Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Efim Bogoljubov.
White to move and win.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)
Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein, Stockholm, 1919
[ Rxf3 w/Re4 ]

b)
Bogoljubov vs Grekov, Kiev, 1914
[ Bxb6 w/Nxb6 Bb5 ]

c)
Bogoljubov vs S. Wainstein, Triberg, 1915
[ Rd4 ]

d)
Bogoljubov vs Alexei Selesniev, Triberg, 1916
[ Bxc5 ]

e)
Bogoljubov vs Richard Réti, Stockholm, 1919
[ Bf7+ w/Bxe7+ & Nf4 ]

Bogoljubov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Bogoljubov vs Alexei Selesniev, Triberg, 1916
[ Bxc5 w/d6 & Nc7 ]

b)
White Mates in 6. Bogoljubov vs Rudolf Spielmann, Stockholm, 1919
[ Rdxd5 ]

c)
Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein, Stockholm, 1920
[ Rxe7+ w/Nxf6+ ]

d)
Bogoljubov vs Zoltan Von Balla, Bad Pistyan, 1922
[ Rd6 ]

e)
Bogoljubov vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1922
[ Nc4 ]

f)
Bogoljubov vs Richard Reti, Homberg, 1927
[ Re8+ w/Qg4+ & Qh4+ ]

g)
Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein, Bad Kissingen, 1928
[ Bxh7+ w/Qh5+ & Ng6 ]

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