Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Rusudan Goletiani.
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)
Goletiani vs Leticia Sepulveda, Bratislava, 1993
r1b1r1k1/1ppp1ppp/pn3qn1/8/8/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb6 Rxe1+ Qxe1 if cxb6 Qe8+ Nf3 Nd5 ]
b)
Goletiani vs Carmen Voicu, Szeged, 1994
6k1/1p5p/p4qbB/2r2p2/4nP2/8/PQ2B1P1/K2R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Goletiani vs Frank Hoppe, Berlin, 1995
5r1k/r1q4p/p4bQ1/1pP1pNp1/1P2P3/PB1p3R/5KP1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Bg8 ]
d)
Goletiani vs Alda Carvalho, Medellin, 1996
3qrnk1/p1b2Rpp/1p2p3/2p1P1N1/2PpQ1P1/1P1P4/P6P/2B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qf3+ Kg8 Qf7+ Kh8 Qh5 if Kg8 Qxh7+ mates ]
e)
Goletiani vs Mariana Gasparian, Yerevan, 1996
2Q2bk1/5p1p/3B2pq/1p2P3/2nP1P2/2p1N1P1/8/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng4 if Qg7 Nf6+ ]
Goletiani Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Goletiani vs Darja Kaps, Marina d'Or, 1998
8/5q1k/2pQrP1p/8/2p5/7P/6P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxe6 ]
b)
Goletiani vs Tamar Balkhamishvili, Tbilisi, 1998
5rk1/1p1R1p1p/1qp3r1/5p2/1PP5/2Q1P3/5PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ c5 if Qa7 or Qb5 Rd8 ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Goletiani vs Eglantina Shabanaj, Patras, 1999
2qrr3/p4p1k/2pPn2B/Np5P/1P2P3/2QN1b2/P4K2/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7+ if Kh8 Rxf7+ or if Kxh6 Qf6+ ]
d)
Goletiani vs Veronika Machalova, Yerevan, 1999
1r4k1/1qr1bppp/2npbn2/1B2p3/R3P3/N1R1BN2/1P2QPPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 Rxc6 Ra7 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Goletiani vs Nonna Sahakian, Yerevan, 1999
4Q3/1b5r/1p1kp3/5p1r/3p1nq1/P4NP1/1P3PB1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf8+ Re7 Qb8+ ]
Goletiani Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Goletiani vs Robert Olsen, Philadelphia, 2000
3rn1k1/p6p/1p2p1p1/4Np2/Q4P2/1P2P2P/P2q2PK/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Qxa7 ]
b)
Goletiani vs Colin Stapczynski, Los Angeles, 2003
Kudos to Marek Seman, ed.
r1bq1r1k/p3npbp/1pn2Np1/2p1p1B1/8/2PP2P1/PP2QPBP/RN3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 Nxc6 Nxh7 ]
c)
Goletiani vs Thomas Braunlich, Connecticut, 2004
6k1/1p1R3p/rBn3p1/3N1p2/1b6/6P1/5PKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Be3 if Ne5 Rd8+ ]
d)
Goletiani vs Tegshsuren Enhbat, San Diego, 2004
2r1k3/5p2/1p1q2p1/2p1p1B1/4P2Q/1PP4P/6RK/b7 w - - 0 1
[ Rd2 if Qf8 Bf6 w/Qg4 ]
e)
Black Mates in 5. Farida Arouche vs Goletiani, Duisburg, 1992
7k/pp5p/3p3Q/2p3P1/2P1q1P1/6K1/PP2rR2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ Rf3 Qg1+ Kf4 Re4+ ]
Goletiani Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
M Leclare vs Goletiani, Duis burg, 1992
7k/pp5p/3p3Q/2p3P1/2P1q1P1/6K1/PP2rR2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 Qe2 Nxf3 if g5 Nxe4 ]
b)
Maria Blanco Acevedo vs Goletiani, Szeged, 1994
r3n1r1/p1q4k/2p2b1p/4p2b/2PnPp2/2N2N1P/P2B1PBK/2RQ2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ ]
c)
Anna Zozulia vs Goletiani, Szeged, 1994
4r1k1/1b3p2/6r1/1p1qPRB1/8/1P1P1Q2/6PP/2N4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe5 ]
d)
Catalina Arenas vs Goletiani, Cala Galdana, 1996
4r3/pp4bk/3B4/5b2/2p3p1/1PPn1qPp/P2Q3R/3R1NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh6 ]
e)
Black Mates in 5. Elina Danielian vs Goletiani, Tbilisi, 1999
Q1R5/2r3bk/4p3/1P3pq1/4p3/P6P/5K2/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Ke2 Qg2+ Kd1 Qf1+ ]
Goletiani Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win.
a)
Sopiko Khukhashvili vs Goletiani, Yerevan, 1999
4r3/6Bk/p2p2p1/2n5/P7/2N2q2/1P4RP/1Q5K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3 ]
b)
Tom Gossell vs Goletiani, Oklahoma City, 2003
2r1r1k1/1b3p1p/p3p1p1/5nQ1/1B1P1P2/1N5R/Pq4PP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ....Rc2 if Bd2 Bd5 or if a3 Rxg2 ]
c)
Tatia Vayserberg vs Goletiani, San Diego, 2004
1r6/5pk1/4p1p1/3bP3/R1p2P2/P1R2N1P/5K2/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ..R8b2+ Kg3 Rb3 ]
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