'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the 1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika
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.
Thomas Clarke vs Istvan Csom, Salonika, 1988
8/8/pQn2qB1/Pp1pkN2/3r4/3P4/1P4K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qc7+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Carsten Hoi vs Boris Gulko, Salonika, 1988
r3rn2/p7/3qp2k/1p5n/3P1p1p/1PPQ1P2/P1B2P2/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Nxh7 Rg6# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Susan Lalic vs Adriana Salazar, Salonika, 1988
rn1qk2r/pp2pp1p/6p1/3p4/4N3/4Q2P/PPP2PP1/2KR3R w kq - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Jose Castillo vs Roberto Navarro, Salonika, 1988
4r1k1/2p5/pp1q3p/2NPrpp1/2P5/7P/QR3PP1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Y S Chiu vs Denis Allan, Salonika, 1988
8/5kpQ/8/5p2/1p1p1P2/1PqNn1rP/2P5/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6+ ]
1b)
mate in 2
Carsten Hoi vs Boris Gulko
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Joseph Feller vs Manuel Dienavorian, Salonika, 1988
6k1/pp1b1rp1/2p5/6B1/3P4/4pq2/PPP4Q/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
F Sharaibi vs Luc Winants, Salonika, 1988
2k1r3/1p3p1p/2p5/p1nr2p1/P1KN1pb1/2P5/BPP3PP/R1B5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re4 ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Veraphol Sunthornpongsathorn vs Juan Reyes, Salonika, 1988
6rk/p6p/1p3q2/3P4/1PPbQ3/8/P5BP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Amadou Toure vs Rongguang Ye, Salonika, 1988
R1Q5/5p1k/4p3/3p1p2/3b1P1p/4r2P/4B1PK/1q6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Beat Zueger vs Colin McNab , Salonika, 1988
6rk/1pR4p/p2p4/3Pp1q1/P4p2/5P1P/1PQ1N1r1/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ ]
2c)
mate in 2
Veraphol Sunthornpongsathorn vs Juan Reyes
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Danielle Ghattas Bedrossian vs Girmie Fontanilla, Salonika, 1988
r5k1/p1R2ppp/1p4q1/3b4/8/P1P1P2Q/1B1r2PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
H Abbou vs Sameer Sursock, Salonika, 1988
8/1p1Q4/3p2kB/p1qPp3/2Pb4/1P6/6KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Kf5 Qg5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Neil Fairclough vs Daniel Larouche, Salonika, 1988
r4qrk/5p1p/2n1pPp1/p2pP3/1p3R2/3b3Q/PPPB2PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Neil Fairclough vs F Yehita, Salonika, 1988
r3n3/2q1Nk2/1pp2P2/p4pQ1/P3n3/7P/1PP3P1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Kxf6 Rxf5+ Kxe7 Qf7# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
J Jaldin vs Jaime Escofet, Salonika, 1988
8/p5b1/1p1Q3p/1q2n1k1/3BB3/2P3PK/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Be3+ Kh5 g4+ ]
3d)
mate in 3
Neil Fairclough vs F Yehita
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Eric Lobron vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt, Salonika, 1988
Q7/5pkp/2NBp1p1/1P2p3/P3qb2/R3n2P/2r2P2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kf6 Be7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
V Mukab vs Richard Battin, Salonika, 1988
r3qrn1/pppb1Npk/2nb3B/7Q/2BPP3/8/PPP3PP/RN3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ Kh8 Bxg7+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Jozsef Pinter vs Keith Allen, Salonika, 1988
4r2k/pp1R4/4N1p1/2P3N1/7K/8/PP4r1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ Kg8 Rg7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
El H A Sidding vs Yan Joseph, Salonika, 1988
3rrk2/pp3p2/2p4p/8/3BPP2/3Q1K2/q7/2R3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc5+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Anna Akhsharumova vs Susan Lalic, Salonika, 1988
3rRr1k/5P1p/7P/1B4p1/pP6/P7/4N1K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8 ]
4b)
mate in 3
V Mukab vs Richard Battin
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Zirka Frometa vs D Atukpokoh, Salonika, 1988
r1b1k3/p1p1b1r1/2p2nNp/3q1p2/1P1P1B2/2P5/P3QPPP/RN2R1K1 w q - 1 0
[ Qxe7+ Rxe7 Rxe7+ Kd8 Bxc7# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Zirka Frometa vs Luba Kristol, Salonika, 1988
3r2k1/pb1q2p1/1p1BRbB1/3p4/1P1p2Q1/P1P2P1P/6P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Nilufer Ipek vs Paule Domingue, Salonika, 1988
r4rk1/ppp3pp/2b2p2/4NN2/8/P1Q5/1P3PPP/n1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh8 N5g6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Judit Polgar vs Pavlina Chilingirova, Salonika, 1988
r1b2rk1/pp1p1p1p/2n3pQ/5qB1/8/2P5/P4PPP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bh6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Kevin Denny vs Antonio Fernandes, Salonika, 1988
3q1rk1/1p3p2/p1r1p1p1/2p4p/3b1Pn1/1P1P1R2/PBP3PP/Q2NR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 ]
5c)
mate in 3
Nilufer Ipek vs Paule Domingue
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Alon Greenfeld vs Kevin Denny, Salonika, 1988
1r4rk/p3RQ1p/2p1nP2/8/4P2P/8/PPq2P2/KR6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Andrea Magalotti vs Raul Garcia Paolicchi, Salonika, 1988
1r2r1k1/ppp3qp/3p2p1/1P1P3n/4N2R/1Q1P1PPb/P6P/4R1KB b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs F Loheac-Amoun, Salonika, 1988
2b2rk1/1pp4p/3p4/3PP3/1PP3nq/5N2/6B1/Q3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
F Gibson vs Assem Afifi, Salonika, 1988
8/5pkp/6p1/Q5n1/1p5K/4q1P1/P6P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ if g4 Qf2+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Pricha Sinprayoon vs Turhan Yilmaz, Salonika, 1988
3r3k/2pb2b1/p1p4p/6p1/1P2Q3/P2BP3/1q3p1P/1N1K1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ ]
6d)
mate in 3
F Gibson vs Assem Afifi
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Angeligue Craane vs Christine Santos, Salonika, 1988
4r1k1/5pp1/p2pr2p/8/2pP4/4Pq1P/1PP1N1bK/R1Q1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2 ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Luisa Cuevas-Rodriguez Ma vs Nina Hoiberg, Salonika, 1988
8/8/2p4B/pkb2B2/1n2P2P/1P6/6r1/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na2+ Kb1 Nc3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Vivian Ramon vs Irina Levitina, Salonika, 1988
1r2r2k/1p5p/3p4/PppP1q2/3b4/6NR/1P4QP/2B4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Robert Kuczynski vs Leif Kristensen, Salonika, 1988
3r1k2/1p4bp/5pb1/p2B1p2/Pq5N/4Q2P/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6+ hxg6 Qe6 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Alexandre Nascimento vs M Madad, Salonika, 1988
2b2rk1/qr5p/p2ppppQ/3Nn3/4P1P1/5P2/PP2B1K1/2R4R w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ if Kf7 Qxh7+ Kxf6 g5+ or if Rxf6 Rxc8+ ]
7b)
mate in 3
Luisa Cuevas-Rodriguez Ma vs Nina Hoiberg
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jessica Harmsen vs Margarita Voiska, Salonika, 1988
2b2rn1/p4pk1/4pN1b/q2pPnBR/2pP4/2P2NP1/PrBQ2K1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh6+ if Nfxh6 or Ngxh6 Qg5+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Sheila Jackson vs Regina Ribeiro, Salonika, 1988
5r1k/rp1q4/4ppQ1/p2pPn1P/P1pP4/2P3R1/1PB2P2/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf5 exf5 Qh6+ Qh7 Qxf8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Paivi Walta vs Lynne Morrison, Salonika, 1988
1r5k/q4Pp1/3p2Pp/3Bp3/4P3/p7/2PQ3K/r1B3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ gxh6 g7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Juan Carvajal vs Josef Boey, Salonika, 1988
2k5/ppp3p1/8/4nR1p/PK5P/2P1PP2/r2rBP2/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...c5+ if Kxc5 b6+ Kb5 Rdb2+ or if Ka5 b6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Peng-Kong Chan vs Delisle Warner, Salonika, 1988
5B2/1Q6/5pk1/4q3/pP2P3/Pb3p2/6P1/3r1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f2+ Kxf2 Qf4+ ]
8b)
mate in 4
Sheila Jackson vs Regina Ribeiro
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Florin Gheorghiu vs Garry Kasparov, Salonika, 1988
6k1/1p5p/p2p1q2/3Pb3/1Q2P3/3b1BpP/PPr3P1/KRN5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2+ Qxb2 Qxb2+ if Rxb2 Rxc1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Mohd Omer Khan vs Carlos Gouveia, Salonika, 1988
6rk/pp1b3p/2pbq3/3p1p1Q/3P3P/P1N1P1r1/1P2R1P1/1B3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe3+ if Kh1 Rh3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Olivier Renet vs Pawel Stempin, Salonika, 1988
r6k/3pq2r/2R3Q1/1pP2pR1/8/2P5/4PP1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra1+ Kg2 Qe4+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
John Rodgaard vs John Nunn, Salonika, 1988
8/4r1kp/1p4p1/2p2p2/8/PPRnP1K1/3R2PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3+ Kh4 Kh6 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
V Baltagailis vs P Gurzman, Salonika, 1988
3br2k/pp4p1/6p1/q7/3p2P1/3P1P1P/6Q1/6KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ if Kh2 Bc7+ or if Qf1 Qg3+ ]
9a)
mate in 4
Florin Gheorghiu vs Garry Kasparov
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
V Baltagailis vs E Karayani, Salonika, 1988
R7/6kp/2p3p1/2n1p1P1/1qPrP2P/5p2/N1Q5/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Kh2 Rd2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Sofia Polgar vs Zhaoqin Peng, Salonika, 1988
8/kp4Q1/p7/8/P4p2/1P5p/4rqPP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Christine Santos vs P Gurzman, Salonika, 1988
r7/ppp2pk1/6p1/2b2nB1/4r3/3B4/PPP3PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ hxg3 Rh8+ Bh4 Rhxh4+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Graham Morrison vs Vladimir Kalinin, Salonika, 1988
5bk1/pp4p1/q3pPQp/8/5B2/6PP/PP2pPB1/3rR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ f7+ Kh8 Qxh6+ gxh6 Be5+ ]
e)
Black mates in 5.
Nakom Trisa-Ard vs Ramesh Jhunjhnuwala, Salonika, 1988
6k1/2r1qp2/pn4p1/1p2p3/7p/PP2PP2/4QP1P/1B3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ Kh1 h3 Rg1 Rc1 ]
10d)
mate in 5
Graham Morrison vs Vladimir Kalinin
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. x1.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Rahman Abdul vs N Zimuto, Salonika, 1988
8/1r3p2/br2pkp1/1n5p/1P6/3NNP2/1R4PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5 if Ra7 Nd7+ ]
b)
Ofer Bruk vs K Fufuengmongkolkij, Salonika, 1988
3r2k1/pb1r1pp1/2p1p2p/1NP5/4B1n1/4P3/P4PPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 Nd6 if f5 Bd3 ]
c)
Alexander Fauland vs Carlos Gouveia, Salonika, 1988
1r4k1/3bb1pp/2p1p3/q1PpPp2/3N1P2/3BP3/r1R3PP/2RQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxa2 Qxa2 Ra1 if Qb2 Rb1 ]
d)
Alon Greenfeld vs John Rodgaard, Salonika, 1988
Q6r/4qpk1/1p2pp1p/8/1b1R4/6P1/4PPBP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg4+ Kh7 Qe4+ ]
e)
Ahmedul Haque vs Renato Cappello, Salonika, 1988
r1bk3r/pp2ppbp/2p1P1p1/4n3/2P3n1/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxe5 Nxe5 f4 ]
11d)
Alon Greenfeld vs John Rodgaard
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Petter Haugli vs J Pineau, Salonika, 1988
8/6k1/3R1np1/1p2r1Np/8/1P3R1P/r5P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if Kf7 Nd8+ ]
b)
R Hernandez vs Heinz Wirthensohn, Salonika, 1988
4q1rk/6pp/1p1p4/p1rPpR2/2P1Pp2/1P3P1Q/1P5P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rh5 if h6 Rxh6+ mates ]
c)
Anthony Ker vs Haydn Barber, Salonika, 1988
3Q4/6kp/3pq1p1/1p3b2/p4R2/P4NP1/1P3PKP/2r5 w - - 1 0
[ g4 if Bd3 Qf8# or if Rc8 gxf5 ]
d)
Francis Maynard vs Rahim Abdul, Salonika, 1988
2r1r3/1p1q1nbk/1P1p1n1p/3Ppp2/3p2p1/BQ2P1P1/2R1NPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 Rxc7 Rxc7 Qd8 Rxf7 ]
e)
Roman Pelts vs Keith Allen, Salonika, 1988
Q2b2k1/3q1p2/1p4p1/p6p/P4B1P/1P4P1/5PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]
12d)
Francis Maynard vs Rahim Abdul
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Plasa vs C Perdikis, Salonika, 1988
k2r2r1/pq2bp2/Q1R1pn1p/8/1P3B1N/6P1/P4P2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxb7+ Kxb7 Rc7+ Kb6 Rxe7 ]
b)
Raja Ravisekhar vs Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Salonika, 1988
1rbq1r1k/2n2pbp/pn1pp1p1/3P4/2p1PP1Q/2N2N2/1PP1B1PP/R1B2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if h6 Nxf7+ ]
c)
Juan Reyes vs Roberto Rodriguez, Salonika, 1988
1r5k/4bP1p/p1n3q1/7Q/p7/2P1B3/1P4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bd4+ if Nxd4 Qe5+ ]
d)
Adolfo Rodriguez vs Luis Baquero, Salonika, 1988
r5k1/2pq2pp/p1n1p3/1p2PrN1/3b4/3Q4/PP1B1PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]
e)
Hideo Suzuki vs Anis Slimani, Salonika, 1988
8/p4pk1/1p2p1p1/4P2p/3qrP1P/1P4P1/P1R3QK/8 w - -1 0
[ Rc4 ]
13c)
Juan Reyes vs Roberto Rodriguez
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Laszlo Tapaszto vs Antonio Fernandes, Salonika, 1988
3rr3/1n3kpp/p1q1pp2/1pb2P2/8/2PN4/QP2N1PP/3RR2K w - - 1 0
[ Nef4 ]
b)
Craig Thomson vs Fernand Gobet, Salonika, 1988
4r1k1/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/4qB2/2R3P1/5P1P/Q5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re3 ]
c)
Rongguang Ye vs Lars Schandorff, Salonika, 1988
8/p1n3R1/P3p3/5p2/4k1r1/5q2/5PPQ/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg4+ Qxg4 f3+ ]
d)
Aida Ferreira vs Girmie Fontanilla, Salonika, 1988
1rb2rk1/ppq2p1n/4p1p1/3pb2p/7B/2PB3P/PP3PP1/RNQ1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 Qxe5 Bg3 ]
e)
Sabine Fruteau vs Patricia Mendoza, Salonika, 1988
4rbk1/1p3p2/p2R2p1/2B1p3/1P2P1Q1/2q4P/5PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ fxg6 Qxg6+ Bg7 Qxe8+ ]
14d)
Aida Ferreira vs Girmie Fontanilla
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Sandra Malajovich vs Cathy Forbes, Salonika, 1988
3Qr1k1/4Pppp/8/1q6/8/8/5PPP/1b2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re5 if Qc6 Rc5 Qa4 Rc8 ]
b)
Gordana Markovic vs Aspasia Dimitriadi, Salonika, 1988
2rqk2r/1bb2pp1/pp2pn1p/4N3/3P1B2/1B3P2/PP2Q1PP/R2R2K1 w k - 1 0
[ Nxf7 if Kxf7 Qxe6+ mates ]
c)
Emmanuel Perez vs Jessica Harmsen, Salonika, 1988
3r3k/2n1r1bp/ppq1p1p1/5p2/P1bP1P2/2BN2P1/1PB4P/R3RQK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb4 if Bxf1 Nxc6 or if Qd6 Qxc4 ]
d)
Celine Roos vs Ceu Silva, Salonika, 1988
r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p1p1p3/4n3/3R4/1P3NP1/PBQ1PPBP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5 Qxe5 Rg4 ]
e)
Bagyashree Thipsay vs R Iacono, Salonika, 1988
rn4k1/ppp2p1p/3q1nrB/3p1b2/1b1P3Q/2N2N2/PP1K1PPP/4RB1R w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 Rxf6 Re8+ Qf8 Bxf8 Bxf8 Nxd5 ]
15e)
Bagyashree Thipsay vs R Iacono
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kevin Denny vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Salonika, 1988
2r1r1k1/Qb1n2pp/p2q4/1p1P1p2/4p3/P1N4P/1PP1BRP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 if bxc3 Nc5 c4 Ra8 ]
b)
Guido Guidi vs I Scott, Salonika, 1988
3r2k1/pp2b1pp/8/4B3/1n1p1P2/3Nq1P1/PP2Q2K/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4 ]
c)
J Callychurn vs R Munshi, Salonika, 1988
5r2/1p1k4/p1bp2p1/5rNn/3R1P2/3PB2P/PP5K/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg5 ]
d)
Fernand Gobet vs Jorge Martin Del Campo, Salonika, 1988
2r3k1/1R3p1p/5np1/3Pp3/7P/q3Q1P1/5PB1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ if Kh2 Ng4+ or if Bf1 Rxf1+ Kxf1 Qa6+ ]
e)
Kilian Hynes vs Julius Armas, Salonika, 1988
2r5/5p1k/p2pp1pp/8/PPr1n3/3QPP1P/4N1P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Nxc1 Rxc1+ Kh2 Rh1+ Kxh1 Nf2+ ]
16e)
Kilian Hynes vs Julius Armas
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mahmood Lodhi vs Gilberto Milos, Salonika, 1988
R7/5p1k/3qbQp1/7p/P7/4P1P1/2r3BK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qc6+ ]
b)
Alexis Murillo vs Petar Popovic, Salonika, 1988
r4rk1/1pq1bppp/p2pbn2/4p3/Pn2PP2/1NNBB2P/1PP1Q1P1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd3 if Qxd3 Bc4 ]
c)
M Nawa vs Silver Kamuhangire, Salonika, 1988
5rk1/1p1b1r2/p2bp1qp/3pNnp1/P2P4/6PP/1P3PB1/1RBQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe5 dxe5 Nxg3 if fxg3 Rxf1+ Bxf1 Qxb1 ]
d)
Edward O'Reilly vs Paul Motwani, Salonika, 1988
r1b1k2r/1pq2ppp/p1n1p3/2b5/P1B1P1n1/2N2N1P/1P2QPP1/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Nxd4 Qh2# ]
e)
Gad Rechlis vs Colin McNab, Salonika, 1988
7k/pR5p/3q4/1P3b2/4P3/3pQ1P1/P1rR2K1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2+ Qxd2 Bxe4+ ]
17c)
M Nawa vs Silver Kamuhangire
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Luis Torres vs Helgi Olafsson, Salonika, 1988
6k1/2q2p1p/p5p1/3rp3/1PQ5/7P/P4PP1/2R3K1 b - -0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]
b)
Ronald Simpson vs John Warlick, Salonika, 1988
2r2rk1/pp3ppp/8/q2p1b2/1P1Bn3/3BPN1P/4QPP1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Qxa1+ Bxa1 Rc1+ Qd1 Rxd1+ Kxd1 Nxf2+ ]
c)
Herman Van Riemsdijk vs Z Mirza, Salonika, 1988
r1bq1rk1/p1p2p1p/5bpQ/2pp4/3P4/B1PB4/P1P2PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg5 ]
d)
Felix Gonzalez Lara vs Anna-Maria Botsari, Salonika, 1988
6r1/pb3k2/1p2p3/3p4/2PRp1q1/4PrB1/PP2QPP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh5 if gxf3 Rh8 ]
e)
Maria Horvath vs Felix Gonzalez Lara, Salonika, 1988
2kr4/pp3ppp/2p5/2b1P3/P2r1PbP/6PB/1P2P3/R2NK2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh3 Rxh3 Rxd1+ if Rxd1 Bb4+ ]
18e)
Maria Horvath vs Felix Gonzalez Lara
1988 Chess Olympiad in Salonika puzzles, pt. xix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
G La Rosa vs Zirka Frometa, Salonika, 1988
r1b2r1k/pp1nq2p/2p5/3p4/3P4/PQN1PB2/1P3PP1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if gxf3 Qg5+ mates ]
b)
Gordana Markovic vs Elena Donaldson-A, Salonika, 1988
3r4/1pN3k1/2b2pp1/4p1p1/p1P2qP1/7P/PPQ1RP2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 if Nd5 Rxd5 cxd5 Bxd5 mates ]
c)
Katerina Nika vs Lena Glaz, Salonika, 1988
r4rk1/pb2bp1p/1q2p1p1/2pn2N1/8/6P1/PP2PPBP/1QBR1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3 ]
d)
Lu Ong Hwa vs V Baltagailis, Salonika, 1988
2rr2k1/p2n3p/1n2p1p1/2p5/N1qbPP2/2N1B2P/P1Q3P1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe3+ Rxe3 Qd4 Rce1 Nc4 ]
e)
Regina Ribeiro vs G La Rosa, Salonika, 1988
3r1bk1/pp1r3b/2p2p1p/2P1p1q1/4P1P1/1PBN1P2/P3QK2/2RR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3 if Rxd3 Rxd3 Qxd3 Qxc1 ]
19e)
Regina Ribeiro vs G La Rosa
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