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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1956.
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.
Michael Pasman vs Alexander Evdokimov, Moscow, 1956
r1q1r2k/6Rp/3p1Bp1/2pPb2b/2p1P2Q/4N2P/P7/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Rudolf Maric vs Milan Matulovic, Skopje, 1956
2r1r3/1p3p2/p2P2pk/1b2QR2/n7/1N6/PP4PP/1B4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh5+ gxh5 Qf6# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
William Lombardy vs Atanas Kolarov, Uppsala, 1956
5r1k/1ppbq1pp/8/1n1PB2B/1P6/6Q1/6PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Averbakh vs Nikola Padevsky, Dresden, 1956
1r6/3r1p1p/p2p4/1pp2N1k/1PP1B3/P2P3P/7K/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rg1 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Georgy Ustinov, Frunze, 1956
3RQ3/1b3pkp/1p4p1/2p5/2P1P3/1P3BPP/rq3P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kf6 Rd6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1956, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Lev Polugaevsky, Tbilisi, 1956
3r1r2/2qP1pk1/p2R2pp/7P/6P1/2pQ1R2/P1Bb1P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ if Kh7 Rgf6+ or Rg7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Nikola Padevsky vs Viktor Korchnoi, Uppsala, 1956
1n3Bk1/pQp1pp1p/2P3p1/8/2p5/5N2/P4PPP/1q1n1K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ Ke2 Qd3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Nikola Padevsky vs Bent Larsen, Moscow, 1956
1Q6/5p1k/4p2p/1p4p1/4b3/6K1/PP1q1B1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Gedeon Barcza vs Aleksandar Matanovic, Moscow, 1956
2n3k1/4ppb1/3p2pp/4n3/pB4Pq/P3P3/1PQ2P2/1R3BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kg2 Qxg4+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Edmar Mednis vs Donald Byrne, New York, 1956
4rr2/p6p/3pq1p1/1b1N2Q1/1p2k1P1/8/PPP1N2R/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ O O O if Kf3 Ng1+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1956, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Efim Samoilovich Stoliar vs Alexander Kotov, URS, 1956
4qr1k/1p5p/3Q3N/3p4/3p4/2nP3P/2P3RK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qg3 if Qg6 Qe5+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Donald Byrne vs Robert Fischer, New York, 1956
1Q6/5pk1/2p3p1/1p1bN2p/1b5P/6n1/r5P1/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb3+ Kc1 Ne2+ Kb1 Nc3+ ]
c)
Isaac Boleslavsky vs Ratmir Kholmov, Leningrad, 1956
r3rbk1/3b1ppp/p1np4/1p1N4/1P1Nn2q/P6P/1BB2PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 if Rxe4 Nf3 ]
d)
Gyorgy Szilagyi vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Marianske Lazne, 1956
1r4k1/5p2/2b1q1p1/1N2p2p/1bn1P3/1p2BP1P/1P2Q1PK/1B1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nc7 if Qc8 Qxc4 Qxc7 Rc1 ]
e)
D A Yanofsky vs Edmar Mednis, Montreal, 1956
1r5r/4kp2/pqpR1p1p/4pb2/4p3/1B4Q1/PPP3PP/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7 if Rh7 Qxf6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1956, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
David Bronstein vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Moscow, 1956
6k1/4n2p/5rpQ/Pb2Np2/3qpNP1/7P/8/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Nh5 gxh5 Qxf6 if Qd5 Qxe7 or if Ng6 Rc8+ mates ]
b)
Harry Golombek vs Nikolay Minev, Moscow, 1956
2r2rk1/pb2bppp/4pn2/qp2B3/8/1P3NP1/P3PPBP/1QR2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if g6 Bxb7 or if Bxg2 Bxf6 ]
c)
Georgy Borisenko vs Boris Spassky, Leningrad, 1956
2r1r2k/5qpp/p7/1p3p2/2b2BnP/2P3R1/P2Q1PP1/3BR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rcd8 if Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxg4 Rxd2 Bxd2 ]
d)
Yosef Porath vs Gedeon Barcza, Moscow, 1956
1r4k1/p4p1p/6pb/8/8/1N1RP1P1/Pr1R3P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...R8xb3 axb3 Rxd2 Rxd2 Bxe3+ ]
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