Kapitel 1: Level 1 Puzzles

1. 

   Lösung 1

   Yakovenko – Pataki
   Khalkidhiki U-18 Ech 2001

   1.Dxh7+! Kxh7 2.Th4+ Kg8 3.Lf6! Le4+ 4.Ka1 1-0

2. 

   Lösung 2

   Chatalbashev – Efimov
   Cutro 1999

   1.Th8+! Kxh8 2.Dh3+ Lh6 3.Dxh6+ Kg8 4.Dg7# 1-0

3. 

   Lösung 3

   V. Milov – Gaponenko
   Zwolle 2003

   1.Tg8+ Txg8 2.Sf7# 1-0

4. 

   Lösung 4

   Moroz – Lerner
   Ordzhonikidze Z 2000

   1...Dg3+! 2.fxg3 T8e2# 0-1

5. 

   Lösung 5

   Draško – Lputian
   Ubeda 1996

   1...Th1+! 2.Kxh1 Dh5+ 3.Kg1 Dh2# 0-1

6. 

   Lösung 6

   Finegold – Balashov
   Cappelle la Grande 1992

   1.Dh8+!! Kxh8 2.Lxf6+ Kg8 3.Th8# 1-0

7. 

   Lösung 7

   Ahlander – Conquest
   Stockholm 1998/9

   1.Dxe5+! Txe5 2.Lf6# 1-0

   • 1...Tg7 2.Dxe8+ Tg8 3.Dxg8#

8. 

   Lösung 8

   Lalić – Summerscale
   Hastings 1994/5

   1.Th8+! Lxh8 2.Dg8+ Kh6 3.Dxh8# 1-0

9. 

   Lösung 9

   Jansa – Janošević
   Smederevska Palanka 1978

   1.Dxh7+! Kxh7 2.Th5+ Kg8 3.Th8# 1-0

10. 

    Lösung 10

    Wl. Schmidt – Rukavina
    Czechoslovak Ch (Brno) 1975

    1.Th8+ Kxh8 2.Dh7# 1-0

11. 

    Lösung 11

    Nguyen Anh Dung – Yu Shaoteng
    Budapest 2000

    1.Dg6! 1-0

12. 

    Lösung 12

    Mari Arul – Purnama
    Asian Cities (Tagaytay) 2004

    1.Df6! Td5 2.Dxf7# 1-0

    • 1...Ld5 2.Lxd5

13. 

    Lösung 13

    Svidler – Christiansen
    Bermuda 2003

    1.Lxd5+ Txd5 2.Tf8+! 1-0

    • 2...Dxf8 3.Dh7#
    • 2...Kxf8 3.Dh8#
    • 2...Kg7 3.Dh8#

14. 

    Lösung 14

    McNab – Sherwin
    British League (4NCL) 2002/3

    1.Dg7+!! Txg7 2.e7+ Kh8 3.exd8D+ Tg8 4.Dxg8# 1-0

    • 2...Tf7 3.exd8D#

15. 

    Lösung 15

    Garcia Ilundain – Miles
    Escaldes Z 1998

    1.Kg1! De1+ 2.Kg2 De2+ 3.Lf2

    • 1.Dg2?? Txh3+ 2.Kxh3 Dh5#

16. 

    Lösung 16

    Alterman – Avrukh
    Tel Aviv 1999

    1...Dxf4! 0-1

    • 2.exf4 Ld4+

17. 

    Lösung 17

    Muir – A. Kuzmin
    Gibraltar 2004

    1...Lf3! 2.Kh1 Dh3+ 0-1

18. 

    Lösung 18

    Bocharov – Svetushkin
    Internet (playchess) 2003

    1.Sg6?? Dxh2+!! 2.Kxh2 Th5+ 3.Sh4 Txh4# 0-1

19. 

    Lösung 19

    Hector – Gunnarsson
    Plovdiv Echt 2003

    1.Th8+!! Kxh8 2.Th5+ Kg8 3.Dh8+ Kf7 4.Th7# 1-0

    • 1...Kf7 2.Dxf4+
    • 1...Kg7 2.Dxf4 Txf4 3.Txe8

20. 

    Lösung 20

    Velikov – Pira
    St Lorrain 2000

    1...e1S+! 2.Ke3 f4+ 3.gxf4+ gxf4# 0-1

21. 

    Lösung 21

    Marcelin – Gschnitzer
    2nd Bundesliga 2003

    1.Te8+! Txe8 2.Dg8+!! Kxg8 3.dxe8D# 1-0

22. 

    Lösung 22

    Seitz – Rellstab
    Bad Pyrmont 1933

    1...Dh1+!! 2.Kxh1 Lf3+ 3.Kg1 Td1+ 4.Te1 Txe1# 0-1

23. 

    Lösung 23

    Ingbrandt – T. Ernst
    Swedish Cht 2000

    1.Dxh6! gxh6 2.Lh7# 1-0

    • 1...Lxb4+ 2.axb4 gxh6 3.Lh7#

24. 

    Lösung 24

    Manik – Gallagher
    Mitropa Cup (Pula) 2003

    1.Th6+! gxh6 2.g6+ 1-0

25. 

    Lösung 25

    Sergienko – Rustemov
    Russian Ch (Samara) 2000

    1...Dh2+! 2.Sxh2 Sg3# 0-1

26. 

    Lösung 26

    Malakhatko – Zubarev
    Ukrainian Ch (Alushta) 1999

    1...Sf3+ 2.Kf1 Tc1+ 3.Ke2 Te1+ 4.Kf2 Ld4+ 5.Kg2 Tg1# 0-1

    • 3.Kf2 Ld4+ 4.Ke2 Te1#

27. 

    Lösung 27

    Agopov – Sommerbauer
    Batumi Echt 1999

    1...Dxg5+! 2.Kxg5 h6+ 3.Kf4 g5# 0-1

28. 

    Lösung 28

    Gligorić – Vuković
    Yugoslav Cht (Nikšić) 1996

    1...Dxe2+!! 2.Txe2 Td1+ 3.Te1 Lc4+ 4.Kg1 Txe1# 0-1

    • 2.Kxe2 Lc4#

29. 

    Lösung 29

    Balashov – Zagrebelny
    Moscow 1996

    1.Te7! Le8 2.Dg6# 1-0

    • 1...Dxe7 2.Dg6#

30. 

    Lösung 30

    Füster – Balogh
    Debrecen 1964

    1...Db2!! 0-1

    • 2.Dd1 Dxf2+ 3.Kh1 Dxg2#

31. 

    Lösung 31

    Kotronias – Mastrokoukos
    Greek Ch (Glyfada) 1995

    1...Tc1! 2.Txc1 Df2+ 3.Kh1 Th5+ 4.Dh4 Txh4# 0-1

    • 1...Dxf1+ 2.Kxf1 e2+ 3.Ke1 Tc1+ 4.Kf2 e1D+

32. 

    Lösung 32

    Bräuning – Tolnai
    Kecskemet 1992

    1...Txg2! 2.Txg2 Df1+ 3.Tg1 Dxh3# 0-1

    • 2.Kxg2 Df2+ 3.Kh1 Dh2#

33. 

    Lösung 33

    Khenkin – L. Schneider
    Gausdal 1991

    1.Dh6+ Kg8 2.Ld5+ Tf7 3.Dh7+! Kf8 4.Dh8# 1-0

34. 

    Lösung 34

    Alarcon – Pacheco
    Peruvian Ch (Lima) 2004

    1.Kg2! f4 2.f3+ Kf5 3.g4# 1-0

35. 

    Lösung 35

    Sveshnikov – Scherbakov
    USSR Ch (Moscow) 1991

    1.Dg7+!! Kxg7 2.Sf5+ Kg8 3.Se7# 1-0

    • 3.Sh6#

36. 

    Lösung 36

    Handke – Timofeev
    Khalkidhiki U-18 Ech 2000

    1...Tc2+ 2.Kg1 Sf3+! 0-1

37. 

    Lösung 37

    Morozevich – Bologan
    Russian Cht (Dagomys) 2004

    1.Dh8+! Kxh8 2.Txf8+ Sg8 3.Le5+ Dg7 4.hxg7# 1-0

    • 2...Dg8 3.Le5#

38. 

    Lösung 38

    Dejkalo – Jasnikowski
    Polish Ch (Warsaw) 1990

    1...De1+ 2.Lf1 Dxf1+!! 3.Kxf1 Lh3+ 4.Kg1 Te1# 0-1

39. 

    Lösung 39

    Koloborot – Balbe
    corr. 1971

    1.Db7+!! Sxb7 2.Sc6+ Ka8 3.axb7+ Kxb7 4.Txa7# 1-0

40. 

    Lösung 40

    Kotronias – King
    New York 1990

    1.Dh6! gxh6 2.Sxh6# 1-0

41. 

    Lösung 41

    Wahls – K. Berg
    Berlin 1989

    1.Tf1 Dxf2+! 2.Txf2 Tb1+ 3.Tf1 Le3# 0-1

    • 1...Txf2

42. 

    Lösung 42

    Petkevich – Palkovi
    Naleczow 1988

    1.Txf8+! Kxf8 2.Dh8+ Ke7 3.Lg5+ f6 4.Dxf6+ Ke8 5.De7# 1-0

    • 3...Kd7 4.Dd8#

43. 

    Lösung 43

    Kasparov – Ljubojević
    Brussels blitz 1987

    1.Dg6! Lxe5 2.Dh6+ Lh7 3.Dxh7# 1-0

    • 1...fxg6 2.Sxg6#
    • 1...Db6 2.Td6

44. 

    Lösung 44

    Suba – Sax
    Hastings 1983/4

    1.Lf7+! Sxf7 2.Dxc6+ Kd8 3.Sxf7# 1-0

    • 2...Ld7 3.Dxd7#

45. 

    Lösung 45

    Knaak – Garcia Martinez
    Leipzig 1983

    1.Tf8+! Kxf8 2.Dxg7+ Ke8 3.Dg8# 1-0

46. 

    Lösung 46

    Kavalek – Ree
    Wijk aan Zee 1982

    1.Sf5! Kg8 2.Dh7+ Kf8 3.Dh8# 1-0

47. 

    Lösung 47

    Westerinen – Tal
    Moscow 1982

    1...Txg2+ 2.Kh1 Th2+! 3.Lxh2 Dg2# 0-1

48. 

    Lösung 48

    Høi – Hazai
    Copenhagen 1982

    1.Dc6 Sg4+!! 2.hxg4 Dh6+ 3.Lh4 Dxh4# 0-1

    • 2.Kh1 Df1#

49. 

    Lösung 49

    Cebalo – C. Horvath
    Pula tt 1998

    1...Dd1+ 2.Le1 Lxf2+! 3.Kxf2 De2+ 4.Kg1 Dg2# 0-1

50. 

    Lösung 50

    Zaichik – Magerramov
    USSR U-26 Ch (Riga) 1980

    1...f6 2.Dd5+! Txd5 3.Tc8+ Td8 4.Txd8+ De8 5.Txe8# 1-0

    • 2...Kh8 3.Dxd8+

51. 

    Lösung 51

    Bunzmann – P. Nikolić
    Bundesliga 1999/00

    1...Lxh3! 2.gxh3 Dxh3# 0-1

    • 2.Dxe3 Lxg2+ 3.Kg1 Th1#

52. 

    Lösung 52

    Suba – Knaak
    Sandomierz 1976

    1...Ld4+! 2.Kh1 Dxf3+! 3.exf3 Lg2# 0-1

    • 2.e3 Dxf3

53. 

    Lösung 53

    McNab – Plaskett
    Southend (Redbus) 1999

    1.Dxe6+!! Lxe6 2.Lxe6+ Kh8 3.Txf8+ Txf8 4.Txf8# 1-0

    • 2...Txe6 3.Txf8#

54. 

    Lösung 54

    Planinc – Nikolac
    Rovinj/Zagreb 1975

    1...Th1+!! 2.Lxh1 Dh2+ 3.Kf1 Dxf2# 0-1

    • 2.Kxh1 Dh2#

55. 

    Lösung 55

    Commons – Vranesić
    Chicago 1973

    1.Dh8+! Lxh8 2.Txh8+ Kg7 3.Lf6# 1-0

56. 

    Lösung 56

    Broekmeulen – Kazhgaleev
    Zwolle 2004

    1...Dxf2+! 2.Dxf2 Te1+ 3.Txe1 Txe1# 0-1

    • 2.Kh1 Te1+ 3.Txe1 Txe1+ 4.Dxe1 Dxe1#

57. 

    Lösung 57

    Narciso Dublan – Medvegy
    Andorra 2001

    1.Txh4! Kxh4 2.Kxf6 g5 3.Kf5 g4 4.Kf4 1-0

58. 

    Lösung 58

    Neverov – Solak
    Bled open 2002

    1.Tc7+! Kd6 2.e8S# 1-0

    • 1...Kb4 2.Tb7+ Kc3 3.Txb3+ Kxb3 4.e8D
    • 1...Kb6 2.Tb7+

59. 

    Lösung 59

    Yermolinsky – Tate
    USA 2001

    1.Da4! Dxa4 2.Sc7# 1-0

    • 1...Sc6 2.Dxa5 Sxa5 3.Sc7#

60. 

    Lösung 60

    Rozentalis – Adams
    Elista OL 1998

    1.Lxf5? Dxe1+!! 2.Txe1 Sxf5 3.Txe8+ Txe8 0-1

61. 

    Lösung 61

    Zhang Pengxiang – Barua
    Asian Cht (Jodhpur) 2003

    1.De8+ Kh7 2.Tbxg7+! Lxg7 3.Dg6+ Kg8 4.Dxg7# 1-0

62. 

    Lösung 62

    Bauer – Chabanon
    French Cht 1994

    1...Tc2+ 2.Ka3 Ta1+ 3.Kb4 Tc5! 0-1

63. 

    Lösung 63

    Orlov – Shneider
    Podolsk 1989

    1...Lc6?? 2.Df8+! Kxf8 3.Th8# 1-0

    • 2.Th8+ Kxh8 3.Df8+ Kh7 4.Dg7#
    • 2.Sh6+ Kh7 3.Sf5+ Kg8 4.Se7+ Kf8 5.Th8#

64. 

    Lösung 64

    Sinkevich – Kalygin
    St Petersburg 2000

    1.Db8?? Dxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Td1+ 3.Ke2 Te1# 0-1

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