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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1965.
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.
Albin Planinec vs Milan Matulovic, Novi Sad, 1965
r3n1rk/q3NQ1p/p2pbP2/1p4p1/1P1pP1P1/3R4/P1P4P/3B2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Gyorgy Szilagyi vs Anselm Wagner, Reggio Emilia, 1965
5k2/p6Q/Pn2qbB1/4p3/8/6P1/1B3PK1/3b4 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3+ Be7 Bxe7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Dragoljub Velimirovic vs Milan Matulovic, Titograd, 1965
1r5R/3p1k2/4p3/2p1P1qp/2P1Q3/1n1B4/6P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Qg7 Bg6+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Borislav Ivkov vs David Bronstein, Zagreb, 1965
5R1Q/2qkp3/1p1p2p1/1PnP3p/4P2P/6P1/7K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ra8 ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Duncan Suttles vs Pal Benko, New York, 1965
2n4r/1k4b1/R2p2p1/4p3/1P2q3/2P2rP1/3QNB2/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ Kxh1 Rxf2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1965, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 3.
Mijo Udovcic vs Svetozar Gligoric, Zagreb, 1965
4k3/4p2p/3pBBp1/1bp5/5Q2/6P1/1P3PKP/q7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf1+ if Kf3 Qd1+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Leonid Stein vs Nikola Padevsky, Sofia, 1965
b7/4B2p/2q3k1/1p2Q3/2p1P2P/8/1PP3P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ Kg7 Qf8+ Kg6 Qg8+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Leonid Stein vs Vladimr Liberzon, Yerevan, 1965
r1bR1r1k/pp4b1/1q2pNpp/n7/6PQ/2P2N2/PP2B3/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ Bxh6+ Rxh6+ Kg7 Rh7+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 4.
Aleksandar Matanovic vs Jan-Hein Donner, Beverwijk, 1965
r3kr2/4q2p/p1pp2pQ/4P3/1p2P3/8/PPP3PP/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa7+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Laszlo Barczay vs Koroly Honfi, Budapest, 1965
2r5/2p3kp/1p1pP1p1/p7/n1P2Q1P/6P1/Pq4B1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ e7 if h5 Qf8+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1965, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 5.
Istvan Polgar vs Jozsef Szily, Hungary, 1965
1rb2rk1/2n3bp/p3P1p1/2pP4/2P1B3/1qB1R3/5Q1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Rxf7 exf7+ Kf8 Bxg7+ ]
b) 
Bojan Kurajica vs Robert Huebner, Barcelona, 1965
1q1r1rk1/3b1p1p/2np1p1Q/5P2/p5P1/P4N1P/pPP5/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Bxf5 gxf5 fxg5 f6 mates ]
c) 
Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen, Bled, 1965
6k1/1b4pp/p7/2qPR1P1/4Q2P/1PP5/1P1K4/5r2 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Rf8 Qe6+ Kh8 Qf7 if Qxd5+ Qxd5 ]
d) 
Miguel Najdorf vs Julio Bolbochan, Buenos Aires, 1965
r1br1nk1/pp2qp1p/1npp1bp1/8/1PP1P3/1NN1B3/P2QB1PP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 Qxf6 Bg5 ]
e) 
Helmut Pfleger vs Carel Van Den Berg, Hamburg, 1965
r4rk1/pp1q1bbp/3N2p1/3p1p2/3n1B2/1Q4P1/PP3PBP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd4 Bxd4 Nxf7 Rxf7 Rc7 if Qe6 Bxd5 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1965, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Georgi Tringov vs Vlastimil Hort, Sarajevo, 1965
2k3rr/pp1b3q/2n5/3p1np1/P1pPp1B1/2P2Q1N/2PB2PP/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxf5 if Bxf5 Bxf5+ ]
b) 
Florin Gheorghiu vs Vladimir Savon, Sinaya, 1965
2bq3k/2r2p1p/p2p1b1B/1pn2P2/3r2Q1/P2P2R1/1P4PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ Kg8 Bxf6+ Rxg4 Rxg4+ Kf8 Bxd8 ]
c) 
Vladimir Liberzon vs Lajos Portisch, Yerevan, 1965
r3k3/1p2brpp/pRb2n2/4Q3/8/1B6/PPP3PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc6 bxc6 Qe6 ]
d) 
Borislav Ivkov vs Bent Larsen, Bled, 1965
2r5/1b4pk/4p2p/p4q2/1p3B2/P5Q1/1P3PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc4 if Bb8 Rg4 Qh3 Rxg2+ ]
e) 
Georgi Tringov vs Ratmir Kholmov, Habana, 1965
3r2k1/4qppp/p7/2pBp3/2P1Pn2/4Q2P/RP3P2/1N4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ Kf1 Qg2+ Ke1 Kd2 Qxb1 if Qb3 Qxe4 ]
f) 
Rein Etruk vs Janis Klovans, Omsk, 1965
2q5/5pkb/5n1p/3p4/pN6/2QP2P1/r2r1PBP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc3 Rxc3 Rab2 ]
g) 
Petar Kozarov vs Sarkis Bohosjan, Varna, 1965
7k/2B4p/1p2q1p1/pPp5/P1Pb4/3Q2P1/6KP/4rR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re3 if Qd1 Re2+ Kh1 Qe4+ mates ]
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