Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Adolf Anderssen.
White to move and win except where noted.

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

a)
White Mates in 3. Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky, London, 1851
[ Nxg7+ ]

b)
Anderssen vs August Saalbach, Leipzig, 1855
[ Nxe6 ]

c)
White Mates in 3. Anderssen vs G Lepge, Leipzig, 1855
[ Rxa6+ ]

d)
Anderssen vs Tassilo Von der Lasa, Breslau, 1846
[ Bxf8 ]

e)
Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne, Berlin, 1852
[ Rxe7+ if Nxe7 Qxd7 mates ]

Adolf Anderssen Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.

a)
Anderssen vs Johannes Zukertort, Breslau, 1865
[ Qxd6+ ]

b)
Anderssen vs Gustav Neuman, Berlin, 1865
[ f6 ]

c)
White Mates in 4. Anderssen vs NN, Berlin, 1866
[ Qxh7+ ]

d)
White Mates in 5. Anderssen vs Victor Knorre, Berlin, 1865
[ Rxh7+ ]

e)
White Mates in 5. Anderssen vs Berthold Suhle, 1860
[ Qxg7+ ]



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