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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1950.
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.
Jan-Hein Donner vs Haije Kramer, Beverwijk, 1950
2r4k/4Q1pp/1p1n4/2b1Np2/P6P/1P3PPK/1Bq5/1R6 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Balazs Sebestyen vs Geza Fuster, Budapest, 1950
1n3r1k/4nBpp/p2qP3/1pR5/3PQ3/1P5P/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
David Bronstein vs Alexander Kotov, Budapest, 1950
8/pp2Q2p/n1b1p1k1/2p5/2P3BP/4K3/PP6/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Bh5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Kotov vs Andor Lilienthal, Budapest, 1950
3k4/p4pb1/n6p/1Q6/1P2R3/P7/1qp2PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kc7 Re7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Lev Aronin vs Semen Furman, Gorky, 1950
4k3/ppR5/1np1b2p/7N/3Pp3/8/PP2Bn2/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1950, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Nicholas Rossolimo vs Larry Evans, Hastings, 1950
2b4r/1p1p2p1/2pP2q1/P3k2p/2Q5/3p1R2/5PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc5+ Ke6 Re1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Alexei Suetin vs Georgi Ilivitzki, URS, 1950
2r5/5p1k/6pP/Qp2p3/P3R3/qr3P2/2PK2R1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Jan-Hein Donner vs Carel Van Den Berg, Amsterdam, 1950
8/3kn2p/p2q2p1/1p1p4/5r2/1B5r/PP4Q1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Nikolac Bakulin vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1950
5r2/R7/1p6/3pn1kB/PP1P2P1/2Pb4/3K4/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4+ Kxd3 Rf2 ]
e)
Gedeon Barcza vs Jozsef Szily, Budapest, 1950
1r2k2r/6pp/4np2/8/1b1p4/5NP1/3B1PKP/R2R4 w k - 1 0
[ Bxb4 Rxb4 Ra8+ Nd8 Nxd4 0-0 Nc2 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1950, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Kristian Skold, Dubrovnik, 1950
rn2r1k1/pp3p1p/2p3pB/2q5/2b2P2/2PQ2P1/P3P1BP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qd8 if Qe7 Qxe7 ]
b)
Svetozar Gligoric vs Kristian Skold, Dubrovnik, 1950
2r2rk1/p6p/bp2q1pb/8/2nBBP2/8/P3N1PP/2R1QRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc3 if Rf7 Bd5 ]
c)
Vladas Mikenas vs Alexei Suetin, Moscow, 1950
7r/6pp/2bB1pk1/2P1n3/p1B5/8/PR4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe5 fxe5 Rb6 Rc8 Bd5 ]
d)
Milko Bobotsov vs Ladislav Alster, Prague, 1950
2r4k/p3rqbp/1np4Q/2N2p2/1P1ppP1B/6R1/P1P3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7 Qxg7 Bf6 ]
e)
Harry Golombek vs Nicholas Rossolimo, Venice, 1950
4r1k1/pp3bp1/2p5/8/3PnN1R/2PB2P1/q6P/5QK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6 Bxg6 Bc4+ ]
f)
Jan-Hein Donner vs Nicholas Rossolimo, Amsterdam, 1950
2r2rk1/5ppp/p3p3/2b5/Pp2q3/4B1P1/1PN1QK1P/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2 Qxc2 Bxe3+ Kxe3 Rxc2 ]
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