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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978.
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.
Liuben Spassov vs Ventzislav Inkiov, Albena, 1978
r2q4/1b6/p5Q1/1pk1r1P1/2p2N2/P3P3/1P5P/1B1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ b4+ cxb3 Rc1# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Leif Ogaard vs Gyozo Forintos, Esbjerg, 1978
2b2r1k/1pq3p1/p1n4p/4bpNQ/1P6/P5P1/BB3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6 ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Antonin Drvota vs Karel Mokry, Decin, 1978
3r3k/1q3p1p/1p1pnP1Q/p3p3/1n2P1B1/4B3/1Pb3RP/2N3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf5 ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Istvan Csom vs Erling Mortensen, Kiel, 1978
1r5k/p6p/2Qp4/8/2Pb1p2/5R1P/P4P2/2KBq3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Tigran Petrosian, Lone Pine, 1978
6rk/p3p2p/1p2Pp2/2p2P2/2P1nBr1/1P6/P6P/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg1+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
James Tarjan vs Shaun Taulbut, Lone Pine, 1978
6k1/8/4p3/1Q1pP1Pp/PB1p4/6P1/2q2n1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Lutz Espig vs Alexander Beliavsky, Vilnius, 1978
7r/6k1/1q2pb2/1NQ2p2/1nR2Pp1/NR1P2P1/1P2PK2/7r b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd5 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Sergey Makarichev vs Lev Alburt, Ashkhabad, 1978
rn1k1r2/p5pp/qppPQb2/8/4R3/7P/P4PP1/3BR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg4 Qb7 Qe8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Valery Chekhov vs Gennadi Zaichik, Daugavpils, 1978
6R1/1bp2r1p/1p1q3k/p1nN2p1/2PQ4/1P3BP1/P6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4 ]
e)
White mates in 3.
James Tarjan vs Simon Webb, Hastings, 1978
8/r3p1QR/1r6/2pP1k2/8/2P3P1/q4PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh5+ Ke4 Qh7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Bruno Parma vs Svend Hamann, Kiel, 1978
rr3k2/2q1bB2/p1bp1nQ1/4p3/P3P3/2p5/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Be6 if Bd8 Qg8+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Kupreichik vs Gennadi Zaichik, Kirovakan, 1978
r1bq2r1/1p2pp2/p2p1k2/4n2R/4P1p1/2N5/PPPQBP2/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qf4+ if Bf5 Nd5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Vlastimil Hort vs William Lombardy, Reykjavik, 1978
6k1/5p1p/1p6/pPrQP3/3R1p2/8/2r2qPP/3R1B1K w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Kg7 Qf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Vlastimil Jansa vs Dragoljub Janosevic, Smed. Palanka, 1978
3rnrk1/3qbp1p/p5p1/1p2R3/8/P1BB3Q/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Panchenko vs Lev Psakhis, URS, 1978
k6r/2Q1b1pp/rP1pBn2/p1nPq3/8/2R1B3/1PP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ b7+ Nxb7 Qc8+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Anatoly Karpov, Baguio, 1978
8/7R/2r5/8/P3n3/8/3nk1PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ gxf3 Rg6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Borislav Ivkov vs Svetozar Gligoric, Brilon, 1978
3r4/1p2kp2/2p2p2/p1b1qB2/2P1P3/6P1/1Q3P2/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ Kh1 Rh8+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Aleksander Sznapik vs Gyula Sax, Buenos Aires, 1978
4r1k1/p2Q2pp/8/3pq3/2p2b1B/2P2R1P/1N4P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Gennadij Timoscenko, Ashkhabad, 1978
5rk1/p4p1p/q1p3p1/3nB1Q1/2b5/6PB/2P2P1P/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if f6 Be6+ Rf7 Rb8+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Hans Bohm vs Larry Christiansen, Lone Pine, 1978
3r1r1b/pb2N2k/7p/1P1p2P1/P2p2Q1/3q4/3B3P/1R3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ g6+ Kg7 Bxh6+ Kxh6 Qh4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Yair Kraidman, Beer-Sheva, 1978
6Q1/8/2p1r2p/2P1PRpk/8/5R1P/5PPK/1r2q3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg5+ if hxg5 Qh7+ Rh6 g4+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Wenzhe Liu vs Jan-Hein Donner, Buenos Aires, 1978
r2qnr2/pp3B1k/2npb2b/2pN1pP1/4P3/8/PPP2P2/R1B1K1NR w KQ - 1 0
[ g6+ Kg7 Bxh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Hans Bohm vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Eerbeek, 1978
r3r1k1/1p2nR2/p2pP3/P2Pb2R/2p1N3/4B3/1P6/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 if dxe5 Nf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Leonid Shamkovich vs George Botterill, Hastings, 1978
R4bk1/5p1p/5Pp1/1p6/3Q4/1P5P/1P2qrPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qc5+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Mihai Suba vs Nino Kirov, Pernik, 1978
7Q/2R5/4p2p/1q3kpP/pb2p3/4P1P1/P2n1PB1/3K4 w - - 1 0
[ Bh3+ g4 Rf7+ Kg5 Qg7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Lubomir Kavalek vs Kim Commons, Pasadena, 1978
r1r2nk1/5pp1/4b3/p3PB2/1p3qNP/8/PPP1Q3/1K1R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Qh5+ Qh6 Qxh6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Valery Petukhov vs Igor Ivanov, Vladivostok, 1978
2r2rk1/1Q4pp/1p6/5p2/4pK2/P1N1P1R1/1P2B1Pq/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh6+ if Rg5 Qd6# or if Ke5 Qf6+ Kg6 Qg3+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Kick Langeweg vs Jan Timman, Amsterdam, 1978
2R5/5rk1/1p4p1/1P2p3/Q2n4/3P1PNp/3qP3/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3+ exf3 Qg2+ Ke1 Nxf3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Vladimir Liberzon vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez, Buenos Aires, 1978
3rk3/5p1r/1Q2b1p1/1n2p1P1/pp2P3/1P6/P1P1NR2/1K3BR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Nc1 Nc3+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Konstantin Aseev vs Igor Novikov, Kapsukas, 1978
4n3/3k1Pp1/3p4/6P1/7P/1p2r3/qP6/2K2R1Q b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc3+ if Kd1 Qa1+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Steen Fedder vs Heikki Westerinen, Roskilde, 1978
6rk/p2b4/3p1Nqp/2pPp3/P1P4p/5P1P/Q2B1NP1/5nRK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3 if N2g4 Qh2+ Nxh2 Ng3# ]
b)
Anatoly Lutikov vs Alvis Vitolins, Riga, 1978
r5k1/pb1n1ppp/1p6/3P4/1Pq1N3/P1B3P1/7P/2RQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4 if Ne5 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Bxe5+ ]
c)
Cornelis Van Wijgerden vs Nino Kirov, Amsterdam, 1978
r1r3k1/1p3p1p/6p1/3B4/1Qn3q1/3pP1P1/Pb1B1P2/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc4 if Bxa1 Bxf7+ ]
d)
Jim Plaskett vs Jonathan Mestel, Ayr, 1978
3r1r2/3bb1pk/p2p3B/1p2pP2/1nq5/2N4Q/PPP3PP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bg5+ Kg8 Bxe7 ]
e)
Shaun Taulbut vs William Watson, Ayr, 1978
4Rbk1/5r1p/p5p1/3Q4/8/2q1B2P/P7/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qd8+ Kg7 Bd4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jim Plaskett vs Shaun Taulbut, Ayr, 1978
4R3/3B2kp/1rpb3q/p2p4/2nP1p2/2P4Q/P4PN1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ ]
b)
Jacob Murey vs Yair Kraidman, Beer-Sheva, 1978
4r3/pp2Q1bk/3P1npp/2p5/2P4B/8/Pq2B1PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Rxe7 Bxb2 ]
c)
Edmar Mednis vs Vlastimil Jansa, Budapest, 1978
5rk1/6p1/p3pr1p/2bq4/2B1R1Q1/P7/2P3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 Rxf6 Rxe6 ]
d)
Silvino Garcia Martinez vs William Lombardy, Buenos Aires, 1978
8/5pk1/p2Np1pn/3q4/1Q6/3p4/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8+ if Kh7 or Kg8 Nf6+ ]
e)
Garry Kasparov vs Semon Palatnik, Daugavpils, 1978
2r2k1n/7Q/bp3bq1/p2NP1N1/P2P4/7P/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ Ke8 Nxf6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Josef Pribyl vs Paul Van Der Sterren, Eerbeek, 1978
1qr3k1/5pb1/4pn1p/3p1p2/1P1N4/4P1PP/r4PB1/1RRQ2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6 if Qb7 Ne7+ ]
b)
Ryszard Skrobek vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt, Krakow, 1978
3r2k1/7p/p4p2/1p1qpP2/8/PQ3RNP/1PP3PK/4r3 w - - 1 0
[ Rd3 ]
c)
Anatoly Lutikov vs Yakov Estrin, Kutaisi, 1978
6k1/4q1p1/3Rp3/1p2Pr1p/1p1Q3P/6P1/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 ]
d)
Bent Larsen vs Fridrik Olafsson, Las Palmas, 1978
2r4k/5pp1/2N1q1bp/p3N3/P1QR4/5B2/1r4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6 fxe6 Nxg6+ ]
e)
Gert Ligterink vs Robert Hartoch, Leeuwarden, 1978
r3b1k1/pp1q1p1p/3p2p1/3N3Q/1P1bP3/P2PB2P/8/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Bxd4 if gxh5 Rg1+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lajos Portisch vs Rosendo Balinas, Lone Pine, 1978
7k/1p2rpq1/p1n2Npp/2p1P3/2Pr2P1/2Q4R/PP5P/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ g5 if h5 Qf3 ]
b)
Yasser Seirawan vs James Tarjan, Lone Pine, 1978
3k1b2/2Nn4/2nB1p2/p5pp/4P3/6P1/Pr2B2P/3R1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if Ke8 Bxh5# ]
c)
Wolfgang Uhlmann vs Zoltan Ribli, Niksic, 1978
2br2n1/p5kp/1p3pp1/6N1/1P6/PBQ4P/3q1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd2 Rxd2 Re8 ]
d)
Semen Dvoirys vs Nikolai Andrianov, Ordzhonikidze, 1978
r1n3k1/1p3ppp/p2rq3/3R4/P2Q4/2N5/1PP3PP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Rd1 Rxd5 Nxd5 Qd6 Nc7 ]
e)
Rafael Vaganian vs Viktor Kupreichik, Ordzhonikidze, 1978
5k2/p2r1p2/1p2q3/7R/5Q1P/P2p2P1/5P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh6 if Qe1 Qf6 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vlastimil Hort vs Leif Ogaard, Reykjavik, 1978
5rk1/8/p1rp2p1/1p2b2p/n2BP2P/P5PB/1P1R1R2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be6+ if Kg7 Bxe5+ dxe5 Rd7+ mates ]
b)
Mikhail Tal vs Sergey Makarichev, Tbilisi, 1978
8/1p3pkp/1r1pq1p1/3R4/1r1RP3/5QP1/5PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb4 if Rxb4 Qc3+ ]
c)
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Sergey Dolmatov, URS, 1978
2r2rk1/p4p2/4q2p/3N2p1/2PQn3/4P1B1/P4PPP/R4K2 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe4 if Qxe4 Nf6+ ]
d)
Rainer Knaak vs Evgenij Ermenkov, Yurmala, 1978
6k1/p3Rb1p/5Q2/2pq2P1/2p5/3p2K1/PP6/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 if Qe6 Qxe6 Bxe6 Rxa7 ]
e)
Ryszard Skrobek vs Lubomir Ftacnik, 1978
r1b3k1/ppq5/1n4pp/5pN1/3N4/B2B4/PPP3PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kg7 Nge6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bozidar Ivanovic vs Juraj Nikolac, Belgrade, 1978
1k1rr3/pp4p1/4pp1p/2p4P/qnPP4/PR3NP1/1P2QP2/1K2R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qd1 if Nc6 Rxb7+ ]
b)
Valery Chekhov vs Lev Gutman, Vladivostok, 1978
3rN3/4Rp1p/3P3k/p5p1/2n1K3/P5P1/7P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe8 if Rxe8 Nxd6+ ]
c)
Dragoljub Janosevic vs Amador Rodriguez, Amsterdam, 1978
3r1rk1/5ppp/R7/2P1b3/1qB1P3/8/4Q1PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd2 if Rxf7 Rxe2 ]
d)
Lev Gutman vs Igor Ivanov, Ashkhabad, 1978
6k1/p4pp1/1b5p/3p4/PPpNr3/4r1P1/4NRKP/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3 if Rxd3 cxd3 Nc3 Rxd4 ]
e)
Hans Ree vs Laszlo Vadasz, Budapest, 1978
r4k1r/p4pp1/3p1b1p/2pP4/8/2NbBNP1/1Pq2P1P/Q3KB1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3+ bxc3 Be4 ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jonathan Mestel vs Mihai Suba, Buenos Aires, 1978
3r2k1/1bq3n1/p3pQ1B/1p2p3/6B1/P1P3P1/1P5P/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if Qf2 Qc6 or if Kf1 Rf8 ]
b)
Robert Huebner vs Jan Timman, Bugojno, 1978
r2r2k1/p4ppp/1pN1q3/1Q1b2n1/3P4/6P1/PP3PBP/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2 if Kxg2 Qh3+ Kh1 Nf3 ]
c)
Lajos Portisch vs Robert Huebner, Bugojno, 1978
8/1b3rpk/1p1qp3/8/3Pp3/4P1Pr/2QBB3/2R1K1R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ if Rxg3 Rh1+ mates ]
d)
Bent Larsen vs Jonathan Mestel, Esbjerg, 1978
r7/1p2prkp/p4pp1/q1n2bP1/2PQ3N/2N4P/PP3P2/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ Rxd3 Bxd3 if Qxd3 Qxg5+ ]
e)
Yuri Balashov vs Alexander Kochyev, Lvov, 1978
r7/1p3pkp/6p1/2P5/4p1b1/R3Q3/P3PP1P/3q1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2 if Qxe2 Qxe2 Bxe2 Rxa3 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1978, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
David Bronstein vs Valentin Arbakov, Moscow, 1978
4Nn1k/p4pnp/3N2p1/8/1p4P1/5q1P/PP6/1KRR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe8 Nxe8 Qe4+ ]
b)
Efim Geller vs Dragutin Sahovic, Novi Sad, 1978
2r3k1/7p/6p1/5p2/1Rb3r1/1N5K/PP1R2PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 if Rf2 Re3+ Rf3 Rxf3+ or if g3 Bf1+ ]
c)
Bent Larsen vs Robert Huebner, Tilburg, 1978
2r5/4ppkp/1q1p1np1/1pr5/P7/1PN2PP1/3QP1KP/2RR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa5 if Na2 Qxd2 or if axb5 Rxc3 Rg1 R8c5 ]
d)
Janis Klovans vs Valery Petukhov, Vladivostok, 1978
7r/kpB4q/P2p4/3Pp2r/P3bp2/1Q3N2/4RR1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3+ if Rxf3 Rxh2+ mates ]
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