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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1957.
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.
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Yuri Kotkov, Krasnodar, 1957
r2q3k/pp1b1Q1p/3p1bp1/5p2/2B5/1P5P/P1PP1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Alexander Cherepkov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1957
r1b2rk1/1p3p2/p1pp1RpQ/8/2Pq4/5RPP/P3P1BK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Lothar Schmid, Dublin, 1957
5rk1/6bp/4p1p1/4P3/2N5/PP6/4pBPP/3rR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Nikolai Krogius vs Boris Spassky, Leningrad, 1957
4N2k/4B3/6pp/pp1b1p2/3b1PPK/P7/2B1n2P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf2+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Hein Donner vs Nicolaas Cortlever, Netherlands, 1957
8/P2Q1p1p/q5pk/1p2B3/r7/b3P1P1/5P1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh3+ Kg5 f4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1957, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jan-Hein Donner vs Bent Larsen, Wageningen, 1957
3rk3/1b4BR/3p2p1/3P4/1r4n1/1P6/6BP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Kd7 Bf6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Reinhard Fuchs vs Julius Kozma, Bratislava, 1957
R5nk/2pq2pp/8/4P3/2Qbn1P1/1P6/1P3r1N/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ Kg1 Rd2+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Mark Taimanov vs Nikola Karaklajic, Leningrad, 1957
r4rkn/p2b4/2p1p1p1/1p2P2Q/2q1pP2/2B1P2P/PP6/2KR2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ if Nxg6 Qxg6+ or if Kf7 Qh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Mikhail Tal, Moscow, 1957
b3r1k1/p1rR2pp/2n5/2P5/B7/P1B4P/2P1p1P1/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Bb3+ if Re6 Bxe6+ Kf8 Bxg7+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Donald Byrne, New York, 1957
3r1kr1/p5b1/1p3pQn/1PpB1q1p/2P2N1P/P5P1/3B4/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf5 if Nxf5 Ng6# or if Bh8 Qh7 Rg7 Ng6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1957, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Jan-Hein Donner vs Octav Troianescu, Wageningen, 1957
2r2rk1/1R3p1p/p5pQ/1p1B1nB1/8/P7/1P2qPPP/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Rxf7 Rxc8+ or if Kh8 Bf6+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Reinhard Fuchs vs Mijo Udovcic, Gotha, 1957
1r2n2R/3b4/p2p1kpQ/3Pp3/nqp1P1P1/2N2PN1/PP6/1BK5 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ Ke7 Qg5+ Kf7 Rh7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 5.
Donald Byrne vs Robert Fischer, USA, 1957
r6k/2p3bp/1pPp4/1P1q4/1Q1R2P1/2B2r1P/4B3/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf1+ Kh2 Rf2+ Kg3 Rg2+ ]
d)
Black mates in 6.
Vladas Mikenas vs Lev Aronin, Moscow, 1957
2r3k1/5ppp/4p3/5q2/8/Pp1Q4/1P4PP/1K1R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd8 if g4 Qg6 h3 Rxd3 or if Rc1 Qxd3+ Ka1 Qc2 ]
e)
Roman Toran Albero vs Haije Kramer, Beverwijk, 1957
1b4k1/pp1rnpp1/7p/3p4/3N4/2B3PP/PPP1RP2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4 Nc6 Nxc6 bxc6 Re8+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1957, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Evgeni Vasiukov vs Reinhard Fuchs, Gotha, 1957
5r1k/p2qnnpp/1p2p3/3pPp1P/3P1N2/P2PB1Q1/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 if Qxc7 Nxe6 w/Qxg7# or Nxc7 ]
b)
Abram Khasin vs Rashit Nezhmetdinov, Kiev, 1957
r4r2/7k/3p4/5n1p/p2R4/6P1/P5NP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rdf4 if Kg6 Rxf5 Rxf5 Nh4+ ]
c)
Alexander Kotov vs Erich Eliskases, Mar del Plata, 1957
7k/1p5n/1qp4Q/p3Nr2/2P5/8/P2P2BK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Kg8 Ne7+ Kh8 Nxf5 ]
d)
Gunnar Uusi vs Abram Roizman, Minsk, 1957
r2r2k1/4qppp/1p1b4/3bn2R/3Np3/P3P3/1B2BPPP/R4QK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 Qe6 Nxd6 if Qxd6 Rxe5 or if Nf3+ Bxf3 exf3 Qd3 ]
e)
Tigran Petrosian vs Mark Taimanov, Moscow, 1957
3RQ3/5p1p/4q1pk/8/8/P7/1PK5/r7 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6 fxe6 Rd1 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1957, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen, Reykjavik, 1957
2rr2k1/1p3pp1/p1b4p/q2Np1b1/4P3/3R1Q2/PPP1B1PP/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ b4 Qa4 Ra3 ]
b)
Milan Matulovic vs Rudolf Maric, Sombor, 1957
2kr1b1r/2pq1p2/p5pp/1p1pP3/2p3PP/P3BQ2/1PP2P2/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6 if Rg8 Qxa6+ mates ]
c)
Wolfgang Uhlmann vs Octav Troianescu, Wageningen, 1957
5k2/3r4/2pRbr2/1pP1Rp2/p4P2/P2B2p1/1P4P1/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rexe6 ]
d)
Yakov Estrin vs Samuel Zhukhovitsky, Leningrad, 1957
2kr3r/1pqbbp2/p1nppp1p/7B/3NPP2/2N3Q1/PPP3PP/2KR1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Rxd4 Qc5 ]
e)
Mark Taimanov vs Mikhail Tal, Moscow, 1957
r1qr3k/pp4pp/2n2p2/1P2p3/2P5/Q1P1BN1b/5PPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Qg4 if Ne1 Qxd1 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1957, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Semen Furman vs Boris Spassky, Moscow, 1957
5rk1/pp3r1p/2np2p1/3Np3/1PP5/3B1n1q/PB3R1P/2RQ3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne1 ]
b)
Jonathan Penrose vs Peter Clarke, Southend, 1957
4rrk1/ppp2pbp/3p2p1/4n3/2P1P2q/1PN5/PB1Q1PPP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ gxf3 Be5 ]
c)
Karl Gilg vs Lev Aronin, Vienna, 1957
5rk1/p5pp/2q5/1pb1PnPP/2p1N3/2P2R2/P2BQ3/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ Nxg3 Rxf3+ Ke1 Rxg3 if Kd1 Rg2 ]
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