Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Steve Greanias.
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. Greanias vs Lee Bates, Philadelphia, 1990
2k4r/ppr2ppp/3Q1n2/q7/4pP2/8/PP2PPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh3+ if Kb8 Qd8+ ]
b)
Greanias vs Wilbert Brown, Alexandria, 1996
2r1kn2/2qb3r/p1n1pB2/1p1pp3/1P1P4/PB4Q1/6PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg7 if Ke7 Qg5+ Kd6 dxe5+ w/Bxe5+ ]
c)
Greanias vs Stephen Chase, Mt Vernon, 1996
1n4k1/q4pbp/p2P1np1/r7/N1p5/5QPB/1P5P/2B2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Be3 ]
d)
Greanias vs Stanley Fink, Arlington, 1999
r3r1k1/1p3pbp/p2p2p1/3Np2n/2PpP3/3P2PP/qP1Q1PBK/1R3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 if Qb3 Ra3 ]
e)
Greanias vs R Fischer, Charlottesville, 2000
r4rk1/pb1n1pp1/1pp1pn1p/4N2q/2PP4/P1PBR3/1BQ2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 if Qg5 Bc1 ]
f)
Black Mates in 5. Aditya Prasetyo vs Greanias, Philadelphia, 2001
1rbr2k1/5p1p/3Np1p1/2n5/2P1P3/5P1N/K1n3PP/3R1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd6 if Rxd6 Na4 ]
g)
Black Mates in 4. John Farrell vs Greanias, Virginia Beach, 2001
7r/p3pk2/1p6/1bp3K1/4BnP1/P1PP4/2n5/1R1R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Kf5 Ne3+ Ke5 Nxg4+ ]
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