Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Aleksei Lugovoi. 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 8. Lugovoi vs A Hatov, Novgorod, 1995
[ Nf5 ]
b)
Lugovoi vs Vladimir Burmakin, Harkany, 1993
[ Rxd8 w/Ba5 ]
c)
Lugovoi vs Oleg Eismont, Balatonbereny, 1993
[ Re8 ]
d)
Lugovoi vs Joseph Frank, Balatonbereny, 1993
[ Nxb8 if g1/Q Nc6+ mates ]
e)
Lugovoi vs Anton Gubanov, St Petersburg, 1994
[ Be7 w/Kf4 ]
Lugovoi Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Lugovoi vs Nora Medvegy, 1994
[ Rxe7 if Rxe7 Bg7 ]
b)
Lugovoi vs Orlov, St Petersburg, 1995
[ Nfxd5 ]
c)
Lugovoi vs V Stotika, St Petersburg, 1997
[ Re7+ w/Rh7 & Be6 ]
d)
Black to Move and Win. R Ovedikin vs Lugovoi, USSR, 1991
[ ...Ne2+ w/...Nc3 ]
e)
Black to Move and Win. Ran Shabtai vs Lugovoi, Budapest, 1993
[ ...Rxd3 if Rxd3 Bxe4+ or if Qxd3 Ne5 ]
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