Tivadar Kardos (September 26, 1921 in Budapest – May 15, 1998) was a Hungarian chess composer and an author of chess-related material.

Tivadar Kardos
La Scacchiera, 1952
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h8 black queen
f7 white knight
g7 white pawn
h7 black pawn
f6 white pawn
g6 white pawn
f5 black king
g5 white pawn
a3 white king
f1 white knight
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Helpmate in two moves.
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1.Ke6! Ne3 2.Qf8+! gxf8N#
(set play: 1...Ng3+ 2.Kxg6 gxh8N#)

An academic by trade, he composed over 400 chess problems. He focused on two-move problems, as well as self- and helpmates. He was chairman of the Budapest Chess Problem Committee. Together with István Rágó, from 1969 to 1976 he published the paper "Feladványkedvelők Lapja" (Paper of the Friends of Chess Problems).