Gambit puzzles by wtharvey.com



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1919.
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 4.
Imre Konig vs Weiss, Vienna, 1919
r2qrk2/p5b1/2b1p1Q1/1p1pP3/2p1nB2/2P1P3/PP3P2/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Bh6+ if Ke7 Qh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Jose Capablanca vs Scott, Hastings, 1919
1brrk3/pbq2p2/1p2pQ1N/3p4/2P5/1P4P1/P1B2P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ fxe6 Qxe6+ Kf8 Qf6+ ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Efim Bogoljubov vs Rudolf Spielmann, Stockholm, 1919
3rkq1r/1pQ2p1p/p3bPp1/3pR3/8/8/PPP2PP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rdxd5 Qd6 Rxd6 0-0 Qxd8 ]

d)
White mates in 7.
Linz vs Vienna, corr., 1919
4rrk1/pb5p/1pq1p1p1/4Q1R1/2B5/1Pp5/P4PP1/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Rh1 if Re7 Rh8+ Kf7 Qf4+ ]

e)
L Szwarcman vs Akiba Rubinstein, Warsaw, 1919
5bbk/1np5/p1pp3p/8/2P1q1N1/1P2B2P/P2Q2P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bd4+ if Bg7 Qxh6# or if Kh7 Nf6+ ]

f)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein, Stockholm, 1919
2r2r2/pp5k/2p3p1/4Q1P1/3p4/5bNK/PP1q3P/4RR2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf3 if Rxf3 Re4 Kg8 Rh4 mates ]

1f)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein

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