Here are some chess

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

3) Black Mates in 3. 6) Black Mates in 4.

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1) White Mates in 6
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2) White Mates in 8.
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Solutions

1) White Mates in 6.

Tal vs Boris Gulko,

exhibition, 1949

[ Rf7+ ]

2) White Mates in 8.
68)
65) Tal vs Israel Zilber,
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[ Ne6+ w/Qg7+ ]
3) Black Mates in 3. 9) Tal vs Bent Larsen, [ Qxd7+ ]
Reykjavik, 1957
Igor Glek vs Tal, Riga,
1955 [ b4 w/Ra3 ]
16) Max Blau vs Tal,
[ ...Qf5+ Kh4 Nf6+ ] Zurich, 1959

10) Tal vs Konstantin [ ...Nxf1 ]

Klaman, Moscow, 1957
4) A Ostrauskas vs Tal,
Vilnius, 1955 [ Rxe7+ w/Qh4+ ]
17) Alexandre
[ ...Bg2+ Kxg2 Rf2+ ] Abrosimov vs Tal, Riga,
1959
11) Anatoly Bannik vs
Tal, Moscow, 1957 [ ...Rad8 if Rfd1 Rxe4 ]
5) Black Mates in 5.
[ ...Nxe2+ ]
Kira Zvorykina, Vilnius,
1955 18) White Mates in 2.

[ ...d3 if Ke1 Rc2 or if 12) Black Mates in 6. Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled,
Rxd3 Rc1+ ] 1959
Hector Rossetto vs Tal,
Portoroz, 1958 [ Rh8+ ]

6) Black Mates in 4. [ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Rxe3 ]

E Chukaev vs Tal, 19) Tal vs Vasily

Tbilisi, 1956 Smyslov, Bled, 1959
13) Tal vs Harry
[ ...Re1+ if Bd1 Rxd1+ Golombek, Munich, [ Qxf7 ]
Ka2 Qxa3+ ] 1958

[ Rf4 w/Rxh4 ]
20) Tal vs Robert
7) Mark Taimanov vs Fischer, Yugoslavia,
Tal, Moscow, 1957 1959
14) White Mates in 6.
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Qg4 [ Nd4 w/Ne6+ ]
Ne1 Qxd1 ] Tal vs P Skuja, Latvia
CH, 1958

[ Ne7+ ] 21) Tal vs Dieter

8) Tal vs Alexander Keller, Zurich, 1959
Koblenz, Riga, 1957
[ Rb7+ ]
[ Rf6+ w/Bh6+ ] 15) Tal vs Georgy
Tringov, Munich, 1958
22) Tal vs Klaus Darga, [ ...Ra1+ Kc2 Na5 ]
Hamburg, 1960
29) White Mates in 5.
[ Re6 w/Rd6 ]
Tal vs Georgy Tringov, 36) Anatoly Ufimtsev
Amsterdam, 1964 vs Tal, Moscow, 1967

23) Tal vs Mikhail [ Bxf7+ ] [ ...Bh3+ if Kxh3 Ng5+

Botvinnik, Moscow, Kg2 Qe4+ mates or if
1960 Kg1 Nf3+ mates ]

[ Rxa6+ ] 30) Tal vs Alexander

Koblents, 1965
37) Tal vs NN, USSR,
[ g6 ] 1970
24) Tal vs Wolfgang
Unzicker, Stockholm, [ Bxg5+ ]
1961 31) Tal vs Kiriukov,
[ Bxf7+ w/Qb3+ ] Riga, 1965
38) Gedeon Barcza vs
[ Rxe6 ] Tal, Tallinn, 1971

25) Ortega vs Tal, [ ...Rd8 if Qe3 Qxc2

Habana, 1963 32) Tal vs A Shmit, mates ]

[ ...Nxd4 ] Riga, 1965

[ Qh7 w/Nd7+ ] 39) Tal vs Andres

Vooremaa, Tallinn,
26) Tal vs NN, USSR, 1971
1963 33) Tal vs Svend
Hamann, Kislovodsk, [ Ne6+ w/Rxf7 Qxf8+
[ Rd6 if Bxd6 Qxe6+ & Qxf7+ ]
Bc4 & Rf1+ ] 1966

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

28) Tal vs Pal Benko, 41) Tal vs Orest

Amsterdam, 1964 35) Edgar Walther vs Averkin, Moscow, 1973
[ Rd8+ ] Tal, Habana, 1966
[ Nd5 if Rxa4 Ne7# ]

48) White Mates in 7. 54) White Mates in 4.

42) Tal vs William Tal vs Michael Stean, Tal vs Prschibyl,

Hartston, Hastings, Hastings, 1973 Tallinn, 1977
1973
[ h5+ ] [ Qg4+ ]
[ Rxf7 w/Bxg6 &
Qh7+ ]
49) Tal vs Rafael 55) White Mates in 4.
Vaganian, Dubna, 1973
43) White Mates in 3. Tal vs Ivan Radulov,
[ Qh5+ w/Qf3 ] Leningrad, 1977
Tal vs NN, 1973
[ Rd1 ]
[ Rxf7+ ]
50) Tal vs Zaitsev,
Aanval, 1973
56) Tal vs Sergey
44) Tal vs NN, 1973 [ Rc7+ w/Qxe7+ Qd6+ Makarichev, Tbilisi,
& Qc5+ ] 1978
[ Qb5+ if Qd7 Rxe5+
Be7 Bc6 Rxc6 Ra8+ ] [ Rxb4 w/Qc3+ ]

51) White Mates in 5.

45) Tal vs Kick Tal vs Anton Deze, Novi 57) White Mates in 5.
Langeweg, Wijk aan Sad, 1974
Zee, 1973 Tal vs Yrko Rantanen,
[ Qe7 ] Tallinn, 1979
[ Qg4 w/Bxg6 ]
[ Bxg7+ w/Bh8 ]

52) Tal vs Thomas

46) White Mates in 7. Paehtz, Halle, 1974
58) Boris Spassky vs
Tal vs NN, 1973 [ Rxe6 ] Tal, Montreal, 1979

[ Qf8+ ] [ ...Ng4 if Re1 Rh1+

mates ]
53) Tal vs Tigran
Petrosian, Moscow,
47) White Mates in 4. 1974
59) Tal vs Boris
Tal vs Igor Platonov, [ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qh4 Spassky, Tilburg, 1980
Dubna, 1973 mates or if Bxd7 Bxf7+
Rxf7 Qxf7+ ] [ Rg5+ ]
[ Qh6 ]
 Tal vs Johann
Hjartarson, Reykjavik,
60) Tal vs Iivo Nei, 1987
USSR, 1981
[ Ng4+ ]
[ Qxf8+ ]

67) Tal vs Miguel

61) White Mates in 4. Quinteros, St del
Tal vs Ricardo Calvo Esterol, 1987
Minguez, Malaga, 1981 [ Rxf5 w/Nce4 ]
[ Qe7+ ]

68) Tal vs Alexander

62) Robert Huebner vs Chernin, St John, 1988
Tal, Wijk aan Zee, 1982 [ g5 ]
[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Nh5 ]

69) Siegfried Maus vs

63) White Mates in 4. Tal, Germany, 1990

Tal vs David Bronstein, [ ...Re1+ ]

Tbilisi, 1982

[ Ng6+ if hxg6 Qd8+ ] 70) Tal vs Vladimir

Akopian, Barcelona,
1992
64) Klaus Bischoff vs
Tal, Albena, 1984 [ Qe5+ w/Rd8+ ]

[ ...Nc4 ]

10,000 chess
puzzles
65) Miguel Quinteros
vs Tal, Argentina, 1987 www.wtharvey.c
[ ...Bc5 if Nc2 Ra8 ] om

66) White Mates in 5.