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70 Chess Puzzles by Mikhail Tal
70 Chess Puzzles by Mikhail Tal
problems
taken from the games
of Mikhail Tal.
The dot on the right side
indicates which side moves
first.
7)
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4)
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1) White Mates in 6
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5) Black Mates in 5.
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2) White Mates in 8.
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9)
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6) Black Mates in 4.
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3) Black Mates in 3.
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10) 16)
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11) 14) White Mates in 6. --------------------------------
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31) 34)
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32) 35)
29) White Mates in 5.
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33) 36)
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37) 40) 43) White Mates in 3
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Solutions
1) White Mates in 6.
[ Rf7+ ]
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65)
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Tal vs Israel Zilber, Riga, 1949
[ Ne6+ w/Qg7+ ]
3) Black Mates in 3.
5) Black Mates in 5.
Kira Zvorykina, Vilnius, 1955 Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled, 1959
[ Ne7+ ] [ Rb7+ ]
8) Tal vs Alexander Koblenz,
Riga, 1957
[ Rf6+ w/Bh6+ ] 15) Tal vs Georgy Tringov, 22) Tal vs Klaus Darga,
Munich, 1958 Hamburg, 1960
[ b4 w/Ra3 ] 16) Max Blau vs Tal, Zurich, 23) Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik,
1959 Moscow, 1960
[ ...Nxf1 ] [ Rxa6+ ]
10) Tal vs Konstantin
Klaman, Moscow, 1957
[ Ng4+ ]
[ Rxf5 w/Nce4 ]
[ g5 ]
[ ...Re1+ ]
[ Qe5+ w/Rd8+ ]