Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anatoly Bannik.
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)
Bannik vs Leonid Shamkovich, Tartu, 1950
3k4/1pr5/3KP1p1/pPN4p/P7/6P1/5P1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7 ]
b)
Bannik vs Evgeny Zagorjansky, Tartu, 1950
6k1/1n3ppp/p3n3/1p3Nq1/1P2B3/2Q4P/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb7 if Qxf5 Qc8+ ]
c)
Bannik vs Ioganess Veltmander, Sverdlovsk, 1951
1b6/6k1/3P1q2/2p1p1pp/1pN1Pr2/1P2Q2P/R5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ra8 if Bxd6 Ra6 or if Qd8 Qxc5 or it Qf8 g3 w/Bxg5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Bannik vs Victor Korchnoi, Kiev, 1954
1rr5/1p6/p1n2Q2/8/4B3/P1P3k1/1PP5/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5+ Kh3 Bf5+ Kh2 Qh4+ Kg2 Be4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Bannik vs S Kotlerman, Odessa, 1955
8/3Q1K2/5p1k/7p/1P3qpP/2P1p3/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qc8 ]
Bannik Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Bannik vs Iskir Kurass, Kiev, 1963
5Q2/6r1/6pp/7k/2pq1P2/P5RP/1P4PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rg5+ ]
b)
Bannik vs Y Simkin, Kiev, 1966
4r1k1/p5bp/1p1Bn1p1/3B4/2Pp2P1/7P/P4P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 w/f4 ]
c)
Bannik vs Vladimir Onoprienko, Alushta, 1967
2br2k1/p3nr1p/6pB/3Ppp2/1Q2P3/6P1/1Pq3BP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rac1 w/Bg5 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Bannik vs Alexander Lukjanenko, Kiev, 1967
2b3qk/4R1p1/1ppn1p1p/p1b4Q/P4P2/2BB4/6PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 Nf7 Rxf7 Bf5 Qxh6+ Qh7 Bxg7+ ]
e)
Bannik vs A Polusmiak, Kiev, 1967
q4r2/p2n1rbk/1p2p1pp/3p4/2pPnPPN/2P5/PPB1R1QP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 w/Bxe4 & Nxg6 ]
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