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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1944.
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)
White mates in 2.
Eugenio Szabados vs Mario Baldanello, Venice, 1944
1r3k1r/p1p3pp/3qQb2/1pp5/5R2/4B1P1/PP3P1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Ainsworth vs William Minnis, Belfast, 1944
2kr3r/1pp1n3/2nb1p2/p2p1b2/P2P2p1/1NP4p/1P1B1PPP/R3RBNK b - - 0 1
[ ...hxg2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Benito Villegas vs Sonja Graf, La Plata, 1944
6k1/1p3p1p/6p1/p2N4/q3P3/8/1Q3PPP/2r2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
John Hanks vs Lajos Steiner, Sydney, 1944
6rk/ppp3qp/3p4/3P4/1PP1Pp2/P4N2/6rP/3QR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Isaac Liebstein vs Enrique Reed Valenzuela, Mar del Plata, 1944
3r4/5p1p/Q5p1/1pkrR3/2p5/7P/1PPq1PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa7+ if Kd6 Qe7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1944, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Andor Lilienthal vs Abram Leonidovich Khavin, Moscow, 1944
5rk1/5b1p/6pP/3p4/Bp3Q2/1P3R2/1qr2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Gavrill Veresov vs Vladimir Makogonov, Moscow, 1944
4nk2/p3R1p1/5pbp/2p5/2Q5/P4N1P/Bq3PPK/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ if Kg8 Rxg7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Carlos Guimard vs Miguel Najdorf, Mar del Plata, 1944
3Q4/pb1N1pkp/1p2p1p1/8/2P2P2/1P6/P2n1KPP/3q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4+ Ke3 Qd2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Yakov Estrin vs Evgeny Zagorjansky, Moscow, 1944
2b2r1k/1P6/2P1p3/3p1r2/3q4/6pn/4Q1P1/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2+ Qxf2 Rh5# ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Lajos Steiner vs Maurice Goldstein, Sydney, 1944
8/1p3p1k/1Q3n1p/1P4p1/8/P3p1BK/5q1P/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...g4+ Kh4 Qg2 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1944, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Rodrigo Flores Alvarez vs Jiri Pelikan, Mar del Plata, 1944
1r3rk1/5p1p/5Qp1/ppP1R3/8/4B1Pq/P4P2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4 if a4 Rd5 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Evgeny Zagorjansky vs Abram Poliak, Moscow, 1944
1r3qk1/1r1R1b2/2p1Bp2/2P1p1pQ/1b6/1P2B1P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Kg7 Bg6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
J Ganzo vs Alexander Alekhine, Salamanca, 1944
r2q3r/1Q3R1p/p2k4/2p1b3/2pp1p2/8/PPPN2PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re1 if Ke6 Rxe5+ Kxe5 Qe4+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Sonja Graf vs Julio Bolbochan, La Plata, 1944
8/2B1Q1pk/3pp2p/3q4/3n4/P4rPK/1P3P1P/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ if Kg2 Rxf2+ or if Kh4 Rxg3 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Vlastimil Stulik vs Jiri Hlavacek, Olomouc, 1944
3rn1k1/pppq2p1/r1bp1pP1/7R/1P1QPN2/2N2P2/P1P5/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ Bxd5 Rdh1 Kf8 Ncxd5 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1944, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Alekhine vs Vincente Gonzalez, Gijon, 1944
8/1pp5/k2r3p/3P4/1PP2p2/7P/2b2PPK/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Ra1+ Kb6 c5+ ]
b)
Georgy Lisitsyn vs Gavrill Veresov, Moscow, 1944
r5k1/p4ppp/3N1n2/1p2r2q/6b1/1P2PBP1/P3QP2/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxa8 Bxe2 Rc8+ Ne8 Nxe8 Kf8 Nf6+ ]
c)
David Bronstein vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Moscow, 1944
8/p3q1k1/4r1p1/4p3/4Pp2/2QN1b2/PPP5/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf4 ]
d)
Oldrich Malcanek vs Vlastimil Stulik, Olomouc, 1944
r3r1k1/1n4bp/p6p/1p2P2q/2p2RbB/2P2N2/PPB1Q3/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]
e)
Vlastimil Stulik vs V Mohapl, Olomouc, 1944
r5k1/4b1pp/4q3/p1p1Bp2/P3nP1N/1P1Q3P/6P1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf5 if Qxf5 Qd5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1944, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Alekhine vs J Ganzo, Salamanca, 1944
r2qk2r/2p1bppp/p1n1b3/P2pP3/1p2n3/1B3N2/1PP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Ba4 if Qd7 Nd4 ]
b)
Paul Keres vs Folke Ekstrom, Stockholm, 1944
r4r1k/pp3bpp/2p1p3/3Pqp2/4nNPP/P2BP3/1PQ2P2/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ dxe6 Bxe6 Nxe6 Qxe6 gxf5 ]
c)
Tigran Petrosian vs Nerzesov, Tbilisi, 1944
rn1b1rk1/pp3ppp/2pp1nb1/6B1/3N2B1/2NP4/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bc8 ]
d)
Carlos Guimard vs Gideon Stahlberg, La Plata, 1944
2r4k/p5p1/b2B4/4b2p/5p2/1B3P2/PP4PP/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Be2 Bxe5 Bxd1 if Bf7 Bb3 ]
e)
V Mohapl vs Augustin Tikovsky, Olomouc, 1944
4k3/7p/4P1p1/5p2/1K1N1P2/r3n1P1/p6P/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3 if Kc5 Rxd4 Kxd4 Nc2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1944, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
d)
Vlastimil Stulik vs Augustin Tikovsky, Olomouc, 1944
2r3k1/1b3pp1/pQ5p/3pR3/3P4/P1q2B1P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ if Kh2 Qf4+ ]
b)
Joseph Rauch vs Stark, Ventnor City, 1944
r3k2r/pp1b1p2/1qn1p1pp/3pP3/3P2QP/3B1R2/P1PKNPP1/R7 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qb4+ if Kd1 Nxe5 or if c3 Qb2+ ]
c)
Joseph Rauch vs Walter Suesman, Ventnor City, 1944
r4rk1/1b3ppp/pq2p3/1p2n3/3NP3/2NBQ3/PP4PP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 Qg3 Qxd4+ if Kf1 Ne3+ or if Kh1 Nf2+ ]
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