31793566 70 chess puzzles by mikhail tal
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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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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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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+ ]
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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+ ]
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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
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[ 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+ ]
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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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