'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Robert Huebner.
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)
Georg Hodakowsky vs Robert Huebner, Bad Aibling, 1965
5r1k/pp1R2rp/1bp3p1/4q3/P1P1B1Q1/1P3PPK/8/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5 Qh4 Rxd7 Rxd7 Qe6+ ]
b)
Hans Ree vs Robert Huebner, Krefeld, 1967
r1b1r1k1/pp4pp/2pp2n1/1P4q1/2PPN3/4P2P/P1QRB1P1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if Qxe4 Bf5 ]
c)
Borislav Ivkov vs Robert Huebner, Palma de Majorca, 1970
6k1/5pp1/5n2/3np2p/P5PP/1Q6/1P6/2r2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxg4 if Qxd5 Rxf8+ or if a5 Nde3 ]
d)
Zoltan Ribli vs Robert Huebner, Sombor, 1970
r4rk1/1pp2ppp/4q3/2P2b2/p4n2/2P1BR2/PP1QB1PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2 Qxe2 Bg4 ]
e)
Kick Langeweg vs Robert Huebner, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
2rqkr2/1b3pbQ/p2p2p1/1pn1p3/4PPP1/1B2B2P/PPPN4/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb3 Nxb3 Bf6 w/...Rh8 ]
1a)
Georg Hodakowsky vs Robert Huebner
Robert Huebner Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Robert Huebner vs Jonathan Penrose, Cheltenham, 1971
8/4r2p/2R3p1/k3Np2/n4P2/6P1/4P3/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 w/Nc6+ ]
b)
Robert Huebner vs Frans Kuijpers, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
1r2bk2/5pp1/7p/3p4/Pq3nN1/2Q2R1P/2B2PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe5 ]
c)
Robert Huebner vs Raymond Keene, Vienna, 1972
2r5/4ppk1/2p2bp1/q1P4p/1N1r3P/PQ3R2/1P2RPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Bxe7 Rxf7+ Kh8 Qe3 or if Rd5 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Nxd5 w/Qxd5+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Robert Huebner vs Julio Kaplan, Houston, 1974
1Q6/6kp/3N4/1B1Pp3/R3P3/K4b2/1r6/2q5 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ if Kf7 Qe8+ Kf6 Qe7+ or if Kg6 Qg8+ or if Kf6 Qh8+ ]
e)
Ragnar Hoen vs Robert Huebner, Oslo, 1974
6k1/p4rbp/b7/3p3q/3P4/4B3/P2Q1N1P/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be5 if dxe5 Rg7+ ]
2e)
Ragnar Hoen vs Robert Huebner
Robert Huebner Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lajos Portisch vs Robert Huebner, Bugojno, 1978
8/1b3rpk/1p1qp3/8/3Pp3/4P1Pr/2QBB3/2R1K1R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ if Rxg3 Rh1+ mates ]
b)
White mates in 8.
Robert Huebner vs Helmut Pfleger, Germany, 1981
5r2/5pk1/p2R2p1/q3p2p/1pP3nP/1P1Q2P1/P7/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if Kh7 Rxg4+ or if Kh8 Qf5 or if fxg6 Qd7+ ]
c)
Robert Huebner vs John Nunn, Johannesburg, 1981
5r1k/3RQ1bp/2p3p1/p3q3/2P1p3/1P2B2P/P4P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ Bxf8 Bd4 ]
d)
Robert Huebner vs Vassily Smyslov, Velden, 1983
5r2/p5bk/3p2p1/3n4/Q7/4B1Pq/1P3P2/2RB2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg4 if Rf4 Qxf4 ]
e)
Black mates in 6.
Pastor Manuel Rivas vs Robert Huebner, Linares, 1985
2r5/p3kpQ1/1p2p1p1/4R1P1/3q4/2r2PK1/8/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rc3+ Kg2 Qd2+ ]
3e)
mate in 6
Pastor Manuel Rivas vs Robert Huebner
Robert Huebner Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Robert Huebner vs Gennadi Sosonko, Brussels, 1987
3q1r2/pp1bppkp/3p1np1/8/2rN2P1/2N1QP2/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qh6+ w/Ne4 ]
b)
Volker Wolf vs Robert Huebner, Germany, 1987
2r5/1kq3p1/pn1pp3/1p2n1P1/1P2P3/P1N3QR/2P1B3/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na4 if Nxa4 Qxc2+ mates ]
c)
Robert Huebner vs Andreas Ostl, Germany, 1987
1kr4r/qp2bp2/2nppp2/1Q5p/N1R1PP2/P7/1P2B1PP/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ Nb6 if Rc7 Ra4 ]
d)
Black mates in 5.
Predrag Nikolic vs Robert Huebner, Barcelona, 1989
3r2k1/2p1Pppp/8/p1N5/2R1QP2/1P2n2P/3q2P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Kh2 Ng4+ hxg4 Qh4+ ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Michael Adams vs Robert Huebner, Dortmund, 1992
8/2PP4/6k1/8/4b1p1/p3P1P1/P6r/2R1KBr1 b - - 0 1
[ ..Bf3 Rc6+ Kh7 Rc2 Rxc2 d8/Q Re2+ ]
4d)
mate in 5
Predrag Nikolic vs Robert Huebner
Robert Huebner Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Robert Huebner vs Lucas Brunner, Moscow, 1994
1rqn3k/6pp/1pn5/4P3/1P2bNP1/1Q2N3/4BR1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ hxg6 Rf8+ Kh7 Qg8+ ]
b)
Christopher Lutz vs Robert Huebner, Garmisch Partenkirchen, 1994
8/pk3r1p/6p1/3N2R1/2P3P1/PK6/1P6/5n2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2+ if Kc3 Nf3 ]
c)
Dirk Mirschinka vs Robert Huebner, Germany, 1997
3r2k1/6p1/1N3p2/p2p2q1/P2Pr3/3Q2P1/1P3P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re6 if Qb5 Rb8 ]
d)
Robert Huebner vs Joerg Hickl, Altenkirchen, 1999
r3r1k1/pb2qppp/1n1p4/1Q2p3/1p4P1/6NP/PPP2PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Qc7 Bxb7 Qxb7 Nxd6 ]
e)
Robert Huebner vs Ioannis Nikolaidis, Corfu, 1999
r4rk1/2pq2bp/p2pp3/5n2/2pP4/2N1B2P/PP4Q1/2K2RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 if exf5 Bh6 f4 Bxg7 or if Rxf5 Qxa8+ ]
5a)
mate in 5
Robert Huebner vs Lucas Brunner
Robert Huebner Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anatoly Karpov vs Robert Huebner, Germany, 2002
r3k2r/3qbpp1/p4np1/1p2n3/3p4/1B2PPP1/PP1BN1KP/2RQ3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ if Kf2 Nd3+ or if Kg1 Nxf3+ Kf2 Nxh2 ]
b)
Olivier Touzane vs Robert Huebner, Leipzig, 2002
3r1k2/5pp1/5b2/2RP3P/8/1Pp5/r1B1R1K1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 if Rf2 Bd4 ]
c)
Mikhail Umansky vs Robert Huebner, Switzerland, 2002
4r1k1/p2q1ppp/n2p1b2/2r2N2/4P3/2B2QP1/P4P1P/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 if Rxc3 Rxf5 ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Robert Huebner vs Ivan Sokolov, Germany, 2004
8/nq4rk/7p/8/6Q1/8/6RP/5B1K w - - 0 1
[ Qf5+ Kg8 Bc4+ Kh8 Qf8+ ]
6d)
mate in 5
Robert Huebner vs Ivan Sokolov
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