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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1952.
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.
Semen Furman vs Abram Khasin, Leningrad, 1952
3nN3/pp2r2k/2p3Rp/2r1P2P/5p2/8/PP3P2/1K2R3 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Rudolf Teschner vs Samuel Reshevsky, Helsinki, 1952
r7/1p3k1p/1n1B4/2P2P2/6nQ/1P5K/r4q1P/1R3B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3+ if Bg3 or Qg3 Rxh2# ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Aleksandar Matanovic vs Mark Taimanov, Saltsjobaden, 1952
4r2k/1pp2p2/p2b1nqp/P2P4/7p/P1N4P/2QK1P2/R5N1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Erno Gereben vs Octav Troianescu, Budapest, 1952
r1b1rqk1/5p2/5Pp1/ppp1B1Q1/8/1P1P3R/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ fxg6 f7+ Qxf7 Rh8# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Nicolaas Cortlever, Enschede, 1952
R7/5pk1/2p1q1pn/4P3/4NP1Q/7P/1r4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ Qxf6 exf6+ Kh7 Ng5# ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1952, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
David Bronstein vs Lev Aronin, Moscow, 1952
4brr1/1pq3k1/p3P1p1/3p1Q2/1P1b1P2/2PB4/7P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ Bxg6 Qxg6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Eldis Cobo Arteaga vs Erich Eliskases, Habana, 1952
6k1/5rrp/3p2pR/1Np1p3/3nP3/1P3P2/1P1q2P1/1K3Q1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2+ Ka1 Ra7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Kristian Skold vs Isaac Boleslavsky, Helsinki, 1952
8/5Qpk/7p/8/4qn1P/5NB1/6r1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ if Kxh2 Qe2+ or if Kg1 Rh1+ ]
d)
Jozsef Szily vs Levente Lengyel, Budapest, 1952
4r1k1/4qppp/8/2n5/2Q1N3/6P1/5P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
e)
Larry Evans vs Roman Toran Albero, Habana, 1952
1rb1r1k1/5pbp/p2p2p1/3Bn3/q2NP3/2R1BPP1/P2Q3P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ f4 if Ng4 Bc6 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1952, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Moshe Czerniak vs Theo Van Scheltinga, Helsinki, 1952
r4rk1/1b1p1p1p/p3pQp1/1pP1PnR1/8/P2B1q2/2PB1P1P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf5 if exf5 Bh6 ]
b)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf, Helsinki, 1952
r1b1r1k1/1p1n1p1p/2ppn1p1/8/p1P1P3/5P2/PqNQNBPP/4RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc3 if Nec5 Rb1 ]
c)
Miguel Najdorf vs Svetozar Gligoric, Helsinki, 1952
6k1/Qp2qp2/p5pp/8/1P2n1P1/P2N1P1P/6K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe3 ]
d)
Paul Keres vs Alexei Suetin, Moscow, 1952
r4rk1/p2R1pp1/4pq1p/2p1N3/4b2b/2P1P1B1/P3QPPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng4 if Qf5 Bxh4 ]
e)
Nicholas Rossolimo vs Larry Evans, Habana, 1952
1r2qrkb/2N2p1p/3R1npP/1b2p3/ppQ1P3/1B3P2/PPP2BP1/1K5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc4 Nxe8 Nxe8 ]
f)
Miguel Najdorf vs Rudolf Teschner, Helsinki, 1952
8/6kp/p4Np1/1pP2p2/1P1r1n1P/P1Q5/5PPK/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2 ]
g)
Genrikh Chepukaitis vs Boris Spassky, Leningrad, 1952
4n3/4kp2/p1q5/6N1/5b1Q/6NP/1P4P1/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Ka2 Bxg5 ]
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