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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1954.
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.
Svetozar Gligoric vs Tigran Petrosian, Belgrade, 1954
1n3Q2/7q/p1P5/1n1P2kp/8/3N4/4r1PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ h4+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Pal Benko vs Erno Gereben, Budapest, 1954
1r2q3/1R6/3p1kp1/1ppBp1b1/p3Pp2/2PP4/PP3P2/5K1Q w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Qxh8 Rf7# ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Moshe Czerniak, Amsterdam, 1954
3Rbkr1/7R/p3pPp1/2p3P1/2N5/5B2/PqP2P2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ Kxf7 Nd6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Pal Benko vs Istvan Bilek, Budapest, 1954
7k/1p3q2/2pb2R1/6B1/p1nP2Q1/2P5/PPB2P1r/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ if Kh7 Rg8+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Istvan Bilek vs Jozsef Szily, Budapest, 1954
5knQ/1p3p2/p2p1Pr1/3q2B1/3pr3/7P/PP4PK/2R2R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ Re8 Bh6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1954, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Borislav Ivkov, Belgrade, 1954
6k1/pp3p1p/8/3pN2N/1Q1Pn3/8/P1r2qPP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Zandor Nilsson vs Efim Geller, Stockholm, 1954
2r5/p2kBp2/b3pP1p/3p2p1/1p6/5P2/PqQ2RPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc1+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Roman Toran Albero vs Jose Alvarez, Montevideo, 1954
r2r1bk1/5pnp/bpqp2p1/p2NnP2/2PBP3/1P4PP/P2Q2BK/3R1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Qh6 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Leonid Shamkovich, Rostov on Don, 1954
1r1b3r/1p2N3/p2R1P1k/6pB/6Pp/8/PPP2P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ Kh7 f7 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Lev Polugaevsky vs Anatoly Lutikov, Rostov on Don, 1954
2R5/5kpp/1b1p3q/p2Pp3/1p2P1K1/PN4P1/1B3r1P/3Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Kg6 h4 Rh2 Kf3 Qe3+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1954, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Nikolai Krogius vs Alexander Cherepkov, Leningrad, 1954
2r4Q/2qb1kP1/p2R4/8/7P/1Pp5/1PP2P2/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Rf6+ Kxf6 g8/Q+ if Kf5 Qh5+ ]
b)
Black mates in 5.
Angel Martin Gonzalez vs Julius Kozma, Oslo, 1954
r3k2r/bpp2p2/p1npb3/P5q1/4P3/1N2nB2/1PPQ1PpB/R2NR1K1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2 if fxe3 Rh1+ Kf2 Qh4+ or if Kxh2 g1/Q+ ]
c)
Peter Clarke vs Ingi Johannsson, Amsterdam, 1954
3r3k/5p1p/p1q1npr1/1p2pN2/8/P3N3/1PPQ2PP/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Qxd8+ if Nf8 Qxf8+ Rg8 Qxg8+ mates
or if Nxd8 Rxd8+ Rg8 Rxg8+ w/Ne7+ ]
d)
Haije Kramer vs Cenek Kottnauer, Beverwijk, 1954
r1b2rk1/pp2bppp/1q2pn2/4Q1B1/5P2/2N5/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Na4 if Qb4 Rd4 or if Qf2 Rd2 ]
e)
Semen Furman vs Rashit Nezhmetdinov, Kiev, 1954
2rr2k1/pb1q1pbp/1p2p1p1/1Q6/P2nB3/BN2P3/5PPP/1RR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd7 Ne2+ Kf1 if Rxd7 Kxe2 or if Nxc1 Qxc8 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1954, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Hans Bouwmeester, Munich, 1954
4rbk1/5np1/1p2p2p/5p1Q/1PP5/2Bq1NP1/5P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ if Kxf7 Ne5+ ]
b)
Mark Taimanov vs Lev Aronin, Riga, 1954
Q7/1pP2k1q/3p4/8/2Pb1Pp1/6P1/5PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Kxe8 c8/Q+ Kf7 Qxb7+ Kg8 Qd5+ Kf8 Qxd6+ ]
c)
Klaus Darga vs Gedeon Barcza, Amsterdam, 1954
r4r1k/R5p1/pBP2q2/8/4Q2P/6p1/PP6/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb2 if Qg2 Qxb6+ ]
d)
Ingi Johannsson vs Zandor Nilsson, Amsterdam, 1954
4kb2/p4p2/b1p1p3/8/3P4/8/qQKN1PPP/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd3+ Kc3 Bb4+ ]
e)
Bela Sandor vs Peter Dely, Budapest, 1954
4r1k1/p4p1p/2p3pb/8/4q3/2Pr2PP/PPN1QP1R/4RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe2+ Rxe2 Rxe2 Kxe2 Rd2+ ]
f)
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Kiev, 1954
3rr1k1/p6p/bp3qp1/n1bp4/4pPP1/1PP3Q1/P2B1NBP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e3 if Bxe3 Qxc3 or if Rxe3 Bxe3 ]
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