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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993.
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.
Vereslav Eingorn vs Afrim Fejzullahu, Bern, 1993
1Q6/8/4pkp1/3p3p/7K/1P3PP1/P3Pq1P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Thien Hai Dao vs Darko Anic, Budapest, 1993
1R3bk1/5p2/2qP2pp/2p1Q3/7P/4rPP1/8/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Vladimir Kramnik vs Joel Lautier, Cannes, 1993
r3q1r1/1R4pk/5p2/p7/2p1P1Q1/4BP2/6PP/5NK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh3+ if Kg6 Qf5# ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Vereslav Eingorn vs Antanas Zapolskis, Cuxhaven, 1993
2R1bqk1/5p1p/r3pQ1P/4Pp2/p2Np3/4P3/5KP1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8 ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Bojan Kurajica vs Jean-Marc Degraeve, Hilversum, 1993
3Q1bk1/pp3p1p/8/5N1q/6p1/1P3bP1/P2R4/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Loek Van Wely vs Nebojsa Kostic, Iraklion, 1993
r3n1k1/pp1q1pPp/5R2/4P2Q/2P2BR1/7P/6PK/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Garry Kasparov vs Grzegorz Wrobel, Katowice, 1993
r2q1k2/1pp1n1p1/1n2Qb1B/p1N5/b2P4/P7/1P3PPP/RB2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ Ke8 Bg6# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
John Nunn vs John Emms, London, 1993
4Rr1k/5rp1/2p3Qp/1p3N2/1P3n2/2P4P/3q2PK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Ian Rogers vs Stellan Brynell, Malme, 1993
4r3/p1n3kp/1p1Bn2N/2pp2pQ/3P4/3q3P/P4PPK/7R w - - 1 0
[ Be5+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Patrick Wolff vs Michael Rohde, New York, 1993
4r1k1/p1p4r/3pNQp1/2pPn3/2q5/P6P/2P3P1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Vereslav Eingorn vs Ovidiu-Doru Foisor, Parthenay, 1993
5R2/5p2/5bkp/7N/4PPK1/8/8/r7 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Joerg Hickl vs Vadim Milov, Zillertal, 1993
4Q3/p5b1/2pq1p2/4pkr1/2P4R/1P3PP1/P2p2K1/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rf4+ exf4 Qe4# ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Dmitry Gurevich vs Victor Mikhalevski, Beer-Sheva, 1993
4r1k1/p5p1/1p1q2P1/2p2Q1p/P3bR1P/8/5R1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Peter Leko vs Vladimir Turta, Bratislava, 1993
nr2kb1r/1p3p1p/p2p1q2/P2Pp3/2N2p2/2P3PB/1P3P1P/R2QK2R w KQk - 1 0
[ Qa4+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Fernando Peralta vs Andranik Matikozian, Bratislava, 1993
1rb1k2r/4p2p/p1p2npQ/4q1N1/2p5/2N2P2/PP4P1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Eric Lobron vs K J Schluz, Germany, 1993
4r3/5k1p/p1nQ1p2/1qN4P/1p6/1P2p3/P1P5/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ Kf8 Rg8+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Vasilios Kotronias vs Andreas Kofidis, Greece, 1993
3rkb1R/1bqr1p2/p3pQp1/4P3/Pp1NpPP1/1Pn1B3/2PR4/K1N5 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Rh2 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Zoltan Almasi vs Jozsef Horvath, Hungary, 1993
8/5Qpp/7k/5P2/8/6Pq/PP1r3P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re6+ if Kg5 Qxg7+ or if g6 Rxg6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Zoltan Almasi vs Peter Restas, Hungary, 1993
5rk1/5p1p/p2Q1Pp1/b4bP1/2pB3P/2N5/q1PK4/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bc5+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Aloyzas Kveinys vs Artur Pieniazek, Katowice, 1993
r6r/1k2bpp1/3p3p/3Rp3/p3P3/1P2B3/1P3PPP/1KR5 w - - 1 0
[ Rb5+ Ka6 Rb6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Ilia Smirin vs Felix Izeta Txabarri, Las Palmas, 1993
6k1/6p1/1p2Kp1p/p6P/P2PQ1P1/1P6/5q2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qa8+ Kh7 Kf7 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Garry Kasparov vs Phil Taylor, London, 1993
1r4k1/2qb3p/p1n5/1pb3p1/4Q3/1P2P1P1/PB4BP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Kruppa vs Evgeny Mochalov, Minsk, 1993
2B1k3/4r2p/2bppQ1P/4np2/p7/2P1P3/1P5K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Michal Krasenkow vs Andrei Obodchuk, Pardubice, 1993
r5rk/ppp3b1/3p2PB/3PpqQ1/2P3b1/3p4/PP3P2/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Rh7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Jaan Ehlvest vs Jean-Paul Touze, Saint Martin, 1993
r5r1/1pqnbknR/p2p1p2/2pP2p1/2P1PNQ1/2N1B1P1/PP4K1/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kf8 Ne6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Leonid Yudasin vs Susan Lalic, Sevilla, 1993
2rr3k/p4p1p/1p3NnB/5R1Q/3b4/P5P1/1q5P/4RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ Kxg7 Qxh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Igors Rausis vs Annett Wagner-Michel, Ticino, 1993
r3k2r/ppp1q1pp/2pb1B2/8/3pN3/5b2/PPP1QPPP/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxd6+ if Kf8 Qxe7+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Shulman vs John Nilssen, Vejle, 1993
Q6R/5pp1/1q4kp/4P3/1r1N1P2/p6P/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4+ Kh5 g4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Michael Adams vs Jeroen Piket, Wijk aan Zee, 1993
8/2k2r2/pp6/2p1R1Np/6pn/8/Pr4B1/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ Kb8 Rd8+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Garry Kasparov vs Oxford United Football, London, 1993
r2r4/1ppb1pk1/1pnp4/4pP2/1PB1P3/P1PP1N1P/8/R1Q1K3 w Q - 1 0
[ f6+ if Kg8 Qh6 ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Sergey Smagin vs Jonathan Levitt, Amantea, 1993
k4b1r/1b3ppp/4pn2/qN6/2QR1B2/8/PPP2PPP/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Qxd8 Qa4+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Kevin Spraggett vs L Pijuan, Andorra, 1993
r1b4k/pp1n1Q1n/1qp1p2p/8/6p1/P5B1/5PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Bxd7 Be5+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Zdenko Kozul vs Zvonimir Mestrovic, Bled, 1993
5rk1/5r2/3pQ3/2pPp1n1/1pPqP3/1P6/3NK3/5R1R w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Rg7 Rh8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Zoltan Almasi vs Frank Holzke, Budapest, 1993
8/2nb2R1/2n1pB1k/3pP2p/p1pP1P2/2P4P/2PKBN2/1r6 w - - 1 0
[ Ng4+ hxg4 hxg4 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Iossif Dorfman vs Zoltan Varga, Cannes, 1993
1rbr1n1k/pp1pqp1p/3Np3/5p1P/5P2/P1R1P1R1/1P4P1/3QKB2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ Qxf7 Qd4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Yuri Razuvaev vs Robert Mandl, Dortmund, 1993
4r1k1/1p1R2p1/r5p1/q4p2/p1P1p2Q/1n4PP/1P2PPB1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rd7+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Shirov vs Alexander Bangiev, Germany, 1993
r1b4R/pp2k1p1/2p1p1B1/2PrN3/3n1P2/8/PP6/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kf6 Rf8+ Ke7 Rf7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Michal Krasenkow vs Piotr Bartosik, Katowice, 1993
5r1k/2p1q2r/3p2Q1/p1pP4/2P1Nb2/7R/PP3P2/3K2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6 if Rxh3 Qg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Xiaomin Peng vs Aung Aung, Kuala Lumpur, 1993
2rR4/2P3kp/1p3pp1/pB2Q3/P3p3/7P/1P3nPK/4q3 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ Kh6 Qf4+ if g5 Qxf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Ilia Smirin vs Miodrag Todorcevic, Las Palmas, 1993
7k/1RQ3b1/p2p2qp/2pPp3/2n1Np2/5P1P/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Kh7 Nf6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jesus Nogueiras vs Walter Browne, Linares, 1993
r1bR2R1/2p5/p3k3/4Np2/2P5/1P2K3/P7/7r w - - 1 0
[ Rde8+ Kd6 Rg6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Vadim Zvjaginsev vs Wolfgang Humer, Loosdorf, 1993
3R4/rr2pp1k/1p1p1np1/1B1Pq2p/1P2P3/5P2/3Q2PP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ Kg8 Rc8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Julio Granda Zuniga vs Rodrigo Disconzi Da Silva, Mar del Plata, 1993
3q2k1/3b3p/2p5/3pP1pB/1p1Pp3/b3P1BP/6P1/5QK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh8 e6 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Mark Hebden vs Gilberto Hernandez, Matanzas, 1993
5r2/5pk1/2b3p1/2pnP1N1/p2p1QP1/P1qP4/7P/4NRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if Kg8 Qh6 or if Kh7 Nxf8+ Kh8 Qxf7 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Vereslav Eingorn vs Nenad Ristic, Metz, 1993
3qb1k1/p3rpb1/2p2R2/1rNp2P1/1P1P2BQ/4P2R/P7/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh6 Bxh6 Qxh6 f5 Qh8+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Loek Van Wely vs Alexander Fishbein, New York, 1993
r2qr3/pp5k/3p1p1B/2pN1b1P/2P2Q2/5P2/PP5P/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf5+ Kh8 Rxe8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Aleksej Aleksandrov vs Stanislav Savchenko, Nikolaev, 1993
k5r1/8/2RN4/pN1p4/1p3P2/8/Pr5P/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Ra6+ Kb8 Rb6+ Ka8 Nc7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Evgenij Agrest vs Ludwig Komarek, Oberwart, 1993
8/8/1n1k1p2/p5p1/1p1PQ3/1P6/q1B2r2/1NK1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7+ Kc6 Re6+ Kb5 Qc5+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Leonid Yudasin, Pamplona, 1993
r3k3/pp1b2Q1/3qpB2/5p2/8/6P1/P4P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Qf8 Rxe6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Igor Khenkin vs Vlastimil Piza, Pardubice, 1993
5rk1/5pb1/r1pnp1p1/q1Pn2P1/1p1P1P2/pP1Q4/P3NB1R/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Qh3 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Shabalov vs Kyawwin, Philadelphia, 1993
3n2kr/2q3p1/pp4B1/4b2p/1Q6/P7/1PP3PP/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ Qxd8 Qb3+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Shabalov vs Anatoly Lein, Saint Martin, 1993
6k1/8/p2pq2B/1pp1r2Q/8/2P4P/Pn4P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Kh7 Bg5+ Kg7 Qh8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Akopian vs Sergey Ivanov, St. Petersburg, 1993
1r4Q1/1b1nk2p/p2Npp2/1pq1p3/7P/8/P3BPP1/3R1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ exf5 Qg7+ Ke8 Bh5+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Epishin vs Lev Polugaevsky, Tilburg, 1993
3r1k2/p1qP1p1p/1r1R2p1/1pp1Q2P/8/1P4P1/P4P2/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re1 Kg8 h6 f6 Qe8+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
John Van Der Wiel vs Friso Nijboer, Wijk aan Zee, 1993
4rR2/1q4nk/3p2p1/1b6/1pQ1P3/6NP/PP4P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Kh6 Qh8+ Kg5 R1f4 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1993, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Ilia Smirin vs Bojan Kurajica, Zagreb, 1993
2r3k1/1bqNQn1p/6p1/2B5/p4P2/1p4P1/PPP4P/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ if Rxe8 Rxe8+ or if Kg7 Bf8+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Judit Polgar vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Dos Hermanas, 1993
6k1/p4p1p/3p2p1/3Pr3/1q1r2nQ/1PR5/P1P3BP/1K3R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ Kg7 Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rxf7+ Kh6 Rh8+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Lars Bo Hansen vs J Tuchtfeld, Hamburg, 1993
r1b2rk1/2q2pp1/p7/1p4RQ/3p4/8/PPPB1P1P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kg8 Rg1+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Aloyzas Kveinys vs Zvulon Gofshtein, Prague, 1993
7R/4k1pp/2q1pp2/8/2pQP3/4BP2/4r1PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Kf7 Rf8+ Kg6 Rxf6+ gxf6 Qg8+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Ulf Andersson vs Luc Winants, Tilburg, 1993
3r2k1/5Rpp/p1p1p3/2P1N3/qp2P3/5QP1/bP3PKP/r7 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4 if g6 Qh4 ]
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