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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1951.
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.
Naum Levin vs Anatoly Lutikov, Ivanovo, 1951
r3k2r/pp2n2p/4Q3/3pp1B1/1b1q4/8/PP2BPPP/R4K1R w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Anatoly Lutikov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1951
r7/pp2bR1p/2n1b2k/3p3r/7Q/2P5/PP4P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ R1f6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Tigran Petrosian vs Oleg Moisieev, Moscow, 1951
8/5p2/5R2/1p4kp/1Pb5/P4R1P/r5PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ R3f5+ Kh4 Rf4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Carlos Guimard vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, New York, 1951
4rq1k/p1p5/1p1bP2p/2p2B2/2P3R1/4Q1P1/P6P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qc3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Mikhail Botvinnik vs David Bronstein, Moscow, 1951
7k/3p2pp/8/1NP2r2/1P4n1/3R2P1/2n3KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nce3+ or Ngc3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1951, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Roman Toran Albero vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Madrid, 1951
5r2/1b1k1P2/p4R2/1p1p2p1/3B4/PP1q4/7P/4Q2K w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kc7 Be5+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Erno Gereben vs Octav Troianescu, Sopot, 1951
1q5k/1brR2np/pp2p1p1/4Q1P1/2Pb1P1P/1P6/PB5K/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd4 if Rxd7 Qxb8+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Georgi Ilivitzki vs Yuri Averbak, Sverdlovsk, 1951
6k1/1pr2pp1/3p2np/1b1Pp3/BP2PP2/5N1q/3B1P1P/1Q3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ Kh1 Qxf3+ Kg1 Nh4 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Mark Taimanov vs Lev Aronin, Tbilisi, 1951
4rk2/p5b1/6p1/1PpP4/1q4P1/1Q3P2/PP6/1K4NR b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kc2 Qd4 ]
e)
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Yakov Estrin, Baku, 1951
4r3/4bpk1/1r2qn1p/p7/1pp1PQ2/1P3N1P/P4PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd4 Qc8 Nf5+ Kg8 Qg3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1951, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Wolfgang Uhlmann vs Andreas Schenk, Berlin, 1951
r1b3k1/1p2q1bp/2p1p3/p3P2n/5p2/4BBPP/PPN2Q1K/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ gxf4 if Qf7 Rd8+ Bf8 Bxh5 Qxh5 Bc5 ]
b)
Larry Evans vs Robert Byrne, New York, 1951
3r2k1/1b1P1p1p/p5p1/1p6/7P/1B4P1/P4P2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 if Be4 or Ba8 Rc8 or if Rb8 Bxf7+ Kf8 Rxb7 ]
c)
Juraj Nikolac vs Nikola Karaklajic, Sarajevo, 1951
3r3k/5pbp/p5q1/1p4N1/3p1p1Q/P7/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ ]
d)
Johan Barendregt vs Heinz Lehmann, Dusseldorf, 1951
5bk1/5p1p/2r3p1/8/2p5/r1B1P3/PpR2PPP/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 Rxc3 Bg7 Rc2 c3 if Kf1 Ra6 ]
e)
L Sherbakov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1951
6k1/5p2/p5p1/P2n3p/8/1r1P2P1/1B3P1P/1R3K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 if Ke2 Nxd3 ]
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