Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Karl Ahues.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Ahues vs Rudolf L'Hermet, Magdeburg, 1927
b2q2k1/p4p2/1p4p1/5p2/2P2B1Q/1P5P/P3R1PK/3r4 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Rd7 Be5 ]
b)
Ahues vs Lajos Steiner, Berlin, 1928
q2n2k1/p5rp/1p1p1r2/2p2PNQ/2P5/P1P5/3B2PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Rf8 f6 if Rc7 Re7 ]
c)
Ahues vs Mir Sultan Khan, Hamburg, 1930
1rb3nr/3k1Bbp/p1pPpp2/6q1/N2RP1p1/BP6/P2Q1PP1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Nc5+ Kd8 d7 if Bb7 Nxe6# ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Ahues vs Birger Rasmusson, Bad Niendorf, 1934
2r2rk1/1b3pp1/4p3/p3P1Q1/1pqP1R2/2P5/PP1B1K1P/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Ahues vs Gerhard Weissgerber, Germany, 1935
7R/5rp1/2p1r1k1/2q5/4pP1Q/4P3/5PK1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rh6+ ]
Ahues Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ahues vs Efim Bogoljubow, Bad Nauheim, 1936
1n4k1/5p1p/p2Pp1p1/P1Q2P2/1pr1q3/6B1/1P4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qc7 ]
b)
Ahues vs Gerhard Weissgerber, Bad Nauheim, 1936
r2r1bbk/3q2pp/pnn2pPP/1p2pN1Q/3pP2N/2PB4/PP3PR1/R1B4K w - - 0 1
[ hxg7+ Bxg7 Bh6 if Bxh6 g7+ Bxg7 Ng6# ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Rosenthal vs Ahues, Hamburg, 1910
7r/ppq2pk1/2Pb1pp1/5b2/2Q5/1B1P1R2/PPP1N1Pr/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5+ if Qxc5 Rxg2+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 6. RP Kuhn vs Ahues, Berlin, 1920
2r5/pb3p1k/1p3Ppp/1P2P1P1/3p1P1q/PQ6/8/1B3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ (if Rc3 Qxf7+ mates) Kf2 Qg2+ Ke1 Rc1+ Qd1 Qg3+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. W Sust vs Ahues, Berlin, 1920
3r2k1/2q2pp1/p6p/1pp1p1n1/4P3/nPP2P1P/P1BrR2P/2R2QK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc2 ( or ...Rxe2) Rxc2 Rd1 Re1 Rxe1 ]
Ahues Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Lajos Asztalos vs Ahues, Kecskemet, 1927
r3br1k/1pp4p/pnn1R1pN/5p2/1b1P1B2/8/PPBN1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd5 (if ...Nxd4 Be5+ mates) ]
b)
Dawid Przepiorka vs Ahues, Kecskemet, 1927
3r3k/p4qpp/1p6/2P1Q1n1/2P2N2/6P1/PR3P1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Kg2 Rg1+ ]
c)
Gerhard Weissgerber vs Ahues, Bad Pyrmont, 1933
r2q1rk1/1p3ppp/2b5/8/p1P1n3/4R3/PPQ1BPPP/4K1NR b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa5+ if Rc3 Nxc3 w/Bxg2 or if Kd1 Nxf2+ ]
d)
Bjorn Nielsen vs Ahues, Bad Niendorf, 1934
1r3rk1/2b3p1/ppp5/2p1n3/4PPbp/1PN1B1P1/P1P1N2K/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2 if Nxe2 Ng4+ ]
e)
Moehler vs Ahues, Bad Harzburg, 1946
3r1rk1/1pp3pp/p3b3/4n3/1P1Ppq2/P4P2/1Q1RB1PP/2R1N1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if fxg4 Qf2+ mates or if Bxa6 Qxh2+ Kf1 exf3 or if g3 Qe3+ Kh1 Nf2+ Kg2 Bh3+ ]
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