, 2000
4r1k1/4rp2/1q3npp/pp1nB3/3PN3/5P1P/P4QP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Rd8 Nc8 ]
f)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Sandor Kustar, Sioux Falls, 2001
b2rr1kb/2qnnp1p/p2p2p1/Pp1P1PB1/1PpNP3/2N3PP/3Q2BK/3R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ f6 if Nc8 Ne6 ]
g)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Pablo Zarnicki, Internet, 2004
r2q1rk1/1p1bp2p/4npp1/1P1NQ3/2P5/5P2/4B1PP/1R1R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qe3 if Ra2 Nb6 ]
5a)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Martin Mrva
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