Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maxim Rodshtein.
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)
Rodshtein vs N Djuric, Litohoto, 1999
r2q2k1/r1pnn1bp/1p1p2p1/1P1Pp3/PNB1Pp2/2B2P2/R1Q3PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Nxc6 dxc6+ ]
b)
Rodshtein vs Robin Swinkels, Chalkidiki, 2001
2rq2k1/4br1p/pp4p1/3p1p2/Pn1P4/1BR2Q2/1P1B1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8 Qxc8 Bxb4 Bxb4 Qxd5 ]
c)
Rodshtein vs Claude Landenbergue, Crete 2007
r3k2r/p4ppp/qp1Bnn2/1bpNN3/4P3/1Q4P1/PP3PBP/2KR4 w kq - id 1-0
[ Nc7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Rodshtein vs Prasad Arun, Batumi, 2006
3RQn2/2r1q1k1/4Bppp/3p3P/3p4/4P1P1/5PK1/8 w - - id 1-0
[ Qxg6+ if Nxg6 Rg8+ ]
e)
Rodshtein vs Romain Edouard, Andorra la Vella, 2006
4rrk1/p1n1n1bp/3p4/1p1P2Pq/1Pp1N3/P4R1P/2B2Q1K/B4R2 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf8+ if Rxf8 Qxf8+ Bxf8 Nf6+ ]
Rodshtein Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Rodshtein vs Arman Pashikian, Yerevan, 2006
2rr1k2/p4p2/1p1b1N2/2p2N2/3n4/P5P1/1P3PK1/2RR4 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxd4 if cxd4 Rxc8 Rxc8 Rh1 mates ]
b)
Rodshtein vs Tibor Fogarasi, Budapest, 2006
rr4k1/pp1b1pb1/3N1n2/5P1p/7B/7P/P2RB1P1/5RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Bxf6 if Bxf6 Ne4 ]
c)
Rodshtein vs Martin Becker, Vlissingen, 2005
r2q1rk1/3bbppp/p1p5/1p2P3/2p5/2N3P1/PP2QPBP/R2R2K1 w - - id 1-0
[ e6 if fxe6 Bxc6 Ra7 Bxd7 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Teddy Coleman vs Rodshtein, Halkidiki, 2003
2rr1qk1/p4p1p/1p2b1p1/3n2Q1/3P1P1P/6P1/PB2R1B1/4R1K1 b - - id 0-1
[ f6 Bxd5 Rxd5 (if fxg5 Bxe6+ and White wins) ]
e)
Black to move and win. Bram Van Den Berg vs Rodshtein, Vlissingen, 2005
r3kbnr/p2b1ppp/1p2p3/4P3/2BP4/PR3N2/5PPP/2B1K2R b Kkq - id 0-1
[ Rc8 if Nd2 b5 ]
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