'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Milan Matulovic.
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.
Milan Matulovic vs Ante Zaradic, Zagreb, 1955
r3r3/2QR3p/p3kp2/1p1p3P/4b3/8/2P2KP1/8 w - - 1 0
[ g4 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Milan Matulovic vs S Shahal, Nethanya, 1961
7r/r4q1p/p2QNpk1/6p1/1p3P2/7R/PPP3PP/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ f5+ Kxf5 Qd3+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Milan Matulovic vs Jacek Bednarski, Polanica Zdroj, 1963
7k/3N1pp1/7p/2PK1P2/1p6/rPb1R1P1/7P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kh7 Nf8+ Kh8 Ng6+ ]

d)
Milan Matulovic vs Hans-Joachim Hecht, Hamburg, 1965
3Rr2k/5ppp/8/p3bP2/q3N3/2p2P1P/6P1/2Q3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa3 if Rxd8 Qxa4 Rc8 Qd7 Rb8 Qc6 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Milan Matulovic vs Dragoljub Minic, Titograd, 1965
r1b1NRrk/1p2q2p/p3p2Q/8/8/P2P4/6PP/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ Rbf1 if e5 or Bd7 R1f7 ]

1d)
Milan Matulovic vs Hans-Joachim Hecht

Milan Matulovic Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Matulovic vs Istvan Bilek, Hungary, 1966
8/3b1qn1/1p6/2p2pk1/B3p2p/P1Q5/1P2NPP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd2+ e3 Qxd7 ]

b)
Milan Matulovic vs Lothar Zinn, Halle, 1967
r1bk1r2/ppq1np1Q/4p2B/1B1pN3/3p4/P7/2P1KPPP/7R w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ Rxf7 Qh8+ Ng8 Bg5+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Milan Matulovic vs Enver Bukic, Kraljevo, 1967
r4rk1/p4pp1/7P/2pp4/3Bn3/8/qPP1QP1P/2KR2R1 w - - 1 0
[ h7+ Kh8 Bxg7+ ]

d)
Milan Matulovic vs Piet Kroon, Lugano, 1968
b5k1/1r2qp1p/pQ2p1p1/1p6/7P/1P6/PP2N1P1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ ]

e)
Milan Matulovic vs Aleksandar Matanovic, Vinkovci, 1968
5r2/6pk/p3P3/1p6/6K1/1B1p4/1P2nP2/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ e7 if Re8 Bf7 Rxe7 Rh1# ]

2b)
Milan Matulovic vs Lothar Zinn

Milan Matulovic Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Milan Matulovic vs Srdjan Cvetkovic, Yugoslavia, 1969
r2b3k/1b1q1r1p/3p1P1Q/1p1Np3/3BP3/5R2/PP5P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rg7 Rxg7 fxg7+ Qxg7 Rf8+ Qg8 Qxd6 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Milan Matulovic vs Dragoljub Janosevic, Yugoslavia, 1970
r2q1r1k/5p1p/p1p2pbR/3pp3/2P4Q/6PB/PP3P1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ if Bxh7 Bf5 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Milan Matulovic vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, Herceg Novi, 1970
5rk1/1prBQppp/pq4b1/3p4/3N4/2P5/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Milan Matulovic vs Olafur Kristjansson, Reykjavik, 1970
r4r1b/B3k2p/n1pNp2P/4P1R1/p4P2/P7/2P5/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ Bxg7 Rxg7+ if Kd8 Bb6+ ]

e)
Milan Matulovic vs Asfary, Skopje, 1972
r3b1n1/ppp1q2k/3p2pp/8/3BPQ2/2N5/PPP3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Qd8 Qf7+ or if Qd7 Nf6+ Nxf6 Qxf6 mates ]

3a)
mate in 6
Milan Matulovic vs Srdjan Cvetkovic

Milan Matulovic Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Matulovic vs Martyn Corden, Birmingham, 1975
5rk1/3qb1pp/8/1pn1PP2/2ppN1Q1/8/1P4PP/2BR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6 ]

b)
Milan Matulovic vs Salvatore Matera, Birmingham, 1975
3r1r2/pp3pkp/2n2np1/3p3q/4PP2/2Q5/PPP2NNP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ exd5 Rxd5 Ne4 Rf5 Rd6 ]

c)
Milan Matulovic vs Rajko Bogdanovic, Sarajevo, 1976
rn2kb1r/1b3ppp/p1Nqp3/1p6/8/2NQ4/PPP1B1PP/3RKR2 w kq - 1 0
[ Qf3 ]

d)
Milan Matulovic vs Vladimir Raicevic, Odzaci, 1978
r1b2rk1/1p3pp1/p3p2p/4Q3/1PN5/P2q4/5PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nb6 if Ra7 Qb8 ]

e)
Milan Matulovic vs Krunoslav Hulak, Belgrade, 1978
1k6/1pr2N2/2bQp1p1/p1RpP2p/P2q3P/6P1/5PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Kc8 Nxe6 mates ]

4b)
Milan Matulovic vs Salvatore Matera

Milan Matulovic Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Matulovic vs Ivan Radulov, Bulgaria, 1981
1knrr3/1pq2p2/p1b1p1p1/3p3p/3NP2P/P1R2PQ1/BPP3P1/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nxc6+ bxc6 Rb3+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Milan Matulovic vs Zoran Brkovic, Banja-Luka, 1987
8/pp4pk/4r2p/2q1Bp2/5P2/P6P/1P4RK/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kh8 Re7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Milan Matulovic vs Stefan Cigan, Maribor, 1987
1rbr2k1/2qnbp1p/p2pp1p1/1p3PPQ/3BP3/2N2R2/PPP3BP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

d)
Milan Matulovic vs Hazbo Hadzic, Belgrade, 1989
r1bqkb1r/1p3p2/p1nppnp1/6B1/3NP2P/2N5/PPP2P2/R2QKBR1 w Qkq - 1 0
[ Nxc6 bxc6 e5 if dxe5 Qxd8+ Kxd8 Bxf6+ ]

e)
Milan Matulovic vs Gerard Kool, Haringey, 1989
r1br2k1/ppq2ppp/4pn2/8/2B5/BP6/P1P1QPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe5 ]

f)
Milan Matulovic vs Nebojsa Ristic, Novi Sad, 1995
r1b2rk1/4npp1/p2bpn1p/1pq1N3/5B2/3B1N1P/PP2QPP1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7 Bxd7 Bxd6 Qxd6 Bh7+ ]

5d)
Milan Matulovic vs Hazbo Hadzic


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