| W T Harvey 2006-02-28, 7:32 pm |
| Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of Rusudan Goletiani,
defending Women's Champion of the US Chess Championship
(http://www.uschesschampionship.com/ March 1-12, 2006).
It's White to move and win except where noted.
a) http://wtharvey.com/golebb.png
Goletiani vs Tamar Balkhamishvili, Tbilisi, 1998
5rk1/1p1R1p1p/1qp3r1/5p2/1PP5/2Q1P3/5PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
b) http://wtharvey.com/golebd.png
Goletiani vs Veronika Machalova, Yerevan, 1999
1r4k1/1qr1bppp/2npbn2/1B2p3/R3P3/N1R1BN2/1P2QPPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
c) http://wtharvey.com/golecb.png
Goletiani vs Colin Stapczynski, Los Angeles, 2003
r1bq1r1k/p3npbp/1pn2Np1/2p1p1B1/8/2PP2P1/PP3PBP/RN3RK1 w - - 0 1
d) http://wtharvey.com/goleda.png
M Leclare vs Goletiani, Duis burg, 1992
Black to move and win.
7k/pp5p/3p3Q/2p3P1/2P1q1P1/6K1/PP2rR2/8 b - - 0 1
e) http://wtharvey.com/goleec.png
Tatia Vayserberg vs Goletiani, San Diego, 2004
Black to move and win.
1r6/5pk1/4p1p1/3bP3/R1p2P2/P1R2N1P/5K2/1r6 b - - 0 1
More Goletiani puzzles at http://www.wtharvey.com/gole.html
Solutions are posted at the top of http://www.wtharvey.com/prodex.html
WH
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