Here are some chess

problems
taken from the games
of Mikhail Tal.
The dot on the right side
indicates which side moves
first.

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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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6) Black Mates in 4.
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3) Black Mates in 3.
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18) White Mates in 2.

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47) White Mates in 4.

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48) White Mates in 7.

51) White Mates in 5. 54) White Mates in 4.
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57) White Mates in 5. 60) 63) White Mates in 4.

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Solutions

1) White Mates in 6.

Tal vs Boris Gulko, exhibition,

1949

[ Rf7+ ]

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Tal vs Israel Zilber, Riga, 1949

[ Ne6+ w/Qg7+ ]

3) Black Mates in 3.

Igor Glek vs Tal, Riga, 1955

[ ...Qf5+ Kh4 Nf6+ ]

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66) White Mates in 5.
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4) A Ostrauskas vs Tal,
Vilnius, 1955

[ ...Bg2+ Kxg2 Rf2+ ]

5) Black Mates in 5.
Kira Zvorykina, Vilnius, 1955 Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled, 1959

[ ...d3 if Ke1 Rc2 or if Rxd3 12) Black Mates in 6. [ Rh8+ ]

Rc1+ ]
Hector Rossetto vs Tal,
Portoroz, 1958
19) Tal vs Vasily Smyslov,
6) Black Mates in 4. [ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Rxe3 ] Bled, 1959

E Chukaev vs Tal, Tbilisi, 1956 [ Qxf7 ]

[ ...Re1+ if Bd1 Rxd1+ Ka2 13) Tal vs Harry Golombek,

Qxa3+ ] Munich, 1958
20) Tal vs Robert Fischer,
[ Rf4 w/Rxh4 ] Yugoslavia, 1959

7) Mark Taimanov vs Tal, [ Nd4 w/Ne6+ ]

Moscow, 1957
14) White Mates in 6.
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Qg4 Ne1
Qxd1 ] Tal vs P Skuja, Latvia CH, 21) Tal vs Dieter Keller,
1958 Zurich, 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

[ Qxd7+ ] [ Re6 w/Rd6 ]

9) Tal vs Bent Larsen,
Reykjavik, 1957

[ 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

[ Rxe7+ w/Qh4+ ] 17) Alexandre Abrosimov vs 24) Tal vs Wolfgang

Tal, Riga, 1959 Unzicker, Stockholm, 1961

[ ...Rad8 if Rfd1 Rxe4 ] [ Bxf7+ w/Qb3+ ]

11) Anatoly Bannik vs Tal,
Moscow, 1957

[ ...Nxe2+ ] 18) White Mates in 2.

25) Ortega vs Tal, Habana,
1963
32) Tal vs A Shmit, Riga, 39) Tal vs Andres Vooremaa,
[ ...Nxd4 ] 1965 Tallinn, 1971

[ Qh7 w/Nd7+ ] [ Ne6+ w/Rxf7 Qxf8+ &

Qxf7+ ]
26) Tal vs NN, USSR, 1963

[ Rd6 if Bxd6 Qxe6+ Bc4 & 33) Tal vs Svend Hamann,

Rf1+ ] Kislovodsk, 1966 40) Karoly Honfi vs Tal,
Sukhumi, 1972
[ e5 ]
[ ...Rxc3+ if Kxc3 Bb4+ Kxb4
27) Larry Evans vs Tal, Qa5+ Kc4 Qa6+ ]
Amsterdam, 1964
34) Tal vs Robert Wade,
[ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qf3+ Kg5 Qxf6+ Palma de Mallorca, 1966
] 41) Tal vs Orest Averkin,
[ Ne6 ] Moscow, 1973

[ Nd5 if Rxa4 Ne7# ]

28) Tal vs Pal Benko,
Amsterdam, 1964 35) Edgar Walther vs Tal,
Habana, 1966
[ Rd8+ ] 42) Tal vs William Hartston,
[ ...Ra1+ Kc2 Na5 ] Hastings, 1973

[ Rxf7 w/Bxg6 & Qh7+ ]

29) White Mates in 5.
Tal vs Georgy Tringov,
Amsterdam, 1964
[ Bxf7+ ]
36) Anatoly Ufimtsev vs Tal,
Moscow, 1967
43) White Mates in 3.
[ ...Bh3+ if Kxh3 Ng5+ Kg2
Qe4+ mates or if Kg1 Nf3+ Tal vs NN, 1973
mates ]
[ Rxf7+ ]

30) Tal vs Alexander

Koblents, 1965 37) Tal vs NN, USSR, 1970
44) Tal vs NN, 1973
[ g6 ] [ Bxg5+ ]
[ Qb5+ if Qd7 Rxe5+ Be7 Bc6
Rxc6 Ra8+ ]

31) Tal vs Kiriukov, Riga, 38) Gedeon Barcza vs Tal,

1965 Tallinn, 1971
45) Tal vs Kick Langeweg,
[ Rxe6 ] [ ...Rd8 if Qe3 Qxc2 mates ] Wijk aan Zee, 1973
[ Qg4 w/Bxg6 ] [ Qe7 ]

58) Boris Spassky vs Tal,

Montreal, 1979
46) White Mates in 7. 52) Tal vs Thomas Paehtz,
Halle, 1974 [ ...Ng4 if Re1 Rh1+ mates ]
Tal vs NN, 1973
[ Rxe6 ]
[ Qf8+ ]
59) Tal vs Boris Spassky,
Tilburg, 1980
53) Tal vs Tigran Petrosian,
47) White Mates in 4. Moscow, 1974 [ Rg5+ ]
Tal vs Igor Platonov, Dubna, [ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qh4 mates or
1973
if Bxd7 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ ]
60) Tal vs Iivo Nei, USSR,
[ Qh6 ] 1981

54) White Mates in 4. [ Qxf8+ ]

48) White Mates in 7. Tal vs Prschibyl, Tallinn, 1977
Tal vs Michael Stean, [ Qg4+ ] 61) White Mates in 4.
Hastings, 1973
Tal vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez,
[ h5+ ] Malaga, 1981
55) White Mates in 4.
[ Qe7+ ]
Tal vs Ivan Radulov,
49) Tal vs Rafael Vaganian, Leningrad, 1977
Dubna, 1973
[ Rd1 ] 62) Robert Huebner vs Tal,
[ Qh5+ w/Qf3 ] Wijk aan Zee, 1982

[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Nh5 ]

50) Tal vs Zaitsev, Aanval,
1973
[ Rc7+ w/Qxe7+ Qd6+ &
Qc5+ ]
51) White Mates in 5.
Tal vs Anton Deze, Novi Sad,
1974
56) Tal vs Sergey
Makarichev, Tbilisi, 1978
[ Rxb4 w/Qc3+ ] 63) White Mates in 4.
Tal vs David Bronstein, Tbilisi,
1982
57) White Mates in 5.
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 Qd8+ ]
Tal vs Yrko Rantanen, Tallinn,
1979
[ Bxg7+ w/Bh8 ]
64) Klaus Bischoff vs Tal,
Albena, 1984
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[ ...Nc4 ]
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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+ ]