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Undermining puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Miguel Najdorf vs Antonio Medina-Garcia, Mar del Plata, 1948
6k1/p1rr1pp1/1pN1p2p/1P2P1q1/5n2/P2nQP1P/B2R2PK/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ g3 ]
b)
Heinz Lehmann vs Klaus Kluge, Berlin, 1948
7k/1pq4p/p4pp1/2P1p3/NP1rb3/PQ6/5PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf7 ]
c)
B Moeller vs Vasja Pirc, Karlovy Vary, 1948
r3rnk1/pp3pp1/2pb3p/3pNq2/3P1P2/3Q3P/PP2NPP1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe5 ]
d)
Willem Jan Muhring vs William Fairhurst, Hastings, 1948
6rk/pq5p/2n1p3/3p1p1b/3P1P2/Q3P3/P2N1R1P/1rR1KB2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb4 ]
e)
Francisco Benko vs Renato Sanguinetti, Buenos Aires, 1947
2r2bk1/1pr2p1p/p3p1p1/2P5/P1n3q1/3NB1P1/Q2RPP1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ f3 ]
f)
I Tekavcic vs Vasilje Tomovic, Zagreb, 1946
3rr1k1/ppb2pp1/2p3qp/3n4/3P4/1P2N2P/P1QB1PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 ]
g)
Fajer vs Slobodan Radojcic, Novi Sad, 1945
5rk1/1bq3pp/pN1Qpr2/P7/2P1p3/4P3/6PP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf1+ ]
h)
Alexander Alekhine vs Eusebo Gomez, Sevilla, 1941
5k2/3n1ppp/p7/2b1rPB1/PpR1B3/8/1P3P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb6 ]
Double attack puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lajos Portisch vs Svetozar Gligoric, Siegen, 1970
5r1k/1p3Pbp/p2p4/3Q2PP/6q1/8/PPB5/1K2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb4 ]
b)
David Bronstein vs Igor Zaitsev, URS, 1969
rn1q1rk1/ppp3pp/4R1n1/2b5/3P1p2/5N2/PP4PP/RNBQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb3 ]
c)
Gedeon Barcza vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, Habana, 1966
r1b1r1k1/pp3p1p/5qpB/3p4/3b4/1Q4P1/PP3PBP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4 ]
d)
Leonid Stein vs Larry Evans, Amsterdam, 1964
b2r4/5kq1/5p2/1p6/2p5/2P1B1QP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc7+ ]
e)
Gedeon Barcza vs Vassily Smyslov, Budapest, 1949
r3r1k1/pp1n1pp1/2p4p/q2p1P2/3b2n1/1PNP2PP/PB1Q1PB1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 ]
f)
Rusko Filchev vs Juri Toshev, Sofia, 1948
r3r1k1/pppb1ppp/3p4/4b3/3NP2q/5BP1/PPPQ1P1P/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf6 ]
g)
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Conel H O'D Alexander, Hilversum, 1947
r1b3k1/p3q2p/4p1p1/1N2n3/2B3Q1/2P1P3/6PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]
h)
Oldrich Malcanek vs Vlastimil Stulik, Olomouc, 1944
r3r1k1/1n4bp/p6p/1p2P2q/2p2RbB/2P2N2/PPB1Q3/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]
Skewer puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vladas Mikenas vs Mogilevsky, Kuibyshev, 1942
5rk1/R1p3b1/3q2np/3Pp1p1/6P1/1N1Q1PB1/6KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ra6 ]
b)
Friedrich Saemisch vs Miroslav Katetov, Chocen, 1942
1k6/p7/1p2p1b1/1N1pP3/2r1q3/2P4R/PK1Q2P1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ ]
Pin puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nelson Dantas vs Oswaldo Cruz Filho, Rio de Janeiro, 1947
3r2k1/pp2bp1p/3Np1p1/1PP5/2R2q2/P7/1Q3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc4 ]
b)
Carlos Guimard vs Rodrigo Flores Alvarez, Vina del Mar, 1945
2b2r2/4p1kp/p3P1p1/2NP1p2/1rn5/5R2/6PP/R4BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf4 ]
c)
David Bronstein vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Moscow, 1944
8/p3q1k1/4r1p1/4p3/4Pp2/2QN1b2/PPP5/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf4 ]
d)
Klaus Junge vs Paul Keres, Salzburg, 1942
3r2k1/6pp/p2Nrp2/1pR1P3/8/P4bP1/1P3P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdxd6 ]
e)
Carlos Guimard vs Hermann Pilnik, Buenos Aires, 1941
2r3k1/5pp1/4p2p/4n3/1n6/7P/1P1Q1PPK/RNqB4 w - - 1 0
[ Ra8 ]
Discovered attack and check puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Miguel Najdorf vs Rudolf Teschner, Helsinki, 1952
8/6kp/p4Np1/1pP2p2/1P1r1n1P/P1Q5/5PPK/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2 ]
b)
Juraj Nikolac vs Nikola Karaklajic, Sarajevo, 1951
3r3k/5pbp/p5q1/1p4N1/3p1p1Q/P7/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ ]
c)
O Friedman vs Lodewijk Prins, London, 1946
3r2k1/1p3pbp/1n4p1/1Np5/P7/1P3N2/3B1PPP/nR4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba5 ]
d)
David Bronstein vs Alexander Kotov, Moscow, 1946
r1b2r1k/1q1nbppp/pp2p3/4Q1B1/3N4/2N3R1/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 ]
e)
Izaak Grynfeld vs J Balicki, Sopot, 1946
r1b1r1k1/ppqn1ppp/2pb1n2/3p4/3P1B2/P1NBPN2/1P3PPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 ]
f)
Jaromir Florian vs Miroslav Katetov, Czechoslovakia, 1946
r3k2r/pp1b1p2/2n1p1pp/3pP3/1q1P2QP/3B1R2/P1P1NPP1/R2K4 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 ]
g)
Eero Boek vs V Kiuru, Helsinki, 1946
4r1k1/2p1bbpp/p1n2r2/1p4Qq/4B3/1PP2N2/P4PPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd6 ]
h)
Filip Filipov vs Illja Bachvarov, Sofia, 1945
3rk3/p7/1p3n1p/2pp4/3P1N2/1PP5/P5P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ne6 ]
Entrapment puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
e)
Ilya Kan vs Evgeny Zagorjansky, Moscow, 1942
r1b2rk1/1p3pp1/1qp2n1p/p2p4/1P1P4/b1PB1NP1/P2N1PP1/1R1QK2R w K - 1 0
[ Qa4 ]
b)
Geza Fuster vs Ludovit Potucek, Trencianske Teplice, 1941
2rq1rk1/pb1nbppp/1pp1p3/8/2PPN3/2N3P1/PPQR1PBP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 ]
Overloading puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lev Gutman vs Mihail-Viorel Ghinda, Bagneux, 1981
2b2rk1/1pq2pp1/r2N1n1p/4Q3/p5P1/2P4P/P1P2PB1/2KR2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne8 ]
b)
Jingxuan Qi vs Raymond Keene, China/Philippines, 1981
r6k/5n1p/2bpqP2/4p3/4N3/4B3/6PP/1Q3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ Qd5 ]
c)
Karoly Honfi vs Lubomir Kavalek, Solingen, 1974
2r3k1/1p3pbp/3p1np1/1bqP4/8/1PB3PP/3QNPB1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2 ]
e)
Chris Vlagsma vs Theo Van Scheltinga, Beverwijk, 1946
R3b3/4kppp/5n2/p7/8/P1P1N2P/1rB2KP1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba4 ]
f)
Schmitt vs Friedrich Nuernberg, Augsburg, 1946
5k1r/pp6/2p2n2/2Pp1P2/PP1P4/8/5Q1R/1q2B1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2 ]
Zwischenzug puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Tong Lum vs C Grajeda, Buenos Aires, 1978
1k1rr1n1/pp1n1p1p/2pb2p1/q2p4/3P2PN/2PQB2P/PP1NRP2/1K2R3 w - - 1 0
[ Bf4 ]
b)
Ivan Popov vs Alexander Morozevich, Sochi, 2012
6n1/1p5k/5p2/p3pPrp/4P3/1P4PP/2qNQRK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nf3 ]
c)
Friso Nijboer (NED) vs Timur Gareev (UZB), Calvia, 2004
4rr1k/1pp1q1pp/p5n1/5bQ1/4p3/PBP2NP1/1P1R1P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 ]
d)
Sonia Mahammadi vs Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky, Yerevan, 1996
1k1r1b1r/pppb1ppp/2q5/1B1p4/3Pn3/2N1B3/PPP1QPPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 ]
e)
Igor Ivanov vs Valery Chekhov, Beltsy, 1979
3r2k1/4p2p/p1p3p1/3q1p2/2Q5/1P2P2P/PR4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd2 ]
f)
Karoly Honfi vs Evgeni Vasiukov, Kislovodsk, 1968
6k1/1p5p/p1qB2p1/2P2p2/1P1n4/P2Q3P/4r1PK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Qc4+ ]
Decoy puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anastasia Mamontova vs Darya Makarova, Sochi, 2018
5rk1/p4pp1/1pp4p/5q2/2P5/Q3R2P/PP1r1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]
b)
Svetlana Agrest (SWE) vs Rocio Vasquez Ramirez (ECU), Calvia, 2004
r1b1r1k1/p3q1pp/4p3/1pbpN3/3p1Q1P/3P2P1/PP3PK1/2R1RN2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc5 ]
c)
Ngan Phan Huynh Bang vs Caroline Winkler, Novi Sad, 1990
3rr1k1/4qppp/2b5/R1n5/2pRp2P/2P1P3/2B2PP1/3QN1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc5 ]
Interference puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
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Deflection puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Zbynek Hracek vs Leif Johannessen, Germany, 2003
3rr1k1/pp3pp1/4p2p/7P/1B1bRPP1/1P6/1PP5/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2+ ]
b)
Curt Hansen vs Nathan Birnboim, Jerusalem, 1986
2r4R/2nk1p2/6p1/2Pp4/1P4p1/1b2P2P/5P2/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ c6+ ]
c)
Andromico Yap vs Ulf Andersson, Rome, 1985
6k1/3r1p1p/6p1/2n1P3/1q1p2Q1/1P1R1N1P/6P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...h5 ]
d)
Kaori Onozuko vs Betty Motsumi, Elista, 1998
4r1k1/p4p1p/1p4p1/2p5/4n3/5BPP/PPP2P2/4RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2+ ]
e)
Ilir Seitaj vs Aljosa Grosar, Moscow, 1994
2r1r2k/1p6/p2p1q2/P2P2pb/1PPN1pn1/2R3P1/3Q4/4RBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1 ]
f)
S Parvin vs Sheila Jackson, Manila, 1992
2r3k1/p4pp1/4p2p/8/3N3P/P1n1P1P1/5P2/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 ]
Mate in 3 queen sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Come back later for new examples
Mate in 3 rook sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Evgenia Finkelshtein vs George Mo Kramer, Pittsburgh, 1946
3r2k1/pp3ppp/2n5/2Q1Pb2/1P6/2P1qN2/1B2BbPP/5K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Bxd1 Bd3+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Balakirev vs Eigenson, Barnaul, 1945
2r5/6k1/p5p1/1p4P1/4P3/1Q3P2/PPrqn3/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ if Kxh7 Qf7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Julio Lynch vs Francisco Benko, Buenos Aires, 1945
1k4r1/p1p3q1/8/2R4p/4Q3/PP2P2P/5r2/1R5K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ Kxh2 Qg3+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Samuel Zhukhovitsky vs Alexey Sokolsky, Leningrad, 1947
6rq/5pk1/1n1QP1pn/1pp1p3/4P3/1PP1B2P/2r2PRK/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ if fxg6 Qe7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Tolush vs Yury Randviir, Parnu, 1947
1r6/6pp/5k2/4R1N1/Pr3n2/1P3P2/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd6+ Kxe5 Nf7+ ]
f)
Black mates in 3.
Roger Daniel vs Jaromir Florian, Paris, 1947
3r3k/2Q4p/6p1/4R3/5p1q/4p2P/PP4P1/3r2NK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg1+ ]
g)
White mates in 3.
Ramon Rey Ardid vs Juan Manuel Fuentes, Madrid, 1942
5r1k/1p3p1p/5b1R/5N1Q/P2P4/2p1P2P/3q1PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kg8 Rg7+ Bxg7 Ne7# ]
h)
Black mates in 3.
Igor Bondarevsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow/Leningrad, 1941
6k1/pp1q1ppp/2p5/3n4/Q2P4/PPr4P/3NnBPK/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ gxh3 Ndf4 ]
Mate in 3 bishop sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Isaac Boleslavsky vs Roman Dzindzichashvili, URS, 1967
7r/1qr1nNp1/p1k4p/1pB5/4P1Q1/8/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kxc5 Qd6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Mikhail Tal vs Raymond Keene, London, 1964
2k4r/Qp3p2/B1p1p3/4P3/5brP/8/PP3Pb1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Bent Larsen vs Fridrik Olafsson, Oslo, 1955
r4rk1/1p4pp/2p2n2/2q5/2P1Pbb1/2N2P2/1B2Q1KP/3R1R1B b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ Kxh3 Qh5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Herbert Seidman vs F Yerhoff, Pittsburgh, 1946
2rqrnk1/3b1ppp/p7/n2pN2Q/P2P4/1p5P/1P3PPB/1B1RbNK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Joseph Platz vs Malcolm Stephens, New York, 1943
8/pr1n1q1p/3Bbb2/kp1p4/3P4/2P5/2P1BPPP/1RQKR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bc7+ Rxc7 Rxb5+ ]
f)
White mates in 3.
Josef Lokvenc vs Schwammenhoeffer, Vienna, 1943
r4r1k/p3Nppp/1p6/1qnpB3/8/4Q1P1/P3PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ ]
g)
White mates in 3.
Hans Muller vs Sapronoff, Vienna, 1943
7k/1pp3p1/2q3Bp/p1P5/2Q2p2/PP2rPnP/1B4P1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ ]
Mate in 3 knight sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Vilho Palomaa vs Ilmari Solin, Helsinki, 1946
1r1nr1q1/5p1p/1n5k/1p1p1Q1N/1Pb2PP1/P6P/5RBK/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ g5+ Kxh5 Bf3+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Israel Horowitz vs Davis, USA, 1946
rk1q2r1/pppP1p1p/3b2p1/3QN3/8/8/PPP2PPP/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6+ bxc6 Qb3+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Laszlo Szabo vs Willem Jan Muhring, Zaandam, 1946
3r4/pp3kpQ/5p1p/3q1b2/1B2N3/8/PP3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 or hxg5 Re7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Jiri Dolezal vs Rohlena, Czechoslovakia, 1946
rn3r2/1b2q1p1/p3p1k1/1pbnP1N1/5p1Q/2N5/PP3PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kxg5 Ne4+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
George Salto Fontein vs Wim Wolthuis, Leiden, 1946
1R3N2/pp3p2/2p2k1p/2P5/3n4/1P4QP/P5PK/3r1q2 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7+ if Ke6 Qe5+ Kxd7 Qd6# ]
f)
White mates in 3.
Gosta Stoltz vs Willy Pettersson, Stockholm, 1946
r5rk/pp2q1pp/2pb4/3pNp2/3PnP2/1P2P1P1/PB4QP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
g)
Black mates in 3.
V Bibikov vs Yakov Neishtadt, URS, 1946
r1b1k2r/p1q2pp1/2p4p/n7/3P2n1/2N5/PPP1B1PN/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Kd2 Nc4+ ]
h)
Black mates in 3.
Moyses vs Dr Weil, Vienna, 1946
r4Bk1/1b3ppp/p3p3/4b3/Np2nq2/1B5P/PP3PP1/2RRQ1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Ng3+ ]
i)
White mates in 3.
Vladas Mikenas vs Lebedev, Tbilisi, 1941
r1b1qr2/1p3p2/p3pk2/4N1bp/7P/2PQ2B1/P5P1/1B5K w - - 1 0
[ Ng4+ hxg4 Be5+ Kxe5 Qd4# ]
Mate in 3 underpromotion puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Vincent Colin vs Eduardas Rozentalis, Chartres, 2017
r4rk1/pp4P1/3np1Qn/q2pb3/2pP4/2P1PP2/1PB5/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Qh7+ Kf7 2.g8/N+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Javier Gil Capape vs Marcelo Tempone, Copenhagen, 1982
6rk/3P1p1p/R2Q4/1Np1p3/Pr2P3/5PpP/2P1n3/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...g2+ Kh2 gxf1/N+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Alexander Panchenko vs Alvis Vitolins, Beltsy, 1979
8/5p1p/3kp1pP/2N1n3/3KP3/r7/pr1B1P2/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...a1/N if Rxa1 Rxd2+ or if Nb7 Rxb7 ]
Mate in 3 double sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Yakov Estrin vs Evgeny Zagorjansky, Moscow, 1944
2b2r1k/1P6/2P1p3/3p1r2/3q4/6pn/4Q1P1/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2+ Qxf2 Rh5# ]
Mate in 3 multiple (but not double) sac puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Denis Khismatullin vs Maxim Matlakov, Magnitogorsk, 2011
6k1/2r1r1bN/pppq1pQ1/3pnB2/1P1B2P1/P3P3/5PK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ Qxf6 Rh8+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
R S Kalugampitiya (SRI) vs Mphungt Gerrard (MAW), Tromsoe, 8/5/2014
r1b2k2/pp1pr3/4pbp1/2p1q1pQ/2P1N1P1/3P1R2/PP2PP2/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Rxf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Laura Moylan vs Safa Elnami, Turin, 2006
r1bqk2r/ppppn2N/2nb2p1/4p2Q/2B1P3/2P5/PP3PPP/RNB2RK1 w q - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kf8 Qh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Darmen Sadvakasov vs Ilir Karkanaqe, Elista, 1998
r6k/1pp2q2/pb1n1nQ1/3PR3/3p4/2P3RP/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Hilzandryly Pacheco vs Sylvain Chouinard, Elista, 1998
3r2k1/1q5p/p1br2pB/1p1NR3/4P3/1B3Q2/PP3PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc7+ Kh8 Qf7 ]
f)
Black mates in 3.
Thomas Beerdsen vs Joerg Wegerle, Germany, 2017
2R2bk1/5pp1/3p4/1p1q4/5BnQ/5NPK/PP2r3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ if Kxg4 Qe6+ Kg5 Qg6# or if Nxh2 Nf2# ]
g)
White mates in 3.
Stuart Conquest vs Franck Guyonvarch, Paris, 2001
rnbqkb1r/p1p1p1pp/1p2Pp2/3p2N1/n2P4/3B4/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq -1 0
[ Qh5+ g6 Qxg6+ ]
h)
White mates in 3.
Jacek Bednarski vs Vladimir Doroshkievich, Polanica Zdroj, 1971
1r2kn2/1bq1b1Qp/8/p1pB3P/8/2PP2P1/P4P2/1R2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6+ if Kd8 Qxf8+ or if Bxc6 Rxb8+ ]
i)
White mates in 3.
Eduard Gufeld vs Georgy Ustinov, Vilnius, 1960
6k1/pp1r2p1/1bn1Np1q/8/1P1p3p/1QP4P/P4PPB/4RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if Kf8 Bd6+ or Qg8+ ]
Mate in 2 queen sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
George Thomas vs Erez Klein, London, 1946
r1bq2rk/5p1p/p1p1nPpQ/1p1pPR2/3P4/8/PPBN2PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Yakov Estrin vs Abram Kofman, Kaunas, 1946
r3kb2/pp3pp1/2p5/4P1p1/B2pq1b1/NK4Q1/PPP1r2P/R1B4R b q - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2+ Nxc2 Be6# ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Slaby vs Methodej Gargulak, Brno, 1946
2k4r/1pp5/p2p1nb1/3Pp3/PPP2npq/R3R1N1/4BPP1/3Q1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Carlos Guimard vs Erich Eliskases, Mar del Plata, 1941
2r4k/R5p1/1pp4p/3P2rq/4Pp2/4nP1P/4B2K/Q5R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ ]
Mate in 2 rook sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Ludwig Rellstab vs H W Duenhaupt, Bad Harzburg, 1946
4rkr1/q3np1p/3Q2p1/p2N4/1p2P3/3P2RP/PP4P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Andrew Thomas vs Frank Parr, Nottingham, 1946
4r2r/p1q1bkpp/3pRp2/1p1Q4/2p2BP1/3B4/PP3P1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Miroslav Katetov vs Harry Golombek, Prague, 1946
2r1n1k1/2q1p1b1/p2p1rQ1/1p1P4/3B2P1/3B1P2/PPP5/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
E Mnichowicz vs Emil Sojka, Sopot, 1946
6k1/p4p2/1pp3p1/7p/4P1n1/6qr/PP1Q2P1/3NR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Savielly Tartakower vs Folke Ekstrom, Hastings, 1945
r1r1n1k1/4RRp1/1Bp3Q1/3p4/2P4p/1P4PP/Pq4B1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ ]
f)
Black mates in 2.
Boris Ratner vs Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Moscow, 1945
1r4k1/3b2pp/1b1pP2r/pp1P4/4q3/8/PP4RP/2Q2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
g)
White mates in 2.
Rudolf Teschner vs Walter Loose, Bad Oeynhausen, 1942
1r1k1b2/5q2/p1QP1p2/2p5/8/2P5/P4KP1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]
Mate in 2 bishop sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Grigory Serper vs A Dokutchaev, St. Petersburg, 1994
r2qnr1k/1b3ppB/p3P3/3p2b1/1pp5/4P2R/PPQ1NPP1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Bg8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Georgy Timoshenko vs Yuri Balashov, Podolsk, 1990
6k1/5p2/R6p/N1p1b1p1/P1Br2b1/1P2K1P1/5P2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Uwe Boensch vs Valery Chekhov, Halle, 1987
7r/p2r2pp/3k4/3n4/1p2Q3/4B2P/q4PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf4+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Lev Gutman vs Ratmir Kholmov, Riga, 1975
5k1r/ppq1b3/6Q1/2pBn2p/3p4/1P1P2P1/P1P2P2/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Gedeon Barcza vs Borislav Ivkov, Vrsac, 1969
5rk1/7p/1b1p2p1/N2Pp3/Pp2P1b1/1P1QR1P1/2R2q1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3+ if Rxf3 Qg1# ]
f)
White mates in 2.
Julio Salas Romo vs Heriberto Appel, Vina del Mar, 1945
r2k1q1r/pb3p2/1pnp2pp/5B2/2P2P2/Pn2B3/1P3QPP/3RRK2 w - - 1 0
[ Bxb6+ ]
Mate in 2 knight sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Ralf Lau vs Vereslav Eingorn, Palma de Majorca, 1989
R7/1pr2ppk/p5q1/4n3/Q7/P2pB2P/1P1R1PPK/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Michail Brodsky vs Igor Khenkin, Riga, 1987
2q5/p4pk1/P5pp/3Q1n2/3P4/R1N3P1/5PKP/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Artashes Minasian vs Sergey Galdunts, Yerevan, 1982
8/b1R2Npk/p7/4p2n/3nP3/7P/6QK/3q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Turkan Mamedjarova vs Megi Esebua, Batumi, 2002
2b1rr1k/p5pp/2n5/2p2p2/2B1nN2/1P2R3/PBP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Rafael Vaganian vs Viktor Korchnoi, Moscow, 1975
6rk/6pp/5p2/p7/P2Q1N2/4P1P1/2r2n1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
f)
Black mates in 2.
Bent Larsen vs Mijo Udovcic, Sarajevo, 1960
4r3/Q3Npk1/5np1/3p4/5p2/7P/P5PK/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ ]
g)
Black mates in 3.
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Ludek Pachman, Hague, 1947
6k1/1p3ppp/8/1N1B4/qQ1B4/P3P3/3nKPPb/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd1+ Kd3 Qf1+ ]
h)
White mates in 2.
Juan Corte Cesar vs Jacobo Bolbochan, Mar del Plata, 1946
1rqk3r/p1p2ppp/2Q1b3/3pN3/3P4/B7/P4PPP/b3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ ]
Mate in 2 underpromotion puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Christopher Yoo vs Michael Brown, Internet, 2020
6r1/1pp2P1k/p1p2Q2/3q3p/3B4/8/PPP3bP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ f8/N+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Louis Paulsen vs Blachy, New York, 1857
1rb4r/pkPp3p/1b1P3n/1Q6/N3Pp2/8/P1P3PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ Ka6 cxb8/N# ]
Mate in 2 multiple sac puzzles
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Helgi Olafsson vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, Valletta, 1980
6k1/5pp1/N1p5/3p2p1/N1r5/6Pq/4nP1P/4QR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh4 ]
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