King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946.
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.
Ludwig Rellstab vs H W Duenhaupt, Bad Harzburg, 1946
4rkr1/q3np1p/3Q2p1/p2N4/1p2P3/3P2RP/PP4P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Minifie vs Berry, England, 1946
r1b1q2r/p2p2pp/k1p5/1pBBp3/P3N3/2P5/1P4PP/RN2KQ1n w Q - 1 0
[ Nd6 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Ragnar Krogius vs K Nilsson, Helsinki, 1946
3r2rk/p4p1p/3p1Pp1/3R4/2p1B2Q/8/1q4PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Vince Szentkiralyi Toth vs Miklos Szigeti, Hungary, 1946
5rk1/pbrn1pp1/1pp5/2P1pN1q/3P4/1P5R/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Paul Devos vs Max Euwe, London, 1946
7k/1R2R1p1/2p4p/p3Nr2/r2p4/5P2/7P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
George Thomas vs Erez Klein, London, 1946
r1bq2rk/5p1p/p1p1nPpQ/1p1pPR2/3P4/8/PPBN2PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Juan Corte Cesar vs Jacobo Bolbochan, Mar del Plata, 1946
1rqk3r/p1p2ppp/2Q1b3/3pN3/3P4/B7/P4PPP/b3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Carlos Hounie Fleurquin vs A Martinez, Montevideo, 1946
2r1k2r/1p3pp1/p3pn1p/8/1BP2qPP/3B4/PP2Q3/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Andrew Thomas vs Frank Parr, Nottingham, 1946
4r2r/p1q1bkpp/3pRp2/1p1Q4/2p2BP1/3B4/PP3P1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
David Scott vs K Charlesworth, Nottingham, 1946
3r2k1/1R6/8/p1pNrp2/P1P1pN2/4K1p1/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Miroslav Katetov vs Harry Golombek, Prague, 1946
2r1n1k1/2q1p1b1/p2p1rQ1/1p1P4/3B2P1/3B1P2/PPP5/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Yakov Estrin vs Gaverdovsky, Moscow, 1946
4r2r/2q2p1p/pp4kN/6P1/P2Q1P2/B5P1/2P5/4bR1K w - - 1 0
[ f5+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Kazimierz Plater vs Izaak Grynfeld, Sopot, 1946
r1b5/p3RR1p/2p3k1/8/1p1r2P1/5P2/P6P/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Natan Borowski vs Eugeniusz Zahorski , Sopot, 1946
8/2R5/r3pQ2/3k4/p1bp3p/P6P/2P2PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ f4 ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Jozef Roszkowski vs Alfred Czarnota, Sopot, 1946
r2n1k1r/1pp3pp/p1qb1p2/5QB1/2BP4/8/PP2RPPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Ruperto Schroeder vs Gideon Stahlberg, Argentina, 1946
r2q1rk1/ppp2ppp/3b4/1N1P4/2BBPn1P/P4pP1/1PQ2Pb1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh4 ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Yakov Estrin vs Abram Kofman, Kaunas, 1946
r3kb2/pp3pp1/2p5/4P1p1/B2pq1b1/NK4Q1/PPP1r2P/R1B4R b q - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2+ Nxc2 Be6# ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Lodewijk Prins vs Savielly Tartakower, London, 1946
6rk/p4p2/8/3B3p/4QRbr/4q3/PPP2R2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Vera Romeo Garcia vs Lorenzo Bauza, Mar del Plata, 1946
5rk1/p1R5/1p1qn3/5p2/3p3P/PN1P1n2/1B2PRK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ Kxf3 Qh3# ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Henschel vs Mona May Karff, New York, 1946
r5k1/pbpn2pp/1p2p2r/3p1p2/2PP3q/3BPPn1/PPQN2P1/R1B1NRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh1 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Andrew Thomas vs Robert Combe, Nottingham, 1946
6k1/1q3p1p/6p1/1r6/3p1P2/R5PK/1P1Q3P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh5+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Gabriel Wood vs Haije Kramer, Zaandam, 1946
3r2k1/p4ppp/1n6/1Q2p3/P1p1Pq2/5n2/4BPKP/B2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Igor Kindij vs Milan Vidmar, Zagreb, 1946
4r2k/pR4bp/2p5/2P2p2/P1Qn2PP/2B5/4pK2/4N2q b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
E Mnichowicz vs Emil Sojka, Sopot, 1946
6k1/p4p2/1pp3p1/7p/4P1n1/6qr/PP1Q2P1/3NR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Ivan Rohacek vs Jaroslav Sajtar, Czechoslovakia, 1946
5rk1/1p1b2pp/p7/P2p4/3NB3/2r1q3/R1Q3PP/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc1+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Slaby vs Methodej Gargulak, Brno, 1946
2k4r/1pp5/p2p1nb1/3Pp3/PPP2npq/R3R1N1/4BPP1/3Q1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Romanas Arlauskas vs Riedmiller, Augsburg, 1946
1r1r1bk1/p4qp1/4pnQ1/2pp4/3P1PN1/2P1P2R/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Antonio Medina-Garcia vs Jose Vilardebo Picurena, Barcelona, 1946
r1b1k2r/p5pp/2p1P3/2qB1pB1/1b2n3/3Q1N2/2P2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxc6+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Elek Bakonyi vs Pal Benko, Budapest, 1946
1b6/5k2/p7/2B1pPrN/8/Pb6/1P1R2P1/4K3 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+if Kg8 Nf6+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Julio Bolbochan vs Renato Sanguinetti, Buenos Aires, 1946
q2Q4/5R2/2p3pk/4p3/1Pp1Pb1P/r1P1N3/5PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng4+ Kh5 Rh7+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Cayetano Rebizzo vs Osvaldo Montiel, Buenos Aires, 1946
r7/p2R4/5Bkp/2b3p1/5R2/6PP/PPP1r3/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ Kh5 Rh4+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Marek Szapiro vs Wiktor Matkowski, Sopot, 1946
5rk1/p1p2R2/1q2QBpp/1p2P3/nP6/5PP1/P3P1KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Svetozar Gligoric vs Veniamin Urseanu, Europe, 1946
5rrk/3bq1np/3p1p1Q/1ppPpP2/p3P1R1/P1P1N2P/1PB2P1K/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Arpad Vajda vs Geza Fuester, Gyor, 1946
7r/2rn4/1p2pp2/pPPk2p1/N2P2P1/7n/2RK4/2R2B2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg2+ Kxd4 Rc4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Vilho Palomaa vs Ilmari Solin, Helsinki, 1946
1r1nr1q1/5p1p/1n5k/1p1p1Q1N/1Pb2PP1/P6P/5RBK/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ g5+ Kxh5 Bf3+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Averbakh vs German Fridstein, Latvia, 1946
3r1r1k/1q2Bppp/p1bpp3/1p3P2/3Q1R2/2n4R/PPP1B1PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rg4+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Vladas Mikenas vs Alexander Koblents, Latvia, 1946
3R4/4k1pp/1r2p3/1p2Q3/5P2/1P4P1/P1q4P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg5+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Tolush vs Anatoly Bannik, Leningrad, 1946
5k2/4b1pQ/2p1p2p/1pP1P3/1nq1BP1P/r2p4/5PP1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg6 if Bxh4 Qh8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Ludek Pachman vs Anton Preinfalk, Ljubljana, 1946
r3q3/3n2QR/2nbk1b1/2p1ppP1/p3P1B1/PpPP2N1/3B1PK1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf5 if Bf8 Nd4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Orlando Rocas vs Carlos Maderna, Mar del Plata, 1946
2r5/1p2R2p/p1bP1kpB/P7/1P4P1/7P/8/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ h4 if g5 Bg7+ or hxg5+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jacob Levin vs G Drexel, New York, 1946
1r6/3R2pp/5pkb/p7/P2R1PP1/r1N1p3/6KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ f5+ Kg5 Kg3 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Herbert Seidman vs F Yerhoff, Pittsburgh, 1946
2rqrnk1/3b1ppp/p7/n2pN2Q/P2P4/1p5P/1P3PPB/1B1RbNK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Manuel Calatayud vs Alejandro Elias, Rosario, 1946
2b3rk/5Qpp/p3P3/5N2/p3pP2/8/1P1q2PP/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Qxg8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Gideon Stahlberg vs Pablo Barckhahn, Santiago, 1946
r4rkn/1b3Np1/pqn1P2p/1pp1Qp1P/3R4/P1B3P1/BP3P2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rg4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Israel Horowitz vs Davis, USA, 1946
rk1q2r1/pppP1p1p/3b2p1/3QN3/8/8/PPP2PPP/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6+ bxc6 Qb3+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Laszlo Szabo vs Willem Jan Muhring, Zaandam, 1946
3r4/pp3kpQ/5p1p/3q1b2/1B2N3/8/PP3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 or hxg5 Re7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Laszlo Szabo vs Gosta Stoltz, Zaandam, 1946
6r1/3r4/p1R5/7p/3kP1q1/P5P1/1PQ2P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc4+ Ke5 f4+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Mladen Subaric vs Stojan Puc, Zagreb, 1946
4q1k1/p1b2rpp/3rn2Q/2p2p2/2B2P2/1P2P1R1/PB5P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ if Kf8 Rxf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Bora Tot vs Pavle Bidev, Zagreb, 1946
5k2/1p1r1p1p/2p2Qp1/8/7P/1P1B4/q1P2R1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Ke7 Re2+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Yakov Estrin vs S Shakhnovich, Moscow, 1946
2r1r3/pp2pkbp/3pN1p1/4n3/3NP1P1/1Pq1BP2/2P4Q/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jiri Dolezal vs Rohlena, Czechoslovakia, 1946
rn3r2/1b2q1p1/p3p1k1/1pbnP1N1/5p1Q/2N5/PP3PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kxg5 Ne4+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Jiri Podgorny vs Mojmir Tereba, Czechoslovakia, 1946
2r1r1n1/1pqnppk1/p2p2p1/P2P4/1PPN4/7R/3QB1PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rh7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Emil Karastoichev vs Petar Kujumdjiev, Sofia, 1946
5r1k/p1p1bP1n/4Bn2/1p2pQ2/4P3/2P3R1/PP1r1PK1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ if Nxh7 Rg8+ or if Kxh7 Rh1+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
George Salto Fontein vs Wim Wolthuis, Leiden, 1946
1R3N2/pp3p2/2p2k1p/2P5/3n4/1P4QP/P5PK/3r1q2 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7+ if Ke6 Qe5+ Kxd7 Qd6# ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Gosta Stoltz vs Willy Pettersson, Stockholm, 1946
r5rk/pp2q1pp/2pb4/3pNp2/3PnP2/1P2P1P1/PB4QP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Todor Jankov vs Oleg Nejkirch, Sofia, 1946
5rk1/p5b1/3p3p/3P1p1B/7P/P2pq1P1/6Q1/5K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Kf2 Bd4+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Antonio Bahamonde vs Jacobo Bolbochan, Buenos Aires, 1946
7k/p5p1/7r/4p3/1P3Pqb/6P1/P5RK/5Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg3+ Kg1 Qh3 ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Louis Bigot vs Peter Leepin, France, 1946
8/5pk1/4p3/p5Pp/3q4/PQ3PK1/1R4P1/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...h4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Paulin Lob vs Roger Daniel, France, 1946
5rk1/1p3ppp/4p3/Q7/P1Nqb1P1/2R2P2/1P3r1P/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Rg1 Rxc3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Francesco Lupi vs William Winter, Lbondon, 1946
6rk/5p2/2p1p2p/2PpP1q1/3PnQn1/8/4P2P/1N2BR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ngf2+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Lewis Isaacs vs Adolf Fink, New York, 1946
6rk/1Qpq4/p2p4/4p3/PP3n1r/2PP1KP1/3N1P2/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ Ke4 Qg6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Albert Sandrin vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1946
2k3rr/1pp1qp2/p1pb4/4pP1p/4PnP1/P2P2K1/1PPB1P1N/R3Q2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ Kxh4 hxg4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Evgenia Finkelshtein vs George Mo Kramer, Pittsburgh, 1946
3r2k1/pp3ppp/2n5/2Q1Pb2/1P6/2P1qN2/1B2BbPP/5K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Bxd1 Bd3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
V Bibikov vs Yakov Neishtadt, URS, 1946
r1b1k2r/p1q2pp1/2p4p/n7/3P2n1/2N5/PPP1B1PN/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Kd2 Nc4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Moyses vs Dr Weil, Vienna, 1946
r4Bk1/1b3ppp/p3p3/4b3/Np2nq2/1B5P/PP3PP1/2RRQ1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Ng3+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Borislav Milic vs Milan Vidmar, Zagreb, 1946
6rk/4q2p/3p2r1/PQpP4/3bPpP1/5P1K/1P1N4/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Yu Steinsapir vs Yakov Estrin, Moscow, 1946
5r1k/pppq2pp/2n3r1/4p3/4Q3/2P1B2P/PPB4K/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ Bxd2 Rf2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
J Balicki vs Marek Szapiro, Sopot, 1946
2k4r/2p5/pp1p4/3Q1P1p/2P4q/R1P2p2/5P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Ludek Pachman vs Martin, Arbon, 1946
4Qb2/2p4k/7r/1p1q1r1p/3B1p2/2P3P1/1P3R1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Riedmiller vs Edgar Krumins, Augsburg, 1946
r3q2k/Q3N2p/3p2pP/4p3/2P1P3/1p3R2/1P4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Wilfried Lange vs H Meynecke, Bad Harzburg, 1946
5r2/1pkb1p1P/2p1pP2/6Q1/8/1q6/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ Kd8 Ra8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Pedro Cherta vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Barcelona, 1946
2Q1qk1r/p4pb1/1p6/2pB4/8/2P5/P5P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kg8 Rf6+Kh7 Qf5+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Chris Vlagsma vs W Koomen, Beverwijk, 1946
r1r5/5R2/p1b3p1/4pn1p/7k/8/PP1BB1PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ R1xf5 if gxf5 Rg7 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Renato Sanguinetti vs Antonio Bahamonde, Buenos Aires, 1946
2q2r1k/4R3/7p/p2QNbp1/3P4/1P3P2/P5P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Bxg6 Qe5+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Max Euwe vs Milan Vidmar, Groningen, 1946
2kb2r1/5R2/p1p1q1r1/B3p2p/1p2P1pP/P2P2P1/2P2Q2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa7 ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Tibor Florian vs Janos Bernath, Gyor, 1946
r5k1/pp1b3R/2p2P2/3p4/8/3B1P2/n5PP/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ f7+ Kf8 Ba3+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Paul Schmidt vs Lauterbach, Heidelberg, 1946
r2qr1k1/p1pn2p1/1p2p1Q1/4P3/2P5/2P5/P4PP1/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Rh7 if Re7 Qh5 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Juan Traian Iliesco vs Rene Letelier, Mar del Plata, 1946
2R2r1k/pp4bp/4Q1p1/8/5P2/6P1/PP3pK1/3q1B2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Bxf8 Qe5+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Juan Traian Iliesco vs Marcos Luckis, Mar del Plata, 1946
1q4bk/1r2b1p1/pp1pB1Qp/3Pp1N1/P1P4P/1P4P1/5R2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg8 Qxg8 Nf7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Miguel Najdorf vs Joao Souza Mendes, Mar del Plata, 1946
r2qrk2/3n1pbQ/p3p1pN/2Nb4/8/4P3/1P3PPP/1BRR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ Ke7 Qxf7+ Kd6 Ne4+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Dmitry Rovner vs Ilia Kan, Moscow, 1946
2b3rk/3q1p1p/3PpPpQ/p1pn4/4N3/P7/1P3PBP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd5 if exd5 Ng5 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Alexey Sokolsky vs Nikolay Kopaev, Moscow, 1946
2r5/p7/2np2p1/5q2/8/1QPk4/P4BPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ c4+ Kd2 Be3+ Kxe1 Qc3+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Henry Cole vs A Tulip, Nottingham, 1946
r5k1/pp2p3/nn1p1pP1/1qpP1P2/4P1b1/P4NB1/3Q1KPR/1B6 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Hans Berliner vs Sven Almgren, Pittsburgh, 1946
5r1k/r4Pp1/3qbRPp/1p1n3Q/p2pB3/4p1N1/PP5P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ gxh6 g7+ Kxg7 Nh5+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Joseph Rauch vs Olaf Ulvestad, Pittsburgh, 1946
r5k1/1pQ2bpp/p1n1Rp2/3B4/1q6/6BP/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Sava Vukovic vs Sadi Kalabar, Zagreb, 1946
3r1r2/1p3p2/p4Nkp/3P4/7Q/4q3/PPP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qg4+ Qg5 Qe4+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Janos Balogh vs Lajos Egri, Budapest, 1946
1r1r2k1/3bb3/p2ppnBQ/8/4P3/2q1B3/2P4P/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ Kxf7 Qh7+ if Kf8 Bh6+ or if Ke8 Qg6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Vaclav Brat vs Susanik, Czechoslovakia, 1946
4kb1r/2B1np2/p1q1np1p/1pp5/8/5Q2/PPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w k - 1 0
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Qh5+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Jan Gadalinski vs Stanislaw Gawlikowski, Sopot, 1946
4rr2/pp4kp/6p1/2ppqBR1/8/P6Q/1P3P1P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Rxg6+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Juan Corte Cesar vs Pedro Martin, Buenos Aires, 1946
1k1r4/pb4Qp/1p3p2/8/1n2pP2/2K3PB/1BP1R2P/6q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ Kb3 Bd5+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Lodewijk Prins vs Paul Devos, Maastricht, 1946
2r2r1k/1p6/p3pP1p/6p1/1b4NB/3BQ3/qPP3bP/3K2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ Ke2 Rxc2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Weaver Adams vs Sol Rubinow, New York, 1946
2r5/pk2Np2/1p3B2/4PQ2/b2P1P2/2P1K3/6qP/2R3r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ if Rxc3 Re1+ or if Qd3 Bb5 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Tibor Florian vs F Macelle, Budapest, 1946
2r2k2/1pqb1p2/p3p3/3pP3/1P1r4/2PB1R2/P5QP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
O Friedman vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, London, 1946
rq2r1k1/p2R2p1/1pp1Pn1p/4Q3/3P4/P7/BP2N1PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qxf6+ Kg8 Qg6+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Ferenc Nusser vs Zoltan Jaksa, Budapest, 1946
2kr3r/pppn3q/1b1p4/3Ppb2/2B3p1/2P2PB1/PP1NQ1PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Bxh2 g3 if Rf2 Rxh2+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xx.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Georgy Lisitsyn vs Mark Taimanov, Leningrad, 1946
2r3k1/5pb1/1N2p2p/8/4Bq1p/2r4P/R1R1nPP1/4Q2K b - - 1 0
[ ...Rxh3+ gxh3 Qxe4+ ]

b)
Alberic O'Kelly De Galway vs Martin Christoffel, Arbon, 1946
5qk1/6pp/1Q1Rpn2/2p2P2/8/1P5P/r1P2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 Ne8 Qxe6+ ]

c)
Alberic O'Kelly De Galway vs Antonio Medina-Garcia, Barcelona, 1946
3qr1k1/2p2ppp/p1Pp1b2/Pr6/1n6/RB2B2P/3Q1PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba4 if Rc8 Rc4 ]

d)
Adrianus De Groot vs Chris Vlagsma, Beverwijk, 1946
3r1rk1/2Q3p1/p1n2q1p/1p3P2/2p5/2Pp3P/PP4P1/3BRRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Re6 if Rc8 Qb6 ]

e)
Lajos Asztalos vs Gyorgy Negyesy, Budapest, 1946
4r3/1p1rkp1R/p1pbp1p1/5nP1/3P1P2/1BP2K2/PP1B4/7R w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6 if Kxe6 Re1+ Kd5 Rxe8 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Carlos H Maderna vs Juan Traian Iliesco, Buenos Aires, 1946
4rnk1/1p3qnp/p1pR2p1/2P1P3/Q4p2/1P3N1B/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Qe7 Qc4+ ]

b)
Gundin vs Gregoire Guerineau, France, 1946
2kr1b1r/pp1nqppb/2p4p/3pN3/3P1B1P/6N1/PPP1QPP1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6 if bxc6 Qa6# ]

c)
Leonid Shamkovich vs Alexey Ivashin, Gorky, 1946
1r1qkb1r/2p1nppp/3p4/1p1Nn1B1/3pP1b1/1B3N2/PP3PPP/R2QK2R w KQk - 1 0
[ Nxe5 if dxe5 Qxg4 or if Bxd1 Bxf6 mates ]

d)
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, Groningen, 1946
8/2R1brkp/2p1p3/p1p1P1p1/4N3/P1P1P3/6KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 if Bxd6 exd6 Kf6 d7 ]

e)
Vince Szentkiralyi Toth vs Janos Hornyak, Gyor, 1946
4r3/1bk1r2p/pp1q2p1/2pP4/2P1p3/5RPB/PP2Q2P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf6 Qe5 d6+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Isakas Vistanieckis vs Yakov Estrin, Kaunas, 1946
r1k5/pR4p1/2p1p2p/8/2P1P3/2K2P2/6r1/1R6 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7 ]

b)
Gerald Abrahams vs William Winter, London, 1946
r3r3/p4pkp/b2Q2p1/2BN4/2qP4/6P1/P4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ if Kg8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Bf8 or if Kh6 Ne7 ]

c)
O Friedman vs Lodewijk Prins, London, 1946
3r2k1/1p3pbp/1n4p1/1Np5/P7/1P3N2/3B1PPP/nR4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba5 ]

d)
Miguel Najdorf vs Carlos Guimard, Mar del Plata, 1946
q6k/1p4p1/1PrQ3p/3p4/3P4/7P/6P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Kh7 Qxc6 Qa1+ Kh2 bxc6 b7 ]

e)
Miguel Najdorf vs Carlos Hounie Fleurquin, Mar del Plata, 1946
1n2rk2/pb2q1pp/1n3p2/1p1p4/2pP1PQN/1PP3P1/P5BP/R1B1rRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if Qf7 Ba3+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Miguel Najdorf vs Alejandro Maccioni, Mar del Plata, 1946
r2q1rk1/p3bpp1/5n1p/1Qp2N2/3pbB2/6P1/PP3PBP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe4 Nxe4 Qb7 ]

b)
David Bronstein vs Alexander Kotov, Moscow, 1946
r1b2r1k/1q1nbppp/pp2p3/4Q1B1/3N4/2N3R1/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 ]

c)
Yakov Estrin vs Grigory Ravinsky, Moscow, 1946
4rrk1/pp1n1p1p/2pq3p/5Q2/2BPR3/8/PPP2PPb/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8 ]

d)
Abram Poliak vs Mikhail Yudovich, Moscow, 1946
5rk1/p1r2p1p/6p1/Qp1np3/2b2qP1/P4P2/1P1N1RBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re4 if Qg5 Nxc4 bxc4 Qxd5 ]

e)
Isaac Kashdan vs Alexander Kotov, Moscow, 1946
Q1b3k1/p1q2pp1/1p2p2p/3nN3/1P1PB2P/P7/5PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if Qb7 Ne7+ Kf8 Qxc8+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hermann Steiner vs A Rothman, New York, 1946
r2qr1k1/ppp2ppp/5n2/1P2p3/2Pn4/P1Q1PP2/1B3P1P/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ 0 0 0 ]

b)
George Mo Kramer vs Arnold Denker, New York, 1946
r3r1k1/2q1B1n1/7Q/1p1b4/p7/2P1R3/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg5 if Bc4 Rg3 ]

c)
Hermann Steiner vs Harry Fajans, Pittsburgh, 1946
r2q1rk1/1pp2ppp/2np4/p1b1n3/2P3b1/PPN1PN2/4BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5 if Bxe2 Nxc6 Bxd1 Nxd8 ]

d)
Vladimir Rohacek vs Frantisek Zita, Prague, 1946
2rqk2r/1b1nbppp/pp2pn2/2p3N1/3P1B2/P1NB3Q/1PP2PPP/R3K2R w KQk - 1 0
[ Bg6 if fxg6 Nxe6 ]

e)
Yakov Estrin vs Kerov, Russia, 1946
1r1r2k1/3qbppp/3p4/2p2QB1/1p2n3/1P2N2P/1P3PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe7 Qxe7 Nd5 ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Max Euwe vs George Thomas, Zaandam, 1946
8/pb3k2/1p6/2ppqBQ1/8/2P5/P5PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg6+ Ke6 Bf7+ Kd6 Qd8+ ]

b)
E Mnichowicz vs Tadeusz Ciejka, Sopot, 1946
6k1/3qnpp1/p1n1p2p/4P1NP/1pP1Q3/1P6/P5P1/4B2K w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ng8 Nh7+ ]

c)
Izaak Grynfeld vs J Balicki, Sopot, 1946
r1b1r1k1/ppqn1ppp/2pb1n2/3p4/3P1B2/P1NBPN2/1P3PPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 ]

d)
Janos Balogh vs Roland Sallay, Budapest, 1946
r1b1k2r/pp3p1p/1qn2p2/1N2p3/8/2P1b3/PP2BPPP/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qd6 if Bd7 Nc7+ ]

e)
Laszlo Szabo vs Laszlo Sooky, Budapest, 1946
rnbqkb1r/pp2pp1p/3p2p1/8/3NP1n1/2N1B3/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bb5+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Carel Sammelius vs J Van Oosterwijk Bruyn, Leiden, 1946
6k1/p1qrnp1p/1p2pBp1/2p5/2b5/2P2QP1/PP3PBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be5 if Qd8 or Rd6 Qf6 ]

b)
Lajos Steiner vs John Purdy, Adelaide, 1946
4r3/pp1bn3/4p2k/3pP1Np/2pP1N1P/2P5/PP3n2/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Kh7 Nxh5 ]

c)
Schmitt vs Friedrich Nuernberg, Augsburg, 1946
5k1r/pp6/2p2n2/2Pp1P2/PP1P4/8/5Q1R/1q2B1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2 ]

d)
Pedro Cherta vs Miguel Crues Albareda, Barcelona, 1946
rnqr2k1/p4ppp/1p2pn2/3P4/3N4/1P4P1/P1N1PPKP/R3QR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 Nc6 Nxc6 if dxc6 Qxc6+ ]

e)
Chris Vlagsma vs Theo Van Scheltinga, Beverwijk, 1946
R3b3/4kppp/5n2/p7/8/P1P1N2P/1rB2KP1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba4 ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hermann Steiner vs Erik Lundin, Groningen, 1946
5rk1/p1r2p2/Bp2bqp1/3pn2p/PQ6/2P1PPP1/3NR1P1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc8 if Bb5 a6 or if Bxc8 Nd3 ]

b)
Eero Boek vs V Kiuru, Helsinki, 1946
4r1k1/2p1bbpp/p1n2r2/1p4Qq/4B3/1PP2N2/P4PPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd6 ]

c)
Vassily Smyslov vs Victor Baturinsky, Moscow, 1946
2k1r1r1/pp1bn2Q/5p2/3p1P2/P1pP4/2q3B1/2P3BP/4RR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh8 Qg7 Reg8 Rxe7 Rxg7 Rxg7 Qxd4 ]

d)
Miroslav Katetov vs Igor Bondarevsky, Moscow, 1946
r4rk1/b4ppp/p7/4N3/P2p4/1n4P1/1PRB1P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d3 Nxd3 Rfd8 ]

e)
Vladas Mikenas vs Boris Goldenov, Tbilisi, 1946
5rk1/p1p1p1bp/2Q1p1p1/8/4r2P/3qN3/PP1PNPP1/R1B2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if dxe3 Qd1# ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1946, pt. xxviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
I Tekavcic vs Vasilje Tomovic, Zagreb, 1946
3rr1k1/ppb2pp1/2p3qp/3n4/3P4/1P2N2P/P1QB1PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 ]

b)
Mladen Subaric vs Petar Trifunovic, Zagreb, 1946
r3k1r1/pp3p1p/4p3/4n3/b1qNP3/4B2P/P4PP1/R1Q3KR b q - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4 if Bxd4 Nf3+ mates ]

c)
Jaromir Florian vs Miroslav Katetov, Czechoslovakia, 1946
r3k2r/pp1b1p2/2n1p1pp/3pP3/1q1P2QP/3B1R2/P1P1NPP1/R2K4 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 ]

d)
Gunnar Skarp vs Erik Lundin, Stockholm, 1946
8/1b5p/1p1r1kp1/p4p2/B6P/1P2PP2/P3K3/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba6+ if Ke1 b5 ]

e)
Allen Lewis Miller vs Gregory Simon Koshnitsky, Adelaide, 1946
6k1/5pp1/p7/2pNb3/Ppn4P/6P1/2R2P2/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...b3 if Rc1 b2 ]


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