Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Julio Becerra Rivero.
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)
Becerra Rivero vs Nestor Velez, Cuba, 1992
2kr3r/ppp1qp1p/4bnp1/2p1Q3/4P3/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
b)
Becerra Rivero vs Marcel Sisniega, Havana, 1992
2n5/1R3p1k/p1r2bpp/2rqp3/Q1N5/P2P3P/3N1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 w/Nc3 ]
c)
Becerra Rivero vs Ron Livshits, Moscow, 1994
r3kb1Q/p1qp2p1/1p2bnp1/6N1/8/2P5/PP3PPP/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ dxe6 Qxf8+ ]
d)
Becerra Rivero vs Everaldo Matsuura, Cascavel, 1995
6k1/1qr2pb1/2bp2pp/Pp6/3pP1P1/1B1P4/Q2B1PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc2 w/Bd5 ]
e)
Becerra Rivero vs Rafael Rodriguez Lopez, Cordoba, 1995
r1b2bkr/6pp/pn3n2/4RPN1/1P1R4/2N4Q/2P3PP/q1BK4 w - - 0 1
[ Ra5 ]
Becerra Rivero Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Becerra Rivero vs Maxim Sorokin, San Martin, 1995
6rk/1R4n1/pR3B2/4pp1p/P1P5/3Pp3/6Bq/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ Rxg7 Rh6+ Kg8 Rb8+ Kf7 Bd5+ ]
b)
Becerra Rivero vs Ruslan Pogorelov, Andorra, 1996
r2r2k1/1pq3p1/p1n1Rb1p/4p3/4Q3/2P4P/PPB2PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh7+ if Kf7 Bb3 or if Kf8 Rxf6+ ]
c)
Becerra Rivero vs Mark Ferguson, Benasque, 1996
1r3k2/3R1p2/3pnNp1/bPp1p2p/2B1P3/3P2P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra7 if Bb6 Ra6 w/Nd7+ ]
d)
Becerra Rivero vs Amador Rodriguez, Cienfuegos, 1996
1r1r3k/7p/6p1/p2B4/3pPb1q/Q5N1/1Pb3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc5 w/Qxc2 or Qxd4+ ]
e)
Becerra Rivero vs Ricardo Leyva, Las Tunas, 1996
r3r1k1/ppq1bpp1/2n2n1p/1Bpp1NB1/8/2PP3P/PP2QPP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 w/Nxe7+ ]
Becerra Rivero Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Becerra Rivero vs Irisberto Herrera, Matanzas, 1997
1r1r1b1k/6p1/p2pqpQp/2p4R/P1N1PP2/1P3K2/2P3RP/8 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if Qe8 Rxh6+ Kg8 Qh7+ Kf7 Rhg6 ]
b)
Becerra Rivero vs Daniel Paz Ladron de Gurvara, Malaga, 1999
1k6/1p6/4PBp1/p5P1/2n2rPn/P7/8/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Be5+ Nxe5 e7 ]
c)
Becerra Rivero vs Aryam Abreu, Santa Clara, 1999
r2q4/p5k1/1p1p2pp/2p2bN1/2P3P1/2P2Q2/PP5P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb7+ if Bd7 Ne6+ ]
d)
Becerra Rivero vs Ronald Simpson, New York, 2000
2rr2k1/ppq2pbp/5np1/n1p2p2/P1N1P3/2P2Q1P/1P4P1/R1B1RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf4 ]
e)
Becerra Rivero vs Jay Bonin, New York, 2003
3rr1k1/1p3pp1/3b2p1/pN1p4/n7/2P1B2P/1P3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ b3 ]
Becerra Rivero Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Becerra Rivero vs Peter Sloan, New York, 2003
r1b1Bk1r/1p3n1p/p2bpqp1/3p4/8/2N3B1/PPP1QPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7 if Bxg3 fxg3 ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Becerra Rivero vs Jorge Szmetan, Internet, 2003
6k1/pp1R1r2/2p2qpQ/2P1bp2/1P4p1/P5P1/5P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 ]
c)
Becerra Rivero vs Alexander Riazantsev, Internet, 2004
1r4k1/2q2pp1/p1P1p2p/2R5/3n4/P5P1/5P1P/1Q3BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxb8+ ]
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