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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Csaba Horvath.
White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 3.
Csaba Horvath vs Ewan Stewart, Groningen, 1984
r2q1rk1/p4p1p/3p1Q2/2n3B1/B2R4/8/PP3PPP/5bK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg4 ]

b)
Black mates in 5.
Boris Gulko vs Csaba Horvath, Sochi, 1985
3Q4/p4pp1/5rk1/5r2/4p2R/1P2PqP1/P4P2/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ fxg3 Rxf1+ Kg2 R6f2+ Kh3 Rh1+ Kg4 f5# ]

c)
White mates in 8.
Csaba Horvath vs Franz Nagl, Eger, 1986
6R1/1rk4r/p1p1q3/Pp1p1p2/1P1Q1P2/K3P3/8/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ R1g7+ Rxg7 Qxg7+ Qd7 Qe5+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Csaba Horvath vs Peter Lukacs, Debrecen, 1988
3r4/7p/2RN2k1/4n2q/P2p4/3P2P1/4p1P1/5QK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8+ if Nxc6 Qf6# ]

1b)
mate in 5
Boris Gulko vs Csaba Horvath

Csaba Horvath Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Csaba Horvath vs Attila Kiss, Budapest, 1989
1r5k/4bprp/pq6/6P1/Pp1Np3/3P4/P4Q1R/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Rxh7 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qxf7+ Kh8 g6 ]

b)
Csaba Horvath vs M Natter, simul, 1990
r1b1k1nr/ppppbppp/5q2/8/3Q4/2N1B3/PPP1PPPP/R3KB1R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]

c)
Csaba Horvath vs Hung Fioramonti, Mitropa, 1990
1r4k1/1p1qnRbn/p2p2p1/2pPp1Pp/2P1N2P/5QN1/PP1B4/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh5 gxh5 g6 if Nf8 Rxg7+ Kh8 Qxh5+ mates ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Csaba Horvath vs Yong Hoon De Rover, Belgium, 2018
3r4/1b5p/ppqP1Ppk/2p1rp2/2P1P3/3n2N1/P5QP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxf5+ if 1...Rxf5 2.Rxf5 gxf5 3.Rxd3 ]

2a)
Csaba Horvath vs Attila Kiss

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