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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1949.
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.
Andor Lilienthal vs Erno Gereben, Budapest, 1949
r5k1/pp6/1n3RpB/2p5/4q3/2Q5/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Arturo Pomar Salamanca vs Carlos Guimard, Mar del Plata, 1949
5k2/4b2p/p3B1p1/4N3/3B1P2/6PK/7P/7q b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Paul Keres vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow, 1949
3R1Q2/pp4rk/1np2p2/q4pPp/4P3/1b5P/6B1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kg6 Qh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Ludek Pachman vs Kaarle Ojanen, Trencianske Teplice, 1949
8/1pR2p2/r2q1k1p/3pNbp1/1P1P4/P6P/6P1/2Q3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Ke6 Qc8+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Valentins Kirilov vs Josif Vatnikov, Vilnius, 1949
8/6pk/1r1b2Np/5Q1P/b4P2/1p4P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1949, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Julio Bolbochan vs Carlos Guimard, Remedios de Escalada, 1949
r1b3r1/pp2k2p/4pq2/1B6/3R4/PP3P2/5P2/2RQ1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7+ Bd7 Rdxd7+ Kf8 Qd6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Tigran Petrosian vs Efim Geller, Moscow, 1949
5rk1/1pp4p/3p1qpb/2PP4/1PN3n1/1QNbp1PP/6B1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ Kh1 Qxg3 hxg4 Bf4 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
David Bronstein vs Paul Keres, Moscow, 1949
r3nbk1/4q1p1/p4p2/1b3B2/1p5Q/5NNP/PP2p1P1/2r1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf7 Qh5+ Kg8 Bh7+ ]
d)
Hector Rossetto vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Mar del Plata, 1949
8/4kp1p/1p1bpn1Q/6B1/r7/3B1q2/1PP2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be4 Qg4+ Kf1 Be5 f3 ]
e)
Larry Evans vs George Kramer, Omaha, 1949
r5k1/1p3qpp/1b6/1p6/p4pQ1/P3P1P1/1B3P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ Rxc8 Qxc8+ Qf8 Qe6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1949, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hermann Heemsoth vs Wilhelm Rautenberg, Oldenburg, 1949
r5k1/1ppq1p1p/5p2/p4N2/2P1P1n1/Pn1pQ1P1/5P1P/1N1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf4 if Ne5 Qh6 ]
b)
Gedeon Barcza vs Vassily Smyslov, Budapest, 1949
r3r1k1/pp1n1pp1/2p4p/q2p1P2/3b2n1/1PNP2PP/PB1Q1PB1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 ]
c)
Lothar Schmid vs Nicholas Rossolimo, Heidelberg, 1949
5r1k/1b4pp/8/p1R5/Pp2p2q/1Q2B2P/1P3PK1/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ Bxf2 e3+ ]
d)
Valentins Kirilov vs Semen Furman, Vilnius, 1949
4r1k1/1br2ppp/p7/8/PpNp3q/3P4/1PP2PP1/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2 Kxg2 Rc6 ]
e)
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Stojan Puc, Zagreb, 1949
6r1/Rp1k1p2/1P1p4/2rNbPq1/4Pp1p/2P2R2/5Q1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4 if Qf1 Qg1+ ]
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