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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947.
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.
C Sullivan vs David Hooper, Bristol, 1947
1r3k2/1prb2pp/1R3pn1/p1p2p2/P1B5/1PP3P1/7P/2B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ gxf6 Bh6# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Erik Lundin vs Ove Kinnmark, Helsinki, 1947
3q1k2/4p2r/3pQ1B1/2pPb2n/8/7P/1r1BN3/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Michele Riello vs Giuseppe Zoppetti, Venice, 1947
8/p1Q1N2p/kp4p1/8/P2P4/5qPK/1P5P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qc4+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Von Pohl vs Harms, Lueneburg, 1947
r3b1R1/pp5k/4N3/2p4P/3p4/3P4/PPP5/2K3Rr w - - 1 0
[ Nf8+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
N Hionidis vs D Papantoniou, Athens, 1947
6k1/pp3pp1/5b1p/1PR1N3/2PnP3/4K1P1/1Bq2P1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
R Slade vs David Hooper, Bristol, 1947
2r1r1k1/2q4p/p5p1/1p1p4/6nQ/PP1P4/6PP/2R1R1NK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Francisco Benko vs Hermann Pilnik, Buenos Aires, 1947
2r3k1/5ppp/p7/Np1qB3/8/P5P1/3r2RP/6QK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1 ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Stefan Mechkarov vs Bozhidar Markov, Sofia, 1947
b3r1k1/p4ppp/1pq5/8/8/1P1P2P1/P1P2QNP/3B2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Manuel Perez Fungueiro vs Antonio Fernandes, Aviles, 1947
r1bq1r2/ppp2pk1/2nbpN1p/5nBQ/3P4/P7/1PP2PPP/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxh6+ if Nxh6 Qg5+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Theo Wildschuetz vs Malitzki, Essen, 1947
1r4nr/1R3ppp/p2b4/k1p5/8/2P2P2/PPB2P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ b4+ cxb4 Rd5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Mark Taimanov vs Grigory Goldberg, Leningrad, 1947
1r1b1n2/1pk3p1/4P2p/3pP3/3N4/1p2B3/6PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5+ if Kc6 or Kc8 Na7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Samuel Zhukhovitsky vs Alexey Sokolsky, Leningrad, 1947
6rq/5pk1/1n1QP1pn/1pp1p3/4P3/1PP1B2P/2r2PRK/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ if fxg6 Qe7+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Svetozar Gligoric vs Miroslav Radojcic, Ljubljana, 1947
5qr1/pr3p1k/1n1p2p1/2pPpP1p/P3P2Q/2P1BP1R/7P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qxh5+ if gxh5 Rxh5+ or if Kg7 Qh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Tolush vs Yury Randviir, Parnu, 1947
1r6/6pp/5k2/4R1N1/Pr3n2/1P3P2/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd6+ Kxe5 Nf7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Miguel Najdorf vs J Camarinha, San Pablo, 1947
r4r1R/1p3k2/1qppb1p1/p7/2P1N3/1P4P1/PQ2PP2/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ Ke8 Qxf8+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Ludek Pachman vs Bogdan Sliwa, Warsaw, 1947
5Q2/7p/p2p4/1p1Nr1pk/n7/P7/1Pq3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ g4+ if Kxg4 Nf6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Harry Klass vs Ian Stapleton, Adelaide, 1947
3b2kr/1p3p1p/p4n1B/6p1/6P1/1B6/PPP2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re5 if Nd7 Re8+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Hermann vs Harms, Lueneburg, 1947
rnb5/pp3Qp1/5n1k/q1P2rN1/8/2P5/P4PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if g5 Nf8 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Kamen Piskov vs Stefan Mechkarov, Sofia, 1947
8/pp3nk1/1q2B1pp/8/5N2/1P3QP1/P5KP/6b1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Arne Hansen vs Baruch Wood, Aalborg, 1947
r1b2rk1/pp4np/2pbn1p1/3p4/3P2P1/P2BBP1q/1P1QN1N1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ if Kf2 Qxf3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
P A Duignan vs Warwick Nash, Cork, 1947
2k2r1r/ppp5/4p1Q1/8/4pq2/2Pp4/PP4PP/3R1NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Ludek Pachman, Hague, 1947
6k1/1p3ppp/8/1N1B4/qQ1B4/P3P3/3nKPPb/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd1+ Kd3 Qf1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Hector Rossetto vs Carlos H Maderna, Mar del Plata, 1947
7k/p5pp/4B1n1/5p2/Pp6/5P1n/1P3PNq/3Q1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ Ke2 Qxf2+ Kd3 Ne5# ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Roger Daniel vs Jaromir Florian, Paris, 1947
3r3k/2Q4p/6p1/4R3/5p1q/4p2P/PP4P1/3r2NK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Peter Dubinin vs Vladimir Saigin, Sverdlovsk, 1947
5rk1/5qp1/2bPp2p/8/3Q2RP/7K/p1B2r2/B7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3+ Rg3 Rh2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Vaclav Grguric vs Josef Dobias, Czechoslovakia, 1947
r5k1/1pp2pp1/1p1p1n1p/3P2q1/2BP4/P1P4P/1PQN1RPK/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ if Kg3 Nxf2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Heinz Hohlfeld vs Claus Toerber, Lueneburg, 1947
8/2r3kp/3p1pp1/3qn3/7P/P1r5/1KP4R/R1Q5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ if Kb1 Rb7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
David Balesteros vs Jose Almeida Soares, Porto Alegre, 1947
2r3k1/p1q2pb1/Q5p1/2pp3r/4n1bP/3BPN2/PPP5/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Kh1 Bxf3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Nikola Bardarov vs Marko Atanasov, Sofia, 1947
4r1k1/p4p2/4r2p/4P3/3Q2b1/3B2q1/P1P5/R3RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Olimpio Hartz vs Marcio Elisio De Freitas, Porto Alegre, 1947
2r5/p3ppkp/8/2r3pq/4pP2/1P1bP1P1/P2RNK1P/2R3Q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3+ Ke1 Rxc1+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Tage Nielsen vs Tage Sorensen, Aalborg, 1947
rn5r/p1p3qk/3p4/3p2Q1/4PR2/2P5/PP5p/RN5K w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kg8 Qe8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
F Kitto vs H Trevenen, Bristol, 1947
r6r/pp3p2/1qp1kppQ/5N2/8/3R3P/PPP2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf4 if Qc5 Qe4+ or if gxf5 Qd6# ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Hector Rossetto vs Max Euwe, Buenos Aires, 1947
1kb3rr/1p2n2q/1Np2p2/1p6/1P1N1P1p/8/2P1RQPP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Nxb5 cxb5 Qc5 Nc6 Qd6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Antonio Gabinara vs Francesco Scafarelli, Firenze, 1947
3q1r2/1p1b4/p2ppk2/7Q/4P3/2N2P2/PPP3R1/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ e5+ dxe5 Ne4+ Ke7 Rg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Ove Kinnmark vs Osmo Kaila, Helsinki, 1947
1r6/p6r/1p2p1p1/1N2P1Bp/2R1B1P1/1n6/1k3P2/4K3 w - - 1 0
[ Rc2+ Ka1 Nc3 if Nc1 Bxc1 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Henrik Carlsson vs Ove Kinnmark, Helsinki, 1947
2r2r2/1p6/1R4pk/p7/P1P5/1P3NR1/6nK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rgxg6+ Kh7 Ng5+ Kh8 Rh6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Andrey Mikhailovich Batuev vs Vladimir Kirillov, Leningrad, 1947
2r2rk1/1bq5/2n2ppQ/p2pN3/4B3/8/1P3PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5+ if Rf7 or Qf7 Nxg6 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Vasja Pirc vs Miroslav Radojcic, Ljubljana, 1947
2r4r/1b3p2/p3pPp1/1p1pP3/3P1Pk1/3B2P1/PP4K1/R6R w - - 1 0
[ Be2+ Kf5 Kf3 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Sava Vukovic vs Petar Trifunovic, Ljubljana, 1947
2n3rk/p4Qp1/1p5p/8/q1P5/2B5/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6 if Qc2 or Qc6 Bxg7+ Rxg7 Rf8+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Antonio Gay vs Robert Cappelletti, Parma, 1947
r4k2/pb1n1p2/1qp3r1/1p1B2Q1/3P4/2P3R1/P5PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe7+ Kg7 Qxf7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Ludek Pachman vs Weber, Prague, 1947
6nr/p5pp/1kp2q2/2p1p3/Q3P3/8/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb1+ Kc7 Qxa7+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Paul Ludwig vs Eduard Hahn, Riedenburg, 1947
2R1n1k1/p2rqp1p/6pB/1p2P3/3p3Q/1P4P1/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6 if Qd8 Rxd8 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Guntram Althoff vs Gottlieb Machate, Weidenau, 1947
6k1/4r1b1/p1Q3B1/1p4P1/2nP4/2P3K1/PP3P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Guenther Lehmitz vs Georg Kieninger, Weidenau, 1947
r1b2r1Q/pp1nqk2/4p1p1/2ppP1P1/3P4/2PB4/PP1B2P1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6+ Kxg6 Qh5+ Kf5 Rf1+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Gottlieb Machate vs Ludwig Rellstab, Weidenau, 1947
r2q1krQ/1b2p3/ppn1RnB1/2pN4/2P5/3P2PP/PP6/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ exf6 Re8+ Qxe8 Qxf6+ ]
"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Hector Ribas vs Jose Adail Gondim, Porto Alegre, 1947
r3r3/b1p3p1/p1Nn3p/1p6/6P1/1Pk1BN2/P4P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd2+ Kc2 Nb4+ Kb2 Reb1+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Ivan Galev vs Krastio Dimitrov, Sofia, 1947
rq3r1R/1b4k1/p4pp1/1p6/3Q4/P4P2/2P3PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ if Rf7 Rxf7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Balazs Sebestyen vs Laszlo Szabo, Budapest, 1947
2krr3/p1q2pp1/2B5/1Q5p/1PP2n2/P7/1B2R1PN/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ if Kf2 Nd3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Michele Riello vs Giovanni Cenni, Venice, 1947
5rk1/2p2pp1/1r5p/Q2Bp3/R3nq2/2PR4/P1P3KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg6+ if Rg3 Rxg3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
George Lindgren vs Lajos Steiner, Adelaide, 1947
2r3k1/1b2bppp/2qp4/4pP2/Np2n1P1/1P1N4/2PRQ2P/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2 if Kxf2 Bh4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Bela Sandor vs Lajos Tipary, Budapest, 1947
r1b4q/1pR4p/pk2p1p1/1N6/2Pp4/4Q3/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ c5+ if Kxb5 Qb3+ or if Ka5 Qa3+ Kxb5 Qb3+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Emil Karastoichev vs Marko Atanasov, Sofia, 1947
r4k2/3Prp1p/5B2/1pp1p2p/4RP2/1pP4P/1P5K/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ Kg8 Bxe5+ Kf8 Bg7+ Kg8 Bf6+ ]
c)
Black mates in 5.
Sabino Ribeiro vs Mendes Joao De Souza, Porto Alegre, 1947
6k1/pp5p/2r1p1p1/3pPp2/QP2nP2/P2KP3/1BR3q1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Re2 Qb1+ Qc2 Rxc2 Rxc2 Qd1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 6.
Werner Lauterbach vs Walter Niephaus, Riedenburg, 1947
1r6/p5kp/2p3p1/2N5/5Pb1/4q3/P2R2KP/2Q5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ Kh1 Qxd2 if Ne6+ Kg8 ]
e)
Chris Vlagsma vs A Vinken, Baarn, 1947
r1b2rk1/1p3ppp/2p2q2/p7/1QP1B3/1P6/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qxf8 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Herbert Dahl vs Alfred Kinzel, Berlin, 1947
r1bq1r1k/p1ppb1p1/3n1pp1/8/3P4/1B6/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf3 ]
b)
Francisco Benko vs Renato Sanguinetti, Buenos Aires, 1947
2r2bk1/1pr2p1p/p3p1p1/2P5/P1n3q1/3NB1P1/Q2RPP1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ f3 ]
c)
Marcos Luckis vs Renato Sanguinetti, Buenos Aires, 1947
q5k1/4ppbp/6p1/pQ1rP1B1/1p5P/8/PP3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd5 if Qxd5 Rc8+ mates ]
d)
Florian vs Van Hamming, Hague, 1947
r2qk2r/ppp1bppp/3p1nb1/8/1n1P1BP1/2NB1N1P/PPP1QP2/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bxg6 hxg6 Qb5+ ]
e)
D A Yanofsky vs James Aitken, Hastings, 1947
3r2k1/1p5p/6p1/p2q1p2/P1Q5/1P5P/1P6/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd1 ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Olaf Barda vs Eero Boek, Helsinki, 1947
5rk1/p2q1p1p/bpr1pbp1/3p4/3P1PQ1/2N1P1P1/PP3RBP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Bg7 Nb4 ]
b)
Erik Lundin vs Aage Vestol, Helsinki, 1947
2r2rk1/pp2bppp/3pq1b1/8/1P2p1n1/PQN1P3/3BBPPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxe6 fxe6 Bxg4 ]
c)
Nicholas Rossolimo vs Vincenzo Castaldi, Hilversum, 1947
rnb2rk1/p4pp1/1p2pq1p/2pp4/1b1PP3/2NB1N2/PPP1QPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ exd5 Bxc3 Qe4 if g6 or Rd8 d6 ]
d)
Alexander Tsvetkov vs Ludek Pachman, Hilversum, 1947
7k/1qp2pbp/3p1N2/4r1P1/4P3/5PQ1/3R4/1r1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe5 if dxe5 Rd8+ mates ]
e)
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Conel H O'D Alexander, Hilversum, 1947
r1b3k1/p3q2p/4p1p1/1N2n3/2B3Q1/2P1P3/6PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Tolush vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Leningrad, 1947
r4k2/5ppp/Ppr2n2/8/5P2/6N1/3R2PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Ke7 a7 ]
b)
Viacheslav Ragozin vs Boris Goldenovs, Leningrad, 1947
2rrk3/6p1/p4pp1/P1bN4/3R4/4P2P/5KP1/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nc7+ Ke7 Rxd8 Rxd8 Rxd8 Kxd8 Ne6+ ]
c)
David Bronstein vs A Magergut, Moscow, 1947
3r3k/pp3B2/6p1/3n1R2/3q2pP/PP6/2P5/1K2Q3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd5 Rxd5 Qe8+ Kg7 Qg8+ ]
d)
Yuri Averbakh vs Ratmir Kholmov, Moscow, 1947
4r1k1/4bp1p/1pR3p1/1q1r4/4Q3/8/PB3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe7 if Rxe7 Rc8+ ]
e)
Vassily Smyslov vs Ludek Pachman, Moscow, 1947
3r1k2/p1q2pp1/1p2pn1p/3bN3/1P5Q/1BP3RP/P2r1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf4 if Rb2 Ng6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Storm Herseth vs Verner Nielsen, Oslo, 1947
rn3k2/2Rb1p1p/4pp2/pp6/3N4/4P3/P4PPP/3B2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf3 if Ra6 Rb7 ]
b)
Jan Werle vs Westlund, Stockholm, 1947
rnb1k2r/pp3pp1/4pq1p/2b5/7P/5N2/PPP2PP1/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bg5 hxg5 hxg5 Bb4+ Ke2 if Qxf3+ Kxf3 Rxh1 Bb5+ or if Rxh1 Bb5+ ]
c)
Conel H O'D Alexander vs Cordingley, Surrey, 1947
rn3rk1/pb1qbppp/1p1p4/2pB1N2/2P5/6P1/PP2PP1P/R1BQK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxb7 Qxb7 Qd5 if Qxd5 Nxe7+ ]
d)
E W Brose vs George Lindgren, Adelaide, 1947
8/3b2pp/pp1r1p2/2k1r3/2P5/2KP1BP1/PR4P1/1R6 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb6 if Rxb6 d4+ or if Rg5 g4 Rxb6 d4+ ]
e)
Carlos Peixoto vs Olimpio Hartz, Porto Alegre, 1947
3r1rk1/pp2bppp/2bppn2/q5B1/2P1P3/2N5/PP1QBPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Qxd2 Nxe7+ ]
'More tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Antonio Salles Oliveira vs Henrique Laynes, Recife, 1947
1r1r2k1/1p2q2p/4p1pb/1R1nNp2/3P1P2/4P3/6PP/1RB1Q1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if bxc6 Rxb8 ]
b)
Esteban Canal vs Eugenio Szabados, Venice, 1947
r1b1r1k1/pp2bpp1/5nnp/q2p4/N2N4/4P1B1/PPQRBPPP/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Bc7 b6 Nc6 ]
c)
A Zografakis vs F Mastichiadis, Athens, 1947
r2q1rk1/1b2b1pp/p1N1pp2/1p1n4/3PNn2/1P1B1Q2/PB3PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc6 Rxc6 Nxd3 Qxd3 Nb4 ]
d)
Gerhard Treumann vs Kurt Gumprich, Berlin, 1947
r3rbk1/1pp2ppp/p1p5/3qP3/3BRP2/2P5/PP2Q1PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 if Re3 c5 ]
e)
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Petar Trifunovic, Hilversum, 1947
3r1rk1/p1q1bpp1/b1p4p/4P3/p2NP3/P5P1/1PQ2RBP/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 if Rfd2 Bg5 or if Nf3 Rxd1+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Borislav Milic vs Petar Trifunovic, Ljubljana, 1947
2r2r1k/1q4pp/8/1P1Pp3/4R3/Q7/6PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa7+ if Qxa7 Rxc1+ ]
b)
Evgeny Zagorjansky vs Gavrill Veresov, Moscow, 1947
6k1/6p1/1p3r1p/p1p5/2PpPB2/PP3PPq/4Q2n/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 if gxf4 Qg3+ Kh1 Nxf3
or if Qxh2 Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rxf3 Rb1 Re3 ]
c)
Viacheslav Ragozin vs Isaac Boleslavsky, Moscow, 1947
6rb/ppBn1p1k/2p4p/5q2/2P1N3/P3P3/KP3P2/1Q4R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg1 if Nf6+ Kg6 Qxg1+ Kxf6 ]
d)
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Ludek Pachman, Moscow, 1947
r3r1k1/ppp2ppp/2nb1q2/6Rn/2BP4/P1NQBP1P/1P3P2/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if Qxe3 Bf4 or if fxe3 Qxg5 ]
e)
Yuri Rusakov vs Boris Verlinsky, Moscow, 1947
r1bqkb1r/pppp1p2/2n2P1p/6p1/8/2p3B1/PP3PPP/RN1QKBNR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...cxb2 Qe2+ Qe7 fxe7 Bg7 ]
'Sac&Mate' - sacs that end in mate
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Heinz De Carbonnel vs Olaf Ulvestad, Munich, 1947
r2q1rk1/2p1bppp/R3b3/3nP3/8/2N2N2/1P2QPPP/2BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 if bxc3 Qxd1+ Qxd1 Rxa6 or if Rxd8 Nxe2+ ]
b)
Arrigo Prosdocimi vs Hector Rossetto, Porto Alegre, 1947
6k1/2Q2p2/4p1p1/8/3rN2p/P3qP1P/1P2n1P1/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ if Qxg3 hxg3 Rxe3 Rd1+ mates ]
c)
Nyholm vs Ludwig Roedl, Riedenburg, 1947
r2qk2r/pbpn1ppp/1p1ppb2/8/2PP1B2/P3PN2/1P1QBPPP/R3K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...g5 Bg3 g4 ]
d)
Adolf Schmaus vs Friedrich Nuernberg, Riedenburg, 1947
2r3k1/5ppp/b4q2/4pN2/1P2Qn2/5N1P/P4PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ Kh2 Nc3 ]
e)
Nicolas Engalicev vs Mario Baldanello, Venice, 1947
r3nrk1/1p2q3/3pb2p/pNb1p1p1/PnP1P3/1P2BNPP/4Q1B1/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe3+ if Qxe3 Nc2 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1947, pt. xix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hansgeorg Elsas vs Wilhelm Ernst, Weidenau, 1947
2kr1bnr/ppp3pp/5q2/4Q3/2Pn2b1/P4NP1/1P1N1PBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if Qxf6 Ne2+ Kh1 Bxg2+ ]
b)
Baldur Hoenlinger vs Walter Niephaus, Weidenau, 1947
3r1bk1/5r2/p3q1p1/P3N3/1p2pP2/1b2B1Pp/1P1R3P/Q4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 Bxd2 Bc5+ Kh1 e3 if Be1 Qxe5 ]
c)
E W Brose vs Bernard Mills, Adelaide, 1947
r4r2/2p1q2k/p1ppbbpp/4p3/2P1Pn2/1PN2NR1/P1Q2PPP/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh5 ]
d)
Harry Klass vs Alexander Fryda, Adelaide, 1947
2kr4/pbqn3p/1p2p1r1/1B1n1p2/2PQN3/P3B3/2P2PPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Qd2 Nxe3 ]
e)
Derek Wilson vs Lajos Steiner, Adelaide, 1947
6rk/1nqbb2p/p2p1r1B/1p1Pp2Q/1Pp2p2/2P4P/P1B2PPN/3RR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Be8 if Qh4 Rfg6 ]
f)
Edmundo Da Cunha vs Carlos Peixoto, Porto Alegre, 1947
2r1r1k1/pp2qbpp/1n2pp2/P1b5/2BN4/1Q2P2P/NP3PP1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc4 if Qxc4 e5 ]
g)
Nelson Dantas vs Oswaldo Cruz Filho, Rio de Janeiro, 1947
3r2k1/pp2bp1p/3Np1p1/1PP5/2R2q2/P7/1Q3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc4 ]
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