Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Klaus Darga.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Darga vs Lothar Musmann, Leipzig, 1951
[ Qc3 w/Nc7+ or Bxe5 ]
b)
Darga vs Ruediger Von Saldern, Leipzig, 1951
[ Bxf5 if gxf5 Qxe6+ or if exf5 e6 Kf8 Qh8+ & Qxg7 ]
c)
Darga vs Engert, Hoechst, 1955
[ c6 if Qc8 Qxf7+ w/Bxa6 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Darga vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, Madrid, 1957
[ Qh4 ]
e)
Darga vs Alexander Tolush, Hamburg, 1960
[ Bxd7 if Rxd7 Ne5 ]
Darga Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Darga vs Gabriel Wood, Bognor Regis, 1961
[ Bb5 if Qd8 Rd6 ]
b)
Darga vs Guy Mazzoni, Enschede, 1963
[ Qh5 ]
c)
Darga vs Stefano Tatai, Enschede, 1963
[ Qf7+ w/Rxe6 ]
d)
Darga vs Rene Letelier, Habana, 1963
[ Nb3 ]
e)
Darga vs Andreas Dueckstein, Lucerne, 1963
[ Qg6 if Rxd5 Rh1 Kg8 Rxh7 Nxe2 Qh5 ]
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