Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Joseph Blackburne.
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 6. Blackburne vs Adolph Schwarz, Berlin, 1881
[ Qxf4 ]

b)
Blackburne vs Philip Meitner, Vienna, 1882
[ Qxb6 w/Nd6+ ]

c)
Blackburne vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna, 1882
[ Rd7 ]

d)
Blackburne vs Wilfried Paulsen, Nuremberg, 1883
[ Rxf7 ]

e)
Blackburne vs James Mortimer, London, 1883
[ Reg5 ]

Blackburne Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Blackburne vs Waltham, London, 1876
[ Ng5 ]

b)
Blackburne vs NN, Manchester, 1875
[ Qxc6 ]

c)
Blackburne vs Philp, 1874
[ Bc4 ]

d)
White Mates in 2. Blackburne vs Martin, England, 1876
[ Qxd7+ ]

e)
Blackburne vs NN, Bradford, 1875
[ Bh6 ]



Blackburne Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Blackburne vs Jebson, Manchester, 1861
[ Bc7 ]

b)
Blackburne vs NN, Manningham, 1871
[ Rf6 ]

c)
Blackburne vs Butterfield, Manchester, 1863
[ Nxb7 ]

d)
Blackburne vs Puller, London, 1872
[ e5 ]

e)
Blackburne vs H Gifford, The Hague, 1874
[ Qxh6+ or Nf6 ]

Blackburne Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Joseph Blackburne vs NN, England, 1886
[ Rfc1+ ]

b)
Joseph Blackburne vs Jean Taubenhaus, Frankfurt, 1887
[ Rxg6 w/Bxf4+ ]

c)
White Mates in 4. Joseph Blackburne vs James Hanham, New York, 1889
[ Qxh7+ ]

d)
White Mates in 6. Joseph Blackburne vs Hodson, Manchester, 1889
[ f4 ]

e)
Joseph Blackburne vs Max Judd, New York, 1889
[ Rxh6+ ]



Blackburne Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Blackburne vs Samuel Lipschutz, New York, 1889
[ Rxg7+ w/Nh5+ ]

b)
White Mates in 7. Blackburne vs Jackson Showalter, New York, 1889
[ Rxe6 ]

c)
Blackburne vs Isidor Gunsberg, 1890
[ Bb3 w/Qxe4 & Bd5 ]

d)
White Mates in 5. Blackburne vs Celso Golmayo, Havana, 1891
[ Re4 ]

e)
White Mates in 3. Blackburne vs forsyth, Edinburgh, 1894
[ Nxf6 ]

Blackburne Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Blackburne vs NN, Manchester, 1894
[ Ne6+ w/Bc7+ & d8/Q+ ]

b)
Blackburne vs NN, England, 1894
[ f5 ]

c)
Blackburne vs Samuel Tinsley, Hastings, 1895
[ Rxd5 ]

d)
Blackburne vs Collins, Hereford Blind Simul, 1897
[ Nxf7 if Kxf7 Qxe6+ mates ]

e)
Blackburne vs Benfy, Manchester, 1898
[ R1f6 if h5 Qh4 ]

Blackburne Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 8. Blackburne vs Leith, Glasgow, 1898
[ Qg3+ ]

b)
White Mates in 6. Blackburne vs Johann Lowenthal, Manchester, 1898
[ Rd7+ ]

c)
White Mates in 4. Blackburne vs Herbert Trenchard, Vienna, 1898
[ Qg8+ ]

d)
Blackburne vs Loye, London, 1913
[ Nd5 ]

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