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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1943.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Black mates in 2.
Josef Lokvenc vs Paul Keres, Prague, 1943
1B4k1/6p1/5q1p/pPP2p2/8/1P2pnKn/2Q5/5B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Svend Brask vs Gustafsson, Attleboro, 1943
r1b3kr/pp1n1p2/3Q1B2/5N1p/4B3/8/P1P1KPPP/7q w - - 1 0
[ Qg3+ Kf8 Qg7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Francisco Perez Perez vs Roberto Navarro Moncada, Madrid, 1943
r2Nnb1r/3k2p1/1Q1p1p1p/pP1N3q/4P1b1/2R5/P1P2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc6+ Kxd8 Qxa8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Joseph Platz vs Malcolm Stephens, New York, 1943
8/pr1n1q1p/3Bbb2/kp1p4/3P4/2P5/2P1BPPP/1RQKR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bc7+ Rxc7 Rxb5+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Jaromir Florian vs Miroslav Katetov, Prague, 1943
1Q5R/3q1p2/5Pkp/3p4/8/p1Pb4/P5PP/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qf4 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1943, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Bedrich Thelen vs Ludek Pachman, Prague, 1943
8/5pkp/b4Np1/p2PQ3/4pP2/1P6/P1r1q1PP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ Kf8 Qd6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Josef Lokvenc vs Schwammenhoeffer, Vienna, 1943
r4r1k/p3Nppp/1p6/1qnpB3/8/4Q1P1/P3PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Hans Muller vs Sapronoff, Vienna, 1943
7k/1pp3p1/2q3Bp/p1P5/2Q2p2/PP2rPnP/1B4P1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Evgeny Zagorjansky vs Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Sverdlovsk, 1943
8/4R1pk/p5p1/8/1pB1n1b1/1P2b1P1/P4r1P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3+ if Kg1 Rg2+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Vladislav Djogov vs Alexander Cvetkov, Sofia, 1943
6k1/pp6/2p2p2/4pPp1/2P1P3/PPRR2K1/3r3r/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdg2+ Kf3 g4+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1943, pt. iii
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Juan Manuel Fuentes vs U Nicolas, Madrid, 1943
4R3/1Pp2kpp/3p1q1r/3P3b/4Q3/4N1b1/1PB2P1P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Kxf8 b8/Q+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Paul Keres vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Madrid, 1943
7R/r1p1q1pp/3k4/1p1n1Q2/3N4/8/1PP2PPP/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Qxd8 Qe6+ Kc5 Nb3+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Lopez, Prague, 1943
r4rk1/pbp2q2/1p2B2Q/4Pn2/8/2PR4/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Ng7 Rg3 if Kh8 Qh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Leschnik vs Vieltorff, Vienna, 1943
3r1r2/ppq1k2p/2pNpp2/4Q1B1/8/8/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ if Kf7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Qxe6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Cenek Kottnauer vs Frantisek Zita, Zlin, 1943
6rk/qb3ppp/pp2p3/7N/8/BP2PPQ1/P3B1PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bf8 if h6 Bxg7+ or if g6 Qe5+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1943, pt. iv
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Vesselin Popov vs Mihail Kantardjiev, Sofia, 1943
3qr1k1/p4R1n/1prBp2p/4P1p1/6QP/P5P1/1P3RK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
U Nicolas vs Manuel De Agustin, Madrid, 1943
2r1kb1r/pp3ppp/q3p3/3pPn2/3P1n2/1QR2N1P/PP1N4/R1BK4 b k - 0 1
[ ...Qe2+ Kc2 Qd3+ Kd1 Ne3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Arturo Pomar Salamanca vs Antonio Medina-Garcia, Madrid, 1943
2kr4/ppp1np1p/4n3/4P3/2P1P3/P1qrbPB1/R2N3P/3QKR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 Rxd2 Rxd2 if h3 Ra2+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Martin Vasicek vs Vlastimil Stulik, Zlin, 1943
6k1/2p4p/3pr3/p1b3p1/2P1Prb1/PP1Q2Pq/R4P1P/2BN2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6+ Kg2 Bh3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Friedrich Saemisch vs Antonio Medina-Garcia, Madrid, 1943
2k4r/ppp2ppp/3r2n1/1Pb2q2/Q1Pp4/P4PP1/1B1N1PKP/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ if gxf4 Rh6 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1943, pt. v
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jozsef Szily vs Vloch, Budapest, 1943
rnb1k1nr/pp3ppp/4p3/q7/1b1p4/P1NB1N2/1PP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ axb4 Qxa1 Nxd4 Nc6 Nb3 ]

b)
Jan Foltys vs Cenek Kottnauer, Prague, 1943
2r1k3/2qbb1pp/p3p3/4p1P1/1p2P2P/2N4B/PPP2Q2/2K2R2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kd8 Qg8+ Be8 Rd1+ if Bd6 Qxe6 ]

c)
Karel Prucha vs Jiri Fichtl, Prague, 1943
2bq1b1k/1r3Qpp/r7/3pNpP1/p1pP1P2/2P1R3/P6P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxb7 if Bxb7 Nf7+ ]

d)
Schwammenhoeffer vs Karl Kopetzky, Vienna, 1943
2r5/r4pk1/p3p1p1/1p1nN2p/3PQ2P/5RP1/PP1q1P2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ if Rxf7 Qxg6+ mates ]

e)
Cenek Kottnauer vs Josef Holas, Zlin, 1943
r3r1k1/3b3p/1p3Bpq/pnnR4/6Q1/P3P3/1P3PP1/1BR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Nxd7 Ba2+ Kf8 Qxd7 Ra7 Qxb5 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1943, pt. vi
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vincenzo Nestler vs Lucio Del Vecchio, Firenze, 1943
6k1/pb3rpp/1p1p4/4rp2/8/2P5/PP3PPP/3RRBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 if dxe5 Rd8+ mates ]

b)
Alexey Sokolsky vs Jan Kandora, Omsk, 1943
r6k/pp1n2pp/4b2r/1P1N1P2/3PN1pq/1Q2P3/PB4P1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf6 if fxe6 Nxe4 mates or if Nexf6 g3 mates ]

c)
Friedrich Saemisch vs Alexander Alekhine, Prague, 1943
6r1/1bp2k1p/3r4/1p2pp2/pP6/2P2P2/RPN1RKPP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd5 if Ra1 Bc4 Ree1 Rd2+ ]

d)
Jiri Fichtl vs Jaroslav Sajtar, Prague, 1943
2rr2k1/1b2bpp1/p2ppn1p/1pq1n3/3NPQ2/PPN3PP/1BPR1PB1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nfg4 if hxg4 Bg5 or if h4 g5 ]

e)
J Erikson vs Paul Anderson, Scotland, 1943
rn3rk1/pbpp2pp/1p2p3/5p2/2PP3q/2PBP3/P1QB1PPP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2 Kxg2 Qg4+ Kh1 Qf3+ Kg1 Rf6 ]

f)
Evgeny Zagorjansky vs Ilya Kan, Sverdlovsk, 1943
3rr1k1/pp3ppp/5n2/1q6/2Rn1B2/1B1Q3P/PP3PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb3 if Qxd8 Qxc4 ]


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