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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972.
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.
Alexei Fedorov vs Alexander Beliavsky, Moscow, 1972
4qk2/p1r5/3p1p2/1p1PbNpQ/2p5/2P1PR2/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Florin Gheorghiu vs Bent Larsen, Las Palmas, 1972
6k1/1b3p2/6nQ/p7/2Pq4/P7/5R1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Oscar Panno vs Orestes Rodriguez, Sao Paulo, 1972
7r/1p3pkr/pN1p1bp1/P2P4/2R1PPK1/q5P1/6R1/1Q6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Bojan Kurajica vs Albin Planinec, Yugoslavia, 1972
2R5/pk2b1Qr/8/3qP2p/P4p2/3rBn2/1P3PP1/2R2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Bertus Enklaar vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1972
5k2/5p2/4b3/8/pp4PQ/5q2/PPP5/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Manfred Schoeneberg vs Heinz Liebert, DDR, 1972
2r2rk1/p2n1Np1/6Qp/4R3/4B3/3p2P1/PP1q1b1P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kxf7 Bd5+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Hans-Joachim Hecht vs Jan Timman, Forssa/Helsinki, 1972
3rk3/2R1n1b1/4B1np/3pP2Q/1p1q1N1P/1P4P1/5P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ Nxg6 Bf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
William Lombardy vs Larry Kaufman, New York, 1972
1k6/b2q1r2/p2PQ1p1/4Bp1p/3P3P/6PK/6B1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ Qxe8 d7+ Qxe5 d8/Q# ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Antonio Medina Garcia vs Sergio Mariotti, Olot, 1972
2n4r/2p2pp1/p1B4p/2k1q3/3N4/bQ6/1P3PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc1+ Kd6 Qxa3+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Tigran Petrosian vs Milan Matulovic, Sarajevo, 1972
3r1k2/1R6/1pB1Pp1p/p1p1P3/P1P1K3/2b5/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ e7+ Kg7 e8/Q+ ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Albert Kapengut vs Viacheslav Dydyshko, URS, 1972
3q1r1k/2p2B2/2Pp2p1/2nQ2p1/1p2P3/1P3PK1/6P1/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Qd4+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Drazen Marovic vs Vladimir Bukal, Zagreb, 1972
rn2n1k1/1q3rb1/1p1P4/pNp1PN2/2P2PP1/P5K1/1P5Q/1R5R w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Robert Hartoch vs Jan-Hein Donner, Amsterdam, 1972
2r5/1Nr1kpRp/p3b3/N3p3/1P3n2/P7/5PPP/K6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1+ Kb2 Nd3# ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Burkhard Malich vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Amsterdam, 1972
8/4B2p/7n/4pqpk/P2n1b2/R3P2P/2r3P1/1Q3R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3+ if gxh3 Rh2+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Lev Polugaevsky vs Burkhard Malich, Amsterdam, 1972
7k/1p1R2p1/4p2p/5p2/1P2BP2/r3q1PP/2Q4K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Kh7 Bxf5+ ]

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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs Milan Matulovic, Forssa/Helsinki, 1972
7r/1q6/p2pB3/1p2P1pk/8/1P2Q3/P3R3/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh3+ Kg6 Qf5+ Kg7 Qf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Eugenio Torre vs Arovah Bachtiar, Hong Kong, 1972
3r2k1/pp3pp1/4p3/3q2P1/3p1R2/1PrN3R/7P/1K1Q4 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh5+ Kg8 Qxf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alexei Suetin vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Kislovodsk, 1972
1r2b1r1/1p1R2bk/p3N2p/2P2p2/2B1p3/4P1P1/P4P2/4K2R w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Rxg7 Nf8+ Kh8 Rxh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Evgeni Vasiukov vs Evgenij Ermenkov, Polanica Zdroj, 1972
8/5pPk/4pQp1/4n2p/1p2P3/1P5P/P2q2P1/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ g8/Q+ Kxg8 Rc8+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Florin Gheorghiu vs Raymond Keene, Reykjavik, 1972
r4r2/pp3pkp/4bNpb/3N4/7Q/8/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ if gxh5 or Kh8 Qf6+ or if Kg8 Ne7+ ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Vlastimil Hort vs Jan-Hein Donner, Skopje, 1972
1k6/1p2p3/pB2Pp1b/P2P1p1p/2K2P1P/6P1/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ d6 exd6 e7 d5+ Kd4 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Bertus Enklaar vs Eddie Scholl, Wijk aan Zee, 1972
n1rq2k1/4pb2/1pp2b1Q/p7/P2P1B2/2P5/2B2PPP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ Kh8 Bg6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Robert Hartoch vs Lev Polugaevsky, Amsterdam, 1972
1rb4k/p6p/3p2p1/2p5/3bBN2/3P1R2/P6P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ Rf1 Rxf1+ Kg2 Rg1+ Kf3 Bg4# ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Semen Furman vs Anatoly Lein, Baku, 1972
1B6/7R/2p3R1/1p2p1Kp/4k1P1/5r1P/5b2/r7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ Kh4 Rh1 if gxh5 Rhxh3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Andrei Lukin vs Yuri Nikolaevsky, Uzhgorod, 1972
2k5/pp4p1/4p1Q1/3p4/5r2/P1q5/P5B1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Andrew Soltis vs George Botterill, Graz, 1972
r6r/pp1qp3/2np3k/3Q2pp/4P3/1B6/PPP2PP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5+ Kxh5 Qf7+ Kg4 Qf3+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Leonid Shamkovich vs Theodor Ghitescu, Timishoara, 1972
8/p3Npbk/7p/6pP/8/r3PQP1/P2q1P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ Kh8 Qc8+ ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Anatoly Karpov vs Mark Taimanov, Moscow, 1972
6r1/3b1ppk/4p3/3pP2P/8/5NR1/q4P2/2Q3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Kh7 Qg5 ]

d)
Vladimir Savon vs Ratmir Kholmov, Baku, 1972
3r2k1/7p/3b2p1/1p6/1B1pR3/3r2P1/P4P1P/1R3K2 w - - 1 0
[ Ke2 ]

e)
Evgeni Vasiukov vs Lev Alburt, Baku, 1972
3rr1k1/2p2pbp/bpnq2p1/p2np1N1/P7/2PP1QP1/1P3PBP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxe8+ Rxe8 Nf7+ Kg8 Nxd6 ]

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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Manfred Schoeneberg vs Lothar Zinn, DDR, 1972
2Q5/p5pk/7p/4p3/8/Pq4P1/5PKP/2Rr4 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ if Kh8 Rc8+ ]

b)
Jan Timman vs Kick Langeweg, Leeuwarden, 1972
b3r1k1/2q2pp1/R2p3p/p1r1p3/2P1P3/2N1Q1P1/1P1R1P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Qd7 Qxc5 or if Qe7 Nxd6 ]

c)
Leonid Stein vs Vassily Smyslov, Moscow, 1972
4k1rR/p2n1p2/1p4r1/5P2/8/P7/5PB1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ fxg6 Rxh8 Bc6 ]

d)
Oscar Panno vs Viktor Korchnoi, Palma de Majorca, 1972
1b1r3k/p2r1qpp/2p5/2P1pn1b/2N5/2P1B1PP/2Q2P2/R3RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 Re8 g4 ]

e)
Evgeni Vasiukov vs Yuri Razuvaev, Polanica Zdroj, 1972
rnb1k2r/pp2ppbp/6pn/3q4/3P4/4BN2/PP3PPP/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qc1 ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Lajos Portisch vs Anatoly Karpov, San Antonio, 1972
5r1k/p3rp1p/1p3p2/4q3/3R4/P3BQ1P/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd5 if Qxb2 or Qe6 Bd4 ]

b)
Hans-Guenther Kestler vs Peicho Peev, Skopje, 1972
3n4/n1r5/4bkpp/p1Np1p2/1p6/1P1NPPP1/P6P/2R2BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne4+ ]

c)
Stefano Tatai vs Eugenio Torre, Skopje, 1972
1r5r/5k2/2qp2p1/2pNnp2/1p6/1P2P1P1/PQ3PK1/3R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh8 Rxh8 f4 ]

d)
Ruben Rodriguez vs Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Skopje, 1972
3q3r/4npk1/p5p1/1p1p2P1/3NbP1R/1P6/P4QP1/5BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ if fxe6 Qd4+ ]

e)
Milko Bobotsov vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Skopje, 1972
4N3/2R3pk/2r1p2p/1p1bPp1P/4pP1q/P3P3/6P1/2Q3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Qxf6 exf6 Rxc1+ Rxc1 ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Janis Klovans vs Oleg Dementiev, URS, 1972
6kr/1b1Pb1pp/p1q5/1p6/4rBQ1/8/PPP3PP/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 if Qxe4 Bd6 ]

b)
Lajos Portisch vs Vassily Smyslov, Wijk aan Zee, 1972
8/2k5/Kp5p/2p1p3/P5p1/1P1P2P1/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Kb5 if Kb7 a5 bxa5 Kxc5 ]

c)
Andras Adorjan vs Kick Langeweg, Wijk aan Zee, 1972
2r2b1k/5pp1/3pqN1p/1p5R/2r1PQ1P/P1B2P2/1P4P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qg5 if gxf6 Rxh6+ Bxh6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Bxf6 ]

d)
Srdjan Cvetkovic vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Yugoslavia, 1972
r5k1/p5p1/1p4n1/2pP2N1/P1P2R2/3b4/6QP/q4B1K w - - 1 0
[ d6 if Rf8 Qd5+ Kh8 Rxf8+ Nxf8 Qxd3 ]

e)
Leonid Stein vs Gedeon Barcza, Zagreb, 1972
r3r1k1/1R1n1pp1/p2p3p/b2Pp3/q3P3/2B2QPP/1P3P1K/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ b3 if Qa3 Ra1 ]

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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Nino Kirov vs Duncan Suttles, Sukhumi, 1972
1r4k1/1p1br3/p3p1p1/5p2/8/4QBP1/Pq2P2P/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 if Rd8 Rxb7 Qf6 Bc6 ]

b)
Alexander Beliavsky vs Hans Ree, Sukhumi, 1972
r2q3k/1p1n2pp/2p1bp2/p3p3/P1N1P3/2P1B3/1P3PPP/3R1QK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb6 if Rb8 Nxd7 Bxd7 Qd3 ]

c)
Jan-Hein Donner vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1972
3R4/pp3kp1/2r5/3P4/P1n5/2p2PPK/2B4P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh6+ if Kg4 or Kg2 Ne3+ ]

d)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Jan Smejkal, Bamberg, 1972
6k1/5pp1/b2p3p/2rP4/P1pR4/Np2P2P/1P4P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c3 bxc3 Rxc3 if Rd1 b2 Nb1 Rc1 ]

e)
Sergei Rosenberg vs Yuri Razuvaev, Moscow, 1972
4B2k/1p5p/8/1P2nq2/8/2Qp2P1/7P/6NK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ Nf3 Qxf3+ Kg1 Qd1+ Kg2 Qc2+ ]

Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1972, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Raimundo Garcia vs Burkhard Malich, Skopje, 1972
rn1qrbk1/pppn1ppb/3p3p/1P2p3/1BP1N3/3PPN2/P1Q1BPPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d5 ]

b)
Tamaz Giorgadze vs Alexander Beliavsky, URS, 1972
2nb3k/5p1p/2qpp3/p4P2/2N2P2/1RP4r/1P2Q1P1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ if Qf2 Rh1+ Kxh1 Qxf2 ]

c)
Renato Cappello vs Roberto Cosulich, Bari, 1972
6k1/1p3pp1/3p3p/4p3/1nP2P2/1PQ1P3/qBb1B1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ Kf2 Na2 ]

d)
Nino Kirov vs Robert Huebner, Sukhumi, 1972
B3kb2/p2nppp1/6r1/7p/5P2/7q/1P1P1PR1/R1BQ1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Ke2 Re6+ ]


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