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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1963.
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.
Viktor Ciocaltea vs Vlastimil Jansa, Bad Liebenstein, 1963
1rrb3Q/1q3R2/p2pk3/3Np3/3BP3/1P6/2P4P/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Peter Dely vs Laszlo Barczay, Miskolc, 1963
1r1r1k2/p3Np1R/3P1p2/1pPB4/1b4P1/8/P1K4P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7 w/Ng6# ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Janis Klovans vs Eduard Gufeld, Leningrad, 1963
2r3rk/3n3p/4Nqp1/pp1p4/2n3P1/2P2P2/PP2B3/1KQ1R2R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Isaac Boleslavsky vs Efim Geller, Moscow, 1963
4R3/3k3p/5pp1/4p3/2Q1b1q1/1P6/PB1r1PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc8+ Kd6 Ba3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Dieter Keller vs Wolfgang Unzicker, Bad Pyrmont, 1963
3RB3/4B1pk/1p2b2p/p3n3/5p1P/P7/1r3PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ if Kh2 Ng4+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1963, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Albert Kapengut vs Vladimir Tukmakov, URS, 1963
7r/1p2kp2/p1b1p3/6p1/8/1B1NB3/PPP3rn/R2RK3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kf1 Nd2+ ]

b)
Aivars Gipslis vs Vlastimil Jansa, Bad Liebenstein, 1963
3rr1k1/pp3p1p/3pqbp1/3N4/4PP2/7Q/P2R2PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6 Rxe6 f5 ]

c)
Bruno Parma vs Jan-Hein Donner, Beverwijk, 1963
3q2k1/1b3pp1/1p2pnp1/2b3N1/p1P5/P1B5/1P2QPPP/1B4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6 if fxg6 Qxe6+ ]

d)
Bent Larsen vs Borislav Ivkov, Halle, 1963
r6k/1pp1r1bp/3q2p1/p1R1pp2/Nn3P2/BP1P2P1/P2QPR1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxa5 if Rxa5 Bxb4 ]

e)
Eduard Gufeld vs Arkady Novopashin, Kiev, 1963
8/4k1b1/3R2pp/P7/1n2p3/1P1p2P1/5P1P/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ a6 ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1963, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Yuri Sakharov vs Igor Platonov, Kiev, 1963
r1b5/2Pk2pp/p2N1p2/1p2p3/2P1P3/P2R3P/6P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Nxc8+ if Kxc8 Rd8+ ]

b)
Mark Taimanov vs Yuri Averbakh, Leningrad, 1963
8/p3kp2/1p1q2p1/1Ppn3p/P4P2/4P2P/2BQ2PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bb3 if Nb4 Qxd6+ Kxd6 Bxf7 ]

c)
Nukhim Rashkovsky vs Roman Dzindzichashvili, Moscow, 1963
r4rk1/1bqpnppp/p3p3/1pb1P3/4NP2/5B2/PPP3PP/R1BQ1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxc5 Bxf3 Qd6 if Rfc8 Qxe7 ]

d)
Vassily Smyslov vs Janis Klovans, Moscow, 1963
1r1r1nk1/6pp/p7/3p1N2/8/8/PP4PP/2R2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Nc6 ]

e)
Svetozar Gligoric vs Vlastimil Hort, Moscow, 1963
5Q2/pp1b2pk/1n1p2rp/2pP1p2/2P2P2/q1BB4/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7 if Rxg7 Bxf5+ Bxf5 Qxf5+ mates ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1963, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Viktor Korchnoi vs Bruno Parma, Rijeka, 1963
1r1r2k1/1p2pp1p/pN1pb1p1/P1q5/2PR1P2/RP2n1P1/1Q5P/6KB w - - 1 0
[ b4 if Kc7 Rxe3 ]

b)
Alexander Zaitsev vs Vassily Smyslov, Sochi, 1963
1r3b2/3R1N1p/2k5/2p1P3/2K2p2/2P1r3/P7/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nd8+ if Kb6 Rb1+ ]

c)
Karoly Honfi vs Alexander Zaitsev, Budapest, 1963
8/pp3k2/5rpP/7p/8/8/PP4P1/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 if Ke7 h7 ]

d)
Alberic O'Kelly De Galway vs Borislav Ivkov, Beverwijk, 1963
5rk1/3b1p1p/1q1p2p1/1prPp3/p1n1P1P1/P2B1PN1/1P2Q1KP/2R2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ if Qxe3 Rc2+ ]

e)
Carel Van Den Berg vs Jan-Hein Donner, Beverwijk, 1963
2k4r/1p3p2/1Qbqp2p/4R1p1/P7/1P2R3/2P2PPP/3r1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ Kxf1 Bxg2+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1963, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Rein Etruk vs Iivo Nei, Estonia, 1963
r1r3k1/6p1/5p1p/pp4n1/3PPNq1/PP6/1BBR1Q2/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2 Rxc2 Nxe4 if Qg2 Qxf4 or if Qe3 Qd1+ ]

b)
Alberic O'Kelly De Galway vs Efim Geller, Habana, 1963
1r2r1k1/5pbp/2p3p1/5q2/P1pB4/5P2/1P1Q2PP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rbd8 if Qf2 Qd5 ]

c)
Tigran Petrosian vs Viktor Korchnoi, Moscow, 1963
5r2/p4k2/1p1P3R/2p1p2P/2P1PpK1/1P6/P7/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 if Kxf3 Kg7+ ]

d)
Vladas Mikenas vs Arkady Novopashin, URS, 1963
2q2b1k/3r1ppp/p3n3/Pp2pN2/1P2P1Q1/7P/1B3PPK/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2 ]


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