Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Roman Dzindzichashvili.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 6. Dzindzichashvili vs Igor Zaitsev, Tbilisi, 1965
[ Rf7+ ]
b)
Dzindzichashvili vs W Browne, New York, 1986
[ Re5 ]
c)
Dzindzichashvili vs Georgadze, Tbilisi, 1970
[ Be7 ]
d)
Dzindzichashvili vs Kalandazichvili, Georgia, 1967
[ Rf8+ ]
e)
Dzindzichashvili vs Kurban Khanov, Moscow, 1967
[ Rf4 if Rxa2 Rxf8+ or if Rd8 Rf7 ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Dzindzichashvili vs Aleksander Bokuchava, Tbilisi, 1965
3r1rk1/1pp1bpp1/6p1/pP1npqPn/4N2P/P2PP3/1B2BP2/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 ]
b)
Dzindzichashvili vs Ervin Haag, Tbilisi, 1969
5r1k/2R3b1/b6p/pq1pPp2/1p1Q1B2/4PBP1/P4P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh6 Bxh6 e6+ Kg8 Bxd5 if Qe8 e7+ ]
c)
Dzindzichashvili vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Leningrad, 1971
4kn1Q/pp2pp2/6p1/2NRP1P1/5r2/P1P5/1P2q3/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ w/Qxf8+ Qxe7+ Qxb7+ & b4+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Dzindzichashvili vs Lev Alburt, Baku, 1972
4R3/5krp/p2p2pQ/3n4/1p4p1/8/q4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5 ]
e)
Dzindzichashvili vs Leonid Shamkovich, URS, 1973
2Q5/p3q2p/1p1p2pk/8/1b6/4rBP1/2R1P2P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rc7 if Qe6 Qf8+ mates ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Dzindzichashvili vs Itchak Radashkovich, Israel, 1978
4r2k/p1r3Rp/1p2qPbB/1P2p2p/2PpQ3/3P1R2/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 if Bxe4 Bg7+ Kg8 f7+ ]
b)
Dzindzichashvili vs Joel Benjamin, Greenville, 1983
2r2rk1/p3bppp/1pn1pn2/4N3/8/PPN3P1/1B3PKP/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if Rxc6 Nd5 ]
c)
Dzindzichashvili vs Robert Byrne, Berkeley, 1984
1rbq1r2/n2n1k1p/pp1pppp1/4P3/BPPN1P2/P1N1Q2P/6P1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 Kxe6 Rxd6+ if Kf7 e6+ or if Ke7 Nd5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Dzindzichashvili vs Walter Browne, New York, 1984
rq6/pp1r3k/5p2/7p/3PR3/6Q1/PP3P1K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Re5 if Kh8 Rxh5+ Rh7 Rxh7 Kxh7 f4 or if fxe5 Qg6+ ]
e)
Dzindzichashvili vs Erik Ronneberg, Boston, 1988
1r3r2/1b2q1kp/1p1p2p1/p4p2/P1PNn3/1PR4P/3Q1PP1/3BR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f3 if Nxd2 Rxe7+ Kf6 Re2 Nb1 Rc1 Na3 Ra1 ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Dzindzichashvili vs Andrew Soltis, New York, 1989
5r1k/pp4p1/2p1Q1Pq/4R3/P2P4/2P3K1/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7 ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. Igor Bondarevsky vs Dzindzichashvili, Match, 1962
6k1/pp3ppp/4p3/2P3b1/bPP3P1/3K4/P3Q1q1/1R5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ ]
c)
Wolfgang Pietzsch vs Dzindzichashvili, Tbilisi, 1965
5bk1/q2b1p1p/3ppp2/2n5/1r1NPP2/2Q3P1/PN4BP/K3R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 ]
d)
Oleg Dementiev vs Dzindzichashvili, URS, 1972
6k1/6p1/2q1p1P1/4Pn1Q/8/5RB1/7K/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ if Kxh1 Nxg3+ ]
e)
Calvin Blocker vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1984
7r/2k1b1pp/p1np4/2p2R2/1pP1P3/1P2P3/P4P1P/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 if f4 g6 ]
Dzindzichashvili Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win.
a)
Ferdinand Hellers vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1987
r4rk1/p1n3p1/3b1qnp/1p1P1p2/1PB5/P1B2P1Q/4N2P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4 ]
b)
Robert Byrne vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1989
3r1rk1/p4pbp/4n1p1/3Np1n1/6Pq/4Q2P/PPP3B1/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd5 if Bxd5 Nxh3+ Kh2 Nhf4+ w/Nxd5 ]
c)
R Bolton vs Dzindzichashvili, Chicago, 1991
r2qr1k1/pp3pbp/2np2p1/2p5/2P1b3/P3PN2/1P1QBPPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na5 if Ra2 Nb3 Qe1 Bb1 ]
d)
Adolf Herzog vs Dzindzichashvili, Saint Martin, 1991
8/4ppkp/3p2p1/3P4/2R1PRnP/1r6/4K3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb2+ ]
e)
Eric Moskow vs Dzindzichashvili, New York, 1992
7r/5pk1/1p4p1/p1r1pnq1/4N1b1/P2PPBP1/1P3Q2/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh5 ]
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