Chess Puzzles from the games of Josip Rukavina.

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Josip Rukavina
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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a)

Josip Rukavina vs Milan Matulovic, Yugoslavia, 1972
3r2k1/2b2ppp/p3r3/3p3q/Q1pRn3/2B1PN2/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc4 if dxc4 Rxd8+ mates or if Rg6 Qxc7 ]

b)

Josip Rukavina vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1973
3q1r1k/p4B1p/5Pp1/4Q3/5P1P/Pp6/1P3PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7 if Qc8 Be6 or if Qxe7 fxe7 ]

c)

Josip Rukavina vs Valeri Korensky, Sochi, 1973
8/p4p1k/1p3p2/5r1P/2p1R2B/2P2r2/PP3bK1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rf1 if Bxh4 Rxf3 ]

d)

White mates in 3.
Josip Rukavina vs Vjekoslav Vulevic, Zagreb, 1977
1r1qr1k1/1bp4R/p2bp1p1/1p2n1N1/7Q/2N1B3/PPP2PP1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7 ]

e)

White mates in 4.
Josip Rukavina vs Davor Rogic, Belgrade, 1988
6k1/p4N1p/4b3/6pq/4P3/3Qn1PP/1BP2bB1/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Kxf7 Rxa7+ ]

1e)

mate in 4
Josip Rukavina vs Davor Rogic

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Josip Rukavina The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Josip Rukavina
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.