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problems
taken from the games
of Mikhail Tal.
The dot on the right side
indicates which side moves
first.
3) Black Mates in 3.
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1) White Mates in 6.
Tal vs Boris Gulko,
exhibition, 1949
[ Rf7+ ]
2) White Mates in 8.
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3) Black Mates in 3.
Igor Glek vs Tal, Riga,
1955
4) A Ostrauskas vs Tal,
Vilnius, 1955
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+ ]
[ ...Nxf1 ]
17) Alexandre
Abrosimov vs Tal, Riga,
1959
[ ...Rad8 if Rfd1 Rxe4 ]
8) Tal vs Alexander
Koblenz, Riga, 1957
[ Rf6+ w/Bh6+ ]
[ ...Nxe2+ ]
[ Rf4 w/Rxh4 ]
7) Mark Taimanov vs
Tal, Moscow, 1957
[ Qxd7+ ]
[ Bxf7+ w/Qb3+ ]
[ ...Nxd4 ]
[ Rxe6 ]
25) Ortega vs Tal,
Habana, 1963
[ e5 ]
27) Larry Evans vs Tal,
Amsterdam, 1964
[ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qf3+
Kg5 Qxf6+ ]
[ ...Rxc3+ if Kxc3
Bb4+ Kxb4 Qa5+ Kc4
Qa6+ ]
[ Ne6 ]
28) Tal vs Pal Benko,
Amsterdam, 1964
[ Rd8+ ]
Tal vs Prschibyl,
Tallinn, 1977
[ h5+ ]
[ Qg4+ ]
[ Qh5+ w/Qf3 ]
[ Qg4 w/Bxg6 ]
[ Qf8+ ]
Tal vs Johann
Hjartarson, Reykjavik,
1987
[ Ng4+ ]
[ Qe7+ ]
[ ...Nc4 ]
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