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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Igor Platonov.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Igor Platonov vs Viktor Akimov, Ukraine, 1964
5rk1/2q1b1pp/3p1p2/rPpP4/3pP3/3Q4/3N1PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ b6 Qxb6 Nc4 ]

b)
Mark Taimanov vs Igor Platonov, Moscow, 1964
2rr2k1/pp1qbpp1/1np1p2p/2N1P3/3P2b1/3Q1NP1/PP3PBP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc5 Rxc5 Na4 if Rc2 Bf5 ]

c)
Janis Klovans vs Igor Platonov, Riga, 1964
6rk/2q2p1p/5p2/p4P2/3R1Q2/2P3rP/1P5K/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ Kh1 Qb7 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Igor Platonov vs Igor Efimov, 1966
r6k/pp2R1br/2qNp1Qp/4P3/2np4/8/PP4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8 ]

e)
White mates in 9.
Igor Platonov vs Vladimir Savon, URS, 1968
r1n1nrk1/p1q2p1p/3R2pQ/2p1pN2/1pB1P1P1/5P2/PPP4P/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qh6+ Kg8 g5 Ne7 g6 ]

1e)
mate in 9
Igor Platonov vs Vladimir Savon

Igor Platonov Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Platonov vs Viktor Kupreichik, Moscow, 1969
1k1r4/ppp2pbp/2P1p3/1P1rq1pb/Q2N4/4B3/P2R2PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6 if fxe6 Qxa7+ ]

b)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Igor Platonov, Moscow, 1969
2r2k2/bbq2p2/p2ppp2/1p6/4PP1N/1PrR1B1P/P3Q1P1/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3 Qxd3 Bf2 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Igor Platonov vs Viktor Moiseev, Riga, 1970
r4r2/3p1pk1/p3bq1p/3n3Q/4R2P/1P1B4/PB4P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rg4+ Bxg4 Qxg4+ Kh8 Qe4 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Igor Platonov vs Vitaly Levchenkov, Rostov on Don, 1971
r1b2nk1/3r4/2p1pBq1/1p2Pp1Q/p1BP4/2P5/P4PP1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6+ Nxe6 Qxg6+ Rg7 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qf7 ]

2d)
mate in 5
Igor Platonov vs Vitaly Levchenkov

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