Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jozsef Pinter.
White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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a)

Pinter vs Bela Lengyel, Budapest, 1975
r4kr1/1n3p1R/p2p1q2/1p1Ppp2/2p1P3/1PP1P3/P1B4Q/5KR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg8+ Kxg8 Rh6 Qg7 exf5 w/f6 ]

b)

White Mates in 5. Pinter vs Emil Ungureanu, Bucharest, 1976
3r1r2/2qn2Q1/p3p1B1/6P1/1p3k2/8/PPP4P/1NKR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4+ Kxg5 Rg1+ Kh6 Qh4+ Kg7 Be8+ ]

c)

Pinter vs Predrag Ostojic, Budapest, 1977
3rr1k1/1p2np2/pN1pqnpb/2p1p2p/2P1P3/1P1PN2P/1P2QPP1/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ned5 if Bxc1 Nc7 ]

d)

Pinter vs Josef Augustin, Kecskemet, 1977
r2Rb3/4Pkp1/3Q4/p1p2p1q/8/1PP2N1P/p5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa8 if a1/Q Rxe8 mates ]

e)

Pinter vs Bent Larsen, Las Palmas, 1982
r2q2k1/8/2p2rp1/1pPp1p2/p2Q1P2/P7/1P2PK2/6RR w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if Rxg6 Qh8+ mates or if Kf7 Rgh6 or Rxf6+ ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jozsef Pinter. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jozsef Pinter.
White to move and win except where noted.