Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Mikhail Ulibin.
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)
White Mates in 5. Ulibin vs Artur Frolov, Yurmala, 1989
8/4Q3/2N3p1/1p2p2k/nP3n1p/4N3/5qPK/5B2 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5+ Kh6 (if g5 Qh8+ & Ne5#) Ng4+ Kh7 Qe7+ ]
b)
Ulibin vs Michael Oratovsky, Yurmala, 1989
r4rk1/1p4bp/4p1p1/2N5/pQn3q1/4B1P1/PP3P1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ h3 if Qe2 Rae1 & if Qc2 Rc1 ]
c)
Ulibin vs P Enhbat, Cheliabinsk, 1990
5q1k/1pPb3p/1N1p1np1/2nPp3/4P3/r1N1Q3/4B1PP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if Bc8 Nxc8 w/Qg5 or if Kg7 Rxf6 w/Nxd7 ]
d)
Ulibin vs Thanh Trang Hoang, Chiliabinsk, 1990
1R3bk1/r1nr3p/P2p2p1/2pPp1B1/2B1P3/6P1/R6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf2 if Rf7 Rxf7 & Rb7 ]
e)
Ulibin vs Sergej Golovachov, Prague, 1990
1n2nrk1/3q1pp1/p3p2p/Q1RpP2P/3P4/1P3NP1/5P2/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb6 ]
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