w t h a r v e y . c o m1 0 , 0 0 0 c h e s s p u z z l e sf r o m h i s t o r i c a n d m o d e r ng a m e s . 8 / 1 1 / 2 0 1 5edited by Bill Harvey The reader is presented with 24 diagrams from the games of Zsusza Polgar and invited to discover the move that results in a mate or outright win.The disk on the diagram indicates who moves first and who plays from the bottom of the board.Solutions are provided at the end of the pamphlet.Bill Harvey is webmaster of wtharvey.com where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles. Susan Polgar:24 brilliancies from her games 1) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Circakov Targoviste, 1981 2) Branimir Vujic vs Zsuzsa Polgar Panonija, 1981 3) Smirnov vs Zsuzsa Polgar Televen, 1981 Black mates in 5. 4) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Krastjo Dimitrov Targoviste, 1984 White mates in 7. 5) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Ian Rogers Amsterdam, 1985 White mates in 2. 6) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Peter Hardicsay Hungary, 1985 White mates in 2. 7) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Nikola Spiridonov Albena, 1986 White mates in 4. 8) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Peter Jamieson Adelaide, 1987 White mates in 4. 9) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Fernando Costa Brocco, 1987 White mates in 3. 10) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Jay Whitehead New York, 1987 11) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Nick De Firmian New York, 1989 12) Zsuzsa Polgar vs David Norwood London, 1989 White mates in 4. 13) Marcelino Sion Castro vs Zsuzsa Polgar Salamanca, 1989 Black mates in 4. 14) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Vasilios Kotronias Corfu, 1990 15) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Miodrag Todorcevic Pamplona, 1991 16) Lajos Portisch vs Zsuzsa Polgar Budapest, 1991 Black mates in 6. 17) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Leonid Yudasin Munich, 1991 White mates in 5. 18) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Efim Geller Aruba, 1992 19) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Aruba, 1992 20) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Cristina Adela Foisor Tilburg, 1994 21) Alisa Maric vs Zsuzsa Polgar Tilburg, 1994 Black mates in 8. 22) Yadira Hernandez-Guerrero vs Zsuzsa Polgar Moscow, 1994 23) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Anatoly Karpov Monte Carlo, 1994 24) Zsuzsa Polgar vs Jorma Kekki Tampere, 1996 White mates in 4. Solutions 1) 1.Bg5 if 1...Nf6 2.Qd4 2) 1...R8d2+ if 2.Nxd2 Qxg3+ mates;if 2.Ke3 Qh6+ mates; if 2.Kg1 Nxg3 3) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kxh2 Rxh3+ 3.Kg1 Rbh8 4) 1.Qxg6+ Rg7 2.Rxh7 Nf6 3.Bxf6 Qxf6 4.Qxe8+ 5) 1.Ra5 6) 1.Ne4 7) 1.Nxf6 if 1...gxf6 2.Bh6+ or if 1...Qe6 2.Nh7+ 8) 1.Bc6+ if 1...Kxa7 2.Qa4+ 9) 1.Qg5 10)1.Qc1 if 1...Rxg3 or 1...Nf6 2.Rd1 11) 1.Bb2 w/2.Ra1 12) 1.Qe7 13) 1...Qe7+ 2.Kd5 Qd7+ 3.Kc4 Qc6+ 14) 1.Bxf5+ Rxf5 2.Re7+ Rf7 3.Rxf7+ Kg6 4.Rg7+ w/5.Ne3+ 15)1.Qxf5 Bxe6 (if 1...Rxf5 2.Re8+ Rf8 3.Bxf8 Bxg4 4.Bc5+ Bf8 5.Bxa7) 2.Qxe6 Qf2 3.Bxf8 Qxf8 4.Rxc4 16) 1...Qxf1+ 2.Bxf1 Nf2+ 3.Kg1 Nf3+ 4.Kg2 Ng4+ 17) 1.Nf6+ Kh8 2.Ne8 18) 1.Nd4 19) 1.Bf5+ Kxf7 2.Bxd7+ Kg7 3.Bb5 20) 1.Nf6 if 1...Bxf6 2.Qxh6+ wins the rook 21) 1...Nf3+ 2.Kh1 Rh4 3.h3 Qd6 22) 1...Qxg3 2.hxg3 Nf3+ 3.Rh2 Nxd2 23) 1.Be4 if 1...Rd8 2.Bxb7 Qxb7 3.Nd6 24) 1.e6 if 1...Rxf6 or 1...Qd7 2.Ba3+