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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948.
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.
Hans Mueller vs Henry Grob, Bad Gastein, 1948
8/pp6/2p1N1Qn/4r3/1q6/2N2kP1/PP5R/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf2+ Ke3 Nd1# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Jiri Podgorny vs Ivan Rohacek, Bratislava, 1948
r3kb1r/p2pnppp/5n2/1Np5/2p4N/4q1P1/P2BPP1P/R4RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nd6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Wilfried Lange vs Herrmann, Essen, 1948
6r1/5Qpk/1p2R2p/p1q2p1P/1p6/3P2P1/P3PP1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Rautenberg vs Herrmann, Essen, 1948
2r1rb2/1bq4R/p2pk1p1/1p6/2P1Pp2/1P6/PB1Q2PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Emil Josef Diemer vs Portz, Lindau, 1948
2kr1b1r/pp1npppp/2p1bn2/7q/5B2/2NB1Q1P/PPP1N1P1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ bxc6 Ba6# ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Emil Josef Diemer vs Portz, Lindau, 1948
1k1r1b1r/1pp3pp/p1n1Bp2/8/q7/P4N2/1PPQ1BPP/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Laszlo Szabo vs Marcos Luckis, Mar del Plata, 1948
6k1/2p2n1q/1r1p1Q1B/p3p2P/6P1/1P6/P3P3/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Herman Hesse vs Sol Rubinow, South Fallsburg 1948
1r1k4/R4p1p/2BP2pP/1P2p1n1/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Re7 ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Miguel Najdorf vs Savielly Tartakower, Venice, 1948
6rk/p3P1pp/2p4q/1n2Bp2/5P2/PQ6/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg8+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Aleksandar Hadjipetrov vs Krastio Dimitrov, Sofia, 1948
6Q1/1b1k1P2/p3p2p/2p1P3/1b3PP1/2qB4/P1P1K3/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Baruch Wood vs Paul Devos, Baarn, 1948
6k1/pp3ppp/4r3/2P5/KPQnn2P/P7/R2qP1P1/5B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
A Gring vs Olaf Ulvestad, Baltimore, 1948
2k5/pp3B2/2p5/4p1q1/4P1b1/P1P2p2/1P3P1K/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd7 ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Jeremiah Donovan vs Norman Whitaker, Baltimore, 1948
5rk1/pppq1ppp/8/4r3/1bPN4/3PBbPP/PPQ2P1K/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Luciano Camara vs Miguel Najdorf, Buenos Aires, 1948
5brk/2p4p/1p1p4/p2P1N1q/2P2Pr1/1P2BK2/P4QP1/5NR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4+ Kxf4 Qg4# ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Paul Poschel vs Sol Rubinow, South Fallsburg, 1948
3b2rk/pp5p/2p1p1rq/2Pp4/1P1PpP2/5bPP/PB5K/2R1QNR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Josef Platt vs Henry Grob, Bad Gastein, 1948
r7/2nR2pp/1k6/1PN2p2/1K6/4P3/5PPP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rd6+ Ka7 b6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Weaver Adams vs Anthony Santasiere, Baltimore, 1948
4k2r/ppQ4p/4N1pB/3P4/6q1/8/P1P2b1P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Ng7+ Kf8 Nf5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Alfred Ludwig vs Rea Hayes, Baltimore, 1948
r1r4R/pp1qbkp1/4bpN1/3ppB2/2nP4/P1N1P1P1/1P3PP1/2RQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5+ if Nxe5 or fxe5 Qh5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Andrija Fuderer vs Srecko Nedeljkovic, Belgrade, 1948
3b2rk/6pp/p2pqpn1/2p1pP1Q/2P1P1R1/P2rB2P/6P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 fxg6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Srecko Nedeljkovic vs Sava Vukovic, Belgrade, 1948
1r4k1/5Npp/7b/7q/2Q5/5RP1/2P3KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nd8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Petar Trifunovic vs Andrija Fuderer, Belgrade, 1948
2R5/1p2r2p/pQ6/3k2P1/1P2qp2/8/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc5+ Kd4 Qd6+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Jaromir Florian vs Jan Foltys, Bratislava, 1948
r2qr1k1/1p3pB1/p4PnQ/8/2bp4/P7/1PP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh8 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Emil Josef Diemer vs Klaus Locher, Lindau, 1948
rn4k1/pp4pp/2pqr1b1/8/2BP4/2P2Q2/P5PP/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Tolush vs Vladimir Alatortsev, Moscow, 1948
rn3k1r/pp3ppp/7q/3p4/5N2/6Q1/PPP3PP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qa3+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Haije Kramer vs A Vinken, Nijmegen, 1948
5r2/4r2Q/p6p/3q1ppk/2R5/3P2PP/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
J Baay vs Johan Barendregt, Nijmegen, 1948
R7/5Qpk/2p4p/2q1b3/8/6P1/5PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ g6 Qf7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Gino Fletzer vs B Alimonda, Trieste, 1948
3r1rk1/3q1bpp/pn1p4/2p2P2/2PQ2N1/1PN5/PB4PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nd5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Esteban Canal vs Josef Lokvenc, Venice, 1948
r1b1k2r/ppQn2q1/5p2/2p2p2/1BP1N3/6P1/PP5P/2KR3R w kq - 1 0
[ Nd6+ Ke7 Rhe1+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs Giuseppe Primavera, Venice, 1948
1k6/2p1p3/1pR2p2/2RP1Qpq/1P1BPr2/P3K1Pr/5P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb6+ cxb6 Qc8+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Lt Moldt vs Wilhelm Rautenberg, Bad Nauheim, 1948
4r2k/pp4pp/1qp5/5b2/5P2/1B6/PPPQ2PP/R1K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ Qd1 Re1 ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Lt Moldt vs Schlenker, Bad Nauheim, 1948
2kr3r/ppp3pp/2n2p2/8/QPP3n1/P4B2/3N2qP/3RKR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rhe8+ if Be4 or Ne4 Rxe4+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
G Lyle vs S Baron, Baltimore, 1948
6k1/ppp3pp/3p1q1r/2b3r1/8/3B1P2/PPP4P/R3QR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Carl Pilnick vs Isaac Kashdan, Baltimore, 1948
3r2k1/p4pp1/7q/2p2P2/P6R/2P3PQ/4n2P/2r2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc6+ if Qg2 Rxf1# ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Jan Foltys vs Maximilian Ujtelsky, Bratislava, 1948
8/1R3ppk/8/2b1p2n/4P3/1P2qPPP/6K1/5Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ if Kh1 Nxg3# ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Nicholas Rossolimo vs Savielly Tartakower, Paris, 1948
8/1pp2p1r/p7/4P3/2PPNpk1/4b3/P5Kp/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...h1/Q+ (or ...h1/B+) Rxh1 f3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Joseph Platz vs Walter Shipman, South Fallsburg, 1948
1n3k2/p5pp/2p4r/2P1p2q/1P2P3/P2QpPrP/1B2R1P1/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ gxh3 Qxh3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Giuseppe Primavera vs Esteban Canal, Venice, 1948
6k1/p3Qpp1/2P1n1bp/4P3/2B2B2/6K1/P5P1/1q5r b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ if Kg4 h5+ or if Kf3 Be4+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Leopold Watzl vs Max Dorn, Bad Gastein, 1948
5bk1/1b1r1p1p/R2n2p1/1p4P1/2qB1R1Q/2P5/1PB4P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Erik Lundin vs Gerald Abrahams, Bad Gastein, 1948
6k1/R7/3N2pB/4pp2/8/1bpn4/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8 if Bf7 Nf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Wilfried Lange vs Lt Moldt, Bad Nauheim, 1948
r1bq1b1r/1pp1k1p1/p1n4N/3p4/3P1Q2/P1N5/1PP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kd6 Qxd5+ Ke7 Qf7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Robert Steinmeyer vs N Wilder, Baltimore, 1948
5rbk/ppq2r1p/3p1P1Q/4p3/2BBP3/2N2P2/PPP5/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7 Rxf7 Qg5 Rf8 Qg7+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Walter Shipman vs Robert Fiala, Baltimore, 1948
1r5q/pp6/3kB1R1/4p2Q/3b4/P1NP3K/1P3r2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bf5+ if Ke7 Nd5+ Kf8 Qxh8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Richard Czaya, Essen, 1948
rn3k2/p4nRQ/1pp1p3/3p4/3P3P/8/PPPB4/2KN1q2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Ronald Schwarz vs Labau, Germany, 1948
r1b1k2r/ppp2ppp/2n1p1qn/6B1/1b2Q3/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/2KR1B1R w kq - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ if bxc6 Rd8# or if Bd7 Qxd7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Jaroslav Sajtar vs Lajos Steiner, Karlovy Vary, 1948
rn2krR1/pp1b3Q/4p3/q2P4/8/2N5/PP3P2/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Rg1 ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Emil Josef Diemer vs Portz, Lindau, 1948
r1bqr1k1/pp1nbp1p/2p1p1pB/7N/2BP2Q1/2P5/P1P3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6 if Ne5 Qxf7+ Nxf7 Bxf7+ or if fxe6 Bxe6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Isaac Boleslavsky vs Gosta Stoltz, Saltsjobaden, 1948
4b3/k1r1q2p/p3p3/3pQ3/2pN4/1R6/P4PPP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6+ if Bxc6 Qd4+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Giuseppe Stalda vs Clarice Benini, Venice, 1948
2rr1k2/ppq3p1/1n2QnP1/8/2PP4/P4R2/1B1R3P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh3 if Ng8 Rf2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Gerald Abrahams vs Josef Platt, Bad Gastein, 1948
1Q6/pp4p1/4bk2/8/4p3/8/Pq1RKP2/7r b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb5+ Ke3 Re1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Larry Evans vs Robert Steinmeyer, Baltimore, 1948
r7/2p3kp/1p6/2PPn1K1/pP2NnP1/5rR1/P6P/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf8 if Rbg1 h6+ Kh4 Neg6# ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
F Maczynski vs Wilfred Pratten, corr., 1948
7Q/2p1k1pp/1b1p1n2/pP2p2q/P1B1Pn2/B1P2bP1/R2N1P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Ng4+ Kg1 w/Nh3+ or Bxf2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Max Euwe vs Paul Keres, Hague/Moscow, 1948
3R4/2r3pk/2q1p2p/p7/3Q4/4PP2/P1r3PP/K2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Kb2 Qb5+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Stanislaw Gawlikowski vs Jaroslav Sajtar, Karlovy Vary, 1948
4r1k1/1p4bp/2p3p1/p2b4/3P2P1/PPQ2Nq1/4Bp2/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
A Vinken vs Johan Barendregt, Nijmegen, 1948
6r1/pQ3p2/2pqk2p/2p1pN1b/2P1P3/P7/2P3r1/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ Kxh2 Qd2+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Wilhelm Rautenberg vs Schlenker, Bad Nauheim, 1948
2r4k/rR5p/5b1B/3Bp3/q1Pn2b1/P5P1/7P/2Q1N2K w - - 1 0
[ Qg5 if Bxg5 Bg7# ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Edgar McCormick vs A Hobson, Baltimore, 1948
r3r3/p4p1k/1np1bBp1/4P3/1nP5/3B1NP1/1P3P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re4 if g5 Rh4+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Larry Evans vs W Young, Baltimore, 1948
r7/p1n2p1R/qp1p1k2/3Pp3/bPp1P3/2P1BBN1/3Q2K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5+ Kg6 Rh6+ Kg7 Bf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Stanislaw Gawlikowski vs Frantisek Zita, Karlovy Vary, 1948
7k/p3q1pp/bp3P1N/n4R2/8/2rr2Q1/P5PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ fxg7+ Qxg7 Rf8+ Qxf8 Qe5+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Alberic O'Kelly De Galway vs Arnold Denker, Mar del Plata, 1948
r4b1r/p1p2kpp/2B5/4Q3/8/3R4/1PP2qPP/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5+ Kg6 Be4+ Kf7 Rd7+ ]
e)
White mates in 6.
Emil Josef Diemer vs Klaus Locher, Lindau, 1948
r3nrk1/1ppbqppp/p1n1p3/8/3P2P1/P1NBBQ2/1PP1N3/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kh8 Bg6+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh3+ ]
"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Julio Bolbochan vs Hector Rossetto, Buenos Aires, 1948
8/2p2np1/p5N1/2pk1P2/2N3P1/1PK2b2/P7/8 w - - 1 0
[ Kd3 if Bg2 Ne7# or if Kc6 Nge5+ ]
b)
Nicholas Rossolimo vs Cenek Kottnauer, Bad Gastein, 1948
r1b1k2r/p1q2ppp/2pbp3/1Bpn4/8/5Q2/PPPP1PPP/RNB1R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Qxd5 if cxb5 Qxa8 ]
c)
Erik Lundin vs Leopold Watzl, Bad Gastein, 1948
1Q2bk2/1Nnq3p/2p2pp1/3p4/3P1P2/3BP2P/6P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5 if Qe7 Qxc7 Qxc7 Ne6+ ]
d)
Leopold Watzl vs Esteban Canal, Bad Gastein, 1948
rn2k2r/p1q2pp1/1p2p2p/4P3/1bB5/8/PP2QPKP/R1B4R w kq - 1 0
[ Bb5+ if Nd7 or Ke7 Qe4 ]
e)
Wilfried Lange vs Wilhelm Rautenberg, Bad Nauheim, 1948
3r4/pb2q1kp/1p1p1r2/1P2p3/4P3/8/PP1Q2BP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg5+ Kf7 Rxf6+ Qxf6 Rf1 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Weaver Adams vs Max Pavey, Baltimore, 1948
2k2b1r/1p1b1Rp1/p2ppnP1/6B1/4P3/2N5/PPP3B1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 gxf6 g7 ]
b)
Frantisek Zita vs Cenek Kottnauer, Bratislava, 1948
5k2/ppq2n1p/5Qp1/3p4/1P1Bp1P1/P3P2P/6K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ if Ke8 Bc5 ]
c)
Kracmar vs Ladislav Alster, Bratislava, 1948
1Rb2rk1/p4p2/2p1p1p1/7p/5P2/3qn1PP/P4RB1/Q5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb3 Qd1+ Qxd1 Nxd1 Rd2 ]
d)
Cenek Kottnauer vs Emil Richter, Bratislava, 1948
5rbk/p1q1r1p1/7p/2p1n3/2Np1p1Q/1P6/P4PPP/1BR1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe7 Qxe7 Nxe5 if Qd6 Ng6+ ]
e)
Emil Richter vs Jan Sefc, Bratislava, 1948
r4rk1/1pn1ppbp/1n1q2p1/3p4/p3PP2/PP2B1N1/2Q3PP/1N1R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ e5 if Qc6 Qxc6 bxc6 Bxb6 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Erno Gereben vs Geza Fuster, Budapest, 1948
2r1k3/q4p1Q/5p1p/1ppB4/Pp3P2/8/1P4PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ if Kd7 Qxf7+ ]
b)
Julio Bolbochan vs Ruben Shocron, Buenos Aires, 1948
2q1k2r/3bppb1/p1n2np1/4p2p/1r1N1P2/2N1B1PP/1PPQ2B1/3RK2R w Kk - 1 0
[ Nxc6 Bxc6 Bxc6+ ]
c)
Frederick vs Reynaert, corr., 1948
r1b1k1nr/ppp2ppp/2n1pq2/8/1b2Q3/2N2N2/PPPB1PPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bb5 if Bd7 or Bxc3 Bxc6(+) ]
d)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Friedrich Nuernberg, Essen, 1948
1k5r/1pp2Npp/3P1p2/5P2/P3r3/8/5KPP/2R2n2 w - - 1 0
[ dxc7+ Kc8 Nd6+ Kd7 Nxe4 Nxh2 Kg3 ]
e)
Gabriel Wood vs Glenn Lambert, London, 1948
rn2kb1r/ppp2ppp/4pq2/6B1/3P4/3B1b2/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qd2 if Qxd4 Bb5+ ]
See 2, 3 or 4 moves ahead
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Erich Eliskases vs Miguel Najdorf, Mar del Plata, 1948
3rr1k1/ppp2p1p/6p1/2N1b3/PP4P1/3b3P/5PB1/1R2R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rbd1 if Bc2 Rxd8 ]
b)
Miguel Najdorf vs Antonio Medina-Garcia, Mar del Plata, 1948
6k1/p1rr1pp1/1pN1p2p/1P2P1q1/5n2/P2nQP1P/B2R2PK/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ g3 ]
c)
Alfredo Olivera vs Marcio Freitas, Mar del Plata, 1948
6k1/2r3p1/p1q4p/3pQp2/3B3P/P3P1P1/3n1P2/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ Kh7 Qxf5+ if Qg6 Rh8+ ]
d)
Lodewijk Prins vs Haije Kramer, Nijmegen, 1948
5rk1/2p2qpp/1p1p4/p1nQ4/2P2P1P/PPB3P1/8/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7 Qxd5 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rg4+ Qe5 fxe5 h5 exd6+ ]
e)
Bengt Ekenberg vs S Sigurdsen, Saltsjobaden, 1948
2rr1bk1/3n1ppp/pq2p3/1p6/4N3/1P2P1P1/PB2QP1P/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 Nf6+ if Kh8 Nxd7 or if gxf6 Qg4+ mates ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Igor Bondarevsky vs Erik Lundin, Saltsjobaden, 1948
2Rbr1k1/1p3p1p/p7/3p1qp1/4nN2/1P2P1P1/PB3P1P/2Q3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc7 if gxf4 Rxd8 Kf8 Qb8 or if Bxc7 Rxe8# ]
b)
Carlos Maderna vs Vera Oscar Garcia, Santa Fe, 1948
2r3k1/1b1nrpp1/pq2p2p/2n1P3/3N4/8/NP2QPPP/1BRR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ b4 if Na4 Rxc8+ Bxc8 Qc2 ]
c)
Petar Petrov vs Zahari Stanchev, Sofia, 1948
rnbqkb1r/pp2pp1p/3p2p1/8/3NP1n1/2N1B3/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bb5+ if Bd7 Qxg4 or if Nc6 Nxc6 bxc6 Bxc6+ ]
d)
Andrei Malchev vs Juri Toshev, Sofia, 1948
r1bqk1nr/pppnbppp/8/4p3/2B1P3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qd5 if Nh6 Bxh6 ]
e)
Nicholas Rossolimo vs Willem Jan Muhring, Hastings, 1948
3r1r2/5p1k/pq3n1p/3P4/2p1RP2/1PBB2QP/P5P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4 if Qd6 Re6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
R Schmidt vs Ronald Simpson, Baltimore, 1948
4r1k1/p4p1p/b5p1/1N1P4/1b1B4/6Q1/Pq4PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5 ]
b)
Jeremiah Donovan vs Max Pavey, Baltimore, 1948
2r3k1/1p1n1ppp/p2q4/3p4/Q2P4/4PN2/P2R1PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Rd1 Qa3 ]
c)
Heinz Lehmann vs Klaus Kluge, Berlin, 1948
7k/1pq4p/p4pp1/2P1p3/NP1rb3/PQ6/5PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf7 ]
d)
Jiri Louma vs Cenek Kottnauer, Bratislava, 1948
r4rk1/4q1pp/3p4/p1p1n3/4Q3/1P4P1/PNP4P/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if Qxf3 Qxe1+ ]
e)
Juan Traian Iliesco vs Gideon Stahlberg, Buenos Aires, 1948
r3r1k1/1p3pb1/3q1npB/pPp1pP2/2PpP3/3P2PQ/P4KB1/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh6 if Qxh6 Ng4+ ]
'More Tactics in the Sicilian'
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
C Weberg vs W Janes, Forth Worth, 1948
4q1k1/3r1p1p/p3bBp1/1p2P3/2r1B1PQ/3R4/P3RP1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3 if Bxd3 Rxg4+ ]
b)
B Moeller vs Vasja Pirc, Karlovy Vary, 1948
r3rnk1/pp3pp1/2pb3p/3pNq2/3P1P2/3Q3P/PP2NPP1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe5 ]
c)
Vladimir Rohacek vs D A Yanofsky, Karlovy Vary, 1948
2k5/p2R4/8/2p4P/4Q3/KP6/P1P2rP1/q7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ if Ka4 Rf4 ]
d)
Hector Rossetto vs Pablo Michel, Mar del Plata, 1948
r1b1nrk1/ppq2ppp/2n2b2/2p2N2/P2pPR2/1P1P2P1/1BPN2BP/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...g6 Nh4 g5 ]
e)
Gosta Stoltz vs David Bronstein, Saltsjobaden, 1948
r5k1/p4ppp/2p3n1/1pp4q/4PP2/2P1N1Pb/PPQN3P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 if Ndf1 Bxf1 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1948, pt. xxi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Henry Grob vs Gedeon Barcza, Venice, 1948
r7/3qp1kp/2b2pp1/2p3N1/3n1Q2/2PP2PP/5PB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra1 if Rxa1 Ne2+ or if Qd2 Nb3 or if Qe3 Nc2 ]
b)
Hendrik Van Steenis vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, Beverwijk, 1948
r1bqk2r/ppb2p2/2p2n1p/3pn1p1/4PP2/1BP1B2P/PP1N2PK/R2Q1RN1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Neg4+ (or Nfg4+) hxg4 Nxg4+ Kh1 Nxe3 ]
c)
Rusko Filchev vs Juri Toshev, Sofia, 1948
r3r1k1/pppb1ppp/3p4/4b3/3NP2q/5BP1/PPPQ1P1P/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf6 ]
d)
Willem Jan Muhring vs William Fairhurst, Hastings, 1948
6rk/pq5p/2n1p3/3p1p1b/3P1P2/Q3P3/P2N1R1P/1rR1KB2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb4 ]
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