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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Milan Drasko.
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.
Milan Drasko vs Jens Kristiansen, Stary Smokovec, 1984
rqb1r1k1/3n1Nb1/1p1P3p/2pBpQp1/8/4B1PP/PP3P2/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg5+ ]

b)
Black mates in 5.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Milan Drasko, Polanica Zdroj, 1988
k1b2q2/1p5R/pQ6/2N1p1p1/8/8/PPP3PP/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf4+ Kd1 Bg4+ Ke1 Qe3+ ]

c)
Dragan Lalic vs Milan Drasko, Belgrade, 1989
6k1/5p2/5np1/p3Q3/Pp4qp/1N4P1/1P3PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...h3+ Kf1 Qd1+ Qe1 Qxb3 ]

d)
Darko Steiner vs Milan Drasko, Caorle, 1989
6k1/4bpp1/2bNp2p/p2nP3/2B4P/P2Q1qP1/1B3P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 ]

e)
Milan Drasko vs Wlodzimierz Kruszynski, Cologne, 1991
6k1/pp3p1p/2n1b1p1/2rp4/3N4/P2BP2P/1P3PP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb3 ]

1c)
Dragan Lalic vs Milan Drasko

Milan Drasko puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mian Drasko vs Slavisa Marinkovic, Vrnjacka Banja, 1991
1q4k1/1r2pp1p/np2b1p1/p7/8/2R1N1P1/PQ3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rcd3 ]

b)
Milan Drasko vs Djordje Djantar, Subotica, 1992
2r3k1/1b2b1Pp/pp1pr3/5N2/1PP2p1P/P2B4/1B5K/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Re1 if Rxe1 Nh6# or if Bf6 Rxe6 Bxb2 Re7 ]

c)
Milan Drasko vs Aleksander Stamnov, Struga, 1993
r2n1r1k/pp5p/2p2b2/3B2p1/3p4/3P2P1/PP1B1P1P/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Milan Drasko vs Marija Petrovic, Tivat, 1995
1rr2b2/1pnn4/p1p3Bp/2Nk1p2/1P1P4/P4KB1/4R2P/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Kxd4 Rd1+ ]

e)
Milan Drasko vs Igor Yagupov, Linares, 1996
r3n1k1/1p1rbpp1/7p/3p4/P7/2B2BP1/4RPKP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rae1 ]

2d)
mate in 4
Milan Drasko vs Marija Petrovic

Milan Drasko puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Drasko vs Dragan Tesic, Niksic, 1996
7k/7p/b3BrpQ/2p1p3/3qN3/1P4P1/2r2R1P/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg8 Kxg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Qxh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Milan Drasko vs Michael Roos, Arco, 2000
1q3b2/2r2p1k/p1p2P1p/2R4R/3p1N1Q/1P4P1/r6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ if Bxh6 Qxh6+ ]

c)
Milan Drasko vs Dragan Paunovic, Herceg Novi, 2000
r5k1/1b4q1/1p1Q2p1/2p4p/pPP1r3/Pn3NPP/2R3B1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 Bxe4 Qe6+ ]

d)
Milan Drasko vs Josef Ager, Arco, 2001
1r2r1k1/1p1bppb1/p1np2pp/3N3q/1PP5/5NP1/P2QPPBP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 Qg4 Bh3 ]

e)
Marcelo Ripari vs Milan Drasko, Saint Vincent, 2001
2r2rk1/1p3pp1/1q3b1p/p2pNb2/P2P4/1N6/1P2RPPP/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe5 dxe5 Bg4 ]

3b)
mate in 3
Milan Drasko vs Michael Roos

Milan Drasko puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Drasko vs Raffaele Di Paolo, San Martino di Castrozza, 2003
4r1k1/1p1r1p1p/pR1n2pP/2pP4/2P5/3BR1P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6 ]

b)
Milan Drasko vs Eva Repkova, Bar, 2005
rnb2rk1/pp4pp/2p5/q2p1p2/2nP3B/P1NBPP2/1PQ2KPP/R6R w - - 1 0
[ b3 if Nb6 b4 or if Nd6 Be7 ]

c)
Milan Drasko vs Slavisa Marinkovic, Bar, 2005
6r1/n1pr3k/1pq1Q1pp/p2p4/P7/1P3PP1/1B1R2KP/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd5 if Qxe6 Rxd7+ or if Rdg7 Qxc6 Nxc6 Bxg7 Rxg7 Rd7 ]

d)
Milan Drasko vs Borko Lajthajm, Bar, 2006
1brr2k1/pb2q1pp/1p2n3/2p3p1/2B1P3/1PQ3P1/PB3P1P/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ ]

e)
Milan Drasko vs Sigurdur Sigfusson, Kemer, 2007
5r1k/2RQ2bp/3p2p1/1p1P4/1p2p3/4B2B/5PK1/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 if Rg8 Be6 or if Rxf2+ Kxf2 Qb2+ Kg1 ]

4e)
Milan Drasko vs Sigurdur Sigfusson

Milan Drasko puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Drasko vs Nikola Sedlak, Zadar, 2009
1rbq1rk1/1p1ppp1p/p5pb/8/P1PQ4/2N3P1/1P2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa7 if Qc7 Nd5 Qd6 c5 Qe5 f4 ]

b)
Stefan Mijovic vs Milan Drasko, Cetinje, 2009
5rk1/pbp3pp/1p1bp3/6r1/3PP3/1P6/PB3NPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ if Kf1 Ba6+ or if Kxh2 Rxf2 ]

c)
Milan Drasko vs Borislav Ivanov, Plovdiv, 2010
2rq2k1/5ppb/1n2pn1p/1p1p4/1b1B4/1N1P1NP1/1Q2PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxb6 Rxc1+ Nxc1 ]

d)
Milan Drasko vs Zdenko Plenkovic, Zagreb, 2010
3r1bk1/1q5p/1n4p1/pNpr4/P6P/1P3QP1/3R1B1K/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nc3 ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Kiprian Berbatov vs Milan Drasko, Albena, 2010
6k1/2p2pp1/1pP1p3/3pP2N/3P3P/3PK1P1/1Q2RP1n/r6q b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1 ]

5c)
Milan Drasko vs Borislav Ivanov

Milan Drasko puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Drasko vs Francesco Rambaldi, Amantea, 2013
5nk1/3rR2p/6p1/1b6/7P/6P1/1B4B1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ if Rxd5 Rg7+ mates ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Peter Rahls vs Milan Drasko, Arco, 2013
8/p5k1/1p6/1Q1pq3/2r3p1/P5Pp/4B2P/4K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ ]

c)
Milan Drasko vs Mariano Cardili, Porto San Giorgio, 2015
1q3bk1/p4pp1/n1n1p2p/P1p1P2N/2P1N1QP/2B3P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nef6+ Kh8 Qe4 ]

d)
Milan Drasko vs Zoran Popovic, Bihac, 2016
1q3rk1/rn2np1p/pNp1bbp1/2B1p3/1P2P3/5NPP/P1Q2P2/R2R1BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7 Bxd7 Bxa7 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Milan Drasko vs Vaso Petijevic, Bar, 2017
1qr1bk2/4Rp1n/7P/p1pB1Pp1/2Pp4/3P3P/P3Q3/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Bxf7 Qe7+ Kg8 Qxf7+ ]

6a)
Milan Drasko vs Francesco Rambaldi


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