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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Samuel Reshevsky.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Grigoriev, Chicago, 1934
r4rk1/p1n1b1p1/1p1q1pN1/3Pp2Q/8/6P1/PP4PP/2R2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rc6 if Qd7 or Qd8 Qh8+ Kf7 Nxe5+ ]

b)
William Fairhurst vs Samuel Reshevsky, Margate, 1935
b2r2k1/p4ppp/2q1p3/2b1N3/2P1n3/8/P1B1QPPP/B4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3 Nxc6 Nxe2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Weaver Adams vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1936
4r1k1/1p3p2/p1b2QBp/8/2q5/8/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Kxf1 Bb5+ ]

d)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Sergey Belavenets, Leningrad, 1939
r5k1/2n1bppp/3p4/1B1n1q2/5B2/P1N2QP1/5P1P/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3 Qe6 Nxd5 if Nxd5 Bc4 or if Qxd5 Be4 Qa2 Rb7 ]

e)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Alexander Tolush, Leningrad, 1939
2b2rk1/1p2qpnp/r2p2pB/pNpPn3/2P1PQB1/P6P/1P4P1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if f6 Bxf6 Qf7 Bxe5 or if Qe8 Nc7 ]

1c)
mate in 4
Weaver Adams vs Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Broderman, Hollywood, 1945
r2q1r2/4b1k1/npp1Ppb1/p2p3p/2P4Q/2N1B1R1/PP4PP/3BR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ Kxg6 Qxh5+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]

b)
White mates in 7.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Gudbjartur Gudmundsson, Amsterdam, 1950
b3r1k1/p7/P3nQ1p/1P2R1p1/8/7P/B4PpK/3q4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6+ Rxe6 Qxe6+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kg6 Re6+ ]

c)
Samuel Reshevsky vs George Shainswit, New York, 1951
2r2rk1/5ppp/pp6/2q5/2P1pP2/3QPRnP/P5P1/B1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg3 if exd3 Rxg7+ mates ]

d)
George Shainswit vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1951
1r4k1/pB4pp/4p3/5pN1/P7/B5P1/P3PPKP/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc3 if Bb2 Rc2 ]

e)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Eero Boek, Helsinki, 1952
4k2r/pQ2b2p/2n3p1/8/2p5/4BqP1/PP3P1P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qa8+ if Bd8 Rxd8+ ]

2e)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Eero Boek

Samuel Reshevsky Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Arthur Bisguier vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1951
6k1/1p4p1/2b1p3/5p2/3q2NK/6PP/Q7/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd8+ ]

b)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf, Helsinki, 1952
r1b1r1k1/1p1n1p1p/2ppnqp1/8/p1P1P3/5P2/PbNQNBPP/1R2RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb2 if Qxb2 Nc3 w/Rb1 ]

c)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf, San Salvador, 1952
Rn3k1r/4q3/2Pb1pp1/3Q3p/2p5/2B1P3/1P3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb4 ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Rudolf Teschner vs Samuel Reshevsky, Helsinki, 1952
r7/1p3k1p/1n1B4/2P2P2/6nQ/1P5K/r4q1P/1R3B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf, Buenos Aires, 1953
2Q1N1k1/5p2/1b2p2p/3bN1p1/nq4P1/6BP/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kg7 Qg8+ Kxf6 Qxf7# ]

3e)
mate in 3
Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf

Samuel Reshevsky Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Arthur Bisguier, New York, 1957
6k1/p4pp1/6n1/2pR4/2P1N2p/P2QP2P/5PPK/qr6 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Nf8 Rxf8+ Kh7 Ng5+ Kh6 Nxf7+ ]

b)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Charles Kalme, New York, 1958
3rb3/p1r1k3/1pnNp1pp/2p5/2P2P2/7P/PP1RP1B1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 Rxc6 Nf5+ ]

c)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, Sousse, 1967
6k1/p1rq1p1p/1pr3pb/1Q1p3n/P2P4/2N1P2P/2R1NPP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Nf6 or Ng7 Nxd5 ]

d)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Anthony Saidy, New York, 1960
2b1n1k1/3n1q2/pr3p1p/Q1pPp1pN/2P1B1P1/7P/P2N1R2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5 if Rd6 Ne4 ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Pal Benko vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York, 1960
6k1/p4pp1/B4q1p/8/3r4/PQ3P2/2r3PP/KR5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]

4a)
mate in 5
Samuel Reshevsky vs Arthur Bisguier

Samuel Reshevsky Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Yosef Porath, Amsterdam, 1964
2bqr1k1/3n1ppp/p1Q5/3P4/8/P3R2P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ Qxe8 Rc1 ]

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

c)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Raymond Weinstein, New York, 1959
8/p3Nrk1/3pQn1p/2p5/2p1q3/P6P/1P1b1BP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ Kg6 Qxf7+ Kxf7 Nxd6+ ]

d)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Salvatore Matera, Mentor, 1977
1r2r1kq/R6p/2p3p1/p1pb4/6PQ/7P/P4PB1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if cxd5 Bxd5+ mates ]

e)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Cesar Boutteville, Lugano, 1968
2r5/2n2pk1/p3n2q/2p1P1p1/P2pN3/1P3PB1/5KP1/2QR4 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Rd8 Nf5+ ]

5c)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Raymond Weinstein

Samuel Reshevsky Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Daniel Yanofsky, Lugano, 1968
r1b2rk1/1p3pb1/2p3p1/p1B5/P3N3/1B1Q1Pn1/1PP3q1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Bxf6 Qxg6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Lev Polugaevsky, Palma de Majorca, 1970
r4r2/pp1QN3/1q6/6kp/2P3n1/P1B1P3/1P2K3/7R w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Yasuji Matsumoto, Siegen, 1970
r3rknQ/1p1R1pb1/p3pqBB/2p5/8/6P1/PPP2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ Qxg7 Rxf7# ]

d)
Karl Robatsch vs Samuel Reshevsky, Maribor, 1967
5rk1/1Qp3p1/3p3p/p3p3/P6P/3P3q/1PP2PR1/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kd2 Rxf2+ ]

e)
White mates in 6.
Samuel Reshevsky vs Nick De Firmian, Lone Pine, 1980
R4brk/7p/3P4/1Q3N1q/4p3/8/6rP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qe5+ R2g7 Rxf8 ]

f)
Samuel Reshevsky vs David Glueck, Pasadena, 1983
7k/6bp/1p4p1/2p1n3/2B2B2/r6P/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re1 if Nxc4 Re8+ Bf8 Bh6 mates ]

6d)
Karl Robatsch vs Samuel Reshevsky

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