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Here are some chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984.
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.
Sergey Kudrin vs Bosko Abramovic, Bor, 1984
4r2r/1q3k2/6p1/1p1n1PQ1/p1pN1P2/P1Pn4/1P4K1/1B1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 2.
Murray Chandler vs Ian Rogers, Hong Kong, 1984
rn2kr2/ppq1bNpp/2p5/6B1/3P2P1/1B5P/PP2QPK1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 2.
Valeriy Neverov vs Stanislav Savchenko, Kharkov, 1984
3r2q1/2Qn4/p3k3/1p2PN2/2pP3p/2P5/6rP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ng7+ ]
d) 
White mates in 2.
Valeriy Neverov vs Alexander Moroz, Kharkov, 1984
5r1k/pp2N3/4pr1p/8/P5RP/6Q1/KPq3P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 2.
Michal Krasenkow vs Pavel Zarubin, Moscow, 1984
Q3n3/8/4P3/4R3/2q2kPp/8/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 2.
Ian Rogers vs Zlatko Klaric, Nuoro, 1984
1nbk1b1r/1r6/p2P2pp/1B2PpN1/2p2P2/2P1B3/7P/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bb6+ if Rxb6 Nf7# ]
b) 
White mates in 2.
Kiril Georgiev vs Yrjo Rantanen, Salonika, 1984
3r4/5Qpp/n2B1p2/3p1k2/2b5/P3PP2/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 2.
Anthony Miles vs Praveen Thipsay, Brighton, 1984
6k1/3b3p/p7/1prP4/4qbP1/3R1p1P/PPN5/1K2QB2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe1+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 2.
Walter Browne vs Dmitry Gurevich, Forth Worth, 1984
6k1/4qp2/Q5p1/2pPP3/3bP2p/7r/1P2R1K1/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Jonathan Speelman vs Daniel King, Brighton, 1984
3R2R1/2r1kp1p/r3p1p1/p3N3/n4P2/2P1PKPP/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rge8+ Kf6 Ng4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Aleksander Sznapik vs Jens Kristiansen, Copenhagen, 1984
4r2r/1q1k1p1p/2N1p1b1/p1Qp4/Pp6/2R5/2P2PPP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5+ Kd8 Qd6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Mihai Suba vs Gyula Sax, Hastings, 1984
rqbnkb1r/p3p1pp/2p2p2/4N3/Q1B1PP2/8/PP4PP/R1B2K1R w kq - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Nxf7 Qxc6+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
John Van Der Wiel vs Cornelis Van Wijgerden, Hilversum, 1984
r3b2r/p1n1Q3/1qp2pk1/6P1/2B1P3/1NN3p1/P1P3P1/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ if Kh5 Be2+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Anatoly Karpov vs Gyula Sax, Linares, 1984
5r2/Q3qp2/p2k2pp/8/B5PP/2P5/PP3P2/3K4 w - - 1 0
[ Qb6+ if Kd5 or Ke5 Qd4+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi, London, 1984
6rk/pp2R1bp/8/1P6/5NQ1/1q4P1/5PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Andras Adorjan vs Michael Wilder, New York, 1984
1n3R2/6k1/1q2p1Bp/3pN3/1P6/P3P1P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ Kh8 Bh7 ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Peter Lukacs vs Vereslav Eingorn, Polanica Zdroj, 1984
r6k/2p5/1p1p1rR1/3P4/p1P1B2q/P1Q1K3/1P3p2/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ if Qxf6 Rh1+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Karel Mokry vs Krzysztof Pytel, Polanica Zdroj, 1984
2k1B3/1p4Qp/1B2p3/1b2P3/8/2p5/2P1KPPP/7q w - - 1 0
[ Bxb5 ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Raj Tischbierek vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Rostock, 1984
3r3k/7p/pp2B1p1/3N2P1/P2qPQ2/8/1Pr4P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
Ulf Andersson vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada, Salonika, 1984
2r1n1k1/3RR2p/p5pB/1p2N3/8/6PP/P1q2PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8+ Rxe8 Rg7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Elizbar Ubilava vs Lev Psakhis, Sochi, 1984
3Q4/5k2/1p4p1/pbq1PB1p/1p3P2/1P3P2/r3P2P/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Be6+ if Kg7 Qg8+ or if Kxe6 Qf6# ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Liuben Spassov vs Ventzislav Inkiov, Sofia, 1984
r1b4k/pp1n3p/2pB4/4P1Q1/2q3P1/P7/1P1K1R1P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Nxf8 Qf6+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Arshak Petrosian vs Vladimir Malaniuk, Yerevan, 1984
3rk2q/3n2r1/p1Q1B1R1/1pB1bP2/P1p5/8/5P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Rxf7 Qe6+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Viktor Kupreichik vs Juan Bellon Lopez, Barcelona, 1984
7k/1p1R3p/1p3r2/2q1N1p1/2B2Pp1/6P1/P5K1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 Rh1# or if Rxg6 Re8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Sergey Kudrin vs Mihai Suba, Beer-Sheva, 1984
rr2k3/5p2/p1bppPpQ/2p1n1P1/1q2PB2/2N4R/PP4BP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ if Kxf8 Rh8# or if Kd7 Qe7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Anthony Miles vs Ole Jakobsen, Esbjerg, 1984
2r1rk2/p1q3pQ/4p3/1pppP1N1/7p/4P2P/PP3P2/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe6+ if Ke7 Rxg7+ Kxe6 Qg6+ Kxe5 f4# or if Rxe6 Qh8+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Anthony Miles vs Jonathan Mestel, Esbjerg, 1984
r2r2k1/1p3pb1/q2p2p1/3PnN1R/p1P1p3/N6Q/PP5P/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh7 if Bf6 Qh6 ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Nigel Short vs Mihai Suba, Hastings, 1984
1r6/2q5/2Bk1p1p/P1nPpPp1/P5P1/4B2P/2PQ4/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc5+ Kxc5 Qc3+ Kd6 Qa3+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Jonathan Speelman vs Leonid Yudasin, Leningrad, 1984
2r1r1k1/p3Bppp/1p6/4R3/2q3Q1/8/P4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6 ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Jonathan Mestel vs Anthony Miles, London, 1984
4r2k/p4r1p/1p6/1N4QP/q7/5pR1/PP3P2/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5+ Rxe5 Rd8+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Joseph Gallagher vs Anthony Miles, London, 1984
r3k2r/pp3R2/2np2p1/q2pN1Qp/4P3/8/PPP3PP/2Kb4 w kq - 1 0
[ Qf6 if Rg8 Qe6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Andrei Sokolov vs Stefan Gross, Naleczow, 1984
4B3/1p6/1p4Q1/2kpb3/3p4/8/rPPK4/8 w - - 1 0
[ b4+ if Kxb4 Qxb6+ or if Kc4 Qd3+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Gennadi Kuzmin vs Liuben Spassov, New Delhi, 1984
5k2/r1q2rpQ/p1n2p1p/1p3B2/3B3P/5RP1/P3P2K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bc5+ if Re7 Be6 or Bg6 ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Kiril Georgiev vs Eric Lobron, Salonika, 1984
5q1k/p6n/3r1b1p/2rp1B1Q/5P2/P3P2P/5PRK/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6 if Qf7 Rg7 ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Milan Drasko vs Jens Kristiansen, Stary Smokovec, 1984
rq2r1k1/3n1Nb1/bp1P3p/2pBp1p1/8/4B1PP/PPQ2P2/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg5+ if Re6 Bxe6+ Kf8 Qg6 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Miso Cebalo vs Slavoljub Marjanovic, Subotica, 1984
1r6/2pk1q1p/3bn2P/3BppB1/1p2P3/1Q6/1P3P2/1KR5 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4+ Kc8 Qa6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Valery Loginov vs Sergey Nadyrhanov, Tashkent, 1984
1r4k1/p1q2p2/4pQ2/P1p5/1nP2P1N/4P3/7K/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if f6 Rg1+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
Gennadi Zaichik vs Ratmir Kholmov, Borzhomi, 1984
1r6/1p6/p1p4p/3r1pkB/1P2R3/P4QP1/5PK1/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Re6 Qf6 Qf4+ Kxh5 Rxf6 ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Aleksander Sznapik vs Dan Barbulescu, Polanica Zdroj, 1984
8/5R2/r6k/3N1R2/p7/2P5/6PK/1r6 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 ]
e) 
Black mates in 4.
Dimitri Anagnostopoulos vs David Norwood, London, 1984
r1b3q1/2p2pk1/p1Pp1bn1/1P1Pp3/Q1N1P3/2N1BKP1/7r/1R5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ Kxg4 Qc8+ Kf3 Nh4+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Black mates in 4.
Andrei Kharitonov vs Alexander Beliavsky, Lvov, 1984
6k1/p4p2/1p2pBpb/4P2p/7q/PQ3P1N/6PK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4+ Kh1 Qe1+ Ng1 Qg3 ]
b) 
Black mates in 4.
Vlastimil Hort vs Jesus Nogueiras, Salonika, 1984
4RQ2/5ppk/2p2q2/5n1p/p3N3/P5P1/1P1r1P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Kg2 Ne3+ Kh3 Qf5+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 4.
Yrjo Rantanen vs Jouni Yrjola, Helsinki, 1984
2k3r1/1pq5/p3p3/4bp2/8/3B1R2/PPPQNK2/R6r b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ if Nxd4 Rg2+ Kxg2 Qh2# ]
d) 
White mates in 5.
Jonathan Speelman vs Sergey Kudrin, Hastings, 1984
r3nrk1/pb1p1pp1/1p2pq2/2nP3R/2P5/2N3P1/PPB1QP2/3RK3 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ Kh8 Bg6+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh5+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs Jaan Ehlvest, Lvov, 1984
r1b4k/p2n1R2/3N1n1p/q1pP1P2/2P2BrQ/3B4/P5pP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ if Kg7 Qxh6# or if Nxf8 Qxf6+ Kh7 Qf7+ Rg7 f6+ ]
"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 5.
Sergey Dolmatov vs Jozsef Pinter, Sofia, 1984
4r2k/R7/7p/1Pp3pP/2Q5/1B3P2/6PK/4q3 w - g6 1 0
[ Rh7+ Kxh7 Qf7+ Kh8 Qf6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 5.
Nino Kirov vs Borislav Ivkov, Bor, 1984
8/p4Rpk/2p2n2/2p1N2p/2P2Q2/3P2PP/4qPK1/r7 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ Kh8 Qxf6+ ]
c) 
Black mates in 5.
Petar Velikov vs Gerald Hertneck, Hamburg, 1984
8/p5kp/1p1p4/2pPn1q1/3bRp2/1P3BrP/P2Q2PK/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ gxh3 Qg3+ Kh1 Qxh3+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 5.
Zvulon Gofshtein vs Yuri Kruppa, Kiev, 1984
1q4k1/1p2R2p/p5p1/4p3/4npbN/P4P2/1P4PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa7+ Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ ]
e) 
Lev Alburt vs John Peters, Berkeley, 1984
2r1kr2/3pbpQp/pp2p3/8/2q1p3/2N3P1/PP3P1P/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne2 if Qxe2 Rxc8+ Bd8 Rxd8+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Ratmir Kholmov vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Borzhomi, 1984
b6k/5r2/2r1n3/6p1/2R3Pp/1P5P/2P2P2/4RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc6 Bxc6 Rxe6 ]
b) 
Gilberto Milos vs Jaime Sunye Neto, Curitiba, 1984
2r1rnk1/1b3ppp/pq1bp3/1p4B1/3P2Q1/1BN3R1/PP3PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd8 ]
c) 
Friso Nijboer vs Simen Agdestein, Groningen, 1984
4r1k1/5pq1/n7/4pPb1/4P1Q1/6P1/1PP3KN/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ f6 if Qg6 Rf5 Be3 Qxg6+ or if Bxf6 Rxf6 ]
d) 
Andrew Martin vs Lev Alburt, Hastings, 1984
4r1k1/p4pb1/2Q3p1/P2Rr1q1/4pp1p/2P4P/1PN2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe8+ ]
e) 
Konstantin Aseev vs Andrei Kharitonov, Lvov, 1984
5rk1/2prbppp/4n1b1/3p1N2/8/2P2P2/1PB2P1P/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba4 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Viktor Gavrikov vs Aleksandr Shneider, Lvov, 1984
7k/3nR2p/5np1/p7/P1Q5/2P4P/1q4P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qc8+ ]
b) 
Aleksandr Veingold vs Viktor Kupreichik, Lvov, 1984
2brr1k1/pp3qp1/2p3np/8/3N1P2/2P4P/P1Q1B1PK/3R1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bh5 if Rd6 f5 ]
c) 
Adrian Mihalcisin vs Nigel Short, Lvov, 1984
1r1r4/1k3p2/R1p1qp2/2P4p/1p1PQ3/6PP/1K3P2/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rb6+ Kc7 Qf4+ Kd7 Rxb8 ]
d) 
Oleg Romanishin vs Arshak Petrosian, Moscow, 1984
r1b3k1/q4pp1/2pNn2n/1p5p/4P3/P1rNQ1PP/5PB1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxa7 ]
e) 
Gennadi Kuzmin vs Krzysztof Panczyk, Polanica Zdroj, 1984
6k1/6p1/2Nr3p/3P4/p3R3/5P2/r2b3P/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Re2 if Rxd5 Ne7+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Bojan Kurajica vs Karel Mokry, Reggio Emilia, 1984
3r1bk1/pp6/2b1p3/3pPp1p/7P/5RPq/P1Q1B3/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd4 if Bg7 Bf1 or if f4 Qg6+ Bg7 Rdxf4 mates ]
b) 
Simen Agdestein vs Miguel Quinteros, Salonika, 1984
r2q1rk1/p5bp/1p1nb3/2pN1p2/2P1pB2/P5PP/5PB1/1R1Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd6 if Qxd6 Nf6+ ]
c) 
Ivan Radulov vs Ventzislav Inkiov, Sofia, 1984
2N1k3/1r2p2p/p2nB1p1/2p5/5P2/6P1/PbP4P/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6 if exd6 Nxd6+ ]
d) 
Krum Georgiev vs Kiril Georgiev, Sofia, 1984
3b3k/prn2q1p/5pp1/2p1p3/4PN2/3P2R1/P1P3QP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6+ hxg6 Rxg6 if Ne6 Rh6+ ]
e) 
Vlastimil Jansa vs Eduard Prandstetter, Sumperk, 1984
1r4k1/7p/1nR1Nbp1/p7/1p1P4/1P6/3B1PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf4 if Rb7 Nc5 ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Karel Mokry vs Josef Pribyl, Sumperk, 1984
5rk1/1pr3qp/2n1p1p1/pRPpPbB1/P7/P5P1/3QB2P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 Qxe5 Bxf8 Kxf8 g4 ]
b) 
Alexander Chernin vs Leonid Yudasin, Sverdlovsk, 1984
4kr2/3b1pQp/8/p1q5/2N5/p5P1/5P1P/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ Bc8 Rxc8+ Qxc8 Nd6+ ]
c) 
Sergey Kudrin vs Dragan Barlov, Valjevo, 1984
q3r1k1/2r3p1/pp1RPB1p/2n4P/P5Q1/2P3P1/2P3bK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 if Nxe6 Rxc7 ]
d) 
Sergey Kudrin vs Jonathan Mestel, Beer-Sheva, 1984
2k3r1/1p6/p7/4Q3/8/P1Pq2P1/1P3KR1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf8+ if Kg1 Rf1+ mates ]
e) 
Lubomir Ftacnik vs Peter Ostermeyer, Biel, 1984
2rq1rk1/1p3ppp/p7/5Pb1/2n1QB2/8/PPP1B1PP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe8 if Qxe8 Bxf4+ or if Qd4 Qxe2 ]
'More tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Joerg Hickl vs David Norwood, Groningen, 1984
r5k1/5p1p/3pp3/4b1p1/4P3/1N2QPPP/P4R1K/3q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg3+ if Kxg3 Qg1+ Rg2 Qxe3 ]
b) 
Marcel Sisniega vs Vasilios Kotronias, Athens, 1984
1rq2rk1/2p4p/p4bp1/1pN2b2/4Q3/5P2/PPB3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ Kg7 Bxf5 if Qxf5 Ne6+ ]
c) 
Alexander Kochyev vs Aleksandr Shneider, Lvov, 1984
5k2/pb3Bp1/3q1n2/1Pp1N2p/3r4/4Q1P1/P4P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re4 ]
d) 
Andrei Lukin vs Krum Georgiev, Plovdiv, 1984
2r3r1/1b1kb1P1/p3p2P/3pP1P1/3P4/1q1Q4/1P6/K1BR2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc1+ ]
e) 
Stefano Tatai vs Jozsef Pinter, Rome, 1984
4r1k1/6pp/8/8/4n3/1R2KN2/rR3PPP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc5+ if Kf4 Rxb2 Rxb2 Nd3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top rated games of 1984, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Juan Bellon Lopez vs Antonio Antunes, Salonika, 1984
3q3k/6pp/2Q5/1p6/1P3r2/8/P3PP1P/4K1R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc4 ]
b) 
Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs Eduard Meduna, Trnava, 1984
7r/1pk2pp1/2p5/p3nQ2/P1qR2n1/B1P1P1P1/5PBr/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Nxe3+ if fxe3 Qe2+ Qf2 Rh2+ ]
c) 
Paul Van Der Sterren vs Predrag Nikolic, Wijk aan Zee, 1984
2r3k1/pp3pp1/8/4Q1qn/8/P4PB1/1P3KP1/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3+ if Qxg3 Rc2+ ]
d) 
Viktor Kupreichik vs Eduard Mnatsakanian, Yerevan, 1984
6k1/6p1/2q1r2p/3bBQ2/8/2PR1P2/5PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe5 if Qxe5 Qg6+ ]
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