Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Abram Zamikhovsky.
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)
Zamikhovsky vs Veniamin Sozin, Moscow, 1931
3rr1k1/pp1q1ppp/8/2P2b2/n2B4/1Q2P1P1/1R3PBP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ c6 ]
b)
Zamikhovsky vs Abram Khavin, Ukraine, 1954
1k4nr/1pp1bpp1/8/2B1P3/2P1NP1p/n6B/P6P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxa3 Bxa3 Rd8+ w/Ng5 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Zamikhovsky vs Alexander Kostiuchenko, Kiev, 1958
2r2rk1/pp3nbp/2p1bq2/2Pp4/1P1P1PP1/P1NB4/1BQK4/7R w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ w/Bg8+ ]
Correction (mate in 4) by Eddie Janssen. Thx !
d)
Black to move and win. Georgy Lisitsyn vs Zamikhovsky, Moscow, 1931
2r3k1/pb3rpp/6q1/1Q6/6P1/2P1B3/P4P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4 Kf1 Qxe3 if Qe2 Ba6 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Y Simkin vs Zamikhovsky, Kiev, 1962
3r3r/1b2bpk1/p3p1pp/4P3/8/1q1B2Q1/1PR2PPP/2BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be4 Rcd2 Bxd3 if Rxd3 Qxd1+ mates ]
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