Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Friedrich Saemisch.
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)
Saemisch vs Alfred Brinckmann, Berlin, 1920
r3k2r/ppn1ppb1/1qp3p1/3pNb1p/3P1P2/2P5/PP1NBPPP/R1Q1R1K1 w kq - 0 1
[ Nec4 dxc4 Nxc4 if Qa6 Nd6+ ]
b)
Saemisch vs Rudolf Spielmann, Copenhagen, 1923
1k1rb1n1/pp5r/1qp3p1/2N1Pp1p/PP3P2/2Q2B1P/2R3P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ a5 w/Ne6 or Be2 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Saemisch vs Rudolf Spielmann, Baden-Baden, 1925
4r3/6kp/ppr3P1/3p4/3Pq3/3nBR2/PP4QP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Saemisch vs Jindrich Engel, Brno, 1928
r4rk1/p1pb1qp1/3n1p1R/2pPpN2/2P5/P1PB4/4Q1PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Qxe7 Rh8+ if Kxh8 Qh5+ or if Kf7 Bg6+ ]
e)
Saemisch vs Ernst Gruenfeld, Carlsbad, 1929
3q1rk1/p1p4p/5PN1/2pP1n2/2P4Q/P3R3/8/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Rf7 Rxf7 ]
Saemisch Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Saemisch vs Amateurs, Aachen, 1934
r1b2knr/ppQ1q1p1/2P1p2p/3p4/8/3B1N2/P1PBKPPP/7R w - - 0 1
[ Bb4 if Qxb4 Qd8+ mates ]
b)
Saemisch vs Gustav Rogmann, Berlin, 1937
2r3k1/r2nqpp1/3Rp2p/pB1n4/2p5/P3PN2/1PQ2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 w/Bxd7 & e4 ]
c)
Saemisch vs Wilhelm Rautenberg, Essen, 1947
r2r2k1/pp1nqb1p/2p1npp1/8/2P1PPNP/2Q2B2/P4BP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 Rxd7 Nxf6+ w/Nxh7+ & Nf6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Saemisch vs O Menzinger, Marktoberdorf, 1953
2br3k/pp3Pp1/1n2p3/1P2N1pr/2P2qP1/8/1BQ2P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ Kh7 Nf8+ Kh8 Qh7+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Hans Kmoch vs Saemisch, Giessen, 1928
r3r1k1/pppq1pp1/2npbn1p/b2Np3/4P3/1B1PBN1P/PPP1QPP1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd5 if exd5 Nd4 Nxd4 exd4 ]
Saemisch Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Carl Ahues vs Saemisch, Duisburg, 1929
3r3k/6pb/p1q5/1pb1pP2/2p1P3/2PnB2Q/PP4PP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 ]
b)
George Thomas vs Saemisch, Frankfurt, 1930
r2qk2r/ppp1bppp/2n1b3/8/2B1NB2/3P4/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ w/...Bxc4 ]
c)
Gosta Stoltz vs Saemisch, Swinemunde, 1930
2Q5/p3q1kp/1p3pp1/4n3/2PrB3/1P4PP/P3R2K/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 ]
d)
Walter Henneberger vs Saemisch, Bad Liebenwerda, 1934
2q2rk1/4r1bp/bpQp2p1/p2Pp3/P3P2P/1NP1B1K1/1P6/R2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf3+ Kxf3 Qh3+ ]
e)
M Milan vs Saemisch, Trencianske Teplice, 1941
2r2rk1/1p3pp1/p2pbn1p/q1b1p3/2PnP3/1PNQ1NBP/P3BPP1/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc3 ]
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