Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Lev Polugaevsky.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Polugaevsky vs Ioganess Veltmander, Gorky, 1955
1k1rrb2/1pn5/p6p/1p3N2/3P2R1/1B2P2P/P3K3/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 ]
b)
Polugaevsky vs Borge Andersen, Reykjavik, 1957
2k5/q1rr1p2/5p1b/1Q1R1P2/1R5p/P7/KPP3P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 Qc6+ Kd8 Qxf6+ ]
c)
Polugaevsky vs Frantisek Blatny, Reykjavik, 1957
r1b2r1k/1p2q1pp/p2b4/4pp2/QnN5/3PP1P1/1B3PBP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd6 Qxd6 Ba3 ]
d)
Polugaevsky vs Vitaly Tarasov, Sverdlovsk, 1957
r2q1r2/pp3pnk/2p1b1pp/4N3/3PBRP1/8/PP3QPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 if Re8 Ne5+ Kg8 Rxf7 or if Rg8 Rxf7 Bxf7 Ne7+ ]
e)
Polugaevsky vs Miroslav Herink, Marianske Lazne, 1959
r1b4k/1p2q1pp/2pb4/8/1PBPQ3/7P/3B2P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7 Bxe7 Re1 ]
Polugaevsky Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Polugaevsky vs David Bronstein, Leningrad, 1960
r2qk2r/p1n2ppp/1p1bp3/8/3PQB2/P1N5/1P3PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6 Qxd6 Nb5 Nxb5 Qxa8+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Polugaevsky vs Gyorgy Szilagyi, Moscow, 1960
r2r4/1p1R3p/5p1k/b1B1Pp2/p4P2/P7/1P5P/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf8+ Rxf8 Rd3 ]
c)
Polugaevsky vs Navarro, Oberhausen, 1961
r4k1r/3nb3/p1q1p1Qn/2p1P1pp/1p6/5NBP/PP2NPP1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 cxd4 Nxd4 w/Nxe6+ ]
d)
Polugaevsky vs Heinz Liebert, Rostov on Don, 1961
3q1k1r/pp5n/2p2r2/3p1npQ/3P4/2NB1P2/PPP5/1K2R2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 if Rxf5 Qh6+ w/Qg6+ or Qe6+ ]
e)
Polugaevsky, vs Boris De Greif, Havana, 1962
4brk1/r7/pqp1P2Q/3p1P2/n2b2N1/Pp4B1/1P1R2PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxd4 Qxd4 Be5 ]
Polugaevsky Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a)
Polugaevsky vs Gilberto Garcia, Havana, 1962
r4r2/p2bqp1k/1p1N3p/4p3/1PB1P1p1/P3Q1Pn/3R1PKP/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 Rxf7 Bxf7 if Bb5 Rd6 ]
b)
Polugaevsky vs Istvan Bilek, Ordzhonikidze, 1964
1R6/1p1q1p1k/6pp/3r4/p4P2/4P2P/2Q3PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qb2 if g5 Qf6 ]
c)
Polugaevsky vs Vlado Kozomara, Sarajevo, 1965
6rk/4PQp1/p1p2n1p/1p2q3/8/1B4RP/P5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Be6 if Qb8 Qg6 or if c5 Qxg8+ ]
d)
Polugaevsky vs Anatoly Bykhovsky, Tallinn, 1965
1n2r1k1/3n2pp/8/p1p1P3/1pP5/1P4pP/PB4B1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bd5+ Kh8 e6 if Nb6 Rf7 Rg8 Bxg7+ ]
e)
Polugaevsky vs Jens Enevoldsen, Havana, 1966
7k/p3r1bp/1p1p4/1PpB2q1/2PnP3/4R3/P6P/2B2Q1K w - - 0 1
[ Rg3 if Qe5 Qf8+ ]
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