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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975.
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.
Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs Josip Rukavina, Brno, 1975
6k1/p2qr1b1/1p1p2Q1/1P1Pp3/7R/3BNpP1/P4P1K/2r5 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]
b) 
White mates in 2.
Rafael Vaganian vs Viktor Korchnoi, Moscow, 1975
6rk/6pp/5p2/p7/P2Q1N2/4P1P1/2r2n1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
c) 
White mates in 2.
Dragoljub Velimirovic vs Ratmir Kholmov, Odessa, 1975
6k1/p2r2pq/3Np3/4BP2/2Q3bP/1r6/7K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qc8+ ]
d) 
White mates in 2.
Laszlo Hazai vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt, Pula, 1975
2k1r2r/Q2b1ppp/1R1b4/4q3/8/8/PPP3PP/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 2.
Lev Gutman vs Ratmir Kholmov, Riga, 1975
5k1r/ppq1b3/6Q1/2pBn2p/3p4/1P1P2P1/P1P2P2/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 2.
Milan Matulovic vs Raymond Keene, Rovinj/Zagreb, 1975
4k3/p3n2R/1r3bp1/2p2p2/2B2P2/1P5P/P1K5/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ ]
b) 
White mates in 2.
Aivars Gipslis vs Mikhail Podgaets, URS, 1975
2k3q1/6rp/p4b2/2N5/4Q3/5P2/PP5P/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Qa8+ ]
c) 
White mates in 2.
Rafael Vaganian vs Evgeni Vasiukov, Vilnius, 1975
1r3k2/1b1R3Q/4q3/2pBb3/1r4Pp/1P5P/P7/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ ]
d) 
White mates in 2.
Alexander Beliavsky vs Vladimir Doroshkievich, Yerevan, 1975
2R2br1/1p1n1k2/4p1Np/3pPP2/6p1/8/P2N1Q1P/qB4K1 w - - 1 0
[ fxe6+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 2.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Krunoslav Hulak, Rovinj/Zagreb, 1975
4r1k1/p7/1p4pp/3R4/7Q/2r2qPK/P6P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 2.
Florin Gheorghiu vs Anthony Miles, Teeside, 1975
6rk/8/b2pRp2/2pP4/5P2/PP2nN2/5K1P/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Petar Popovic vs Lubomir Ftacnik, Groningen, 1975
4r3/p4p2/1p2bPp1/1Pp4k/5Q1p/3RN2P/1P3PPK/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Rd5+ Bxd5 Qg4+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Alexander Panchenko vs Peicho Peev, Lublin, 1975
1r1q4/6r1/3p2k1/3B1p2/1pR3PQ/1P6/P3PP2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ Kf6 Qxf5+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Yair Kraidman vs Shimon Kagan, Nethanya, 1975
r1q1k1r1/1pp2R2/3p4/p1nPp1p1/2P1P2P/7b/PPBQN2K/5R2 w q - 1 0
[ Qxg5 if Rxg5 Rf8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Arturo Pomar Salamanca vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales, Orense, 1975
2r2bk1/4r2p/pp1R2p1/8/8/6Pq/PQ3P1P/B2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Rf6+ ]
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Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Silvino Garcia Martinez vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, San Feliu de Guixols, 1975
2r1r3/pbq5/1pnb1kpB/6Np/4Q3/P7/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh7+ if Qxh7 Qf3+ or if Kf7 Qd5+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Bent Larsen vs Ulf Andersson, Stockholm, 1975
5k2/4b2p/4p3/3bQp1P/3P1B2/6R1/qp3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Ventzislav Inkiov vs Adam Kuligowski, Tjentiste, 1975
8/5p2/6pp/2p5/2qbQ2B/6Pk/1Pr2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg2+ Kg4 h3+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Aleksandar Matanovic vs Jacek Bednarski, Vratsa, 1975
r5kr/pp2Q2p/4R1p1/5p2/8/8/2Pb1PPP/q4BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf6 ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Alexander Beliavsky vs Efim Geller, Moscow, 1975
2rr3k/1p5p/5p2/8/1b3Pb1/1PN3PP/pP6/N1K2R1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ bxc3 Ba3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 3.
Axel Ornstein vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Polanica Zdroj, 1975
6k1/6b1/3p4/2pPpq1p/7P/Pp3P2/1P2Q3/2K1B3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh6+ if Bd2 Qc2# ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Albin Planinec vs Juraj Nikolac, Rovinj/Zagreb, 1975
1k1r4/ppq2pp1/4p3/1PP5/Q5n1/7r/P4PB1/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ if Bxh1 Qh2+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 3.
Alberic O'Kelly De Galway vs Arne Zwaig, Sandefjord, 1975
8/4pk2/p1p5/1p3p2/P2Pr1p1/BP2Pq1n/2Q1R2K/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...g3+ Kxh3 Rh4+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 3.
Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Eduard Gufeld, Vilnius, 1975
5r1k/Q6p/5qp1/4r3/8/3b4/PP4PP/3QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 3.
Ventzislav Inkiov vs Larry Christiansen, Tjentiste, 1975
8/5rpk/6p1/p1PQ4/1p5P/4bpKQ/PP4P1/6q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2+ if Kg4 Rf4+ or if Kh2 Bf4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Alexander Panchenko vs Evgeny Vladimirov, Simferopol, 1975
5k2/1p1q3p/p3pPp1/4QbN1/3P4/2P5/P5PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb8+ Qe8 Qxb7 ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Lev Alburt, Vilnius, 1975
r3q2r/4bQ1p/3p1n2/1NpR4/1pB2kP1/5P2/PP6/4K2R w K - 1 0
[ Kf2 if Qd7 Rh4 ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Bent Larsen vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Milan, 1975
2r3k1/N4p1p/6p1/R2bQ3/1p5q/8/1P4PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2 if Rg1 Qxg2+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 5.
Hans Ree vs Svetozar Gligoric, Wijk aan Zee, 1975
4r1k1/6rp/p6R/P1pP3q/2P5/5pPP/1B3n2/5RKQ b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ Kxf2 Re2+ Kxg3 Qg5+ Kxf3 Re3+ ]
e) 
White mates in 6.
A Monakov vs Boris Gulko, Moscow, 1975
5b1k/7p/p2p1P2/3bpN2/1pr3Q1/3qB1N1/1P5P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Bxg7 fxg7+ Kg8 Ne7+ Kxg7 Nh5+ Kh8 Rf8+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Jan Smejkal vs Florin Gheorghiu, Amsterdam, 1975
3r4/p3q2k/2Q1r1pp/3p1p2/2P1pb1P/6P1/P3PPB1/1R1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb7 Rxc6 Rxe7+ Kg8 gxf4 ]
b) 
Paul Van Der Sterren vs Valery Chekhov, Tjentiste, 1975
3rr1k1/2Q1bppp/p3b2q/1p6/3PP3/P4N1P/1P4P1/1BR1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc8 ]
c) 
Lutz Espig vs Jozsef Pinter Budapest, 1975
b4rk1/4Qp2/1P1R2p1/8/2p1p1p1/4P3/5PPP/1q3NK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 Rxd8 Qxd8+ ]
d) 
Mikhail Podgaets vs Evgeny Vladimirov, Cheliabinsk, 1975
2rq1rk1/pp1bnpb1/1n4pp/3Pp1B1/7N/1QN3PP/PP3PB1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d6 hxg5 dxe7 Qxe7 Nxg6 ]
e) 
Zurab Sturua vs Vladimir Kozlov, Cheliabinsk, 1975
2r4k/3r1p1p/1p2pP2/p2pPp1P/P2P1Q2/6R1/4B1PK/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ if Kxg8 Qg3+ mates or if Rxg8 Qxc1 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Guillermo Garcia Gonzales vs Vlastimil Jansa, Cienfuegos, 1975
2R5/1r3N1k/p6P/8/5p2/3K4/5bP1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kg6 Rg8+ Kxf7 Rg7+ ]
b) 
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Las Palmas, 1975
5k2/p6R/6p1/3nq3/8/2P5/P4PpP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ Qxb8 Rh8+ ]
c) 
Peicho Peev vs Silvino Garcia Martinez, Lublin, 1975
b3r1k1/q5pp/1pR1p3/1P3pn1/3Q4/3N1BP1/4PP1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd6 if Bxf3 Rd7 e5 Qc4+ or if Qf7 Bxa8 Rxa8 Rd8+ ]
d) 
Svetozar Gligoric vs Vladimir Tukmakov, Odessa, 1975
2r3k1/pb2qpb1/4p1p1/1p2P2p/1n1P1N1P/1B4Q1/P2B1PP1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc8+ Bxc8 Qc3 ]
e) 
Leif Ogaard vs Erling Kristiansen, Oslo, 1975
2rr2k1/pb3ppp/3qp3/3PN3/2p2PP1/1P2Q3/4R2P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7 if Kxf7 dxe6+ or if Qd7 Nxd8 Rxd8 bxc4 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Jan Plachetka vs Ruben Rodriguez, Polanica Zdroj, 1975
5rk1/5p1p/1B4p1/2b1rn2/2Q3P1/qB6/P4R1P/5RK1 w - -1 0
[ Bxc5 Rxc5 Qd3 if Nh6 Bxf7+ ]
b) 
Rainer Knaak vs Axel Ornstein, Polanica Zdroj, 1975
rR3bk1/3q3p/4p1p1/3p4/2nQ1P2/5N2/5BPP/r4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ if Kxf8 Rxa1 ]
c) 
Lev Polugaevsky vs Eduard Gufeld, Riga, 1975
1r6/2q4p/5Qp1/5b1k/3B4/8/P6P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Be3 if Qd8 Rxf5+ ]
d) 
Yuri Balashov vs David Bronstein, Yerevan, 1975
2r1nbk1/5ppp/3p4/3PpN2/qp2P3/5Q1P/P2B1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ if gxh6 Qg4+ or if Kh8 Qxf7 mates ]
e) 
Boris Gulko vs Efim Geller, Yerevan, 1975
4qrk1/1b4bp/n3p1p1/1pp3N1/3r1n2/R4N2/1P2QPPP/1BB1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf4 Rdxf4 Nxe6 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Vladimir Doroshkievich vs Vladimir Kozlov, Briansk, 1975
3r2k1/pp2qppp/2nN4/1B2p3/Q5b1/P3P1P1/1P1R1PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 bxc6 Qxg4 if Rxd6 Qc8+ ]
b) 
Adam Kuligowski vs Margeir Petursson, Tjentiste, 1975
rnbq1rk1/p3ppbp/1p1p1np1/2p5/2PPP3/2NBBP2/PP4PP/R2QK1NR w KQ - 1 0
[ e5 if Ne8 Be4 ]
c) 
Boris Gulko vs Eduard Gufeld, Kishinev, 1975
2r1b1k1/2P1np2/3qp1p1/p6p/1pR4P/1P1NQ1P1/P4PBK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qc5 if Nf5 Bb7 ]
d) 
Gennadi Kuzmin vs Mikhail Podgaets, Kishinev, 1975
r4rk1/1p1b2pp/pq2pp2/3n2B1/2BnN3/P7/1P3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be3 if Nxe3 fxe3 ]
e) 
Albert Kapengut vs Igor Ivanov, Cheliabinsk, 1975
1Rb2r1k/5pp1/B1Pp4/P6p/3q2n1/4N3/5rPP/3QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Nxe3+ if Rxe3 Qxd1 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1975, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
D A Yanofsky vs Svetozar Gligoric, Lone Pine, 1975
5k2/2q3p1/4p2p/2r5/P2Q2B1/4P1P1/4PK1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc4 ]
b) 
Lajos Portisch vs Ulf Andersson, Milan, 1975
2r2bk1/r4ppp/q3p3/1p1nN3/1P1Q2P1/P2R4/1B3P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f6 if Nf3 Rc4 ]
c) 
Guillermo Garcia Gonzales vs Bent Larsen, Orense, 1975
8/1bp3pk/3r3p/P3Qp2/2p1qn2/2B5/2P2PPP/2R2BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ if Kh8 Qxe5 or if Bxe2 Qxg2# ]
d) 
Bent Larsen vs Ulf Andersson, Stockholm, 1975
8/5ppk/4p2p/5n2/3P4/4B3/rPR2PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Rc7 Ra1+ if Bc1 Nb3 or if Rc1 Rxc1 Bxc2 Ne2+ ]
e) 
Vassily Smyslov vs David Bronstein, Teeside, 1975
6k1/pp2ppb1/6pp/2p5/2P1bB2/PP2PN2/n4PPP/3B2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3 if Nd2 Bd3 ]
f) 
Aleksandar Matanovic vs Albin Planinec, Yugoslavia, 1975
r2q2k1/1pp1n1pp/p1pb4/5r2/3Q4/2N2N2/PPP1RPPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if gxf3 Bxh2+ ]
g) 
Igor Ivanov vs David Bronstein, Kishinev, 1975
6k1/6p1/8/8/2R2PP1/2p1P2p/2r5/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ Kh1 c2 ]
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