Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Igor Novikov.
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)
Novikov vs Giorgi Giorgadze, Leningrad, 1982
3rr1k1/pq3p2/3P1npp/1p3N2/8/P2Q3P/5PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4 if gxf5 Qxf6 Qd7 Qxh6 w/Rxe8+ & Rd3 ]
b)
Novikov vs Eduard Pradstetter, Yerevan, 1984
r7/1bq2pk1/ppnr2pp/3pN3/3P1Q2/P7/BP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Rf8 Qxh6+ ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Novikov vs Georgi Orlov, Minsk, 1986
7k/6r1/2b5/3p1P2/3PN3/2p1P3/2n2QR1/q4BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh4+ Kg8 Qd8+ Kh7 Nf6+ & Qh8+ ]
d)
Novikov vs Pavel Blatny, Poznan, 1987
r1b1qrk1/1p2nn1p/p1p2p2/2P2Pp1/3Bp3/1BP2N1R/P5PP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg5 Nd5 (if fxg5 Qh5 mates) Nxh7 w/Nxf8 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Novikov vs Sofia Polgar, Budapest, 1991
r5k1/8/5Pp1/2P1p1N1/1pn5/3R2P1/4Q1KP/1q6 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Rxd8 Qxc4+ Kh8 Qh4+ ]
Novikov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Novikov vs Josep Basart, Alicante, 1992
2R5/4kpb1/1p1rp1p1/pB1P4/4P3/5P2/P4PK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kf6 f4 ]
b)
Novikov vs Krum Georgiev, Manila, 1992
r1b1r1k1/np1n1pbp/p5p1/2pPp1B1/P1P1N3/2N5/1P2BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 Rf8 Be7 ]
c)
Novikov vs Berthold Bartsch, New Isenburg, 1992
2b1rk2/p1q2rpp/1ppR1p2/5P2/1PP1nN2/P1N3QP/6PK/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4 if Rxe4 Ne6+ Bxe6 Rd8+ mates ]
d)
Novikov vs Stefan Gross, New Isenburg, 1992
r3nk2/pb4bp/1p4p1/2q5/4P3/1Q5P/P3BPP1/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7 if Nd6 Rd1 Bd4 Qe6 ]
e)
Novikov vs Christian Rhodin, Bern, 1993
6k1/p3qppp/1pn1r3/8/6Q1/PP3BP1/5P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 if Rxc6 Qe4 ]
Novikov Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Novikov vs Benjamin Finegold, New York, 1993
2kr1bnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/4P3/Q1p5/2N1Pq2/PP3P1P/R1B1KBR1 w - - 0 1
[ Be2 ]
b)
Novikov vs Viesturs Meijers, Riga, 1995
r3r1k1/1b2bp2/ppq2pp1/3N4/P1B5/8/1P2QPPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7 ]
c)
Novikov vs Alexander Baburin, Vienna, 1995
2r3k1/q5p1/pn1R1p2/4p2p/8/BP2P3/5PPP/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Rxd8 Qxd8+ Kh7 Bc5 ]
d)
Novikov vs Marc Overeem, Antwerpen, 1996
1rb2rk1/2R3pp/p3pnn1/Np6/1P2B3/P4NP1/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 hxg6 Nc6 w/Ne7+ ]
e)
Novikov vs Ludwig Deutsch, Graz, 1996
R4bk1/p2r1qnp/1pQp2p1/1N1Pp1B1/4P3/8/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 ]
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