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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1961.
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 3.
Aivars Gipslis vs Vladimir Savon, Baku, 1961
3b1r1k/1b4p1/pp3N1p/5qN1/3P4/P7/BP1B1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Rxf7 Re8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Borislav Ivkov vs Lajos Portisch, Bled, 1961
r3b3/pNR5/k7/3p1n2/P2p1B2/2P5/2P2PrP/1R1K4 w - - 1 0
[ Rc6+ Bxc6 Nc5+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Viktor Ciocaltea vs Gedeon Barcza, Debrecen, 1961
r3b3/p3B2R/1r4k1/5pN1/5P2/1B6/PPP5/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Bf8 if Kf6 Rh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Isaac Boleslavsky vs Jozsef Szily, Debrecen, 1961
3r4/2R3b1/3n1k2/3R4/pB2prB1/8/P6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc3+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
David Bronstein vs Efim Geller, Moscow, 1961
4r1k1/pR3pp1/1n3P1p/q2p4/5N1P/P1rQpP2/8/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6 if fxg6 Rxg7+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1961, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
David Bronstein vs Eduard Gufeld, Moscow, 1961
r4bk1/5p2/3p2p1/1K1Pp1P1/PPQ1P3/8/3BNq2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb8+ Kc6 Qb6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Yuri Averbakh vs Boris Spassky, Moscow, 1961
8/4r1k1/4qp2/1p2r3/3R4/P1N2QPp/1PP4P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Kf2 Rf1+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Dragoljub Minic vs Krum Krstev, Zagreb, 1961
3r4/4b1kp/2qNQpn1/2p1p3/2B1P1P1/1pP4P/5P2/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ Kh8 Rxd8+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Paul Keres vs Lothar Schmid, Zuerich, 1961
k2r4/p2b3r/BpRQ1p1p/4p3/8/2P3P1/PPP2q1P/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Bb7+ Kxb7 Rc7+ if Kb8 Rxd7+ or if Ka6 Qa3+ ]

e)
Boris Spassky vs Aivars Gipslis, Baku, 1961
b2r1r1k/R5bp/3p4/5p1Q/3p1P2/2q1B1PP/6BK/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7 Kxg7 Rc1 if Qxe3 Rc7+ mates ]

King-pawn Opening Series



Chess puzzles from top-rated chess games of 1961, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mijo Udovcic vs Karoly Honfi, Oberhausen, 1961
4nrk1/p3b1pp/2R5/2Nr1p2/8/1P4P1/PB1pKP1P/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6 if Rf7 Rc8 ]

b)
Martin Johansson vs Erik Lundin, Stockholm, 1961
2r3k1/2P2ppp/3p4/8/4P3/2b4P/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb1 ]

c)
Vladimir Bagirov vs Ratmir Kholmov, Baku, 1961
6k1/p5p1/1p3q2/2ppr2p/4r3/1PQ4P/P1P2PP1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ if Rxe1 Re2 ]

d)
Jan-Hein Donner vs Bent Larsen, Beverwijk, 1961
4Q3/1pkn3q/p2p4/2pP3p/2P1R2P/1K6/PP2N1r1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 if Rxe2 Qd3+ mates ]

e)
Florin Gheorghiu vs Istvan Bilek, Bucharest, 1961
r1r3k1/1n1q1ppp/pQ2p1b1/P3P3/1bB5/1N5P/R2N1PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc4 if Nxc4 Bxe1 ]

f)
Lajos Portisch vs Boris Spassky, Budapest, 1961
4r2r/pPkb4/3p4/3P4/P3B2q/3Q2p1/3N2P1/R3RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf4+ Qf3 Bg4 if Qxf4 Rh1# ]


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