Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Tamaz Gelashvili.
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)
Gelashvili vs Peter Horvath, Nagykanizsa, 1993
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[ Bd4 ]
b)
Gelashvili vs Tom Piceu, Szombathely, 1993
[ Nf5+ if exf5 gxf5 mates ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Gelashvili vs Sopio NIkoladze, Prague, 1994
[ Qg5 Nxf5 Rxh5+ Bh6 Rxh6+ ]
d)
Gelashvili vs Maria Petraki, Halkida, 1997
[ exf6+ w/Nxf6 & Bh4+ ]
e)
Gelashvili vs Ales Drinovec, Chania, 1998
[ Rd8+ w/Ne6 ]
Gelashvili Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 8. Gelashvili vs Nikolaos Mihakis, Chania, 1998
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Nxf5+ Kg8 Qxh6 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Gelashvili vs Jan Sorensen, Korinthos, 1998
[ Nxf5+ ]
c)
Gelashvili vs Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Poros, 1998
[ Nd5 w/Bb4 ]
d)
Gelashvili vs Uwe Kuebler, Bad Wiessee, 1999
[ Ng4 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Gelashvili vs Antonis Antoniou, Chania, 1999
[ e7+ Kg8 e8/Q+ Kh7 Rd8 Kh6 Nf7+ ]
Gelashvili Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 8. Gelashvili vs Merab Gagunashvili, Batumi, 2001
[ Re7 hxg5 Ne6+ Kg8 Rg7+ Kh8 Nxg5 ]
b)
Gelashvili vs Akaki Shalamberidze, Batumi, 2001
[ Nf6+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Gelashvili vs Panayiotis Kakogiannis, Korinthos, 2001
[ Bxd7+ ]
d)
Gelashvili vs Umut Atakisi, Ankara, 2002
[ Qc1+ w/Qg5 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Gelashvili vs Yakup Bayram, Ankara, 2002
[ Qb3+ Ke1 Qe7+ Re4 Qxe4+ ]
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