Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Zoltan Almasi.
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)
White Mates in 6. Almasi vs Lajos Abel, Hungary, 1991
5r2/p4pk1/1p2R3/2rB2bP/4Q3/8/PPPq2p1/1K3r2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Rxf7 Rg6+ Kf8 Rg8+ Kxg8 Qe8+ Kh7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qg8# ]
b)
Almasi vs Zoltan Racz, Hungary, 1991
1r5k/6bp/3p1q2/5p2/2P1p3/6P1/Rr1RQP1P/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rdxb2 w/Ra8+ ]
c)
Almasi vs Gyozo Rezsek, Hungary, 1991
2r1rbk1/1pq2pp1/2pR1nnp/p3p3/P1Q1P3/1BN1B1PP/1PP2P1K/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 if Nxd7 Qxf7+ mates ]
d)
Almasi vs O Gladyser, Belatonbereny, 1992
5rk1/1r3q1p/3R2n1/pp6/3QppP1/2P1N3/1P4KP/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 ]
e)
Almasi vs Jonathan Parker, Duisburg, 1992
1q3r2/2R2pk1/3Q2pp/p2Np3/4Pb2/2Pr3P/5PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ if Kg8 Ne7+ & Rc8 ]
Almazi Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Almazi vs Gyorgy Marosi, Hungary, 1992
r2qkr2/pp1b2Qp/3p1p2/3Npp2/2PnP3/8/PP4PP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxd4 if exd4 Be2 ]
b)
Almazi vs Vilmos Nogrady, Hungary, 1992
2kr1b1r/1p1b1p2/p4npp/qN2p3/2P3PP/P2B1P2/1PQ4B/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if Bg7 Na7# ]
c)
Almazi vs Konstantin Chernyshov, Balatonbereny, 1993
3q1rk1/1p1rppb1/2p2npp/p4b2/P1NP4/1BP2Q1P/1P3PPB/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5 if Rc7 g4 Bc8 Nxg6 ]
d)
Almazi vs Vera Juergens, Balatonbereny, 1993
6rk/1p1P4/p4b2/4pq1p/4R1r1/2B2p2/PP5P/3QR2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if Qg6 d8/Q Rxd8 Qxd8 Bxd8 Re8+ mates ]
e)
White Mates in 9. Almazi vs Vasily Yemelin, Bratislava, 1993
4r3/6kp/r5p1/4R3/2q5/6PP/5PK1/Q7 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ Kh6 Qg7+ Kh5 g4+ ]
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