ChessBase 2008 Christmas Puzzles

(1) Zlak,Friedrich The Problemist, 2008 White to play and mate in eight # 1.Nf1 g3 [1...gxf1Q+ 2.Qxf1 g3 3.Qh3 gxf2+ 4.Kh2 f1N+ 5.Kg1 ] 2.Bd4 gxf1Q+ [2...gxf1R+ ] 3.Qxf1 g2 4.Qa6 bxa6 5.f7 Kb7 6.f8Q Kc6 7.Qa8+ Kxd6 8.c8N# *

(2) Abdurahmanovic,F - Ellinghoven,B idee & form 2000-1, 2nd Prix, 21.12.2008 Helpmate in five 1...Ba2 2.Nb3 Kf8 3.Kxe6 e1R+ 4.Kf6 Re8 5.Nc5 Bg8 6.Nd7# *

(3) Bazlov,Y 1st Pr = Corus-70 JT, 2008 White to play and win 1.Bh4+ [1.Qxc8 Qa4+ 2.Kd5 Qd1+ ] 1...Qxh4 2.Rf7+ Kxf7 3.Qf5+ Qf6 [3...Nf6 4.h8N+ Kf8 5.Qxc8+ Ne8 6.Ng6+ ] 4.Qxf6+ exf6 [4...Nxf6 5.h8Q Bf4 6.Qg7+ Ke6 7.h7 Nxh7 8.Qxh7 Nd6 9.Qg6+ Ke5 10.Kd7 ] 5.h8Q Bf8 6.h7 [6.Qh7+ Bg7 7.hxg7 Nxg7 ] 6...Ne7+ 7.Kd7 Ng7 8.Qg8+ Nxg8 9.h8N# *

(4) Schinkman,W - s#6 Source unknown, 21.12.2008 Selfmate in six 1.Nxb5 axb5 2.Na6 bxa6 3.Kd4 Kb7 4.Qd5+ Kc8 5.b7+ Kc7 6.Kc5 Ba7# *

(5) Ryabinin,Nikolai 1st Pr Zadachi i etyudy, 2006 White to play and win 1.Qh5+ Kg8 2.Qh7+ [2.Kg6 Ne5+ 3.fxe5 Rxg4+ 4.Bxg4 Be4+ 5.dxe4 Qxg4+ 6.Qxg4= ] 2...Kf7 3.Qg6+ Kg8 4.Rh8+ Kxh8 5.Qh5+ Kg8 6.Kg6 Ne5+ 7.fxe5 Rxg4+ 8.Bxg4 Be4+ 9.dxe4 Qh3 10.Qh8+ Qxh8 [10...Kxh8 11.Bxh3 Kg8 12.Bxe6+ Kh8 13.Kf7+- ] 11.Bxe6# *

(6) Laborczi,Zoltan - 1st Prize Bakcsi-75 JT, 2008 Serieshelpstalemate in eleven 1...Ne5 [1...Re5 2.-- Bg5 3.-- Nc4 4.-- Be4 5.-- Rd5 6.-- Nce5 7.-- Bg6 8.-- Rf5 9.-- Be7 10.-- Nf6 11.-- Be8 12.dxe8Q ] 2.-- Bg5 3.-- Nbc4 4.-- Be4 5.-- Ng4 6.-- Rd5 7.-- Nce5 8.-- Bg6 9.-- Rf5 10.-- Be7 11.-- Nf6 12.-- Be8 13.dxe8Q *

(7) Limbach,Saturnin - 1st Prize Szachista, 1938 Selfmate in five 1.Bf8 e3 2.Bh6 e4 [2...e2 3.Qg1 e4 is the same.] 3.Qg1 e2 4.Bd2 e3 5.Qf2+ exf2# *

(8) Caillaud,Michel [A00] 1st Pr Messigny, 28.12.1997 Final position after White's ninth move. What was the game? 1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qb6 3.axb6 axb6 4.Ra3 Rxa3 5.h4 Rb3 6.cxb3 h6 7.Qc2 h5 8.Qxc6 Nxc6 9.Nc3 *