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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1959.
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.
Mikhail Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled, 1959
1r3k2/2n1p1b1/p2p2QR/2pq1pN1/bp6/7P/2P2PP1/4RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Nh7# ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Peter Dely vs Istvan Bilek, Budapest, 1959
r3rk2/pp3p2/8/3Bn1Q1/4N3/4P1P1/PP1R1P1P/2q2bK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Georgy Ustinov vs Georgi Ilivitzki, Frunze, 1959
8/2Q5/2n1qkp1/p6p/1pPpP1P1/1P1N1K2/P7/8 w - - 1 0
[ g5+ Kxg5 Qf4# ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Eduard Gufeld vs Mikhail Tal, Tbilisi, 1959
r7/2p5/6Q1/1p2k3/4P3/1q1P3R/1P3P2/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ f4+ if Kd4 Qg1# ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Robert Fischer vs Svetozar Gligoric, Bled, 1959
4b1k1/pp6/3pp1pQ/8/3qP3/1Br5/P1P5/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ Bf7 Qh7+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1959, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Efim Geller vs Andrei Makarov, Kiev, 1959
2r4r/ppk3b1/4p2p/1BB3pP/5qp1/8/PP3PP1/3RQ1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa5+ Kb8 Qxa7+ Kc7 Bb6# ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Yuri Sakharov vs Andrei Makarov, Kiev, 1959
r1q1rbk1/1p4p1/1nn1p1Q1/p2pP3/3P1N1p/PP2BN1P/5KP1/R6R w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 Bc5 Qh7+ Kf8 Ng6# ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Anatoly Lutikov vs Eduard Gufeld, Tbilisi, 1959
r7/ppkr2Rp/5Rp1/4p3/2pnP3/2N5/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5+ Kc8 Rf8+ Rd8 Rc7+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Svetozar Gligoric vs Vassily Smyslov, Kiev, 1959
b2r2k1/4b2p/2q3p1/p3Pp2/2RP1P2/1pP4P/1B3Q1K/R4N2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kg3 h5 if Nd2 h4# ]

e)
Ratmir Kholmov vs Peter Dely, Balatonfured, 1959
7k/4r1p1/q4p1p/2p5/2r5/P4Q2/5PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ Kh7 Qd3+ Ree4 f3 ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1959, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mikhail Tal vs Robert Fischer, Bled, 1959
5r2/2p2rk1/2Pp2pp/1N4q1/P1Q1Pb2/5R2/7P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nd4 w/Ne6(+) ]

b)
Mikhail Tal vs Vassily Smyslov, Bled, 1959
r1bb1r1k/p4ppp/2p2n1N/7Q/2p5/2B2N2/qPP2PPP/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7 if Qa1+ Kd2 Rxf7 Nxf7+ Kg8 Rxa1 ]

c)
Gedeon Barcza vs Peter Dely, Budapest, 1959
5r2/2Nr1pbk/1pn1b1pp/p1p1n3/P3PB2/2P2N2/1P2B1PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe5 Bxe5 Bxe5 Nxe5 Nxe6 ]

d)
Boris Katalymov vs Georgi Ilivitzki, Frunze, 1959
rnb1k2r/pp2b1pp/2p2pn1/q3P2Q/5p2/PB6/1BPP2PP/RN2K1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Kd8 Bxg6 or if Kxf7 e6+ ]

e)
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Boris Katalymov, Frunze, 1959
2r3kr/5Rp1/4p1Pp/2pnP3/3q2Q1/2p2R2/5KPP/2B5 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd4 if cxd4 Ba3 mates ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1959, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bent Larsen vs Anatoly Lutikov, Moscow, 1959
2q2k2/4p2p/2P2rpP/4QP2/6P1/3r4/5P2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ g5 if Rxc6 Qh8+ ]

b)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Lothar Schmid, Nuernberg, 1959
r5k1/1pq1nppp/2p1p3/p1n1P3/2P3P1/P1B2N2/1P1Q1P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxa5 b6 Qd6 Qxd6 exd6 Ng6 Bxb6 ]

c)
Josef Kupper vs Fridrik Olafsson, Zuerich, 1959
r4r2/1bqn1pkp/pp4p1/4p1Nn/P3P2Q/2NB4/1PP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ if Rxf7 Ne6+ ]

d)
Mikhail Tal vs Dieter Keller, Zuerich, 1959
r7/2k1Pp1p/p1n2p2/P1b1r3/2p5/2P3P1/5P1P/1R1Q2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb7+ Kxb7 Qd7+ Kb8 e8/Q+ Rxe8 Qxe8+ Kb7 Qd7+ ]

e)
Pal Benko vs Vassily Smyslov, Bled, 1959
1r4k1/5pp1/3n2bp/8/R1N5/4PBP1/7P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc2 ]

f)
Mijo Udovcic vs Jovan Sofrevski, Kragujevac, 1959
3q1rk1/1n4bp/p4np1/2pPQb2/1pP5/1P4P1/P2NN1BP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 Qf4 Bh6 Qf3 Ne5 if Qf2 Nd3 Qf3 Nxe1 ]

g)
Jan-Hein Donner vs Paul Keres, Zuerich, 1959
2rq1kr1/bp3p2/p2p4/5B1p/1P1p3P/P5P1/2P1QP2/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ fxg3 d3+ Qf2 Bxf2+ ]


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