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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Viktor Bologan.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

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

a)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Bologan vs Darius Ruzele, Kramatorsk, 1989
6r1/pp3N1k/1q2bQpp/3pP3/8/6RP/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Viktor Bologan vs G B Prakash, Mamboloaia, 1991
3rr2k/1pp3R1/pq5P/2N1npQ1/4p2P/2PP4/1P3P2/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ ]

c)
Viktor Bologan vs Jose Garcia Padron, Las Palmas, 1993
5k2/B2Q1p1p/6n1/1p2q3/5p2/7P/P5P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ if Kg7 Bd4 or if Qe8 Bc5+ ]

d)
Viktor Bologan vs Aivars Gipslis, Ostrava, 1993
8/7k/R4p1r/3p4/4r3/PR2nN2/1KP5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 Rb7+ mates ]

e)
Viktor Bologan vs Emil Anka, France, 1994
r2r2k1/4qp2/p1b3pQ/4p3/1p2PnN1/3B3P/PPP5/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf4 if exf4 e5 w/Nf6+ ]

1d)
Viktor Bologan vs Aivars Gipslis

Viktor Bologan puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 7.
Viktor Bologan vs Bruno Redon, France, 1994
1r3k2/4nrb1/1qNpQ3/p2P1p2/8/P1p4R/1P3P2/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Rxh8+ Ng8 Qh6+ Rg7 Qxd6+ Kf7 Qe6+ Kf8 Rxg8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Bologan vs A Stavrinov, Riga, 1995
r1brn3/p1q4p/p1p2P1k/2PpPPp1/P7/1Q2B2P/1P6/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg5+ if Kh5 Qf3+ Kxg5 Qg4+ or if Kxg5 Qg3+ Kh5 Qg4+ ]

c)
Victor Bologan vs Vladimir Novgorodskij, St. Petersburg, 1996
4Q3/3nqp2/p1bk3b/3p1PRP/P3p3/1P2B3/2P5/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Bf4+ Ne5 Bxe5+ Qxe5 Qb8+ ]

d)
Viktor Bologan vs Juan Borges Mateos, Linares, 1999
r2qkb1r/pp1n1ppp/8/1B4n1/Q7/2N2P2/PP3P1P/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ 0-0-0 ]

e)
Victor Bologan vs Roman Slobodjan, Calcutta, 1999
6k1/r2n2r1/p1q1b1Q1/1p1pP3/1BpP2p1/P6P/1P4P1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Kh7 Rf6 if Nxe5 Qh5+ mates ]

2c)
Victor Bologan vs Vladimir Novgorodskij

Viktor Bologan puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Viktor Bologan vs Javier Moreno Ruiz, France, 2001
2r2rk1/3n1p1p/b3p3/p2pqPPR/1p1N2P1/3PQ3/PP6/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7 if Rfe8 Qxe5 Nxe5 Rh8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Bologan vs Davor Palo, Skanderborg, 2003
3b3r/5bpp/p1k5/B1NpPp2/3P1n2/5P2/P1P5/1R1B1K2 w - - 1 0
[ c3 if Bxa5 Rb7 h5 Ba4# ]

c)
Viktor Bologan vs Konstantin Sakaev, Sochi, 2004
r2q3r/p3k2p/1pn1pp2/2p1p1BQ/2P1P3/2NP4/PP4PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ if Kxf6 Rf1+ mates ]

d)
Viktor Bologan vs Sergei Movsesian, Sarajevo, 2005
r1b2rk1/2qnbpp1/pp5p/2p5/1nB1N3/1P3N2/PBQ2PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qc3 Qg4 Nfg5 ]

e)
White mates in 6.
Viktor Bologan vs Rafael Vaganian, Fuegen, 2006
r1b1r1k1/pp4pp/4pBp1/q1pp4/8/P1P3QR/2PK1PP1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 if Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Qxg6 if Re7 Bxg7 ]

3e)
mate in 6
Viktor Bologan vs Rafael Vaganian

Viktor Bologan puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Ivan Sokolov vs Viktor Bologan, Poikovsky, 2006
6k1/5p1p/2b2Qp1/8/2P5/2N4P/1q2BbPK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb8+ if Kh1 Bxg2+ ]

b)
Viktor Bologan vs Alexandre Danin, Moscow, 2011
1r1r4/1P2Npk1/pR4pp/8/q1pb4/5QP1/5P1P/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ R6b4 if Qc2 Nc6 ]

c)
Viktor Bologan vs Stuart Conquest, Aix les Bains, 2011
1R6/4P3/k2B3p/1n1K4/8/3p4/4r3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb5 if Kxb5 Be5 or if Rxe7 Kc6 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Viktor Bologan vs Wojciech Reza, Warsaw, 2011
5QBr/ppk5/b7/1q1pP3/3P3b/P1B4R/1P3P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd6+ Kc8 Be6+ ]

e)
David Baramidze vs Viktor Bologan, Germany, 2011
Q3B2k/7p/4N1p1/5p2/1P6/1KP3q1/6P1/2Qnq3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qgxc3+ if Ka2 Qe2+ mates ]

4d)
mate in 5
Viktor Bologan vs Wojciech Reza

Viktor Bologan puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Bologan vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Astana, 2012
8/7p/5Qpk/8/8/3qP2P/5KP1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ if Kg5 Qf4+ or if Kh5 g4+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Viktor Bologan vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Astana, 2012
2r3kq/ppr5/4p1PQ/1b1pN3/3P4/P4R2/1P4RK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Qxh7+ gxh7+ Kh8 Ng6+ Kxh7 Nf8+ ]

c)
Michael Zaslavsky vs Viktor Bologan, Plovdiv, 2012
5r2/3qbk2/p2p2bR/3P2B1/1pN1p1P1/1P3r2/PP1Q4/K2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3 if Qe2 Rxd1+ Qxd1 Bxg5 ]

d)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Viktor Bologan, Beijing, 2012
rr4k1/2q1b3/3p1pn1/2pRn1p1/4P1Pp/1N3P1P/1PPB1Q2/1K1R1B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...c4 Nd4 c3 if Bc1 Qa7 mates ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Kazbek Akbaev vs Viktor Bologan, Khanty Mansyisk, 2013
1r5k/1bp3bp/p7/2P1n1q1/PP2N3/N2p3P/5rP1/1QR1RBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if Kh1 Qe5 or if Kxf2 Bd4+ ]

5b)
mate in 6
Viktor Bologan vs Vassily Ivanchuk

Viktor Bologan puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jonas Bjerre vs Viktor Bologan, Rhodes, 2013
5rk1/4b1pp/6r1/1p1bPq2/1PpN1P2/8/3BQ1PP/1R4RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2 if Rxg2 Qxb1+ ]

b)
Viktor Bologan vs Antoaneta Stefanova, Caleta, 2014
6k1/5ppp/3qb3/4p1P1/1rpn4/2Q1B2P/1PB2P2/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd4 exd4 Rxd4 if Qf8 Qxb4 Qxb4 Rd8+ Qf8 Bxh7+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Viktor Bologan vs Vladislav Kovalev, Dubai, 2014
8/pp6/4Q1p1/4b3/Pq2k3/4P3/6P1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4+ ]

d)
Steven Breckenridge vs Viktor Bologan, Dubai, 2014
2k3r1/1pqb4/4p3/pPn1N3/P1Pp4/6Pr/2B1QP2/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d3 if Nxd3 Rhxg3+ mates or if Bxd3 Nxd3 ]

6b)
Viktor Bologan vs Antoaneta Stefanova

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