Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Michael Stean.
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)
Stean vs Martyn Corden, England, 1975
1r2r1k1/pp3pp1/1qp2np1/8/8/1BP3Q1/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if gxf6 Qxg6+ mates ]
b)
Stean vs Vladimir Raicevic, Barcelona, 1977
2r2k2/1p3p2/3R4/pP2PN1p/P1p2P2/2K5/4b2P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh6 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Stean vs Petter Stigar, Oslo, 1981
3r3k/6Rp/8/p3pN2/4n3/Pq2P1P1/4QP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ if Kxh7 Qh5+ ]
d)
Stean vs Nebojsa Ristic, Smederevska Palanka, 1982
r2qk2r/1bn1bppp/8/pp1n4/2pN4/P1N3P1/1P3PBP/R1BQR1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nxd5 Nxd5 Nf5 ]
Stean Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win.
a)
John Nunn vs Stean, Islington, 1970
r5k1/1bq2rpp/p2p1b2/7Q/1P1NP3/p2R4/P1P3BP/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 if Rxd4 Qc3 ]
b)
Gyula Sax vs Stean, Moscow, 1977
8/1b4k1/p2pppn1/1p2b1p1/4P2r/2PB3N/PP4KP/4R2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3 Kxh3 Nf4+ Kg4 Nxd3 if Re2 f5 ]
c)
Konstanty Kaiszauri vs Stean, Buenos Aires, 1978
8/1R1pk1pp/4np2/2P1p3/4P3/1P1NR1P1/r2r1PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3 ]
d)
Zoran Ilic vs Stean, London, 1983
r4rk1/6pp/2p1p3/1p1b4/p2P3q/P3P3/1PQR2PP/2K2B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb3 g3 Qf6 if Qd3 Bc4 or if Qc5 Qxf1+ ]
English GMs
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