Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Daniel Gormally.
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)
White Mates in 5. Gormally vs Andrew Webster, Coulsden, 1999
1r5r/3PR1bk/2pQ4/p4p1p/P1q3pP/2P3B1/6P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Be5+ Kh7 Qe7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Gormally vs Sven Zeidler, Dyfed, 1999
r1bk4/pp1p4/n2PpbN1/2P4B/4p2Q/8/Pq4PP/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 Qa1 Bd1 Nc7 Rxf6 ]
c)
Gormally vs Gavin Crawley, Millfield, 2000
r3r1k1/p3Bppp/1p4q1/2n2N2/8/5QP1/Pb3P1P/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 ]
d)
Gormally vs Stefan Marotzke, Guernsey, 2001
2r1k2r/1p3ppp/1pn1pn2/bB1pNb2/N2P1B2/4P3/PP2KPPP/R6R w - - 0 1
[ b4 Bxb4 Nxb6 if Rd8 Bxc6+ or if Rb8 Nxc6 ]
e)
Gormally vs David Barron, Coulsdon, 2002
r4rk1/3ppp1p/p4np1/1pPqN1B1/3Qb3/1PP5/2P2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if exf6 Nxd7 ]
f)
Gormally vs E Blackwell, Newport, 2004
3rk2r/p1qnb2p/1pp1pp1n/8/2bNNPP1/2P1BB1P/PPQ3K1/R6R w - - 0 1
[ Nd2 Bd5 Bxd5 exd5 Ne5 ]
g)
Gormally vs Jonathan Rogers, 2004
3rk3/p4p1q/1p3p2/8/1Q3P2/3p3B/P5RK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rg3 ]
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