King-pawn Opening Series
Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964.
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.
Michael Janata vs Dragoljub Velimirovic, Krakow, 1964
2b2r1k/1RR4p/3p2p1/3Bb1n1/5N2/1P2B2P/r4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 2.
Istvan Bilek vs Larry Evans, Amsterdam, 1964
8/8/R2p2kp/P1p3p1/5r2/1R2N1b1/3r2P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Klaus Darga vs Jan-Hein Donner, Beverwijk, 1964
r2q2kr/pp1n2b1/2n3R1/2p3Pp/5Q1P/2NP3B/PPPB1P2/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Be6+ if Kh7 Rxg7+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Peter Szilagyi vs Istvan Csom, Budapest, 1964
r4B2/pp1b1pQp/2p5/3P1kpq/2n5/5N2/PP3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd4+ if Kf4 Qf6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Lubomir Kavalek vs Drazen Marovic, Krakow, 1964
5rk1/ppR2p1p/q2p2pB/P2pb3/1P1n2P1/5Q1P/6B1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ if Rxf7 Rc8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Vassily Smyslov, Moscow, 1964
2r5/7R/pp1p4/2pP4/b1PBP1k1/P2P4/5K2/8 w - c6 1 0
[ Bf6 ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Gyorgy Szilagyi vs Yuri Kotkov, Ordzhonikidze, 1964
6k1/3R3p/3N2pB/p7/r6b/6P1/7K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ if Kf8 Rf7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Lubomir Kavalek vs Coen Zuidema, Tel Aviv, 1964
4r3/2p5/2p1q1kp/p1r1p1pN/P5P1/1P3P2/4Q3/3RB1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4+ Kf7 Qh7+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
George Kupreianov vs Drazen Marovic, Zagreb, 1964
2b2r1k/2q2r1p/4p3/3pP3/3N3P/2P2RQ1/6R1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Rxg7 Rxf8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Tudev Ujtumen vs Dragoljub Velimirovic, Krakow, 1964
8/2R5/5bp1/5r1p/6k1/4Q1P1/q5BK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rc4+ if Qxc4 Bh3# ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 3.
Andor Lilienthal vs Eduard Gufeld, Baku, 1964
kbQ5/pp1R4/2p2p1p/8/8/1BP5/P3rqPP/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Rd1 Qxc3+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Nikolai Krogius vs Yuri Kotkov, Kirov, 1964
6k1/pB1n1p2/5b1p/2p3p1/Q7/6P1/PP3PKP/R1Brq3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Kf3 Ne5+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 3.
Pal Benko vs Borislav Ivkov, Tel Aviv, 1964
6k1/pb2bppp/4p3/1B2q2n/6P1/PN1QP3/4KP1P/1Nr2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf4+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 3.
Mikhail Tal vs Raymond Keene, London, 1964
2k4r/Qp3p2/B1p1p3/4P3/5brP/8/PP3Pb1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Yuri Sakharov vs Boris Kogan, Kiev, 1964
2Q2n2/5kb1/3p1pn1/1rpPp3/4q1B1/2B3PR/1P1K4/7R w - - 1 0
[ Be6+ if Ke7 Qc7+ or if Nxe6 dxe6+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Raul Sanguinetti vs Jaime Emma, Punta del Este, 1964
r1b3qr/pp2Q1pk/3R3B/2p5/8/2P5/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7 if Qxf7 Qxf7 Rg8 Bg5 ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Nikola Padevsky vs Oleg Neikirkh, Varna, 1964
r5rk/1p3p1N/p1n1n3/3p4/7Q/4P3/PP5P/1B5K w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 Rg6 Bxg6 if Ng5 Nxg5+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Janis Klovans vs Igor Platonov, Riga, 1964
6rk/1q3p1p/5p2/p2R1P2/5Q2/2P4P/1P4r1/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd5 if Qg5 R2xg5+ or if Qg4 R2xg4+ Rxd5 Rg1+ ]
d) 
White mates in 5.
Mikhail Tal vs Georgi Tringov, Amsterdam, 1964
r1b1k1nr/1p1n1pbp/p1pQ2p1/4p3/2B1PB2/2q2N2/P1P2PPP/1R1R2K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ng5+ Ke8 Qe6+ Kd8 Nf7+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Yuri Balashov vs Vladimir Lepeshkin, Leningrad, 1964
2r5/p4N2/1p2P1kb/2p2p1q/2P4Q/7P/1B4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nh8+ Rxh8 Qf6+ Kh7 Qxh8+ Kg6 Qg8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Vassily Smyslov vs Larry Evans, Amsterdam, 1964
8/6kp/6p1/4N3/2B1K3/1P2b2r/6nP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Nf3 if Bf4 Bf1 ]
b) 
Leonid Stein vs Larry Evans, Amsterdam, 1964
b2r4/5kq1/5p2/1p6/2p5/2P1B1QP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc7+ ]
c) 
Mikhail Tal vs Pal Benko, Amsterdam, 1964
r1b1k2r/1p3pp1/p3pn2/2p1q1N1/8/1B2P3/PPP1Q2P/2KR3R w kq - 1 0
[ Rd8+ if Kxd8 Nxf7+ ]
d) 
Jozsef Szily vs Peter Szilagyi, Budapest, 1964
r5k1/5ppp/pp2rb2/1q3p2/5P2/1PP1B1Q1/P1B1b1PP/R3R2K w - - 1 0
[ a4 ]
e) 
Rashit Nezhmetdinov vs Alexander Zaitsev, Kazan, 1964
R1nk3r/1n1q2bp/5pp1/1p6/8/1BP5/1P2QPPP/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be6 if Re8 Rxc8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Nikolai Krogius vs Georgy Borisenko, Kiev, 1964
1Q3n2/5k2/2p1p1p1/pbPp3p/3P1N1q/P3PP1B/3K4/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ if Kxf8 Nxg6+ ]
b) 
Viktor Korchnoi vs David Bronstein, Kiev, 1964
4r3/2pk4/1p1qr1p1/p1p1R3/P1P3Q1/3P2p1/2P5/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd5 if Ke7 Qg5+ ]
c) 
Tudev Ujtumen vs Vladimir Savon, Krakow, 1964
r4r2/pp2qk2/4pn2/3pQ3/2p2P2/8/PPP2P2/2K3RR w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ if Nxh7 Qh5+ Kf6 Qg6# ]
d) 
Tigran Petrosian vs Aivars Gipslis, Moscow, 1964
8/5k1p/2r3p1/2P1np2/pR2p3/P3B1P1/2R1KP2/r7 w - - 1 0
[ Bd4 ]
e) 
Janis Klovans vs Rein Etruk, Parnu, 1964
r1b2k2/p6p/6p1/3p1q2/2Q5/5P2/PPP3PP/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qc6 if Rb8 Qd6+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Fridrik Olafsson vs Ingi Johannsson, Reykjavik, 1964
4r3/pp1qrpk1/6pp/2n2p2/7P/2PB1QP1/PP2RPK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5 if Qxb5 Rxe7 ]
b) 
Lev Polugaevsky vs Bruno Parma, Sarajevo, 1964
1r3rk1/5ppp/2b1p3/p2q4/1P2n3/3BPN2/2Q2PPP/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ Bxe4 Qxe4 Qxc6 ]
c) 
Mikhail Tal vs Anatoly Lutikov, Tallinn, 1964
4r2r/p1k4p/4R3/2N3p1/8/5B2/nPP2PPP/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Kb1 if Nb4 c3 or if Rxe6 Nxe6+ Kd7 Nc5+ ]
d) 
Drazen Marovic vs Goran Antunac, Zagreb, 1964
3r1rk1/1bq1bppp/pp6/2pn2B1/P2NP3/2N4P/1P2QPP1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 Bxd5 Bxe7 Qxe7 exd5 ]
e) 
Coen Zuidema vs Borislav Ivkov, Belgrade, 1964
r1b1k2r/bp1p1p2/p1n1p3/7p/P3PPpq/1N1B2QP/1PPB1nPK/RN3R2 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ Kxg3 h4+ Kh2 g3+ Kg1 Nxd3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1964, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Bojan Kurajica vs Gennadi Kuzmin, Leningrad, 1964
r2r1bk1/1bq2p1p/p2ppPp1/1p4P1/3NPR2/1PNn2Q1/P2B2BP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf4 if Bxf4 or Qxf4 e5 ]
b) 
Andor Lilienthal vs Igor Zaitsev, Moscow, 1964
5k2/pp2q1pp/3p4/2nB1n2/2P2P2/1P5Q/PB1R1K2/3Rr3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ if Kg2 Nxf4+ or if Rxd3 Qe2# or if Qxd3 Qh4+ mates ]
c) 
Yakov Estrin vs Mark Taimanov, Moscow, 1964
2rq1rk1/1b3ppp/p2p2n1/2n2QN1/1p2P3/3B2N1/PPP3PP/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd3 if cxd3 Rc5 ]
a) 
Mark Taimanov vs Igor Platonov, Moscow, 1964
2rr2k1/pp1qbpp1/1np1p2p/2N1P3/3P2b1/3Q1NP1/PP3PBP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc5 Rxc5 Na4 if Rc2 Bf5 ]
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