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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1960.
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.
Lothar Schmid vs Dieter Keller, Biel, 1960
4qk2/5r2/p5Q1/1p1bPp2/5P2/P1P5/1P6/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Mark Taimanov vs Erich Eliskases, Buenos Aires, 1960
5b2/1p3rpk/p1b3Rp/4B1RQ/3P1p1P/7q/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Pal Benko vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1960
6k1/p4pp1/B4q1p/8/3r4/PQ3P2/2r3PP/KR5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Bent Larsen vs Mijo Udovcic, Sarajevo, 1960
4r3/Q3Npk1/5np1/3p4/5p2/7P/P5PK/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Eduard Gufeld vs Georgy Ustinov, Vilnius, 1960
6k1/pp1r2p1/1bn1Np1q/8/1P1p3p/1QP4P/P4PPB/4RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if Kf8 Bd6+ or Qg8+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1960, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Oleg Neikirkh vs Milko Bobotsov, Varna, 1960
r4r1k/1p1qNp1p/p2p1Pp1/8/4b1nQ/5R2/PP4PP/R1B4K w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Wolfgang Pietzsch vs Moshe Czerniak, Leipzig, 1960
R7/3k2rq/p3p1rp/Pp1pP3/1PnP2PP/7K/5Q2/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8 Kc6 Qc8+ Rc7 Rxa6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Yuri Sakharov vs Eduard Gufeld, Leningrad, 1960
2k2n1r/2P3p1/1qn1ppb1/pN4Pp/P3P2P/1B6/1P1Q1P2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc6 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Yuri Averbakh vs Tigran Petrosian, Leningrad, 1960
5Q2/3r3p/p2r2p1/2pP1p1k/5R1P/1Pq3P1/P2R1P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf5+ if Kg4 f3+ or if gxf5 Qxf5+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Lev Polugaevsky vs Gyorgy Szilagyi, Moscow, 1960
r2r4/1p1R3p/5p1k/b1B1Pp2/p4P2/P7/1P5P/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf8+ if Rxf8 Rd3 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1960, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Paul Keres vs Alexander Kotov, Stockholm, 1960
1r5k/p2R2bp/1q4p1/5pN1/2Q1p3/6P1/1P3P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Viatcheslav Osnos vs Georgy Ustinov, Vilnius, 1960
r1bq3r/pp2R1pp/1n3p1k/8/P1QP2P1/B7/5P1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7 if Bxg4 Bc1+ or if Kg5 Qh5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Wolfgang Pietzsch vs Werner Golz, Copenhagen, 1960
1k6/1b3p1p/1p2p3/PPbr1p2/2N5/6qP/5PB1/1RR1Q1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1 if Ne3 Rxe1+ Rxe1 Bxe3 ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Yuri Sakharov vs Lev Polugaevsky, Leningrad, 1960
7Q/3kr3/p2b2r1/1p1p4/1q6/2R3B1/P1P4P/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4+ Bxf4 Rg1+ Kd2 Qxf4+ ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Robert Fischer vs Fridrik Olafsson, Reykjavik, 1960
4r1r1/1b5Q/pp4R1/2q1k3/P3pp2/1B6/1PP1p2P/R3K3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kd4 Rd6+ Bd5 Rxd5+ Qxd5 c3+ Ke3 Qxe2# ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1960, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Paul Keres vs Juan Gonzalez Zamora, Habana, 1960
8/3k1p2/p7/1p2p1pp/1P2P3/1K2NP2/6PP/1n6 w - - 1 0
[ Nf1 ]

b)
Vlastimil Jansa vs Julius Kozma, Marianske Lazne, 1960
3rk2r/2qbbppp/p7/2p2PP1/1pN2P2/1P6/P1PQ3P/2KRR3 w k - 1 0
[ Qd6 Qxd6 Nxd6+ Kf8 Nb7 ]

c)
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Mikhail Tal, Moscow, 1960
7k/8/pP1N4/3P1p2/5PpP/3r4/7P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ if Kg8 b7 Rb3 Nd8 Kf8 h5 Ke8 h6 ]

d)
Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow, 1960
2r5/kp1r1pp1/pR2pnp1/2Pq4/3P4/1Q6/4N1PP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxa6+ if Kb8 Qa3 Kc7 Qa5+ mates ]

e)
Nikola Padevsky vs William Lombardy, Leipzig, 1960
6k1/1B3p2/3r2p1/2R4p/1n6/8/P5PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Kf2 Nd3+ Ke2 Nxc5 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1960, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Klaus Darga vs Lev Polugaevsky, Hamburg, 1960
3rr1k1/1b3Rpp/8/pP1p4/4n3/3B4/2P3PP/3N1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd2 ]

b)
Leonid Stein vs Yuri Sakharov, Kiev, 1960
2r3k1/5pbp/p3p3/1p6/n7/2PB1NP1/PP5P/1K5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb2 if Kxb2 Rxc3 ]

c)
Theodor Ghitescu vs Robert Fischer, Leipzig, 1960
r1bqr1k1/p1p2ppp/3b1n2/2P3B1/8/2NQ1N2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ ]

d)
Borislav Ivkov vs Robert Byrne, Leipzig, 1960
2r2bk1/7p/2q3p1/p1PrB3/1pQ2p2/5P2/PPR3PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc5+ Qxc5 Bxc5+ if Kf1 Rxe5 ]

e)
Vladimir Liberzon vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1960
5r1k/1q4pp/p3bp2/1Bn1p3/1P1rP3/P1N1Q1R1/2P3PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 if Nxe4 Rxe4 ]


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