Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Peter Leko.
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)
Leko vs Wolfram Von Alvensleben, Budapest, 1990
r5qk/n2nr2p/4p1B1/pb1pPpN1/1p1P1P1Q/1P5P/P1N3RK/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ Rxf7 Bxf7 Qxf7 Qh6 ]
b)
Leko vs Zeyaad Janahi, Duisburg, 1992
1k1r4/pbp3pp/1np2pq1/4B3/2P5/1P2Q1PB/P4P1P/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxc7+ Kxc7 Qf4+ Rd6 c5 ]
c)
Leko vs Viktor Moiseev, Nettetal, 1992
2r2rk1/p5b1/b1npp1pB/8/2pPP1q1/2P2R2/P1BQN1P1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg3 Qh4 (if Qh5 Bxg7 Rh3 & Qh6+) Bg5 Qh5 (if Qh7 Rh3) Rh3 Qg4 Rh4 ]
d) White Mates in 3. Leko vs Vladimir Turta, Bratislava, 1993
nr2kb1r/1p3p1p/p2p1q2/P2Pp3/2N2p2/2P3PB/1P3P1P/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
e)
Leko vs Ramon Oltra Caurin, Oviedo, 1993
2r2k2/pp3pn1/q2pb1p1/7p/3N1r1P/P3NP2/1PPQ2P1/1KR4R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
Leko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Leko vs Attila Turzo, Szeged, 1994
3qr1k1/pp2ppb1/3p2p1/2rPn1B1/3N4/2P4Q/PP4PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ne6 if fxe6 Qxe6+ Kh7 Rd4 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Leko vs Giorgi Bakhtadze, Canary Islands, 1995
r1b2rn1/ppk3p1/3RQnBp/2p1P3/2P5/6B1/Pq3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ exf6 Qxf2+ Kxf2 Bxe6 Rxe6+ Kc8 Bf5 ]
c)
Leko vs Henrik Teske, Linz, 1995
r6k/2pq1p1p/3ppp2/P1pP4/2Q1P3/b1P1N2P/5PP1/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Qb3 if Rxa5 Nc4 ]
d)
Leko vs Aleksa Strikovic, Cacak, 1996
3r3k/1BRb3p/p2p1qp1/P2Q4/1r6/5N1P/1n3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc6 if Bf5 Ree7 or if Bxc6 Qxc6 Rc4 Re8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Leko vs Ferenc Palasti, Hungary, 1998
3R4/p1r3rk/1q2P1p1/5p1p/1n6/1B5P/P2Q2P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ ]
Leko Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Leko vs 'Pocket Fritz', Mainz, 2001
3r1rk1/pp1b2pp/1qp1pb2/4B3/1P2B3/2P3P1/P3QP1P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if h6 Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxd7 ]
b)
Leko vs Nigel Short, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
4n1k1/5p2/B5p1/p1RPr3/7p/5P1P/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 ]
c)
Leko vs Lazaro Bruzon, Wijk aan Zee, 2005
2r1r2k/2qbbp1p/p7/1p1pPN2/5p2/P6P/1PB2PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e6 if fxe6 Qd5+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Alin Berescu vs Leko, Warsaw, 1991
6k1/1R3pp1/1p5p/1Nb5/2n1P1P1/7P/2P3BK/r7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1 if Nc3 Bd6+ mates ]
e)
Black to move and win. Alexander Goloshchapov vs Leko, Rimavska Sobota, 1992
3r1r2/1p2q2k/p1n3pp/2N5/Pn2P1b1/2Q2NP1/3R1PB1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 Rxd8 Rxd8 Bxf3 b6 Nxa6 Rd3 ]
Leko Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Philip Viner vs Leko, Sydney, 1992
2r3k1/p1r1ppbp/1p1q2p1/8/2BP2N1/PP3K2/1B1Q1P1P/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5 if Be2 Rxc1 Bxc1 Qc6+ ]
b)
Emil Szalanczy vs Leko, Budapest, 1993
2r2kr1/1pq1pp2/p2p3p/3Rn1p1/2nRP3/1NP3BP/P1P2PP1/4Q1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb6 Ra5 Nc6 Rc5 Nd7 if Rcc4 b5 ]
c)
Vladimir Baklan vs Leko, Szeged, 1994
1r3rk1/1q4pp/2p1np2/4p3/P1P1P3/b3QNPP/5P2/BR3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb1 Rxb1 Rxb1+ Kg2 Bc5 if Qc3 Bb4 ]
d)
Simon Williams vs Leko, Canary Islands, 1995
5r1k/1q6/1pP3p1/4pr1p/1P1p4/3Pb1PP/2Q1N2K/1R3R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2+ if Rxf2 Rxf2+ Kh1 Qf7 mates ]
e)
Jozsef Horvath vs Leko, Budapest, 1997
6k1/4b1pp/pp2p3/8/2P2P2/1P1r2NK/PBR4P/3n4 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5 ]
Leko Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win.
a)
Garry Kasparov vs Leko, Frankfurt, 2000
8/8/3knK2/p2p4/7r/1P1B4/P2R4/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf4+ if Bf5 Nd4 or if Kg6 Rd4 ]
b)
Alexei Shirov vs Leko, Dortmund, 2002
2r5/5pk1/4P2p/4p3/1Qn1P3/rN5P/P1P2q2/R1K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if Kb2 Qxc2+ ]
c)
Evgeny Bareev vs Leko, Monaco, 2002
q2r2k1/5pbp/3n2p1/3R4/5P2/1Bp2KP1/7P/2Q1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf5 if Qa1 Nd4+ ]
d)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Leko, Monte Carlo, 2003
1r4k1/5pp1/2R1b2p/8/5P2/1Pp2BP1/4P1KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc8 Rxc8 Bxc8 Be4 Bb7 ]
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