Chess Puzzles from the Games of Fridrik Olafsson

King-pawn Opening Series

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Fridrik Olafsson.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 3.
Fridrik Olafsson vs James Sherwin, Copenhagen, 1953
7k/5p2/2b2p1B/1pn1p2p/4P3/q1P2PPB/3Q1K1P/8 w - - 0 1
[

Qd8+ Kh7 Bf5+ ]

b)
Fridrik Olafsson vs Gudmundur Palmason, Prague, 1954
5rk1/5ppp/pb2q3/1p1Np3/1P2P3/P2P1Q2/6PP/2R4K w - - 0 1
[

Rc6 ]

c)
Fridrik Olafsson vs Bent Larsen, Oslo, 1955
4rr2/1q3p1k/1b1p1p1p/1b3P2/1p6/1B4RQ/1PP3PP/3N2RK w - - 0 1
[

Qh4 if Bxg1 or Rg8 Rh3 or if Rh8 or Re4 Qxf6 ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Fridrik Olafsson vs Conel H O'D Alexander, Hastings, 1956
1r1Rr1k1/p4pp1/1np5/2p1P1Q1/4B3/Pq4P1/1B2PP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[

e6 if f6 Bxf6 Qd1+ Rxd1 Re7 Qg6 or if Qxb2 exf7+ Kxf7 Qg6+ ]

1a)
mate in 3
Fridrik Olafsson vs James Sherwin

Fridrik Olafsson puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Fridrik Olafsson vs DG Horseman, Hastings, 1956
6k1/1b3p1p/p2rp2b/1p2Np2/3P1P2/P3K3/1P2N1PP/2R5 w - - 0 1
[

Rc7 Bxg2 Nxf7 ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Fridrik Olafsson vs Herman Pilnik, Reykjavik, 1957
r5k1/1b1r1p1p/ppq1nBpQ/2p1P3/5p2/2PB2R1/P1P3PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[

Qxh7+ ]

c)
Fridrik Olafsson vs Leonid Stein, Stockholm, 1962
q5k1/1bR2ppp/1B2p3/3n4/pp2pPP1/8/PP1Q3P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[

Rd7 ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Fridrik Olafsson vs Alfred Kinzel, Havana, 1966
r3r3/p7/2p1qp1p/4N1k1/3P4/4P3/1P2Q1PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[

h4+ Kxh4 Qf2+ Kh5 Qf3+ ]

2d)
mate in 6
Fridrik Olafsson vs Alfred Kinzel

Fridrik Olafsson puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Fridrik Olafsson vs Mikhail Tal, Moscow, 1971
2r3k1/ppQb1pp1/2n2q1p/8/3rR2P/P1NB4/1P3PP1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[

Qxc8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Fridrik Olafsson vs Juan Bellon Lopez, Las Palmas, 1975
7R/1p5p/p3Q3/3pP1rk/1P3p2/5P2/1P4PK/1q6 w - - 1 0
[

Qh3+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Fridrik Olafsson vs Hillar Karner, Tallinn, 1975
3r1k2/4q3/3Np1QP/p3P3/Pp1p4/1P1Bn2P/6b1/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[

h7 Qxh7 Qxh7 Rd7 Qh8+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Fridrik Olafsson vs Alisa Galliamova, Vienna, 1993
3q1b2/1R4rp/3pkpp1/p2Rp3/P3P3/1Q6/5PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[

Rxd6+ ]

3c)
mate in 4
Fridrik Olafsson vs Hillar Karner

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