Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maxim Turov.
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)

Turov vs Miklos Galyas, Duisburg, 1992
2k4r/pp2q2r/2n2R2/3p4/5BbP/P5P1/1Q4BK/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rfxc6+ bxc6 Rxc6+ Kd8 Qb8+ Kd7 Rd6+ ]

b)

White Mates in 3. Turov vs Tamas Pikler, Finland, 1995
2n5/p6R/6p1/7b/2BbP2k/6N1/3B2KP/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ gxh5 Nf5+ ]

c)

White Mates in 4. Turov vs Julian Estrada Nieto, Budapest, 1996
r6r/pp2pk1p/1n3b2/5Q1N/8/3B4/q4PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ Kxe7 Qxf6+ Kd7 Bf5+ ]
FEN correction by Everett Farr. Thx!

d)

Turov vs Peter Acs, Budapest, 1997
2b1k3/2p2q2/np1P1p2/3Qp1p1/4P3/2P1BPP1/5KB1/8 w - - 0 1
[ d7+ if Qxd7 Qg8+ Ke7 Qg7+ Kd6 Qxf6+ ]

e)

Turov vs Vitaly Kushchenko, Kolontaevo, 1997
2rr2k1/1p1npp1p/p2n1bp1/3N4/3BqP2/P6P/BP1RQ1P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if exf6 or Nxf6 Ne7+ ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maxim Turov. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Maxim Turov.
White to move and win except where noted.