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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1962.
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.
Yuri Sakharov vs Vladlen Zurakhov, Kiev, 1962
r2k1r2/1b3Rp1/p7/1p2BB2/7b/Pn1P4/6PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bc7+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Dragoljub Minic vs Viktor Ciocaltea, Belgrade, 1962
6k1/2p3p1/3p3p/2n5/8/2P1QP2/r2q3P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Kh7 Qg6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Vladimir Bagirov vs Boris Katalymov, Leningrad, 1962
8/7p/2qN2k1/3pQ1p1/3P4/p4PK1/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ if Kg7 or Kh5 Qf7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Paul Keres vs Efim Geller, Moscow, 1962
5r1q/pbr2k1B/1p3p2/n1bP4/5PQ1/3R4/PB4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kg7 Rg3+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Efim Geller vs D A Yanofsky, Stockholm, 1962
3n2rk/6np/p2p4/2pP4/2P1Qb1q/2B5/P1BN3P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1962, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Tigran Petrosian vs Fridrik Olafsson, Stockholm, 1962
3q2k1/1Q4pp/p7/5R2/6P1/2P2P1K/PPn1r3/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Igor Zaitsev vs Vladimir Savon, Yerevan, 1962
1k6/r7/2Qp2pp/1K6/2Rb4/4q2P/P5P1/5r2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe5+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Yuri Sakharov vs Rasul Ibrahimov, Novosibirsk, 1962
1r1q3k/3b2bB/1p1p4/p1p4Q/P1P2P2/7P/1P3P1K/1R2R3 w - - 1 0
[ Be4+ Kg8 Bd5+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Boris Spassky vs Larry Evans, Varna, 1962
r1b1k1r1/2qnpR2/p1p3p1/4Nn2/3PN3/1B6/PP4Q1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6 if Rxg6 Rh8+ or if Nxe5 Rf8+ ]
e)
Istvan Bilek vs Jozsef Szily, Budapest, 1962
1r3rk1/p2R1pp1/6Qp/2p5/1nB5/qP2PN2/P2b1PPP/3K4 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Kh8 Bd5 if Rg8 or Rf7 Be4 ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1962, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
David Bronstein vs Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad, 1962
1Q2R3/6pk/7p/8/6P1/1p3q2/1P1r2PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kg6 Rxh6+ if Kxh6 Qh8+ Kg6 Qh5+ Kf6 g5+ or if gxh6 Qg8+ ]
b)
Georgi Tringov vs Vlastimil Jansa, Marianske Lazne, 1962
1k6/5prp/3p4/2qB1P2/1p1b4/8/1PP4P/1K1R1Q2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd4 if Qxd4 Qb5+ Kc8 Qc6+ Kd8 Qxd6+ ]
c)
Fridrik Olafsson vs Leonid Stein, Stockholm, 1962
q5k1/1bR2ppp/1B2p3/3n4/pp2pPP1/8/PP1Q3P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 ]
d)
Vladlen Zurakhov vs Vladimir Savon, Kiev, 1962
5rk1/4pp2/8/1P1P1p2/2N1n2q/2P2B2/1P4PP/Q6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ Kg1 Nd3 if b3 Qf2+ Kh1 Ne1 or if Qf1 Qxc4 ]
e)
Alexander Korelov vs Alexander Kotov, Leningrad, 1962
8/2P1ppbk/6pp/B2nP3/8/4R2P/5PP1/3r1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 c8/Q Rxf1+ Kh2 Bxe5+ g3 Rxf2+ if Kh1 Bxg3 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1962, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vladas Mikenas vs Vassily Smyslov, Leningrad, 1962
6k1/2B2pp1/2q4p/1p1p4/1P1Q4/4PP1P/r5P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2 if Qg4 Qxd1+ ]
b)
Efim Geller vs Paul Keres, Moscow, 1962
4r1k1/p5p1/8/2pn3p/4R3/P2n1KB1/3N1PPP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne1+ if Ke2 Nc3+ ]
c)
Theodor Ghitescu vs Lothar Schmid, Varna, 1962
6k1/pp5p/4Npp1/8/2N2P2/8/PqP1R1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb5 Re4 Qd5 Re1 Qxc4 ]
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