Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Monika Socko.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Socko vs Czeslawa Pilarska, Lublin, 1993
6k1/4rpbp/qpB3p1/8/2R2P2/3Pp1P1/4Q2P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra4 ]
b)
Socko vs Monika Aksiuczyc, Brzeg Dolny, 1995
2rrn1k1/pp2ppbp/1qn3p1/8/Q2P4/1P4PP/P2BNPB1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 w/Ba5 ]
c)
Socko vs Alina Atlaska, Brzeg Dolny, 1995
5rk1/pp2qpb1/2r2n2/2p1p1pQ/3pP1N1/3P1R1P/PPP3B1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 if Bxf6 Nh6+ & Nf5+ ]
d)
Socko vs Jordanka Micic, Germany, 1995
2r3k1/pp3r2/3Pb3/2p4R/2P1B1p1/1P6/P7/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Re5 if Rf6 Rxe6 or if Re8 Bd5 ]
e)
Socko vs Joanna Sadkiewicz, Germany, 1995
1rb2k1r/3nqp1p/pp1Nn1p1/2p1b3/P1P5/5N2/1P2B1PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 ]
Socko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Socko vs Michaela Svobodova, Frydek-Mistek, 1997
3r1b2/1p1r3k/2pqp1Rp/p3Q1p1/P1P3P1/1P4BP/5R1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 if Bxh6 Qe4+ ]
b)
Socko vs Annagret Weng, Germany, 1998
rnq1br2/2p3k1/2Pp1n2/1P1Np1pp/2B1Pp2/5P2/1R1Q1BPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ b6 if Bxc6 Nxc7 & Qxd6 or if Ra3 Ne7 Qd8 bxc7 ]
c)
Socko vs Diana Darchia, Groningen, 1998
2b1r3/2kpqp1p/p7/2b3p1/p5QP/3R4/P4PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re3 ]
d)
Socko vs Gyozo Forintos, Koszalin, 1998
r2qkb1r/1b1n1ppp/pp2pn2/1BppN3/3P1B2/4PN2/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 ]
e)
Socko vs Monika Aksiuczyc, Lubniewice, 1998
3r2k1/1b1rqpp1/p3pn1p/2b5/3N1P2/3BP3/P3Q1PP/BRR4K w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7 Rxb7 Nc6 Qd6 Nxd8 ]
Socko Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Socko vs Joanna Dworakowska, Sopot, 1998
2rqnrk1/pp1bbpp1/4p2p/n2pN3/3P3B/P1NBP3/1PQ2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd7 Qxd7 Bxe7 Qxe7 Nxd5 ]
b)
Socko vs Karolina Szymanowska, Wroclaw, 1999
r1b1r1k1/ppnn1pbp/4p1p1/4P3/2B2B2/P1N2N2/1P3PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 Nxb5 Bxb5 w/Bg5 ]
c)
Socko vs Ildiko Madl, Germany, 2000
4r1k1/1q3pp1/2bB1P2/p1P5/1p6/3B4/P4bPK/3Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 g6 Bxg6 fxg6 Qxg6+ w/f7 ]
d)
Socko vs Beata Kadziolka, Brzeg Dolny, 2001
r4br1/pp3qk1/n1b2pp1/2pN1p2/2P5/1Q2PN2/PP3PP1/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 If fxg5 Qc3+ mates ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Socko vs Iaroslav Gushpit, Barlinek, 2002
r7/1p2P1R1/7p/2p5/4p2k/4n2P/6P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf4+ w/e8=Q+ & g3 ]
Socko Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Socko vs Marina Makropoulou, Bled, 2002
Rn1r1qk1/2p5/2Pp2pp/1P2p3/4P3/5Q2/5BPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ if Rxf8 Bb6 or if Kxf8 b6 ]
b)
Socko vs Almira Skripchenko, Istanbul, 2003
r3k3/6n1/1p6/p1pPp2r/PnP5/8/1P4PP/3Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 if Ra7 Qc8+ mates ]
c)
Socko vs Anna Kucypera, Lubniewice, 2003
1r6/3PN1k1/4Kb2/7p/7P/2p3P1/2B5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ w/Nd6+ & Ne8 ]
d)
Socko vs Bettina Bensch, Germany, 2003
1n2r1n1/1p4p1/1pp2p1p/r2k4/3Pp1PP/P3P1N1/1P1KBP2/2R4R w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if g6 Bc4# or if c5 Bc4+ Kc6 Bxg8 or if b5 Bd1 ]
e)
Socko vs Ingrid Lauterbach, Dresden, 2004
n3r3/1p1b1pp1/1P3nkp/3p1N2/3B3P/4P1PB/5P2/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ h5+ Kh7 Bxf6 w/Nd6 ]
Socko Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Socko vs Dominika Nowak, Warsaw, 2004
r1b1n1k1/pp3r1p/3p1n1b/1N1P1p2/4pP1q/4B1N1/PP2B1PP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8 w/Nxf5 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Socko vs Olga Sikorova, Calvia, 2004
6k1/2p2p2/1p6/p1qB1Np1/5b2/P1PQR1PP/1P4K1/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qd7+ Qe7 Rxe7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Socko vs Magdalena Guzkowska, Dzwirzyno, 2004
1b4k1/1b4p1/6Q1/p2pPp2/3BnP2/P2B1NP1/6KP/3q4 w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]
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