Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Lev Alburt.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Alburt vs Mikhail Zlotnikov, New York, 1980
r2qr1k1/pp1b1p1n/3p2NQ/2pP4/2P5/P1N5/1Pn1BPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3 if Nxe1 Ne7+ & Qxh7+ mates ]
b)
Alburt vs Evgeny Sveshnikov, USSR, 1974
3r1qk1/5ppp/bn6/p1rB4/3QN3/6P1/PB2PP1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Kh8 Qe4 ]
c)
Alburt vs Jonathan Mestel, Hastings, 1980
2r1r1k1/p3ppbp/6p1/q2P4/n1B2B2/1Q1RR1P1/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 ]
d)
White Mates in 9. Alburt vs Benjamin Finegold, NY, 1994
3r2k1/pp3pPp/2p3p1/4Q3/4N3/q6P/P1n2PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kxg7 Ne8+ if Kf8 Rxb7 ]
Alburt, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Alburt vs Vasily Byvshev, Moscow, 1965
[ Qd5+ w/Rd8+ & Ng6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Alburt vs K Grigorian, Leningrad, 1974
[ Ng6+ hxg6 Rxg6 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Alburt vs Eduard Gufeld, USSR, 1974
[ Re8+ if Rf8 Ne7+ ]
d)
Alburt vs Amanurad Kakageldiev, USSR, 1974
[ Nh4 w/Rxe7 ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Alburt vs Jan Plachetka, Decin, 1977
[ Rg8+ if Kh7 Bg7+ Kxg8 Ne7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ ]
Alburt, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Alburt vs S Kudrin, Estes Park US-CH, 1985
[ Qb4+ w/Re1 ]
b)
Alburt vs Jens Kristiansen, Reykjavik, 1986
[ Bb8 w/Nb6 ]
c)
Alburt vs Sergey Kudrin, Estes Park, 1986
[ a4 w/Rxc6 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Alburt vs Antti Pyhala, Reykjavik, 1986
[ Nxe6+ w/Qxe6 ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Alburt vs Paul Koploy, Los Angeles, 1987
[ Bxg6 if Ne5 Qd8+ Kg7 Ne8+ Kf8 Nf6+ ]
Alburt, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Alburt vs Alonso Zapata, Subotica, 1987
[ Ng5 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Alburt vs S Frymer, Chicago, 1989
[ Qb4+ c5 dxc5 bxc5 Rd7+ Ke6 Qg4+ ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Alburt vs Peter Yu, Chicago, 1989
[ Re8+ w/Rxe8+ & Qf5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Alburt vs Larry Christiansen, Jacksonville, 1990
[ Bf5 if Rh8 Rg7 Be3 Rd8 ]
e)
Alburt vs David Vigorito, NY, 1993
[ Qxb7+ Black must sac both the R & Q ]
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