King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1999.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Etienne Bacrot vs Laurent Fressinet, Besancon, 1999
2r5/3nbkp1/2q1p1p1/1p1n2P1/3P4/2p1P1NQ/1P1B1P2/1B4KR w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6+ Kxg6 Qh5# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Garry Kasparov vs Nadia Cid, Besancon, 1999
4r2r/pp2k1pp/2p4q/8/4PR2/1B1P2Qb/PPP4P/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Quang Liem Le vs Hao Hiep Nguyen, Dong Thap, 1999
4rr1k/pp1nbpp1/2p1p2p/3qB3/3P1Q2/2P3NP/PPR2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Thor Geir Harestad, Eupen, 1999
6rk/6bp/p3pB2/Pq1pPpP1/1Pp4Q/4P2P/6P1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ g6 ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Stanislav Savchenko vs Herman Grooten, Gelsenkirchen, 1999
8/5r1p/1p3kn1/2q2p2/1b1R1P2/1Q2P2P/1B6/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ if Ne5 Qxf7# ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. ii.
a)
White mates in 2.
Vladimir Burmakin vs Giorgi Bagaturov, Graz, 1999
4R3/1p3p2/p6k/2r4p/P1pq3P/6Q1/2B2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re6+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Vladimir Epishin vs Cor Kamstra, Groningen, 1999
r4k1b/4Np1p/1n1Q2pP/pP1p4/3p4/3B4/3q1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Gawain Jones vs Dorian Vicol, Litohoto, 1999
5R2/6p1/B2p2k1/3P3p/7P/4p1p1/P5P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd3+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Viorel Iordachescu vs Mihail-Viorel Ghinda, Romania, 1999
2k5/3r4/p1p1p3/P4ppQ/2P5/3q4/6PP/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Sergey Volkov vs Alexander Lastin, St. Petersburg, 1999
Q6r/p2q1rk1/4R1p1/2p5/3b1NP1/8/P2B1P2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ Kh7 Qh1# ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. iii.
a)
White mates in 2.
Hannes Stefansson vs Jorgen Norqvist, Stockholm, 1999
r1b2r1k/4b2p/p5pB/q1p1p1N1/2Q5/1BnP4/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Rxg8 Nf7# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Stuart Conquest vs Igor Efimov, Algarve, 1999
5rkr/pp5p/1n3Qp1/2qp2N1/6P1/8/PP3P1P/K2RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Re8 if Qe7 Qxe7 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Lubomir Ftacnik vs Frederik Polenz, Bad Zwesten, 1999
8/4Q3/4p1bk/6Np/P1p5/7P/1P3PPK/1q6 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kxg5 f4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Garry Kasparov vs Roland Scamps, Besancon, 1999
3r3Q/2q2kp1/ppbb1np1/3p1B2/2pP1B2/8/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be6+ Ke7 Qxg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Dibyendu Barua vs Lanka Ravi, Calcutta, 1999
4r1k1/1Q3pbp/p2P2p1/4P1P1/8/1P3B2/1q4P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ if Kxf7 Bd5# ]
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Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. iv.
a)
White mates in 3.
Glenn Flear vs Jean-Louis Sabatie, Creon, 1999
r3kb1r/1p3ppp/p1n2n2/4p1N1/2B3b1/1P2P3/P4PPP/RNBR2K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Ke7 Ba3+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Baburin vs Richard Pert, England, 1999
3rkb1R/p7/1p2PPp1/8/6P1/1P6/1B1p2KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Martin Kraemer vs Anneliese Forchmann, Finsterbergen, 1999
7k/Bp3p1p/p4Pr1/4Q3/1Pq5/P4b2/6PP/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Rg8 Qxg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Gurevich vs Aaron Summerscale, France, 1999
2r1r1k1/pp4p1/2n1R2p/5Q2/1q2BN2/6P1/Pb2PP1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ if Kf8 Qh8+ or if Kf7 Bg6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Konstantin Lerner vs Hans-Juergen Schulz, Hamburg, 1999
r1b3k1/p1R4p/2p4q/4Qr1N/1P1pN1p1/4P3/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ if Kh8 Qe8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. v.
a)
White mates in 3.
Sergei Rublevsky vs Evgeny Sveshnikov, Herceg Novi, 1999
k7/1r3r1p/3Q4/1N1b4/5n2/5P2/P5PP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Rb8 Nc7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Shabalov vs Viktor Bologan, Koszalin, 1999
2r2rk1/5p2/3p3R/pp3P2/3n2P1/2N2n2/5K2/7R w - - 1 0
[ f6 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Igor Stohl vs Klaudiusz Urban, Koszalin, 1999
2r2k2/3r1p1p/3p1Qp1/pp4N1/8/P2R3P/1Pq2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Ke7 Re3+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Oleg Korneev vs Elias Gonzalez Gil, La Coruna, 1999
1k1r1q2/R6R/p2p4/3P1p2/8/1N3KP1/PPP2P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rhb7+ Kc8 Na5 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Vladimir Akopian vs Sergei Movsesian, Las Vegas, 1999
8/4N2k/1p5b/3pN3/p2Pb1P1/P5K1/1P3Q2/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Bg7 Qg8+ Kh6 Nf7# ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. vi.
a)
White mates in 3.
Garry Kasparov vs Joao Gaspar, Lisbon, 1999
1r1r1bk1/5p2/ppp1pP2/n6Q/3P4/1P3N2/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Bg7 Qxf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Garry Kasparov vs Patricia Lobo,, Lisbon 1999
3r1k2/pp1P1ppp/2p3b1/5q2/6N1/1B5P/P2Q1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd6+ or Re8+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Martyn Kravtsiv vs Denis Lineykin, Lvov, 1999
r1b3r1/p2pk2p/2pNp1p1/q7/2B2Q2/8/PPP2PPP/1K1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6+ dxe6 Qf7+ Kd8 Nb7# ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Vovk vs Anton Romashov, Lvov, 1999
8/p3Qrk1/q1rp2p1/1p4B1/6P1/1N3P2/PPP5/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ Kg8 Qe8+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Shabalov vs Alexander Beltre, Mashantucket, 1999
r6r/p4k1p/4pNbQ/8/1p4P1/P7/1Pq5/K2R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ Kxf6 Qf4+ Bf5 g5# ]
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Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. vii.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jeroen Piket vs Vladimir Kramnik, Monaco, 1999
7k/4Qp1p/p4pq1/1p2PN2/2p2P2/P5P1/1b5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Qg8 Qxf6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz vs Jay Bonin, Nassau, 1999
8/6R1/1pR5/5k1p/7P/1P4P1/r3rP2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg5+ Ke4 Rc4+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Dmitry Frolyanov vs Alexander Shkliar, Nizhnij Novgorod, 1999
3r1rk1/p4q1p/4b1pP/1p1NQ3/2B2p2/4b3/PPP3P1/1K1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Qxe7 Bxe6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Andrey Shariyazdanov vs Nikolay Tolstikh, Nizhnij Novgorod, 1999
2b1Q3/1p4qk/r3p2p/p1P1PppB/8/8/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 if Bd7 Bg6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Andrei Kharlov vs Genrikh Chepukaitis, Novgorod, 1999
4rk2/2q1n2r/p4bpp/1pn5/P1Q2P2/2P1R2P/BP3BP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Nxg8 Rxe8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. viii.
a)
White mates in 3.
Maxim Sorokin vs Aleksandr Karpatchev, Novgorod, 1999
8/4kpp1/p3p2p/8/3n1Q2/2R2P2/PPp2KP1/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Falko Bindrich vs Rene Phan, Oberhof, 1999
2kr2nr/ppp3pp/3b2q1/1Q1Bp3/3p2b1/8/PPPN1P1K/R1B1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Bxb7+ Kb8 Bc6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Emil Sutovsky vs Oscar De La Riva Aguado, Pamplona, 1999
1r4rk/p5Rp/4Pp1B/4q2n/6Qp/7P/PP4P1/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg8+ Rxg8 Qxg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Krunoslav Hulak, Pula, 1999
4kb1r/5np1/p3p1Qp/qp1bP1B1/8/6P1/P4PBP/3R2K1 w k - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ Bxe6 Bc6+ Bd7 Bxd7# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Jaan Ehlvest vs Sathish Nath, Reno, 1999
2rqr3/3bbk2/2p1p2p/1pPn2p1/1P1P4/R4BP1/2QB1P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ if Kf6 or Kf8 Bh5 ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. ix.
a)
White mates in 3.
Hannes Stefansson vs Bergsteinn Einarsson, Reykjavik, 1999
2r2k2/p1r3p1/4P3/1p3P2/2p1P1P1/Pb1p2K1/1P1B3R/7R w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Gilberto Milos vs Guillermo Soppe, Sao Bernardo, 1999
4r3/3b1p1p/4k1pb/2B5/3Q4/7q/PPP2P1P/R3K1R1 w Q - 1 0
[ Qe4+ Kf6 Bd4+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Khalifman vs Vladimir Burmakin, St. Petersburg, 1999
3rkr2/1R2bpp1/p1q1p3/4P3/4N3/P4Q1P/5PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Bxf6 Qxc6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Sergey Volkov vs Sergei Rublevsky, St. Petersburg, 1999
6rk/2p4p/4B3/1PQ5/5P2/8/P4P1K/5q2 w - - 1 0
[ Qd4+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Stuart Conquest vs Robert Bator, Stockholm, 1999
7r/3Pq1k1/p3Pp2/1p3Q1p/2p1B1pP/2Pn2P1/PP6/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Kf8 d8/Q+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. x.
a)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Ulibin vs Michael Bezold, Stockholm, 1999
1r4k1/5np1/3pN2p/2pq4/4N3/6PK/2Q4P/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ gxf6 Qg6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Dimitri Reinderman, Wijk aan Zee, 1999
7r/ppr2kpp/5p2/3p4/1b1P2Q1/1N2R3/PqP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ if Kg6 Rg3+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Veselin Topalov vs Jeroen Piket, Wijk aan Zee, 1999
5r2/2n1p1bk/p2p4/2pP3B/2P1P3/Pp3P1R/1P2K3/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ Bh6 Rg6 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Alexander Naumann, Yerevan, 1999
nr2q1k1/5p2/4p1p1/p3b1B1/1pB4Q/1P5R/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Artur Jussupow vs Mathias Holzhaeuer, Altenkirchen, 1999
r2qr1k1/1p5n/p3pR2/3pQ3/3P3n/P1N4P/1PB1N1P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ w/Qf7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xi.
a)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Baklan vs Sergey Anapolsky, Alushta, 1999
2r5/3q1rpk/R6n/1P2p1BQ/3bP3/8/6PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ gxh6 Rxf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Predrag Nikolic vs Dimitri Reinderman, Amsterdam, 1999
2Q5/4ppb1/3p1n2/qp1k3p/8/1P1N1PP1/4P1KP/2B5 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4+ if Kd4 e3+ Ke5 Bb2+ or if Ke5 Bb2+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Ildar Ibragimov vs Josef Mueller, Bad Wiessee, 1999
r5k1/pp6/3p3Q/2pP2p1/P1P5/5rqP/1P2R1P1/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Qg6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Bologan vs Christian Bauer, Bastia, 1999
2n4r/1pr2pk1/p1pR1Np1/P3P3/5PP1/1P1P2K1/8/7R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh8 Kxh8 Rd8+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Ilia Smirin vs Sergei Rublevsky, Bastia, 1999
6Q1/pp3p2/3p1rpk/3q3p/8/3P1R2/PP2r1PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kg5 Rg3+ Kh4 Qxf6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xii.
a)
White mates in 4.
Garry Kasparov vs Clementine Harnoi, Besancon, 1999
r2q1bnr/pppb1kpp/8/1B2Q3/4N3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bc4+ Kg6 Qg3+ Kf5 Qf4+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Mikhail Ulibin vs Poorna Sharma Mithrakanth, Calcutta, 1999
r2rkb1Q/3b1p2/ppq2Bp1/3NP2p/P2R4/5P1B/1PP4P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bg7 Bxh3 Nc7+ if Ke7 Bf6+ or if Qxc7 Qxf8# ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Graf vs G Papageorgopoulos, Chania, 1999
3qrkr1/pp2pp2/2np4/3N2Q1/2P1P3/1P1n2P1/P4R1P/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Rafael Vaganian vs Sergei Movsesian, Dordrecht, 1999
8/1Nn3rk/2p2Qp1/Pp2P2p/4B2K/2q4P/8/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6+ Rxg6 Rd7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Peter Heine Nielsen vs Sverre Johnsen, Gausdal, 1999
5R2/pr2B1pp/6k1/8/8/1Pr2bP1/P4P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re6+ Kh5 Rf5+ Kg4 Rf4+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xiii.
a)
White mates in 4.
Michal Krasenkow vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Germany, 1999
6kr/p1R3p1/1p6/5rNp/1b3B2/5QPP/P4PK1/4q3 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ if Bf8 Qd5+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Roeland Pruijssers vs Melissa Muhren, Hengelo, 1999
4N1k1/1b4Pp/p7/1ppPpp2/8/P5R1/1r4PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kf7 g8/Q+ Ke7 Qg7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Peter Michalik vs Martin Meszaros, Komarno, 1999
r3r1k1/2p2pp1/p1b2B2/2p5/1p6/1B1P2R1/PPP2PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxf7+ Kg8 Rxc7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Epishin vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Koszalin, 1999
8/p4Qnk/3p3p/1P1P4/P4p1N/3p3P/3q1PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Qc3 Ne7 h5 Qg6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Akopian vs Rogelio Antonio, Las Vegas, 1999
4b3/1p2N1k1/4Pr2/8/1P1Q4/5KP1/q7/7R w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ if Kg8 Rh8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xiv.
a)
White mates in 4.
Garry Kasparov vs Joao Rebelo, Lisbon, 1999
r3r3/pppq1p1k/1bn2Bp1/3pPb2/1P1P4/P4N2/2BQ1PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg5 Bg4 Qh4+ Bh5 Qxh5+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Martyn Kravtsiv vs Vitaly Shus, Lvov, 1999
3q1Q2/2p4k/1p4p1/2pr2pn/3P2P1/P1P5/1P1N1PK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ if Kh8 Qxg6 or if Kh6 gxh5 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Joel Lautier vs Loek Van Wely, Monaco, 1999
rn3rk1/1p3pB1/p4b2/q4P1p/6Q1/1B6/PPp2P1P/R1K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ hxg4 Rxg4+ Kh7 Rh4+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Veselin Topalov vs Anatoly Karpov, Monaco, 1999
8/1p5p/5Q2/p3N2k/P5r1/7p/5P1K/5q2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ if Kh6 Nxg4+ Kg7 Qf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Andrei Kharitonov vs Aleksandr Kulikov, Nizhnij Novgorod, 1999
2r5/6Q1/q2kp2R/p3Np2/Ppr2P2/1Pn1P3/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6+ if Kxe6 Qd7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xv.
a)
White mates in 4.
Andrei Kharitonov vs Alexei Iljushin, Novgorod, 1999
1R6/p2n1Bpk/5r1p/q1P2p2/3P1P2/2P1Q3/P5PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qe8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Andreikin vs Sergei Zhigalko, Oropesa, 1999
2r2k2/1p1b4/p2p4/2qN1P1Q/3pP1p1/8/1PP5/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Qf6+ Kg8 Ne7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Laznicka vs Cegmed Batchuluun, Oropesa, 1999
4k3/ppr3Q1/1q2p3/1b1pNP2/1n1P4/1Pn5/P4P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Ke7 f6+ Kd6 Qf8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Akopian vs Pavel Blatny, Philadelphia, 1999
2Q4b/5p2/6k1/6NN/7P/P2nP1P1/5PK1/3q4 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Kxh5 Qxf7+ if Kg4 f3+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Aleksandr Poluljahov vs Sergey Sivokho, Polanica Zdroj, 1999
r2q3Q/1p1bkrn1/3p4/p1p1p2R/2P1Pp2/2N5/PP1KBP2/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5+ Ke6 Qxd8 Rxd8 Rh6+ ]
See 2, 3 or 4 moves ahead
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xvi.
a)
White mates in 4.
Utut Adianto vs Steve Greanias, Reno, 1999
r6k/2R4p/4Q1pq/p2p4/4P3/5P2/5P1P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ Kg8 Qxd5+ Kh8 Qxa8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Jesus Nogueiras vs Lenier Dominguez, Santa Clara, 1999
3r2k1/1p1P3p/4nQp1/p3B3/3n2P1/3P3P/PP4BK/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Qxh7+ Ng7 Bd5+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Garry Kasparov vs Nigel Short, Sarajevo, 1999
8/pR2Q3/4prk1/5q2/8/6P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kg5 Rg7+ Qg6 Qh4+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Yuri Yakovich vs J Exposito, Sevilla, 1999
r5k1/pp1q1N2/2p4Q/8/4Rn2/P6P/1P3Pr1/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kxf7 Rxf4+ Kg6 Rf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Bezgodov vs Alexey Feoktistov, Tula, 1999
3rR3/1pq3pk/2n4p/8/PpBp1PP1/3P4/1PP1Q2K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bg8+ if Kh8 Bf7+ Kh7 Qe4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top games of 1999, pt. xvii.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jeroen Piket vs Jan Timman, Wijk aan Zee, 1999
6k1/p1p1Rr2/bp2Qq2/n7/2PP1p1p/2PB1P2/P5P1/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kg7 Qg4+ Kh6 Rh8+ Qxh8 Qg6# ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Vladimir Epishin vs Giulio Borgo, Cutro, 1999
4n3/p2qpk2/1p1r1p2/5QP1/7p/BP2RP2/P3PK2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 g6 if e6 Qxd7 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Vlastimil Babula vs Zsolt Rigo, Nove Zamky, 1999
3rr2k/p4ppB/1pb5/n7/P1pP2P1/2P1P2R/6p1/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg6+ Kg8 Bxf7+ Kf8 Ba3+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Alexei Bezgodov vs Vakhtang Chikovani, Tula, 1999
2r1q2r/pp5k/1n6/6Qp/2p5/1P2P3/P1P3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd6 Rc6 Qh6+ Kg8 Rf8+ Qxf8 Qg6+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Zlatko Ilincic vs Dejan Pikula, Vrnjacka Banja, 1999
6k1/4pp2/2R5/P2P1Bn1/1rp1PN2/2p3P1/5PK1/2n5 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kh6 Rh8+ ]
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