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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1958.
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)
Black mates in 2.
David Bronstein vs Boris Spassky, Riga, 1958
5r1k/pR3ppp/1p6/5N2/N3n3/1B2Pp1P/PP3r2/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2 ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Lev Polugaevsky, Sochi, 1958
7k/6pp/3P4/1pQ1P3/8/r1P3P1/2K4P/4q3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra2+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Arturo Pomar Salamanca vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Munich, 1958
5r2/1p3r1k/p2p3p/4nN1N/2P1P2p/1P6/P2Q2K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ Kg8 Nf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Samuel Reshevsky, Munich, 1958
3q3k/5Pp1/p1Q5/3B4/4nP2/8/P1P4P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ if Kh7 f8/N+ or if Qe8 fxe8/Q+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Robert Fischer vs Bent Larsen, Portoroz, 1958
3r1k2/1q1P4/5b2/p3p2p/1p6/1B3P2/PPPQ4/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Ke7 Qh7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 195aa8, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashit Nezhmetdinov, Sochi, 1958
r5k1/p5bp/8/1K1p4/Pn4p1/1P1n1rP1/1B2N2R/R2Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb8+ Ka5 Nc6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Vlado Kozomara vs Vladimir Sokolov, Tuzla, 1958
6k1/2p2qp1/p2p2r1/2p1p3/2P1P1b1/1P3rPp/P2Q3P/3RR1BK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2 Bxf2 Qf3+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Zandor Nilsson vs Freysteinn Thorbergsson, Munich, 1958
5b1r/n3k3/pq2n1p1/1p1QP2p/1P1P2B1/P3B3/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6 Qxe6 Rc7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Oscar Panno vs Gedeon Barcza, Munich, 1958
1R4Q1/3nr1pp/3p1k2/5Bb1/4P3/2q1B1P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Nxf8 Qxf8+ Ke5 f4+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Vassily Smyslov vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow, 1958
8/5r2/pR4p1/P1k5/2P1Kp2/1P6/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Kd3 if Rd7+ Kc3 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1958, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Kaarle Ojanen vs Ingi Johannsson, Munich, 1958
5r1k/6b1/p3B3/2Q4p/5nP1/P4pq1/1PP2RP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Kh1 fxg2+ Rxg2 Rxf1+ ]
b)
Mikhail Tal vs Georgi Tringov, Munich, 1958
r3kr2/1p1b1pp1/p1n1p2p/8/4q3/1N6/PPP1BKPP/R2Q1R2 w q - 1 0
[ Qxd7+ Kxd7 Nc5+ ]
c)
D A Yanofsky vs Lajos Portisch, Munich, 1958
r4rk1/4q2p/4p1p1/p2nN1N1/1ppPpPPQ/2P4R/PP5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if Qg7 Nxf8 Rxf8 Nxf4 Nxe6 or if hxg6 Qh8# ]
d)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Charles Kalme, New York, 1958
3rb3/p1r1k3/1pnNp1pp/2p5/2P2P2/7P/PP1RP1B1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 if Bxc6 or Rxc6 Nf5+ ]
e)
Robert Fischer vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1958
r1bqnrk1/pp1pppbp/6p1/n3P3/3N4/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Ne6 Kxe6 Qd5+ mates or if Kh8 or Rxf7 Ne6 ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1958, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
David Bronstein vs Lev Polugaevsky, Riga, 1958
3r2k1/5Rp1/4P2p/8/8/1B2r1P1/7P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ e7 if Re8 Rf8+ ]
b)
Vadim Shishkin vs Georgy Borisenko, Rostov on Don, 1958
5rk1/p3qp1p/6p1/3Qr1Pn/3Np2R/4P3/PP3P2/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if Qxg5 Qxe5 or if Rxd5 Nxe7+ ]
c)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Boris Vladimirov, Sochi, 1958
3r1rk1/5qp1/p1np1b1p/4pQ2/Pp2P1N1/1N5R/1PP3PP/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6 if gxh6 Nxh6+ ]
d)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Larry Evans, New York, 1958
r3rnk1/2Q5/b5p1/1p1p2p1/1P6/3q4/3B3P/R2N1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh8 Rf3 ]
e)
Efim Geller vs Yuri Nikolaevsky, Kiev, 1958
r4rk1/1pqb3p/p2pp1p1/8/1P2PPn1/P1B2N2/6PP/3RQR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb5 Rg1 Qxc3 if Qxc3 Nf2# ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1958, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Vaysman vs Yuri Sakharov, Kiev, 1958
5rk1/pR5p/3p1np1/3P2q1/1P2P3/P5Q1/5NK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2 Qxd6 Qxf2+ Kxf2 Nxe4+ ]
b)
William Fairhurst vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso, Munich, 1958
8/p3Rppk/1p5p/5Pn1/P7/3q4/3r2PP/4Q1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3 Rf1 Rd1 if Qxd1 Nf2+ ]
c)
Pal Benko vs William Lombardy, New York, 1958
8/5pk1/6n1/1q6/3PQ1p1/3NP1Kp/5P1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 if Qe6 Qxd3 ]
d)
Georgi Dashkalov vs Nikola Padevsky, Sofia, 1958
1r3k2/1Brb1pp1/pR1p3p/4n3/3N4/2P3P1/P4P1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4 R6b4 a5 if R4b3 Nd2 ]
e)
Gheorghe Mititelu vs Mikhail Tal, Varna, 1958
4r2k/1p3pp1/8/3B4/5Q1P/P6q/1Pr5/3N1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re6 h5 Rf6 if Qb8+ Rc8 Bg2 Rxf1+ ]
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