Chess Puzzles by GMs Blog

  Lev Psakhis - Israeli GM (1958-)  Psakhis' Page Smbat Lputian vs Lev Psakhis Vilnius, 1980 Removing the guard Solution (in reverse) Ng6 3.Kg8 Qh4+ 2.hxg4 1...Rxg4 Pal Benko vs Lev Psakhis Aruba, 1992 Overloading Solution (in reverse) Bxf3 3.Nge2 0-0-0 2.Bb2 1...Qf6

 Evgeny Alekseev - Russian GM (1985-)  Alekseev's Page Ivan Provotorov vs Evgeny Alekseev Voronezh, 1999 Double attack Solution (in reverse) Qh4# 2.Kxh2 if 1...Nxh2 Janis Klovans vs Evgeny Alekseev Biel, 2005 Removing the guard Solution (in reverse) Qc2# 2.R5d3 if or  mates Qa4+ 2.Kxa2 if  1...Rxa2

 Vlastimil Jansa - Czech GM (1942-)  Jansa's Page Vlastimil Jansa vs Zoltan Ribli Bucharest, 1971 Decoy, double attack Solution (in reverse) 4.Rxc7 Kb5 3.a5+ 2...Kb6 if or  3.Qc2# 2...Kxc4 if  2.Rxc4+ fxe6 1.Nxe6+ Vlastimil Jansa vs Dragoljub Janosevic Smederevska Palanka, 1978 Pin Solution (in reverse) mates 3.Rh5+ Kxh7 2.Qxh7+ 1...Qd7 if 1.Rxe5

Ivan Cheparinov - Bulgarian GM (1986-)  Cheparinov's Page Black mates in 6. David Recuero Guerra vs Ivan Cheparinov Mondariz, 2000 Decoy Solution (in reverse) Rb8 3.Rd2 Bxc3 2.Kxa1 1...Ra1+ Black mates in 4. Mihai Suba vs Ivan Cheparinov Dos Hermanas, 2002 Deflection Solution (in reverse) Qxb2+ 3.Kb3 Qd2+ 2.Kxc2 1...Bc2+ Notice the similarity between the decoy and deflection. In the first example idea is to put the queen into a pin.   The second example takes the queen to an ineffectual square.  

  Dmitry Schneider - US IM (1984-)  Schneider's Page White mates in 4. Dmitry Schneider vs Anton Allemann Nakhchivan, 2003 Sac and mate Solution (in reverse) 2.Rg7+ 1...Kxe7 if 1.Be7+ White mates in 4. Dmitry Schneider vs Dimo Werner Torokbalint, 2004 Trapping Solution (in reverse) 3.Nb8+ Ka6 2.Nd7+ Kb6 1.Rc5+

Meilis Annaberdiev - Turkmen IM (1985-)  Annaberdiev's Page White mates in 3. Meilis Annaberdiev vs Ryan Rhys Griffiths Istanbul, 2012 Sac and mate Solution (in reverse) 2.Bc6+ 1...Qxb8 if 1.Rb8+ Meilis Annaberdiev vs Casper Schoppen Dieren, 2017 Pin Solution (in reverse) 2.Rh8+ 1...Kh6 if or  3.Rf8 Rxf5 2.Nxf5 1...Rf5 if  1.Qe4+

 Karsten Mueller - German GM (1970-)  Mueller's Page Karsten Mueller vs Jiri Gregor Prague, 1990 Double attack Solution (in reverse) 2.Nxe7+ 1...Qd8 if 1.Rc7 Karsten Mueller vs Dennis Breder Germany, 2006 Trapping Solution (in reverse) 2.Qb7 1...Ne8 if or 2.g3 1...Qf4 if 1.Qd7

 Hugo Spangenberg - Argentine GM (1975-)  Spangenberg's Page White mates in 3. Hugo Spangenberg vs Eduardo Pena Parana, 1991 Mating net Solution (in reverse) 3.Qh6# Bg8 2.Qh8+ Qe8 1.Rd7 White mates in 3. Hugo Spangenberg vs Marcelo Tempone Buenos Aires, 1993 Spangenberg played g6 and won  but has a mate in 3.  What is it? Solution (in reverse) 3.Rh7# Bxh6 2.Qxh6+ h6 1.Nf6

 Kamran Shirazi - French IM (1952-)  Shirazi's Page Kamran Shirazi vs Serban-Constantin Neamtu Biel, 1987 Removing the guard Solution (in reverse) mates 2.Qh5  1...Qxd7 or 1...Bxd7 if  1.Rxd7 Kamran Shirazi vs Ev Behroozi Iran, 1974 Pin Solution (backwards) +6dN.1

  Allan Stig Rasmussen - Danish GM (1983-)  Rasmussen's Page White mates in 4. Allan Stig Rasmussen vs Valentin Raceanu Oropesa, 1999 Sac and mate Solution (in reverse) 2.Qh4+ 1...hxg6 if or  2.Nxg6+ 1...Rxg6+ if  1.Nhxg6+ Allan Stig Rasmussen vs Cegmed Batchuluun Beijing, 2008 Pin or zwishenzug Solution (in reverse) 4.Qg5 Rxe5 3.Bxe5 Rfe8 2.Rf5 1...Qd6 if or  3.Bxe5 Ra6 2.Qh6 1...gxf6 if  1.f6

 Varuzhan Akobian  US GM (1983-)   Akobian's Page Varuzhan Akobian vs Andrei-Costel Florean Philadelphia, 2006 Removing the guard Solution (backwards) 3bN.1 White mates in 5. Varuzhan Akobian vs Jonathan Hilton Ledyard, 2009 Sac and mate Solution (in reverse) \ 3.exd8/Q Kh8 2.e7+ exf6 1.Qxf6

  Adrian Mihalcisi - Slovenian GM (1954-)  Mihalcisin's Page Adrian Mihalcisin vs Seiram Chekhelian Moscow, 1979 Trapping Solution (in reverse) w/2.Bc1 1.Qb1 Adrian Mihalcisin vs Robert Tibensky Trnava, 1988 Pin, double attack Solution (in reverse) 2.Bxe6 1...Bxe6 if or  4.Qf6 Bxf7 3.Rxf7+ Bxe6 2.Rc7 1...cxd5 if  1.Bxd5

 Murtas Kazhgaleyev - Kazakh GM (1973-)  Kazhgaleyev's Page Murtas Kazhgaleyev vs Mehrshad Sharif France, 2003 Removing the guard Solution (in reverse) 3.Qxd7 Qxc5 2.Bxc5 Qxc6 1.Nxc6 Murtas Kazhgaleyev vs Rafail Gabdrakhmanov Kstovo, 1994 Double attack Solution (in reverse) 2.Nb6 1...Bf5 if or  2.Bxd5+ 1...cxd5 if  1.Nd5

  Alexei Suetin - Russian GM (1926-2001)  Suetin's Page Alexei Suetin vs Yuri Kotkov URS, 1962 Removing the guard Solution (in reverse) 2.Qxc4 1...Rxe8 if or  2.Qxc4 1...Kg7 if  1.Re8+ White mates in 3. Alexei Suetin vs Abo Shagalovich Minsk, 1957 Suetin played Bd5+ and won but has a mate in 3. What is it? Solution (in reverse) 2.Qf8+ Kh6 1.Ne6+

Arnaud Hauchard - French GM (1971-)  Hauchard's Page White mates in 4. Arnaud Hauchard vs Espen Forsaa Ohrid, 2009 Sac, sac & mate Solution (in reverse) 3.Ng6+ Kh8 2.Qf7+ Bxg7 1.Rxg7+ White mates in 3. Arnaud Hauchard vs Philipp Schlosser Hertzliya, 1998 Removing the guard Solution (backwards) +8dR.1

  Michal Krasenkow - Polish GM (1963-)  Krasenkow's Page Michal Krasenkow vs Erik Chaplin Paris, 1990 Removing the guard Solution (in reverse) 2.Qc7+ Qxe6 1.Nxe6+ Michal Krasenkow vs Karol Pinkas Mikolajki, 1991 Double attack Solution (in reverse) 2.Qb4 1...Kh8 if 1.Qg4+

  Bukhuti Gurgenidze - Georgian GM (1933-2008)  Gurgenidze's Page White mates in 3. Bukhuti Gurgenidze vs Yuri Nikolaevsky Beltsy, 1977 Sac and mate. Solution (in reverse) 3.Bh6# Kf8 2.exf7+ Rxf7 1.Qf7+ Bukhuti Gurgenidze vs Mihai Suba Varna, 1975 Decoy Solution (in reverse) mates 2.Qe5+ 1...Rh7 if or  mates 2.Qxh5+ 1...Rxg6 if  1.Rxg6

 Leonid Stein - Ukrainian GM (1934-73)  Stein's Page White mates in 4. Leonid Stein vs Vladimir Liberzon Yerevan, 1965 2 sacs & a mate Solution (in reverse) 3.Rh7+ Kg7 2.Rxh6+ Bxh6+ 1.Qxh6# Leonid Stein vs Jan Westman Habana, 1966 Stein played Bd3+ and won but has a mate in 4. What is it? Solution (in reverse) 3.Bh5+ Kg6 2.Rh4+ Kxh6 1.Qxh6+

 Milko Popchev - Bulgarian GM (1964-)  Popchev's Page Aleksandar Kolev vs Milko Popchev,  Primorsko, 1987 Double threat and then a pin Solution (in reverse) mates Qf3+ 2.Nxe4 if 1....Ne4 White mates in 3. Milko Popchev vs Arseniy Gaydym,  Albena, 2015 Sac & Mate Solution (in reverse) 2.Rxh6+ 1...Kh8 if or  2.Qxh6 1...gxf6 if  1.Nf6+

Evgenija Ovod - Russian WGM (1982-)   Ovod's Page Evgenija Ovod vs Alex Anjuhin,  Novaya Ladoga, 2001 Interference and discovered attack Solution (in reverse) 3.Qxd2 2...Qc8 if 2.Rb3 Qb8 1.Nd3 Evgenija Ovod vs Elena Lopatskaya,  St. Petersburg, 2000 Here Evgenija played Qh6+ but has a mate in 4.   What is it? Solution (in reverse)   3.Qf6+ f5 2.Qxg5+ Ke5 1.Rh6+