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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Alexander Beliavsky vs Luc Winants, Brussels, 1988
1r2B2k/p3P1bp/3P2p1/1pn1N3/2p5/2N3P1/Pn2q2P/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Jesus Nogueiras, Brussels, 1988
2r2k2/1p3p2/p4N1P/3p1PP1/3p4/P4nn1/2PB4/3K3R w - - 1 0
[ Bb4+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Alejandro Hoffman vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada, Buenos Aires, 1988
8/P5k1/2bq1np1/6Np/1pQ4P/1B2rP2/1B4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Kh6 Nf7# ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Daniel King vs Julian Hodgson, London, 1988
5r2/7k/4RPp1/3R3p/pb2Q3/6PK/q6P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Gerald Hertneck vs Rainer Knaak, Potsdam, 1988
2r1N2k/p3b2p/2n1p2p/2P1P3/1r2N2P/6P1/P4RK1/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Ram Soffer vs Tom Wedberg, Berlin, 1988
6k1/pp5p/3p1npb/1QpP1qN1/P6P/2N1K3/1P1B2P1/r7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Alexander Chernin, Madrid, 1988
1k6/pp3p2/2p5/4q2p/NPP4K/2n4P/P5P1/R5R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Sergey Dolmatov vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Madrid, 1988
5q2/1p4p1/3pQ3/p2P2k1/P6r/2PB4/1P2Rb2/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Kf4 Re4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Garry Kasparov vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Moscow, 1988
r2n3k/pp2R1pp/3p1P2/3b2N1/2pP4/2P5/P6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ if Bg8 f7 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Gregory Kaidanov vs Stuart Conquest, Protvino, 1988
6kr/3Nn1n1/p1p3Qp/8/1qP3P1/4R3/Pr2PP2/3R1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kf8 Rd8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Lev Polugaevsky vs William Watson, Sochi, 1988
2Q3Bk/1pp1R1b1/5q1p/p2P2p1/2P5/3bp1P1/PP4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Mikhail Tal vs Rafael Vaganian, Saint John, 1988
6k1/2b3pp/2n1p3/1pPN3q/6r1/1Q2B3/1P2PP1P/R2R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg1+ Kxg1 Qxh2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Daniel King vs Ian Rogers, Bayswater, 1988
3n2k1/p6p/R3p1pP/1q1pPp2/3n4/Q7/3B1PP1/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Be1 Qe2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Gregory Kaidanov vs Krunoslav Hulak, Belgrade, 1988
3r2k1/p5p1/1b2r3/3b3R/1p6/6NQ/PB1q2PP/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Luc Winants vs Jonathan Speelman, Brussels, 1988
8/1b5k/p1p3pp/Q2N4/2PB2nq/1P2p3/P3N1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Petar Popovic vs Stefan Kindermann, Dortmund, 1988
4r2k/1p1b2pp/5q2/1N1pn3/5b2/P2BBn1P/4QPK1/2R4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ Kf1 Bxh3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Yuri Kruppa vs Evgeny Vladimirov, Frunze, 1988
5r1k/6pp/p3p3/1ppp4/7K/NBP2q2/PP5Q/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ Kxg5 Rg8+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Bachar Kouatly vs Peter Lukacs, Haringey, 1988
5kr1/pq3p1p/4p1r1/1B2Q3/1p6/4nP2/PP5P/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg1+ Rxg1 Qxf3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Igor Khmelnitsky vs Michall Brodsky, Kharkov, 1988
6rk/1pp5/5brp/pNnP2q1/2P1Pp1n/5P1P/PP1BRQ2/R4B1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Arshak Petrosian vs Adrian Mihalcisin, Lvov, 1988
6k1/7R/ppb3p1/1np3N1/P2b1P2/8/1P2r1PP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Rxg2 Re1+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Lev Psakhis vs Jesus Nogueiras, Madrid, 1988
r3r2k/ppp2ppB/1n6/2N5/2nP3q/P1P2P1b/2Q4K/R1B4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf1+ if Kg1 Qg3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Vladimir Malaniuk vs Andrei Sokolov, Moscow, 1988
6k1/p7/1p4p1/4n2p/P1n4P/3r4/4r3/1RKBB2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc3+ if Bxc3 Nd3# or if Bc2 Rexc2+ or Rcxc2+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Boris Spassky vs Artur Jussupow, Belfort, 1988
r7/p3N1pk/7p/1p1pN2P/1P2r3/P2K3b/6R1/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Rh7+ Kxh7 Rf7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Nick De Firmian vs Anthony Miles, Cambridge Springs, 1988
r4n1k/ppBnN1p1/2p1p3/6Np/q2bP1b1/3B4/PPP3PP/R4Q1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf7 if Nf6 e5 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Wolfgang Uhlmann vs Robert Kuczynski, Dresden, 1988
3bNr2/3n1p2/r1p3pp/1pP2k2/1P5P/P5P1/2K1B3/3RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Rd4 Ke5 Rf4 Rxa3 Bf3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Bent Larsen vs Murray Chandler, Hastings, 1988
8/4R3/6Nk/4N3/2PpB3/3Pb1P1/q3P1K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng4+ Kh5 Re5+ Bg5 Nf4+ Kxg4 Bf3# ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Beliavsky vs Murray Chandler, Linares, 1988
8/8/1rp1B3/8/P4p1Q/8/1r2kPP1/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4+ Ke1 f3+ Rf2 Qe7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Artur Jussupow vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Munich, 1988
5Q2/7R/2q2pp1/4p1k1/8/3PP1P1/b4P1P/2r2BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ if Kf5 Qh3+ or if Kg4 Qxg6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Jim Plaskett vs Jon Arnason, Oakham, 1988
5kr1/p1pp3R/3qp3/5rBQ/2pP1P2/2P5/P7/K7 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6+ Rg7 Bxg7+ if Ke7 Bf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Valery Chekhov vs Alexander Zaitsev, Protvino, 1988
5rk1/pp3pp1/q2P3p/4rQ1P/2n1N3/1R6/PP3PP1/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if gxf6 Rg3+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jaan Ehlvest vs Predrag Nikolic, Reykjavik, 1988
1r2rknQ/1qpb2pB/n3p3/1p4p1/p7/6NP/PP3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Larry Christiansen vs Petar Velikov, Saint John, 1988
3Q4/1p3pk1/4b3/2R5/p6P/8/1q3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg5+ Kh7 Rh5+ Kg7 Qh8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Predrag Nikolic vs Robert Huebner, Tilburg, 1988
2qb1R2/1p4pk/p1nBp1p1/4P1Pr/P3B3/1Q5P/1P6/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6+ Kxg6 Qd3+ Kxg5 Qg3+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Boris Gulko vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Vina del Mar, 1988
2R1Q3/3n1pkp/6p1/4p1N1/8/6P1/4qPKP/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kh6 Nxf7+ Qh5 Qxh7+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Vasilios Kotronias vs Peter Lukacs, Budapest, 1988
8/6bk/2p4p/2Bn4/2B1pp2/7q/1P3P1P/4RN1K b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 if Ne3 Be5 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Artur Jussupow vs Mikhail Tal, Saint John, 1988
7k/4r1b1/pp4Qp/2p5/P1P5/1P2q3/1r3NPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 Rxf2 Qe1+ Rf1 Bd4+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Uwe Boensch vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Trnava, 1988
q2r2k1/5ppp/8/2R1P3/2Q5/4BnPP/5P2/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh2+ if Kg1 Rd1+ or if Ke1 Qh1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Anatoly Karpov vs Predrag Nikolic, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
4r1k1/6bp/8/1N4p1/6q1/1b2p1P1/3r2BP/2R1Q1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ if Kxg2 Bd5+ Kg1 Qe4 or if Kh1 Qh3 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Jeroen Piket vs Simen Agdestein, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
8/pp2kp1p/2b1p3/3r2NQ/7P/2P1q3/P3B3/R3K3 b Q - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ Bf1 Qg3+ Ke2 Bb5+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Anatoly Vaisser vs Lars Bo Hansen, Berlin, 1988
2r1Nk1r/1p3p2/6n1/3pP1Q1/3q4/P5P1/7R/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Nd6+ Ke6 Qf5+ Ke7 Qf7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Mihail Marin vs Rune Djurhuus, Salonika, 1988
r1b1n1k1/1pp3b1/3p2Q1/p2Pq1N1/2P2p1P/2PB4/P7/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh8 Qh5+ if Kg8 Bh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Alexey Dreev vs Eduardas Rozentalis, Vilnius, 1988
5rk1/2qN1p2/b1p2Qp1/3p4/1b1P1PB1/1p2P3/rP3P1P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Be6 if Kh7 Bxf7 Qd6 Bxg6+ ]
c)
Ivan Sokolov vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Amsterdam, 1988
4q3/Q4pk1/2p2bp1/1rNp3p/2nP1N2/4P1PP/5P2/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nce6+ or Nfe6+ Kg8 Nc7 ]
d)
Anthony Miles vs Kiril Ninov, Amsterdam, 1988
8/2r1pk1p/p4np1/2p1R3/2b2B2/2r3PP/P4P2/4RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ R5e3 if Rxe3 Bxc4+ ]
e)
Anatoly Karpov vs John Van Der Wiel, Amsterdam, 1988
2r3k1/pb3pp1/1p2n2p/3p1N2/1qr4P/1Q2PBP1/P2R1PK1/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxb4 Rxb4 Ne7+ Kf8 Nxc8 Bxd5 Bxd5 ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bozidar Ivanovic vs Srdjan Cvetkovic, Belgrade, 1988
4rr1k/7p/p5p1/2pn2b1/2Np4/8/PPP3PP/3R1RBK w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 Rxf1 Rxf1 if Re7 Nf7+ ]
b)
Iossif Dorfman vs Georg Mohr, Belgrade, 1988
q5rk/5Rbp/6p1/1p1Q4/8/n3R1PP/5P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd7 if Nc2 Rxg7 Rxg7 Re8+ or if Rd8 Rxa3 ]
c)
Matthias Wahls vs Semko Semkov, Berlin, 1988
8/4kp2/2P2p2/p3pB2/3b4/2q2QP1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc3 Bxc3 c7 ]
d)
Maia Chiburdanidze vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Biel, 1988
4rbk1/1pq2ppp/p2rp1n1/2n5/2PN1P2/BP4N1/P4QPP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxc5 Qxc5 Ne4 ]
e)
Alonso Zapata vs Viswanathan Anand, Biel, 1988
rn1qkb1r/ppp2ppp/3p4/5b2/4n3/2N2N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qe2 if d5 d3 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Petr Haba, Debrecen, 1988
8/5rkp/p1p2qp1/1p1pR2P/1P1P2b1/4QPP1/P1B3K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ h6+ Kg8 Re8+ Rf8 fxg4 ]
b)
Anthony Miles vs Ivan Farago, Dieren, 1988
8/4k1pp/5p2/B1nP4/2P2P2/2K5/6PP/3b4 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4 if Kd6 Kd4 ]
c)
Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs Georgios Makropoulos, Dortmund, 1988
3k3r/p2n2pp/1p6/4p3/8/nP2B1PB/P3bP1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5+ if Ke8 Rc8+ ]
d)
Alexey Dreev vs Igor Glek, Frunze, 1988
r4bk1/p2r1p1p/Qnp3p1/4p1B1/2P1P3/1N1q1P2/P5PP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re3 Qd6 c5 ]
e)
Eric Lobron vs Slavko Cicak, Germany, 1988
rk6/1b2Q3/p2R2p1/1p6/4P3/1Pq5/P1P5/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ if Qc8 Qb6 Qc7 Rd8+ or if Ka7 or Bc8 Qb6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Julio Granda Zuniga vs Manuel Rivas Pastor, Habana, 1988
1q4k1/1p3p1p/r1n3p1/1N1br3/P3B3/2Q4P/5PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 if Rxd5 Nc7 Qxc7 Re8# ]
b)
Simen Agdestein vs Gennadi Sosonk, Haninge, 1988
5k2/pp2q1p1/5p1p/3rn3/1Q2R3/P3P1R1/6P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe7+ Kxe7 Rxg7+ ]
c)
John Nunn vs Kiril Georgiev, Linares, 1988
r1b1kbnr/pp1np1p1/1qp1p2p/8/3P4/3B4/PPPB1PPP/R2QK1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kd8 Ba5 ]
d)
Garry Kasparov vs Johann Hjartarson, Madrid, 1988
2r3k1/p4p2/4r1p1/6Qp/4N2B/P1p2P2/1q4PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Rxd8 Qxd8+ if Kh7 Ng5+ or if Kg7 Qd4+ ]
e)
Mark Hebden vs Curt Hansen, Malme, 1988
4r1k1/p2q2pp/b2bn2n/2pB1p1Q/2p2P1P/1P1N2P1/PB1P4/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe8+ Qxe8 Rxe6 if Qf8 Rxd6+ Nf7 Rxa6 ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mikhail Gurevich vs Andrei Sokolov, Moscow, 1988
r4rk1/pb3ppp/4pn2/qB6/1b3BP1/2N1P3/1PQN1P1P/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Nc4 Qa1+ Kd2 if Bxc3+ Ke2 Qa2 Ra1 ]
b)
Artur Jussupow vs Valery Salov, Moscow, 1988
1n2R3/3r1k2/2q3rB/3b3Q/1p6/6P1/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ Rf6 Rf8+ Ke7 Rxf6 if Qc7 Re6+ mates or if Qxf6 Bg5 ]
c)
Evgeny Bareev vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Naberezhnye Chelny, 1988
Q3q1rk/1r5p/1p2n1p1/2nRPpB1/5P2/4P1P1/PPR4P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ if Ng7 Rd8 ]
d)
Yuri Kruppa vs Evgeny Bareev, Naberezhnye Chelny, 1988
rnb1kb1r/pp1n1ppp/4p3/1N1pP3/1q3P2/2N1B3/P1P3PP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nc7+ Kd8 Bd2 Kxc7 Nb5+ ]
e)
Gyula Sax vs Ferdinand Hellers, Naestved, 1988
4r1k1/5p2/p3rPpq/1p4R1/1P3Q2/1b1PN3/5K2/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ Qxg6 Rxg6+ if fxg6 f7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lothar Vogt vs Gerald Hertneck, Potsdam, 1988
7r/pp2nkq1/4b3/2ppPp2/7Q/P1P1R3/2P2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ Qxf6 exf6 if Ng6 Rxe6 ]
b)
Mikhail Tal vs Jan Timman, Reykjavik, 1988
2r1k2r/1p3ppp/4b3/p1q5/5B2/Q4P2/PP3P1P/3RR1K1 w k - 1 0
[ Rc1 if Qxa3 Rxc8+ ]
c)
Kiril Georgiev vs Rafael Vaganian, Saint John, 1988
r4rk1/1bpnbppp/p2qp3/1p6/3P1P2/2N1PN2/PPQ2PBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Bxg5 Bxb7 Rab8 Ne4 Qb6 Nxg5 ]
d)
Anatoly Karpov vs Kiril Georgiev, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
4b3/6kp/1N2p3/ppPpNp2/1p1P1P2/1P2bP2/P6P/7K w - - 1 0
[ c6 ]
e)
Miso Cebalo vs Ivan Sokolov, San Bernadino Brocco, 1988
1nrr2k1/p3pp2/1p4p1/3qb3/3P3R/4BP2/P2QBP2/1R3K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rb5 if Qe6 or Qd6 Rxe5 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Michal Krasenkow vs Adrian Mihalcisin, Tallinn, 1988
2r4r/Qpk3pp/3bq3/2p1N1p1/8/8/P4PPP/K2RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qa5+ if b6 Qa7+ mates or if Kb8 Nc6+ Rxc6 Rxe6 ]
b)
John Van Der Wiel vs Jan Timman, Tilburg, 1988
r3kb1r/pppq1ppp/2p5/2n1Pb2/8/4B3/PPP1Q1PP/RN2NRK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qf2 ]
c)
Alexey Dreev vs Lasha Janjgava, Vilnius, 1988
4k3/p1rb1p1p/2p1pp2/8/5q2/3Q1B2/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 if Kf8 Bxd7 ]
d)
Ulf Andersson vs Jeroen Piket, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
4r3/6kp/2p3p1/4n3/5N2/6PP/5PK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Nd3 Kf6 f4 ]
e)
Jeroen Piket vs Konstantin Lerner, Amsterdam, 1988
2k4r/p1p2p2/1p1p4/P5p1/4b3/1NP1q1P1/1Q4P1/R2K1B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1 if Qe2 Qxc3 Ra3 Bc2+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kiril Ninov vs Gert Ligterink, Amsterdam, 1988
4r1k1/2n1r1pp/2b2p2/p7/1qpPBN1P/6P1/P1Q1RP2/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if Rxe4 Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ mates ]
b)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Viktor Korchnoi, Amsterdam, 1988
r2q1rk1/pp3pp1/2nQ1n1p/5P2/2B4B/2p5/PPP3PP/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd6 Rxd6 Ne4 if Rdd1 Nd2+ ]
c)
Goran Dizdar vs Semon Palatnik, Baku, 1988
5R2/1pp5/2kp4/2n5/7r/1P6/1PP4p/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 if Kb1 Ng3 or if Rf3 Rg4 ]
d)
Maia Chiburdanidze vs Oleg Romanishin, Biel, 1988
6k1/5p1p/b2p1Pp1/3P4/Qqpb4/2N2BP1/4P1KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxa4 Nxa4 Bb5 e3 Bxa4 exd4 c3 ]
e)
Bent Larsen vs Rafael Vaganian, Esbjerg, 1988
3r2k1/1b3pp1/1p5p/4pN2/qP6/2Q1P3/1R2BPPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Bf1 Rxf1+ Kxf1 Qd1+ Qe1 Bxg2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Uwe Boensch vs Julian Hodgson, Kecskemet, 1988
6k1/3b1pp1/3P1B2/2p1p2p/4P3/q5P1/3Q1PBP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa1+ Bf1 Bb5 h3 Qxf1+ Kh2 gxf6 ]
b)
Nigel Short vs Jonathan Speelman, London, 1988
2rr2k1/5p1p/4p1p1/8/1R2P3/1N3q2/6QP/1R5K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Rxd1 Qxd1+ Qg1 Qe2 if h3 Rc2 Nd4 Qxe4+ ]
c)
Victor Moskalenko vs Gregory Kaidanov, Lvov, 1988
2b2rk1/pB2q1b1/2P1p2p/8/4Q2p/2r2P2/2N2P1P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2 Qxc2 Bxa1 if Rxa1 Qg7+ ]
d)
Ilia Smirin vs Alexander Chernin, Naberezhnye Chelny, 1988
5rk1/1p2pp1p/p3b1p1/2q1b1Q1/3pR3/3B3P/P1P2PP1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ ]
e)
Curt Hansen vs Bent Larsen, Odense, 1988
8/1b1p1k1p/3p1pp1/p2P1q2/5r2/PPQ2P2/1B2r1PP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1988, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Milan Drasko, Polanica Zdroj, 1988
k1b2q2/1p5R/pQ6/2N1p1p1/8/8/PPP3PP/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf4+ Kd1 Bg4+ Ke1 Qe3+ ]
b)
Jan Timman vs Garry Kasparov, Reykjavik, 1988
2r5/p2r1k2/4b1pp/1P3p2/8/1Bn2P2/P4KPP/1RN1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 Rxb3 Nd1+ if Ke2 Rxc1 ]
c)
Julio Granda Zuniga vs Alonso Zapata, Salonika, 1988
5r1k/7q/3p4/3Qb3/2N5/5pP1/P1p2P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3 if Ne3 Qxf1+ ]
d)
Rafael Vaganian vs Igor Novikov, Tallinn, 1988
r7/pb2kppp/4p3/RBP1n3/1r2P3/1P3P2/3NK2P/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb5 if Rxb5 Ba6 ]
e)
Roberto Cifuentes Parada vs Bachar Kouatly, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
8/5pbk/1p1N2p1/p1rb3p/4p2P/P3q1P1/1P1RB2K/3QB3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb3 Qb1 Bd4 Qxe4 Qg1+ Kh3 Be6+ ]
f)
Bachar Kouatly vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Wijk aan Zee, 1988
8/pppkr3/3p2p1/3p1nq1/3N4/7Q/PPP2PPP/1K1R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2 if Rxd2 Re1+ or if Rc1 Qxd4 ]
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