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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990.
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.
Margeir Petursson vs Matthew Sadler, Aosta, 1990
5k2/R7/1p2rN1p/b4Rp1/r5P1/4PK2/5P1P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Carlos Garcia Palermo vs Alfonso Romero Holmes, Leon, 1990
2r2b2/p4q2/4pBpk/1p2P1Rp/4Q1PP/2P5/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5+ gxh5 g5# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Simen Agdestein vs Petar Popovic, Manila, 1990
3rn3/5p1k/1p1p4/p1qb1NQ1/P1r3Pp/4R2P/7B/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Jesus Nogueiras vs Lev Polugaevsky, Moscow, 1990
R7/2q2ppk/3bp2p/3p4/1n1P1N2/4PNP1/2r2P1P/3Q2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Mikhail Tal vs Evgeny Sveshnikov, Moscow, 1990
3R4/p4r1p/1p2bNpk/1n6/6Q1/6P1/P4PKP/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Qh4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Michael Rohde vs Maxim Dlugy, New York, 1990
7k/pp2Qpr1/1b2b3/7p/3P3P/3B2P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Mikhail Gurevich vs Nigel Short, Rotterdam, 1990
5r1k/6p1/p2p1rRp/2pPpq1Q/8/PPp1P3/5P1R/K7 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Mikhail Gurevich, Rotterdam, 1990
2k5/1p5q/p1pQ4/3n4/NPP2P1p/PK1R2P1/4r3/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nb6+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Jonathan Levitt vs Gregory Kaidanov, Hastings, 1990
8/5p2/3b3k/4q3/P1Q3B1/6P1/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Pavel Blatny vs Tibor Tolnai, Stara Zagora, 1990
6k1/pp3p2/3r2p1/q1p3Pp/4P2P/PPbN1Q2/K1P5/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxa3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Maxim Dlugy vs Lev Alburt, Jacksonville, 1990
6rk/1pp4p/3p4/p1PPp2q/5r2/3BQp2/PP1N3P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Gennadi Kuzmin, Kusadasi, 1990
3r2k1/2pq2pp/1p6/p3N3/2P1b3/PP4P1/1Q2PP1P/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Georgy Timoshenko vs Yuri Balashov, Podolsk, 1990
6k1/5p2/R6p/N1p1b1p1/P1Br2b1/1P2K1P1/5P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs Matthias Wahls, Dortmund, 1990
r2r1k2/1pq2p2/2n5/p1PB2R1/4N1p1/1P6/PQ5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Ke8 Nf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Stuart Conquest vs Julian Hodgson, London, 1990
rn5k/6rp/8/2pP1Q2/1pB3n1/7R/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ if Kg8 d6+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Oleg Nikolenko vs Alexei Gavrilov, Moscow, 1990
r3rb2/2pqnN1k/3P2pp/8/7R/P6P/B4PP1/1bBQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ Kh8 Bb2+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Vasilios Kotronias vs Daniel King, New York, 1990
r4rk1/p4ppp/Pp4n1/4BN2/1bq5/7Q/2P2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Yasser Seirawan vs Ron Henley, New York, 1990
4r3/4kpQ1/1pR4p/1P4p1/8/2Bb1qPP/5P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4+ w/Qd4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Erling Mortensen vs Walter Browne, Reykjavik, 1990
2r2r1k/2R2ppp/1P1p4/3NpP2/1P2P3/1q6/p4QP1/K6R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh4+ Kg8 Ne7# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Goldin vs Lars Bo Hansen, Warsaw, 1990
r4q1k/1bn2B2/1p2p1Q1/p2p3N/3P2pP/P3P3/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6 if Qg7 Qh5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
\Lothar Vogt vs Stefan Kindermann, Biel, 1990
b4rk1/6b1/1R6/p1p4r/P6B/2PP2P1/1P1N1n1K/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh4+ gxh4 Be5+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Sergey Smagin vs Konstantin Lerner, Copenhagen, 1990
6k1/1p3pp1/1Q2p3/P3P3/6Kp/7P/8/5q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ Kxh4 Qf4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Ulf Andersson, Haninge, 1990
5r2/2k5/1p1p3p/pPpPpr2/P1P1N3/4RbPp/3R1P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...h2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Sergei Movsesian vs Boris Avrukh, Leningrad, 1990
5r1k/1b1n3p/p1qp4/4p2N/Np3B1Q/1P6/P1PR2rP/4RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3+ if Rf2 or Qf2 Rg1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Magaram Magomedov vs Maxim Sorokin, Minsk, 1990
3Q4/5p1k/4p3/3p1qp1/1P5p/6PN/P4PKP/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ f3 Qe2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Philipp Schlosser vs Istvan Csom, Budapest, 1990
r2r2k1/qp1b1Rpn/p2p4/3pn1bQ/1PPN4/4P3/PB4BP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rf7+ Nxf7 Ne6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Einar Gausel vs Alexei Shirov, Gausdal, 1990
r1b1n3/2bnNr2/p3p2k/1p2Pp2/3p1P2/2N4P/PPQ5/R3K1R1 w Q - 1 0
[ Qf2 Ndf6 Qh4+ Nh5 Ng8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Shirov vs Daniel King, Gausdal, 1990
6Q1/r3k3/b3Bp2/2bPp3/p4q2/2P4r/6PP/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ d6+ Bxd6 Qf7+ Kd8 Rxd6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Andrei Kharlov vs Vladimir Chuchelov, Khabarovsk, 1990
1r4k1/2p3Pp/8/r2ppNP1/2Q5/q4P2/1P5R/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kxg7 Qxc7+ Kg6 Qf7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Leonid Yudasin vs Rico Mascarinas, Manila, 1990
1r5k/p5bp/4Q1p1/8/q7/6P1/5P2/2R1N1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Anthony Miles vs Viktor Gavrikov, Moscow, 1990
r6k/p5Rp/n3N2B/2p5/8/2P3P1/P7/2K2n2 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Rf8 Nf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Sergey Gorelov vs Alexander Goldin, Moscow, 1990
1r4k1/1b1Q1ppp/p2N4/P2p4/8/1p2PPK1/1r4PP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ Kh8 Ne8 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Nick De Firmian vs Aleksa Strikovic, Novi Sad, 1990
4r3/5R2/1ppR1Qpk/p3p2p/P1q1Pn2/2P4P/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Kg5 Rf5+ Kh4 Qf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Joel Benjamin vs Mihai Suba, Reykjavik, 1990
3q1r2/6k1/p2pQb2/4pR1p/4B3/2P3P1/P4PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rg5+ if Kh6 Qf5 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Shirov vs George-Gabriel Grigore, Santiago, 1990
4kr1r/R7/1pp1N3/4K2p/5P1P/6P1/P7/3n4 w - - 1 0
[ Kd6 Rh7 Rxh7 Rf7 Rh8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Stuart Conquest vs Atanas Kolev, Vrnjacka Banja, 1990
r1r1k3/pp3p1P/3P1b2/2p1p3/2P1B1R1/4B3/7P/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Bf5 if Be7 Rg8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Milos Jirovsky vs Jan Votava, Brno, 1990
8/5p1k/6pp/4Q3/4N3/1q3PP1/n3r1BP/3r2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg1+ Kxg1 Qe3+ Kh1 Qc1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs Alexei Shirov, Lvov, 1990
1r4k1/4pp1p/2Pp2p1/P7/2Q5/2R3Pb/2p2P1P/2q2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Qxf1 Rb1 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Alonso Zapata vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Manila, 1990
1k6/1pq5/p1b1B2p/6rn/1NQ1p3/2P3PP/PP3r2/3R2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg3+ Rxg3 Rh2+ Kxh2 Qxg3+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Matthias Wahls, Germany, 1990
5k2/7R/4B1pp/6N1/1pn1KP2/8/2r3PP/2n5 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ Kg8 Rd7+ Kf8 Nh7+ Ke8 Nf6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Jan Timman vs Nigel Short, Tilburg, 1990
4r1k1/2pRP1pp/2p5/p4pN1/5Qn1/q5P1/P3PP1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc4+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 6.
Mirko Jukic vs Miodrag Todorcevi, Cetinje, 1990
4rr1k/6qb/p2pB3/3P3N/Q7/3n4/P5PP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa7+ if Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ Kh1 Qg1+ ]
c)
Maia Chiburdanidze vs Gennadi Zaichik, Baden-Baden, 1990
R4rk1/5p1p/6p1/8/2B5/4b1P1/Q2q1PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qa3+ ]
d)
Viktor Kupreichik vs Jonathan Levitt, Badenweiler, 1990
r4k1r/pp1qbpp1/4R2p/3p1Q2/5B2/5P2/PP3PKP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6 if Qxf5 Rxh8# ]
e)
Csaba Horvath vs Eckhard Schmittdiel, Budapest, 1990
5rk1/5npp/5p2/2n2P2/pr2PN2/8/1B4PP/1RR4K w - - 1 0
[ Ba3 if Rxb1 Rxb1 Rc8 Bxc5 Rxc5 Rb8+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Semen Dvoirys vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Cheliabinsk, 1990
4r1k1/3r1p1p/p2PnRp1/2qBQ3/1p6/1P6/P1P4P/1K3R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 Rxf7 Rxf7 if Kxf7 Bxe6+ ]
b)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Artur Jussupow, Cologne, 1990
rnq2rk1/pp3ppp/2pb4/3PpbB1/2P1B3/2P2N2/P4PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf5 Qxf5 dxc6 ]
c)
Vladimir Malaniuk vs Eduard Meduna, Forli, 1990
r2qkb1r/pp3pp1/1P2pn1p/4Nb2/7B/2p5/1P2PPPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ Ke7 Rd1 if Qc8 Rd7+ ]
d)
Andrei Shchekachev vs Henrik Teske, Gyor, 1990
r4k1r/p1p1qpb1/1p2pnpp/1B2Nb2/3P1B2/5P2/PPPQ3P/1K1R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if Qe8 Qb4+ Kg8 Ne7+ ]
e)
Ivan Farago vs Stuart Conquest, Hastings, 1990
8/6kp/2Q3p1/4P3/pp3n1q/3N3P/PP6/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Joseph Gallagher vs Miron Sher, Hastings, 1990
1r2qr2/4n2k/3b2pN/p4p2/1p1Bb3/7Q/PPP3PP/K3RR2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf5+ Kg8 Nxe7+ ]
b)
Alexander Ivanov vs Maxim Dlugy, Jacksonville, 1990
5r1k/4RB1p/p4pP1/6rb/1p5R/8/1PP4P/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5 Rxh5 g7+ Kxg7 Bxh5+ ]
c)
Karen Asrian vs Maris Krakops, Leningrad, 1990
2r1b2k/pn2q3/1p1p3p/3Pp3/2P2b2/BP3N2/P4P1Q/1B4RK w - - 1 0
[ Qxf4 if exf4 Bb2+ mates ]
d)
Stuart Conquest vs Gregory Kaidanov, London, 1990
r5k1/1p1q2p1/pPp3p1/P6Q/1P5P/8/2B2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb3+ if Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qxa8 ]
e)
Anthony Miles vs Johann Hjartarson, Manila, 1990
b7/r4pkp/6p1/p1p5/3b1Q2/P5P1/5PBP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb8 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anthony Miles vs Ian Rogers, Manila, 1990
4r2k/pR4R1/2p1P2p/8/2P1pr2/8/P6P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ Kg8 Rbg7+ Kf8 e7+ ]
b)
Vladimir Akopian vs Yuri Kruppa, Minsk, 1990
b7/7p/1q4pk/p4p2/1p1N1P2/2rPP2P/PQ5K/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf5+ if Kh5 Rg5# or if gxf5 Qf2 Qf6 Rg5 ]
c)
Alexander Khalifman vs Robert Byrne, New York, 1990
4qbk1/5rp1/p3rnQB/2p1p2N/p3P3/8/P1P3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 if Rfxf6 or Rexf6 Nxf6+ ]
d)
Smbat Lputian vs Efim Geller, New York 1990
2krr3/6Q1/1p3p2/p2pNP2/6P1/P6P/5q2/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ Rc1+ if Kb8 Nc6+ mates ]
e)
Joel Benjamin vs Stefan Kindermann, Novi Sad, 1990
r5k1/pR1P3p/8/3p1p2/2n2P2/B1p5/P5PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 if Nxa3 Rc8+ or if Nb6 Bc5 ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Robert Huebner vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Novi Sad, 1990
r4r2/ppp2p1k/3p1Rpp/3q4/1Q1N4/3N4/PPP3PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if gxf5 Qh4 Kg8 Rxh6 or if Rae8 Qf4 ]
b)
Zdenko Kozul vs Jinrong Liang, Novi Sad, 1990
3rrnk1/pp2qpp1/2bR3p/2p1p3/P1B1P1Q1/2B3P1/1P3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe5 if Qxe5 Rxd8 or if g6 Rxg6+ mates ]
c)
Leonid Yudasin vs Georgy Timoshenko, Podolsk, 1990
6k1/1R4pp/8/3r4/5nP1/B6P/7K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ Kf7 Rf8+ ]
d)
Ian Rogers vs Marek Vokac, Prague, 1990
6r1/4Qpk1/2p4p/3b1r2/1p1PN2p/4RPPq/1P5P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf2 ]
e)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs Ivan Ivanisevic, Pula, 1990
4qr1k/p1rnbppp/Bpb1p3/4P3/5B2/2N5/PP2QPPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Bxb5 Bxb5 Rxc1 Bxc1 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sergey Zagrebelny vs Igor Khenkin, Pula, 1990
2r1r1k1/4bp1p/4p1p1/1p1bn3/3NqB2/8/1PP1BQPP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bd3 if Nxd3 cxd3 ]
b)
Giovanni Vescovi vs Rene Stern, Singapore, 1990
1r6/5ppp/3kb3/pppN4/2p1P3/P1P2P2/1P3KPP/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nb4+ if Kc7 Na6+ or if Ke7 or Ke5 Nc6+ ]
c)
Gata Kamsky vs Predrag Nikolic, Tilburg, 1990
5rk1/1p3n1p/1R1p1qp1/2nP1p2/2P2p2/4Q2P/2B3P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc5 ]
d)
Lajos Portisch vs Viktor Korchnoi, Wijk aan Zee, 1990
r1n1r3/6pk/7p/5p2/p2N1B2/b5P1/4PP1P/1R1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Bf8 Nc7 ]
e)
Joerg Hickl vs Alexander Chernin, Altensteig, 1990
4r3/pR5p/P5p1/2pk4/3br3/3K2PP/1PRB4/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...c4+ Rxc4 Re3+ Bxe3 Rxe3+ Kd2 Kxc4 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Christian Gabriel vs Jan Smejkal, Altensteig, 1990
1rbq1rk1/p4pbp/2np2p1/2p5/1p2PNP1/2PP2BP/PP1Q1RB1/1R5K b - - 0 1
[ ...bxc3 ]
b)
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Zenon Franco Ocampos, Barcelona, 1990
6k1/1p1nr1pp/p1q5/5R2/5P2/1R2NQP1/PP4KP/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2+ if Nxc2 Qxc2+ Kf1 Qxf5 ]
c)
Vlastimil Hort vs Sergey Smagin, Berlin, 1990
4rrk1/pp1Q3p/8/3P1N2/2p5/2qb3P/P4RP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Rf1 Bxf5 or if Kh2 Qe5+ Ng3 Rxf2 ]
d)
Robert Huebner vs Larry Christiansen, Cologne, 1990
2rq1rk1/pp3ppp/6b1/3np3/1P6/P5P1/1B2PN1P/R2QKB1R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 Qxd8 Nc2+ Kd2 Rfxd8+ Nd3 Nxa1 if Bxa1 e4 ]
e)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Larry Christiansen, Cologne, 1990
5rk1/4pp1p/1q4p1/1B1p4/P2Qn1n1/1P6/2N2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc7 ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Christopher Lutz vs Johann Hjartarson, Germany, 1990
1r3nk1/5pp1/2B2q2/4Qb2/3P3p/p7/3B1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe5 dxe5 a2 if Rf1 Rb1 Bc3 Bd3 ]
b)
Kevin Spraggett vs Orestes Rodriguez, Terrasa, 1990
5bk1/p5pp/1r2qp2/Q2R4/1Pp1n1b1/B3PNP1/P3BP1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3 ]
c)
Predrag Nikolic vs Boris Gulko, Hastings, 1990
r1b1r1k1/pppq2bp/3p2p1/4n1B1/2PNR3/1P3PP1/P2Q2BP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf7 Rxe8+ Qxe8 if Be3 c5 or if Rd1 Bxd4+ ]
d)
Mikhail Ulibin vs Vladimir Kramnik, Leningrad, 1990
1k1r4/pp3p2/2ppn2r/q6B/3bNPQ1/2P4R/P5PP/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 Qd1 fxe4 cxd4 Nxf4 if Rh4 Nxh5 ]
e)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Vladimir Malaniuk, Lvov, 1990
6r1/pp4rk/3pR2p/2pP1p1b/P1P2P2/1P5P/2n2NBK/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Ree1 Rxg2+ Rxg2 Nf3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Johann Hjartarson vs Mikhail Tal, Manila, 1990
2rr3k/5p1P/p3p1p1/1p2p1P1/4B3/q1P3Q1/8/3RK2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1+ Kxd1 Qa4+ ]
b)
Vladimir Malaniuk vs Mikhail Gurevich, Moscow, 1990
r5k1/p2qbpp1/7p/1r6/4P3/7P/1N2QPP1/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb7 if e5 Rb8 ]
c)
Lev Psakhis vs Jonathan Speelman, Moscow, 1990
5k2/1bq2pp1/p3p3/1p6/8/1BP2P1r/PP1BQ2p/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Rxf3 Qg3 ]
d)
Elizbar Ubilava vs Andrei Sokolov, New York, 1990
6k1/5pp1/4b2p/1q2p3/p1P4P/Q3P1P1/5P2/3B2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1 Qxa4 Bg4 ]
e)
Altin Cela vs Andras Adorjan, Novi Sad, 1990
6k1/5p2/2p1p1p1/1b2P2p/rbBB1P2/6P1/P1R2K1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc4 Rxc4 Be1+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1990, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alon Greenfeld vs Rongguang Ye, Novi Sad, 1990
r5k1/5pp1/1q4np/1bN1p3/1Q2P3/4nPP1/1P3NBP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg2 Rxg2 Ra1+ Rg1 Be2 if Qxb6 Bxf3# ]
b)
Ivan Morovic Fernandez vs Lev Psakhis, Novi Sad, 1990
5rk1/3q1rbp/1p4p1/p1n1N3/P1P5/4Q1P1/4RR1P/4N1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe5 Qxe5 Rxf2 Rxf2 Re8 ]
c)
Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs Pia Cramling, Novi Sad, 1990
r6k/1p5p/2pp4/P3nb2/2P1N2q/6R1/P2Q2P1/1B4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe4 if Rh3 Qxh3 gxh3 Nf3+ ]
d)
Rodrigo Vasquez vs Larry Christiansen, Novi Sad, 1990
6k1/4p3/p2p1pp1/1p3P2/n5PB/8/K1R1N1P1/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 if Rxe2 Nc3+ ]
e)
Alexander Ivanov vs Karl Thorsteins, Reykjavik, 1990
r5k1/5ppp/1B2b3/pBb5/P1N1n1n1/1P2NR2/6PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 if Nxe3 Bxb6 ]
f)
Jacek Gdanski vs Robert Kuczynski, Stara Zagora, 1990
4r1k1/5ppp/p1qp4/1p1Q1Pb1/4n1P1/1P6/PBP4P/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd5 Rxd5 Nd2+ Rxd2 Rxe1+ ]
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