Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Pal Benko.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Benko vs Edith Keller-Hermann, Graz, 1947
6k1/1p2q2p/p2pPrp1/2p5/P1P5/1PQ3P1/6KP/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf6 ]
b)
Benko vs C Laszlo, Hungary, 1949
3kr3/1p2b2p/1q2b2Q/p2p1B2/P2P4/8/nP1B1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxa5 if Qxa5 Qxe6 mates ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Benko vs Erno Gereben, Budapest, 1954
1r2q3/1R6/3p1kp1/1ppBp1b1/p3Pp2/2PP4/PP3P2/5K1Q w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ ]
d)
Benko vs Florencio Campomanes, Moscow, 1956
r5k1/p2b2p1/2p2p2/Rn1pn2p/7P/2PPB1P1/2PK1PBN/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb5 if cxb5 Bxd5+ ]
e)
Benko vs Robert Fischer, Buenos Aires, 1960
r4rk1/pp3qbp/2ppb2B/3N4/2n5/6QP/PP2PPB1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 Qxg7 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nc7 ]
Benko Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Benko vs Alberto Foguelman, Buenos Aires, 1960
2R1n3/1p2r1k1/r3pp1p/3p2p1/3P2P1/3NP2P/q4PK1/1QR5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8 Rxe8 Qxb7+ Kf8 Rc7 ]
b)
Benko vs Miroslav Filip, Curacao, 1962
r1b2rk1/1p1n1pb1/2pN2p1/p2nP3/5PPp/qPN4P/2Q2BB1/2RR3K w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 if cxd5 Ra1 Qb4 Ra4 ]
c)
Benko vs Istvan Bilek, Stockholm, 1962
3r3k/1r1q3p/QP6/2p2p2/2N1pP2/2b1P3/6RP/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Rb8 Qc4 ]
d)
Benko vs Svetozar Gligoric, Stockholm, 1962
6k1/2q4p/b1r2p2/3pnrp1/3B4/1P2Q2P/P1R2PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 Nxc6 Qe8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Benko vs Romero Miguel Colon, Boston, 1964
r1b3rk/5ppp/p3p3/7N/q1p2P2/P5Q1/1PP3PP/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 ]
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