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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1955.
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.
Mikhail Yudovich vs Lev Polugaevsky, Gorky, 1955
3r1n1k/1q2N2p/4rPpQ/p1P1Bn2/1P5R/8/7P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Mark Taimanov vs Raaphi Persitz, Hastings, 1955
r4r1k/pp5p/2p4q/3pNn1p/3PnN2/3QP3/PP3PR1/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Efim Geller vs Alexander Kotov, Moscow, 1955
r1b3k1/2q2pb1/p2p4/3P1NpQ/1np5/4R3/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Bf8 Rxf8+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Dieter Keller vs Georgi Tringov, Antwerpen, 1955
6k1/1p3pb1/3p3p/3PnRPP/1P5K/r7/2R3Q1/6q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Alexander Kotov vs Mark Taimanov, Moscow, 1955
5rk1/6bp/bn4p1/p2Pp1N1/7B/2N1KB2/Pr4PP/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4+ if Ke4 Rf4+ or if Kd3 Rd2+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1955, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Bent Larsen vs Fridrik Olafsson, Oslo, 1955
r4rk1/1p4pp/2p2n2/2q5/2P1Pbb1/2N2P2/1B2Q1KP/3R1R1B b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ Kxh3 Qh5+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Igor Glek vs Mikhail Tal, Riga, 1955
6k1/pp5q/4p3/4P3/3rn1K1/PP2Q1P1/8/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ Kh4 Nd2+ (or Nf6+) ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Gedeon Barcza vs Svetozar Gligoric, Zagreb, 1955
8/6bk/3B1ppp/4pb2/2Bp4/N1nn2P1/3N1P1P/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ Kg1 Ne2+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Erno Gereben vs Karoly Honfi, Budapest, 1955
1q2r3/1p1R1pk1/pQ1R2pp/P1p2r2/2B2P2/2P3nP/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ Kf8 Qxc5+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Oscar Panno vs Boris Spassky, Goteborg, 1955
1rrq2k1/R6R/8/3Pp3/4b1P1/7P/1Q2PP2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qxe5+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1955, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Janis Klovans vs Josif Vatnikov, Riga, 1955
r1qr1bk1/pp4pp/1n1p2P1/4p1N1/2n1P3/2N4b/PPP1Q2P/2BR1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ gxh7+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ ]

b)
Black mates in 5.
Karoly Honfi vs Lajos Portisch, Budapest, 1955
6k1/5pp1/4p2p/1pNpP3/1P1P1K1P/2Q1nPP1/5q2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ hxg5 hxg5+ Kxg5 Qxg3+ if Kh5 Nf5 ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Georgy Borisenko vs Arkady Novopashin, Gorky, 1955
r3qrk1/3bpnbR/1p3p2/p1pPpPp1/P1P1P1P1/1PNBB2R/7Q/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rh7+ Kg8 Qh5 ]

d)
Borislav Ivkov vs Carlos Guimard, Buenos Aires, 1955
2br1k2/p4p1Q/2n1p3/2P3R1/3p1P2/P7/1P2q3/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Ke7 Qh4+ Kd7 Rxd8+ if Nxd8 Rxd4+ ]

e)
Borislav Ivkov vs Raul Sanguinetti, Buenos Aires, 1955
8/2n1k1p1/1R1p1n1p/3Pp3/4PP2/5KPP/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ fxe5 if Nfe8 exd6+ Nxd6 e5 ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1955, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Georgy Borisenko vs Mikhail Yudovich, Gorky, 1955
5k2/2q3bQ/p2p1p2/2pP1PB1/1pP5/7P/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 if Qf7 Qh8+ ]

b)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Borislav Ivkov, Hastings, 1955
r4bk1/3b1p2/2pq2p1/7p/2P5/3Q2PP/5BB1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd6 Bxd6 Rd1 ]

c)
Andor Lilienthal vs Yakov Estrin, Moscow, 1955
2rr1nk1/1q2bpp1/p1n1p2p/1p2P3/4BB2/P4N2/1P2QPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rac1 Rxd1+ Qxd1 Qb6 Be3 if Qd8 Qxd8 ]

d)
Boris Spassky vs Mark Taimanov, Moscow, 1955
r3kb1r/1bp1nq1p/5p2/1p2p1pQ/4P2N/1P2B3/1PP2PPP/R2R2K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Rxa8+ Bxa8 Rd8+ ]

e)
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Lajos Segi, Novi Sad, 1955
4q2k/pp3b1p/2r5/3QpN2/5p2/1P6/P1P3PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 if Bxd5 Rxe8+ Bg8 Ne7 or if Qf8 Qd4 Rf6 Re4 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1955, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bent Larsen vs Fridrik Olafsson, Oslo, 1955
4r1k1/p3r1pp/1p6/2p1b3/5N2/4R1P1/PP3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 Re6 Nc7 ]

b)
Mijo Udovcic vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, Zagreb, 1955
7k/p4p1q/1p2r2R/6Q1/8/P6P/1P4PK/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Kg7 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qd3+ ]

c)
Laszlo Barczay vs Karoly Honfi, Budapest, 1955
5r1k/2p1Nppp/1p2b3/2p1P3/5Q2/2P1R2P/qP3PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 if Nc6 Bd5 ]

d)
Efim Geller vs Alexander Cherepkov, Moscow, 1955
5rk1/pp3ppp/4qn2/8/3P1P1n/P7/2Q2P1P/R2B1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5 if f3 Qxd4+ Qf2 Qxa1 ]


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