Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Nona Gaprindashvili.
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)
Gaprindashvili vs Khuberashvili, Moscow, 1959
8/rR3p1p/2nkpB2/3p4/5P2/6P1/2PK3P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Be7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Gaprindashvili vs Liubov Idelchik, Moscow, 1964
2r1rk2/1p2qp1R/4p1p1/1b1pP1N1/p2P4/nBP1Q3/P4PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ w/Nxe6+ ]
c)
Gaprindashvili vs Arinbjorn Gudmundsson, Reykjavik, 1964
r2qr3/1p3pkp/p2p4/3Nn1pP/4P3/1P6/1PP2QP1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ h6+ Qh8 Nc7 ]
d)
Gaprindashvili vs Haije Kramer, Beverwijk, 1966
2b2r2/p5pk/1p1r1bpp/8/3N4/1BP5/PP4PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 ]
e)
Gaprindashvili vs Hillar Karner, Parnu, 1973
r2qk1nr/4ppbp/2n3p1/p7/3PPP2/1B3Q2/PPP3PP/R1B1K3 w - - 0 1
[ Ba4 if Qd6 Bd2 w/e5 or if Qb6 Qb3 ]
Gaprindashvili Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Gaprindashvili vs Nana Alexandria, Pitsunda/Tbilisi, 1975
3r2k1/p4Rpr/1p4Q1/2p1p3/3qP3/8/PPP1R1K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ref2 if Qd1 Rxf8+ w/Qe6+ mates ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Gaprindashvili vs Rainer Knaak, Sandomier, 1976
6k1/1R3p2/5p1p/1p2rP2/3R2P1/PKP5/1P4r1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Kg7 Rbb8 ]
c)
Gaprindashvili vs Gyorgy Szilagyi, Sadomier, 1976
r1q2rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/4P1B1/6n1/1PN5/1PP1Q1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qe6 h3 w/Nc7 ]
d)
Gaprindashvili vs Lydia Mulenko, URS, 1976
r3k2r/p2bnppp/1pn1p3/2qpP3/P7/1R1B1N2/2P2PPP/2BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb5 if Qc3 Bb2 ]
e)
Gaprindashvili vs Ants Tamme, Parnu, 1977
1k3r1r/1p1bbppp/pB1pp3/6Pn/2q1P2P/1NN2P2/PPP2Q2/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nc5 if Bc6 Rd4 or if dxc5 Rxd7 Bd8 (if Re8 Qh2+) Bxc5 Ba5 Bxf8 ]
Gaprindashvili Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Gaprindashvili vs Pepita Ferrer-Lucas, Buenos Aires, 1978
r1k5/ppn2rpp/4b1q1/1BQ1B3/8/P7/2P3PP/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc7 if Rxc7 Qf8+ mates ]
b)
Gaprindashvili vs Gisela Fischdick, Buenos Aires, 1978
1r3rk1/q4pbp/p2pb3/3Np2Q/1PPnPp2/R2B4/2N2PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ w/Nc6 ]
c)
Gaprindashvili vs Nana Alexandria, Tbilisi, 1979
q2r2k1/5ppp/1r3n2/1p2pN2/1P6/P2QP3/2R2P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 ]
d)
Gaprindashvili vs Alla Grinfeld, Tbilisi, 1979
4r1rk/pp2pp1p/1np1b2B/q4p2/P1PP3Q/1P3B1P/5PP1/2R1R2K w - - 0 1
[ d5 w/Qd4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Gaprindashvili vs Juraj Nikolac, Wijk aan Zee, 1979
2r1r3/pp1nbN2/4p3/q7/P1pP2nk/2P2P2/1PQ5/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re4 Kh5 Rxg4 ]
Gaprindashvili Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Gaprindashvili vs Ligia-Letitia Jicman, Piotrkow Trybunalski, 1979
3b2k1/1Qq2p1p/p7/2p1rp1N/2P5/1P4P1/P6P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa8 Re8 Nf6+ ]
b)
Gaprindashvili vs Pavlina Chilingirova, Tbilisi, 1984
2r5/p4pkp/1r4p1/3P4/8/1Rn2B2/5PPP/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ Rxb6 axb6 d6 ]
c)
Gaprindashvili vs Niaz Murshed, Polanica Zdroj, 1986
6r1/3k1p2/pp2pBp1/2bqP2p/2Nn1P1P/3Q4/P2R2PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ne3 Qc6 Nc2 ]
d)
Gaprindashvili vs Maxim Dlugy, Brussels, 1987
r4rk1/3qbppp/p3p3/1p1bPN2/5B2/8/PP2QPPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if exd5 Qg4 ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Gaprindashvili vs Roland Schmaltz, Baden-Baden, 1990
r2qnnk1/2p2rb1/1p1p1pN1/p2Pp2Q/2P1P3/2N1B3/PP3P2/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Bxh8 Rxh8+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]
Gaprindashvili Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Gaprindashvili vs Ketino Kachiani-G, Borzhomi, 1990
5r2/p1k1n1pp/2pNP3/2B5/8/6P1/Pb4KP/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rb1 if Rb8 Nc4 ]
b)
Gaprindashvili vs Nina Hoiberg, Kuala Lumpur, 1990
2Rbb1k1/Q1n1q3/p2p1r2/P1pPnp2/2P1pNp1/2B1P3/4BPP1/3N2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb8 ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Gaprindashvili vs Eliska Richtrova, Wuppertal, 1990
1r3rk1/1pnnq1bR/p1pp2B1/P2P1p2/1PP1pP2/2B3P1/5PK1/2Q4R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]
d)
Gaprindashvili vs Zurab Sturua, Tbilisi, 1991
1rb2rk1/pp1p1ppp/q1nP4/P1p5/2N5/2Q1P1P1/5PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf1 b5 axb6 Qb7 Rdb1 a6 Bg2 Qa8 Ne5 ]
e)
Gaprindashvili vs Maia Chiburdanidze, Shanghai, 1992
3R2nk/5ppp/p2n4/1p3B2/1P1B1q2/P5N1/6PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ w/Nh5+ ]
Gaprindashvili Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win.
a)
Gaprindashvili vs Milutin Kostic, Tivat, 1995
8/p3rPk1/5nqp/2pQp3/1p2P2P/6N1/PP4K1/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 ]
b)
Gaprindashvili vs Galina Trosic, Tivat, 1995
4r1kb/3nrp1p/bpp5/p4PPN/P4P2/1Pp3RP/2P2KB1/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Kf8 Nxd7+ ]
c)
Gaprindashvili vs Marina Lazic, Vrnjacka Banja, 1996
k3r3/p1qb1pb1/3n2p1/2p1n2p/Q1PpPN2/P2P1NP1/3B2BP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qd8 Ba5 or if Qb7 Qc2 Qc6 Ba5 ]
d)
Gaprindashvili vs Tomasz Markowski, Groningen, 1997
5k2/2r2pb1/BR4pp/p1p1P3/r4P1P/6PK/P1R5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ Ke7 Bb5 ]
e)
Gaprindashvili vs Ludmila Zaitseva, Iki-Burul/Yashalta, 1998
2n2r2/2k5/4p2p/2PpNp1P/1K3P2/5P2/8/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ if Kd8 Nc6+ w/Rc7 ]
Gaprindashvili Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win.
a)
Gaprindashvili vs Tatiana Baklanova, Warsaw, 2001
1n3k1r/pp2q2p/2p1prp1/2PpN1Q1/3P1P1R/8/PP2P2P/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 Rxg6 Qxe7+ ]
b)
Gaprindashvili vs Georg Meier, Bad Wiessee, 2001
r4r1k/p1p3p1/1pn4q/8/2PpB3/2P3R1/P1Q2P1P/R4K2 w - - 0 1
[ Bg2 ]
c)
Gaprindashvili vs Berfu Dincok, Antalya, 2002
1r6/p1q1r1kp/bp2P1p1/6N1/1bpRB3/8/P1Q2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 ]
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