31793566 70 chess puzzles by mikhail tal
TRANSCRIPT
Here are some chess problems
taken from the games of Mikhail Tal.
The dot on the right side indicates which side moves
first.
1) White Mates in 6
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2) White Mates in 8.
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3) Black Mates in 3.--------------------------
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5) Black Mates in 5. -----------------------------
6) Black Mates in 4.----------------------------
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12) Black Mates in 6.
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14) White Mates in 6.
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18) White Mates in 2.----------------------------------
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29) White Mates in 5.
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43) White Mates in 3---------------------------------
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46) White Mates in 7
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47) White Mates in 4.
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51) White Mates in 5.
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54) White Mates in 4.
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55) White Mates in 4.
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57) White Mates in 5.
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61) White Mates in 4. ---------------------------------
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63) White Mates in 4.---------------------------------
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66) White Mates in 5.---------------------------------
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Solutions
1) White Mates in 6.
Tal vs Boris Gulko, exhibition, 1949
[ Rf7+ ]
2) White Mates in 8.
Tal vs Israel Zilber, Riga, 1949
[ Ne6+ w/Qg7+ ]
3) Black Mates in 3.
Igor Glek vs Tal, Riga, 1955
[ ...Qf5+ Kh4 Nf6+ ]
4) A Ostrauskas vs Tal, Vilnius, 1955
[ ...Bg2+ Kxg2 Rf2+ ]
5) Black Mates in 5.
Kira Zvorykina, Vilnius, 1955
[ ...d3 if Ke1 Rc2 or if Rxd3 Rc1+ ]
6) Black Mates in 4.
E Chukaev vs Tal, Tbilisi, 1956
[ ...Re1+ if Bd1 Rxd1+ Ka2 Qxa3+ ]
7) Mark Taimanov vs Tal, Moscow, 1957
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Qg4 Ne1 Qxd1 ]
8) Tal vs Alexander Koblenz, Riga, 1957
[ Rf6+ w/Bh6+ ]
9) Tal vs Bent Larsen, Reykjavik, 1957
[ b4 w/Ra3 ]
10) Tal vs Konstantin Klaman, Moscow, 1957
[ Rxe7+ w/Qh4+ ]
11) Anatoly Bannik vs Tal, Moscow, 1957
[ ...Nxe2+ ]
12) Black Mates in 6.
Hector Rossetto vs Tal, Portoroz, 1958
[ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Rxe3 ]
13) Tal vs Harry Golombek, Munich, 1958
[ Rf4 w/Rxh4 ]
14) White Mates in 6.
Tal vs P Skuja, Latvia CH, 1958
[ Ne7+ ]
15) Tal vs Georgy Tringov, Munich, 1958
[ Qxd7+ ]
16) Max Blau vs Tal, Zurich, 1959
[ ...Nxf1 ]
17) Alexandre Abrosimov vs Tal, Riga, 1959
[ ...Rad8 if Rfd1 Rxe4 ]
18) White Mates in 2.
Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled, 1959
[ Rh8+ ]
19) Tal vs Vasily Smyslov, Bled, 1959
[ Qxf7 ]
20) Tal vs Robert Fischer, Yugoslavia, 1959
[ Nd4 w/Ne6+ ]
21) Tal vs Dieter Keller, Zurich, 1959
[ Rb7+ ]
22) Tal vs Klaus Darga, Hamburg, 1960
[ Re6 w/Rd6 ]
23) Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow, 1960
[ Rxa6+ ]
24) Tal vs Wolfgang Unzicker, Stockholm, 1961
[ Bxf7+ w/Qb3+ ]
25) Ortega vs Tal, Habana, 1963
[ ...Nxd4 ]
26) Tal vs NN, USSR, 1963
[ Rd6 if Bxd6 Qxe6+ Bc4 & Rf1+ ]
27) Larry Evans vs Tal, Amsterdam, 1964
[ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qf3+ Kg5 Qxf6+ ]
28) Tal vs Pal Benko, Amsterdam, 1964
[ Rd8+ ]
29) White Mates in 5.
Tal vs Georgy Tringov, Amsterdam, 1964
[ Bxf7+ ]
30) Tal vs Alexander Koblents, 1965
[ g6 ]
31) Tal vs Kiriukov, Riga, 1965
[ Rxe6 ]
32) Tal vs A Shmit, Riga, 1965
[ Qh7 w/Nd7+ ]
33) Tal vs Svend Hamann, Kislovodsk, 1966
[ e5 ]
34) Tal vs Robert Wade, Palma de Mallorca, 1966
[ Ne6 ]
35) Edgar Walther vs Tal, Habana, 1966
[ ...Ra1+ Kc2 Na5 ]
36) Anatoly Ufimtsev vs Tal, Moscow, 1967
[ ...Bh3+ if Kxh3 Ng5+ Kg2 Qe4+ mates or if Kg1 Nf3+ mates ]
37) Tal vs NN, USSR, 1970
[ Bxg5+ ]
38) Gedeon Barcza vs Tal, Tallinn, 1971
[ ...Rd8 if Qe3 Qxc2 mates ]
39) Tal vs Andres Vooremaa, Tallinn, 1971
[ Ne6+ w/Rxf7 Qxf8+ & Qxf7+ ]
40) Karoly Honfi vs Tal, Sukhumi, 1972
[ ...Rxc3+ if Kxc3 Bb4+ Kxb4 Qa5+ Kc4 Qa6+ ]
41) Tal vs Orest Averkin, Moscow, 1973
[ Nd5 if Rxa4 Ne7# ]
42) Tal vs William Hartston, Hastings, 1973
[ Rxf7 w/Bxg6 & Qh7+ ]
43) White Mates in 3.
Tal vs NN, 1973
[ Rxf7+ ]
44) Tal vs NN, 1973
[ Qb5+ if Qd7 Rxe5+ Be7 Bc6 Rxc6 Ra8+ ]
45) Tal vs Kick Langeweg, Wijk aan Zee, 1973
[ Qg4 w/Bxg6 ]
46) White Mates in 7.
Tal vs NN, 1973
[ Qf8+ ]
47) White Mates in 4.
Tal vs Igor Platonov, Dubna, 1973
[ Qh6 ]
48) White Mates in 7.
Tal vs Michael Stean, Hastings, 1973
[ h5+ ]
49) Tal vs Rafael Vaganian, Dubna, 1973
[ Qh5+ w/Qf3 ]
50) Tal vs Zaitsev, Aanval, 1973
[ Rc7+ w/Qxe7+ Qd6+ & Qc5+ ]
51) White Mates in 5.
Tal vs Anton Deze, Novi Sad, 1974
[ Qe7 ]
52) Tal vs Thomas Paehtz, Halle, 1974
[ Rxe6 ]
53) Tal vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow, 1974
[ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qh4 mates or if Bxd7 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ ]
54) White Mates in 4.
Tal vs Prschibyl, Tallinn, 1977
[ Qg4+ ]
55) White Mates in 4.
Tal vs Ivan Radulov, Leningrad, 1977
[ Rd1 ]
56) Tal vs Sergey Makarichev, Tbilisi, 1978
[ Rxb4 w/Qc3+ ]
57) White Mates in 5.
Tal vs Yrko Rantanen, Tallinn, 1979
[ Bxg7+ w/Bh8 ]
58) Boris Spassky vs Tal, Montreal, 1979
[ ...Ng4 if Re1 Rh1+ mates ]
59) Tal vs Boris Spassky, Tilburg, 1980
[ Rg5+ ]
60) Tal vs Iivo Nei, USSR, 1981
[ Qxf8+ ]
61) White Mates in 4.
Tal vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez, Malaga, 1981
[ Qe7+ ]
62) Robert Huebner vs Tal, Wijk aan Zee, 1982
[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Nh5 ]
63) White Mates in 4.
Tal vs David Bronstein, Tbilisi, 1982
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 Qd8+ ]
64) Klaus Bischoff vs Tal, Albena, 1984
[ ...Nc4 ]
65) Miguel Quinteros vs Tal, Argentina, 1987
[ ...Bc5 if Nc2 Ra8 ]
66) White Mates in 5.
Tal vs Johann Hjartarson, Reykjavik, 1987
[ Ng4+ ]
67) Tal vs Miguel Quinteros, St del Esterol, 1987
[ Rxf5 w/Nce4 ]
68) Tal vs Alexander Chernin, St John, 1988
[ g5 ]
69) Siegfried Maus vs Tal, Germany, 1990
[ ...Re1+ ]
70) Tal vs Vladimir Akopian, Barcelona, 1992
[ Qe5+ w/Rd8+ ]
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