Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Claudia Amura.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Amura vs Ingrid Dahl, Novi Sad, 1990
r4rk1/1b1p1qpp/pp1Ppn2/bNp2p2/2P5/P2QPP2/1P2N1PP/1RBR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 w/b4 or Nxa8 ]
b)
Amura vs Anatoly Timoschenko, Buenos Aires, 1991
q7/5kp1/n4pnp/pppr4/8/1P4P1/PB3PNP/1Q1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if Qxd5 Qxg6+ ]
c)
Amura vs Roberto Calderin, Habana, 1992
8/1p6/p2R1b2/P1B2k1p/1P3p1P/2r2b1K/5N2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ ]
d)
Amura vs Felix Fiszman, Mar del Plata, 1992
2k4r/p1prnpn1/1p5p/1P1p2p1/8/4PN2/P1PN1PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Ne5 ]
e)
White Mates in 10. Amura vs Joara Chaves, Brasilia, 1993
8/5pk1/2R1r2p/5R2/3PQ1P1/1q3PK1/r7/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qh7+ Kf6 Qxh6+ Ke7 Qg7+ ]
Amura Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Amura vs Marino Cid, San Fernando, 1993
r7/3q1kpp/1p2pn2/p2p1p2/1PbP1N1P/P3Q1P1/4PPB1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc4 ]
b)
White Mates in 2. Amura vs Carlos Bulcourf, Villa Ballester, 1996
8/p1R3p1/4p1kn/3p3N/3Pr2P/6P1/PP3K2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ ]
c) White Mates in 4. Amura vs Juan Gonzalez Zamora, Buenos Aires, 2005
8/2Q1R1bk/3r3p/p2N1p1P/P2P4/1p3Pq1/1P4P1/1K6 w - - 0 1
d)
Black to move and win. Isabel De Los Santos Isabel vs Amura, San Juan, 1987
4r2k/p2n1pbp/2N1b3/2p1P2P/4QP2/1rq1B3/2P1K1P1/3R1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ Kf2 Qxe3+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Amelia Hernandez vs Amura, Adelaide, 1988
5kr1/4n2Q/p2p1r2/1ppPp2P/4P3/1P2K3/P1P1N3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg7 if Qh8+ Ng8 w/...Rh6 ]
Amura Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
Cristobal Valiente vs Amura, Argentina, 1991
r2q2k1/1p1b2pp/p2p2r1/2PPppb1/1P3n2/2N2P2/P4BPP/R2QRBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ if gxh3 Be3+ Kh1 Bxf2 Bc4 Qg5 ]
b)
Adrian Rios vs Amura, Buenos Aires, 1992
4r1k1/pp5p/6p1/3q4/P1rb4/1P2B1P1/5P2/R2Q2KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if bxc4 Rxg3+ mates or if fxe3 Bxe3+ Kh2 Rd4 w/...Rd2+ ]
c)
O Kim vs Amura, Moscow, 1994
1r4k1/p3bp1p/1n2p1q1/3pP3/1n1P4/3bQNP1/P4P1P/3RRBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4 if Qc1 Bc2 a3 Na2 or if Qf4 Bxf1 Rxf1 Nd3 ]
d)
Luciano Torres vs Amura, Trelew, 1995
3r4/6kp/1p2b3/8/4B1pN/Pnp3P1/5P1P/4RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2+ if Kg1 Nxe4 Rxe4 Rd1+ w/...Bd5 ]
e)
Matias Villanueva vs Amura, Merida, 1998
r5k1/1p5p/pR6/4b1P1/8/3Bp2P/bP2N1P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd8 if Nc1 Bd4 ]
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