Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Robert Byrne.
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)
Byrne vs Robin Ault, New York, 1959
2Rb1rk1/p3qppp/np1Q4/4p1P1/4P2P/1BB5/PP3P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8 if Qxd8 Qxe5 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Byrne vs Hans Berliner, New York, 1960
6Q1/3RNp1p/3P2pk/8/3b1P2/6P1/Pn1q1B1P/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ Kh5 Qxh7+ Kg4 Qh3+ ]
c)
Byrne vs Wolfgang Pietzsch, Havana, 1966
4k3/1R5p/1p1B1Pb1/2p5/8/7r/PP6/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ f7+ if Bxf7 Re7+ ]
d)
Byrne vs Geber Villarroel, Lugano, 1968
4r1k1/1b3p1p/pq2n1p1/np1pP1B1/3P1NPQ/P1rB1P2/6KP/3RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if Rxe6 Bd8 or if fxe6 Bxg6 hxg6 Bf6 mates ]
e)
Byrne vs Edmar Mednis, New York, 1972
6n1/1p1k2P1/p2p4/5N2/5K2/1P2R3/P1r5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ if Nxe7 Nxe7 or if Kd8 Rf7 ]
Byrne Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Byrne vs Robert Jamieson, Nice, 1974
4r3/1pr2pkp/3R4/3BpQpq/p3P3/P1P2PP1/1P4KP/8 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qh4 Qf6+ w/Rd8 ]
b)
Byrne vs Jonathan Penrose, Nice, 1974
8/k4p2/1pBBb3/p1n1P3/1P4p1/P1Q5/1KP5/7q w - - 0 1
[ Qxc5 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Byrne vs Robert Jamieson, Haifa, 1976
3nr3/3kq3/p3p3/1p6/2pPQB1P/P1P3PB/2P5/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ Kc8 Qa8+ Kd7 Qa7+ ]
d)
Byrne vs Andrew Soltis, Mentor, 1977
1nb2r2/6kp/4B1p1/1rN1p3/6P1/4RP1P/8/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc8 w/Ne6+ ]
e)
Byrne vs Gonzalez Angel Martin, Montilla, 1977
5rk1/pq1nppb1/3p2p1/3P1r1p/2P5/4BP2/P2QN1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ng3 w/Bg5 or Bf4 ]
Byrne Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Byrne vs Enver Bukic, Bugojno, 1978
R7/4rpkp/P5p1/8/r5P1/6B1/1b5P/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bd6 if Rd7 Bf8+ mates ]
b)
Byrne vs Fridrik Olafsson, Reykjavik, 1984
r1r2bk1/3q1ppp/5n2/4QN2/p7/1bBB3P/1P3PP1/RR4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ w/Bf5 ]
c)
Byrne vs Wislow, New York, 1986
r4rk1/1b1nbpp1/pp5p/3P1P2/P3n2P/1N2q1B1/1PP3BK/R2Q1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf3 ]
d)
Byrne vs Bergquist, Chicago, 1989
r2qk2r/1bpp1ppp/3b1n2/p3p3/BpPnP3/P2P1N2/1P1N1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd4 exd4 e5 Bxe5 Re1 ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Byrne vs Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov, Palma de Majorca, 1989
4r1k1/2q2prR/p2p4/1p3BPQ/4PB2/R7/1Pr4P/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 (if Kf8 Bxd6+) Qh6+ Kg8 Bh7+ Kh8 Qf6+ ]
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