Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Robert Huebner.
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)
Huebner vs Jonathan Penrose, Cheltenham, 1971
8/4r2p/2R3p1/k3Np2/n4P2/6P1/4P3/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 w/Nc6+ ]
b)
Huebner vs Frans Kuijpers, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
1r2bk2/5pp1/7p/3p4/Pq3nN1/2Q2R1P/2B2PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe5 ]
c)
Huebner vs Guillermo Estevez, Graz, 1972
5nk1/3rrp2/1p4pP/pPn3p1/6P1/3P1B2/1B2PK2/R6R w - - 0 1
[ h7+ Nxh7 Rxh7 ]
d)
Huebner vs Raymond Keene, Vienna, 1972
2r5/4ppk1/2p2bp1/q1P4p/1N1r3P/PQ3R2/1P2RPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Bxe7 Rxf7+ Kh8 Qe3 or if Rd5 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Nxd5 w/Qxd5+ ]
e)
Huebner vs Svetozar Gligoric, Leningrad, 1973
8/1p3k1p/3qn1p1/3p2r1/6P1/1P1NQ2P/P7/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf3+ w/h4 ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Huebner vs Julio Kaplan, Houston, 1974
1Q6/6kp/3N4/1B1Pp3/R3P3/K4b2/1r6/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ Kf7 (if Kg6 Qg8+ or if Kf6 Qh8+) Qe8+ Kf6 Qe7+ ]
b)
Huebner vs Roberto Debarnot, Las Palmas, 1976
4k1r1/3q1p2/2n1pnpB/1Q1p4/3P3P/5NP1/5P2/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Ng4 Qb8+ Nd8 Rb7 ]
c)
Huebner vs Peter Hammer, Lucerne, 1979
2qrk2r/pp2p2p/2b1Pp2/8/3p1N1R/PQ3P2/1PPR2P1/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6 ]
d)
Huebner vs Jaime Sunye, Rio de Janeiro, 1979
4rbk1/Rn3ppp/R2B4/3q1N2/2p1r3/5QP1/4PPKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf8 Kxf8 (if Rxf8 Ne7+) Nd6 if Nxd6 Rxd6 ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Huebner vs Helmut Pfleger, Germany, 1981
5r2/5pk1/p2R2p1/q3p2p/1pP3nP/1P1Q2P1/P7/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if Kh7 Rxg4+ or if Kh8 Qf5 or if fxg6 Qd7+ ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Huebner vs John Nunn, Johannesburg, 1981
5r1k/3RQ1bp/2p3p1/p3q3/2P1p3/1P2B2P/P4P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ Bxf8 Bd4 ]
b)
Huebner vs Vassily Smyslov, Velden, 1983
5r2/p5bk/3p2p1/3n4/Q7/4B1Pq/1P3P2/2RB2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 if Rf4 Qxf4 ]
c)
Huebner vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Wijk aan Zee, 1984
1r2kr2/1bqn4/2p3p1/p3p2p/P1NPNbn1/2PB2B1/4Q1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 Rxf4 Rxf4 exf4 Nc5+ ]
d)
Huebner vs Viktor Korchnoi, Linares, 1985
2r5/1p1kb1NQ/p2p1p2/4p1q1/b2NP3/P7/1PP4P/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Qh3+ if f5 Ngxf5 exd4 Nxe7+ ]
e)
Huebner vs Gennadi Sosonko, Brussels, 1987
3q1r2/pp1bppkp/3p1np1/8/2rN2P1/2N1QP2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh6+ w/Ne4 ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Huebner vs Andreas Ostl, Germany, 1987
1kr4r/qp2bp2/2nppp2/1Q5p/N1R1PP2/P7/1P2B1PP/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 ]
b)
Huebner vs Hansen Moeller, Hamburg, 1988
r1b1r1k1/pp3p1p/1npBp1p1/4P3/3P4/1QP3R1/P2qBPPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re3 w/Rd1 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Huebner vs Lucas Brunner, Moscow, 1994
1rqn3k/6pp/1pn5/4P3/1P2bNP1/1Q2N3/4BR1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ hxg6 Rf8+ Kh7 Qg8+ ]
d)
Huebner vs Artur Jussopow, Frankfurt, 1998
8/p2r4/P1Rnk3/5N1p/5PP1/3p4/3K4/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6+ ]
e)
Huebner vs Thomas Raupp, Germany, 1998
rnk2r2/1pqb1P1p/6p1/p1p5/2B2PP1/P3Q3/1PP4P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe7 if Qd8 Qxc5+ Nc6 Be6 ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Huebner vs Yannick Pelletier, Germany, 1998
3rbn2/p3k1pp/2p2p2/P4P2/BP2PN2/2R1K3/3r3P/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5+ if cxd5 Rc7+ Bd7 Kxd2 ]
b)
Huebner vs Joerg Hickl, Altenkirchen, 1999
r3r1k1/pb2qppp/1n1p4/1Q2p3/1p4P1/6NP/PPP2PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Qc7 Bxb7 Qxb7 Nxd6 ]
c)
Huebner vs Ioannis Nikolaidis, Corfu, 1999
r4rk1/2pq2bp/p2pp3/5n2/2pP4/2N1B2P/PP4Q1/2K2RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 exf5 (if Rxf5 Qxa8+) Bh6 f4 Bxg7 ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Huebner vs Ivan Sokolov, Germany, 2004
8/nq4rk/7p/8/6Q1/8/6RP/5B1K w - - 0 1
[ Qf5+ Kg8 Bc4+ Kh8 Qf8+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Georg Hodakowsky vs Huebner, Bad Aibling, 1965
5r1k/pp1R2rp/1bp3p1/4q3/P1P1B1Q1/1P3PPK/8/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5 Qh4 Rxd7 Rxd7 Qe6+ ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Hans Ree vs Huebner, Krefeld, 1967
r1b1r1k1/pp4pp/2pp2n1/1P4q1/2PPN3/4P2P/P1QRB1P1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if Qxe4 Bf5 ]
b)
Harald Lieb vs Huebner, Berlin, 1970
8/p4pk1/3Qpnpp/8/3PP2P/3q1NP1/r4PK1/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 w/...Ne3+ ]
c)
Borislav Ivkov vs Huebner, Palma de Majorca, 1970
6k1/5pp1/5n2/3np2p/P5PP/1Q6/1P6/2r2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg4 if Qxd5 Rxf8+ or if a5 Nde3 ]
d)
Zoltan Ribli vs Huebner, Sombor, 1970
r4rk1/1pp2ppp/4q3/2P2b2/p4n2/2P1BR2/PP1QB1PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2 Qxe2 Bg4 ]
e)
Kick Langeweg vs Huebner, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
2rqkr2/1b3pbQ/p2p2p1/1pn1p3/4PPP1/1B2B2P/PPPN4/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb3 Nxb3 Bf6 w/...Rh8 ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part VII. Black to move and win.
a)
William Martz vs Huebner, 1974
5bk1/1Q5p/8/1b3p2/1N2pP2/Pq4P1/3r2BP/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1 ]
b)
Ragnar Hoen vs Huebner, Oslo, 1974
6k1/p4rbp/b7/3p3q/3P4/4B3/P2Q1N1P/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5 if dxe5 Rg7+ ]
c)
John Cooper vs Huebner, Buenos Aires, 1978
r5kb/2p1n2p/q2p2rP/1p1P1p2/1Q1NpPP1/PP2N3/K7/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 if Rxd4 c5 dxc6 Nxc6 or if Qxd4 Qxa3+ Kb1 Qxb3+ Kc1 Ra4 ]
d)
Lajos Portisch vs Huebner, Bugojno, 1978
8/1b3rpk/1p1qp3/8/3Pp3/4P1Pr/2QBB3/2R1K1R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ ]
e)
Bela Soos vs Huebner, Bad Kissingen, 1979
r3r1k1/1b1q2b1/p2pp2p/Pp1n1p2/3P1PnP/2PB2BN/1P1N4/R3RQK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nde3 if Qe2 Qc6 ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part VIII. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 6. Pastor Manuel Rivas vs Huebner, Linares, 1985
2r5/p3kpQ1/1p2p1p1/4R1P1/3q4/2r2PK1/8/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rc3+ Kg2 Qd2+ ]
b)
Volker Wolf vs Huebner, Germany, 1987
2r5/1kq3p1/pn1pp3/1p2n1P1/1P2P3/P1N3QR/2P1B3/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na4 ]
c)
Black Mates in 5. Predrag Nikolic vs Huebner, Barcelona, 1989
3r2k1/2p1Pppp/8/p1N5/2R1QP2/1P2n2P/3q2P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Kh2 Ng4+ hxg4 Qh4+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 5. Michael Adams vs Huebner, Dortmund, 1992
8/2PP4/6k1/8/4b1p1/p3P1P1/P6r/2R1KBr1 b - - 0 1
[ ..Bf3 Rc6+ Kh7 Rc2 Rxc2 d8/Q Re2+ ]
e)
Christopher Lutz vs Huebner, Garmisch Partenkirchen, 1994
8/pk3r1p/6p1/3N2R1/2P3P1/PK6/1P6/5n2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2+ w/...Nf3 ]
Huebner Puzzles, Part IX. Black to move and win.
a)
Dirk Mirschinka vs Huebner, Germany, 1997
3r2k1/6p1/1N3p2/p2p2q1/P2Pr3/3Q2P1/1P3P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re6 if Qb5 Rb8 ]
b)
Anatoly Karpov vs Huebner, Germany, 2002
r3k2r/3qbpp1/p4np1/1p2n3/3p4/1B2PPP1/PP1BN1KP/2RQ3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ if Kf2 Nd3+ or if Kg1 Nxf3+ Kf2 Nxh2 ]
c)
Olivier Touzane vs Huebner, Leipzig, 2002
3r1k2/5pp1/5b2/2RP3P/8/1Pp5/r1B1R1K1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 if Rf2 Bd4 ]
d)
Mikhail Umansky vs Huebner, Switzerland, 2002
4r1k1/p2q1ppp/n2p1b2/2r2N2/4P3/2B2QP1/P4P1P/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 if Rxc3 Rxf5 ]
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