Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Konstantinopolsky. 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)
Konstantinopolsky vs Abram Zamikhovsky, Kiev, 1933
[ Nf5 exf5 Qh8+ Ke7 Rhe1+ ]
b)
Konstantinopolsky vs Abram Zamikhovsky, Kiev, 1935
[ Rf6 ]
c)
Konstantinopolsky vs Vsevolod Rauzer, Kiev, 1940
[ Rf5 ]
d)
Konstantinopolsky vs Vasily Panov, Moscow, 1946
[ Nxd5 if Qxd5 Rg3+ ]
e)
Konstantinopolsky vs Lev Abramov, Moscow, 1947
[ Be8 ]
Konstantinopolsky Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Konstantinopolsky vs Dokshitsky, 1947
[ Rxf4 exf4 Be4 ]
b)
Konstantinopolsky vs Vasily Byvshev, Moscow, 1952
[ Qd3 w/Qc3 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Kamishov vs Konstantinopolsky, Moscow, 1947
[ ...Nh4+ Kg3 g5 Qe3 Qd6+ f4 f3+ Kf2 Qxh2+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Vladimir Alatortsev vs Konstantinopolsky, Tbilisi, 1937
[ ...Rd1+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Iosif Pogrebyssky vs Konstantinopolsky, Kiev, 1940
[ ...Nxh3+ w/...Rg8+ ]
Konstantinopolsky Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 3. Evgeny Zagorjansky vs Konstantinopolsky, Sverdlovsk, 1943
[ ...Bf3+ Kg1 Rg2+ Kh1 Rg1# ]
b)
Black Mates in 5. Goldberg vs Konstantinopolsky, Moscow, 1945
[ ...Rxh3+ Bxh3 Qg3+ Kh1 Qxh3+ Kg1 Rg6+ Rg2 Rxg2# ]
c)
Black Mates in 2. Boris Ratner vs Konstantinopolsky, Moscow, 1945
[ ...Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qh4# ]
d)
Grigory Lowenfisch vs Konstantinopolsky, Leningrad, 1947
[ ...Nc5 Qb4 (if Qd1dxc3 3.bxc3 Qb6) Nd3+ Bxd3 Bxb4 ]
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