Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Reuben Fine.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 6. Fine vs Beckhardt, New York, 1933
[ Qa6+ w/Rxb6+ Qxb6+ Qa6+ & Rb1+ ]
b)
Fine vs Arthur Dake, New York, 1933
[ Rxf6 if exf6 Bxf6+ Kg8 Nf5 Ng6 Nxh6+ or if Rxe3 Qxe3 gxf6 Bxf6+ Kg8 Nf5 ]
c)
Fine vs George Thomas, Hastings, 1935
[ Qg4 ]
d)
Fine vs Muller, Busum, 1936
[ Bxb6 axb6 Nc7+ ]
e)
Fine vs T Berg, Kemeri, 1937
[ Ne6 Rxd1 Bxd1 Qa5 b4 ]
Fine Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Fine vs Salo Landau, Ostende, 1937
[ Rxe6 Nh6 (if fxe6 Nxe6+ mates) Rxh6 Bh1 Bg5+ ]
b)
Fine vs Thedore Tylor, Margate, 1937
[ Bd5+ Kh8 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Ne6+ ]
c)
Fine vs Artem Fomin, France, 1945
[ Nb5 Qd7 Ne5 ]
d)
Fine vs Hermann Helms, New York, 1945
[ Nxe6 if fxe6 Bxg6 ]
e)
Fine vs Herman Steiner, Hollywood, 1945
[ d6+ if Kxd6 Nb5+ ]
f)
Fine vs Herman Steiner, New York, 1948
[ Ne6 w/Nxg5+ or Nf8+ ]
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