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Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1966.
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.
Vlastimil Hort vs Nikola Padevsky, Kecskemet, 1966
5k2/1qB2p2/1P2p1p1/p6p/3Q3P/b5P1/4PP2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Ratmir Kholmov vs Vladimir Doroshkievich, Tbilisi, 1966
1R6/5k1p/2ppr3/2n2N2/2r2P2/8/7P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Gyorgy Szilagyi, Amsterdam, 1966
3bQ3/p5pk/Pp5p/1Pp1pn2/2B4P/2P1B1P1/5PK1/3q4 w - - 1 0
[ Bg8+ Kh8 Bf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Borislav Ivkov vs Carel Van Den Berg, Beverwijk, 1966
4R3/1b1r1ppk/7p/ppbP4/2B4P/2B2P2/P4rP1/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Bd3+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Isaac Boleslavsky vs Viktor Korchnoi, Moscow, 1966
1r6/1qp2pp1/3k3p/1n6/2R1Q3/4N3/5PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ Kd7 Qe7+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1966, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Anatoly Lutikov vs Dragoljub Velimirovic, Sukhumi, 1966
1n6/pQ2Pkp1/1p1P3p/2p1b3/5r2/N7/PP3qPP/2R1R2K w - - 1 0
[ e8/Q+ if Kf6 Qxe5+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Nukhim Rashkovsky vs Yuri Anikaev, Yalta, 1966
4rbk1/1p5b/2p4p/p6p/8/1P3QP1/PBq2PBP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Nukhim Rashkovsky vs Gennadij Timoscenko, Moscow, 1966
5r2/p4k2/8/2pq1P2/1b6/1P3pR1/P2n4/2RQ3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh8+ if Kg1 Qd4# ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Vladimir Liberzon vs Mark Taimanov, Tbilisi, 1966
3r2k1/8/6p1/R4p2/2P1Pq1p/2Q1n2P/1P2B1P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Reinhard Fuchs vs Werner Golz, DDR, 1966
R6r/1p2Qp1p/3r4/2k5/2pN4/2b5/1q3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ Rd5 Qc7+ Kb4 Qb6+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1966, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Anatoly Karpov vs Alla Kushnir, Yalta, 1966
6k1/2p1rp1p/4q1pB/8/1Q1P4/8/5PbP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe7 if Qc8 Qf6 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Svetozar Gligoric vs Georgi Tringov, Hague, 1966
8/1p6/p3p1qQ/3b1k1p/3Bp3/7P/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kg5 Be3+ Kh4 Qf4+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Boris Katalymov vs Aivars Gipslis, Krasnodar, 1966
2r2b1k/1b4pp/p7/4q3/1pB1P3/5P2/PPP3Q1/1KB4R w - - 1 0
[ Qg6 if h6 Rxh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Lev Alburt vs Lev Polugaevsky, Moscow, 1966
4R3/5pk1/5np1/1p2Qp2/p2P4/2PK4/5qP1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Kxg8 Qb8+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Jan-Hein Donner, Santa Monica, 1966
q5k1/1b2R1pp/1p3n2/4BQ2/8/7P/5PPK/4r3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Rxh7+ ]

King-pawn Opening Series



Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1966, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Karoly Honfi vs Jesus Diez Del Corral, Hague, 1966
4r1k1/5p2/5Pb1/q1p5/2P5/1R5Q/P2R4/2KNr3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd2+ Kxd2 R8e2+ Kc1 Rc2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Milan Matulovic vs Ratmir Kholmov, Kislovodsk, 1966
5bk1/3B1ppp/8/3Q4/2N1nq2/1P5P/6P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ Kg1 Ne2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Yuri Balashov vs Mikhail Podgaets, Moscow, 1966
1b3r1k/1P4pp/8/2Q5/8/6r1/8/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf1+ Kh2 Rg6+ ]

d)
Janis Klovans vs Yuri Kotkov, Krasnodar, 1966
2r1k2r/4bppp/N3p3/3p4/P3nP2/3QB3/1Pq3PP/R4R1K w k - 1 0
[ Qb5+ if Qc6 or Kf8 Rac1 or if Kd8 Bb6+ ]

e)
Gedeon Barcza vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, Habana, 1966
r1b1r1k1/pp3p1p/5qpB/3p4/3b4/1Q4P1/PP3PBP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1966, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Robert Byrne vs Wolfgang Pietzsch, Habana, 1966
5k2/1R5p/1p3Pb1/2p5/5B2/7r/PP6/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Bd6+ if Ke8 f7+ Bxf7 Re7+ or if Kg8 Rg7+ Kh8 Be5 Rf3 f7 ]

b)
Leonid Stein vs Max Blau, Habana, 1966
8/2b1kpp1/1p2n2p/1P1BpK1P/2P1P3/4B3/5P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6 fxe6+ Kg6 Kf8 c5 ]

c)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Vladlen Zurakhov, Kiev, 1966
2r1r1k1/3R1pbp/pB2q1p1/1p1Qp3/4P3/5P2/PP3P1P/1KR5 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc8 Rxc8 Rd8+ if Rxd8 Qxd8+ Bf8 Bc5 ]

d)
Vassily Smyslov vs Vladimir Doroshkievich, Tbilisi, 1966
5r1q/p1R1R3/2Pp3k/3B1bNp/5rp1/1Pb5/P3Q2P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ Bxh7 Rxh7+ if Qxh7 Nxh7 Kxh7 Qc2+ ]

e)
Tigran Petrosian vs Boris Spassky, Moscow, 1966
6k1/5r1p/p2N4/nppP2q1/2P5/1P2N3/PQ5P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ if Kxh8 Nxf7+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1966, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jan-Hein Donner vs Bent Larsen, Santa Monica, 1966
2r5/6k1/6pp/pBn2p2/P1NKb2P/R3P1P1/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 if Rc7 Ne8+ ]

b)
Wolfgang Pietzsch vs Vlastimil Jansa, Sarajevo, 1966
5r2/1p3p1k/r2p1Q1p/3Pp3/7P/4q1P1/1P4B1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ if Kh8 or Kg7 Be4 ]

c)
Efim Geller vs Aleksandar Matanovic, Sukhumi, 1966
3r4/8/1P2k3/p1Rb1npp/5pB1/B7/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf5+ if Kxf5 b7 Ke4 Rc8 ]

d)
D A Yanofsky vs Gyorgy Szilagyi, Tel Aviv, 1966
r1r3k1/5pbp/3p2p1/p2Qp1Pn/Pq2P3/1pP1BP2/1P2N2P/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxa8 ]

e)
Dragoljub Minic vs Karoly Honfi, Vrnjacka Banja, 1966
r2r2k1/2q2ppp/8/pp1RP3/8/1pP1Q3/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa7 ]

f)
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow, 1966
7k/p6p/6p1/2b2b2/2P5/2R1pBP1/P2rR1KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be4 if Rcxe3 Bxe3 Rxd2 Bxf3+ ]


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