Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Wilhelm Steinitz.
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. Steinitz vs Peter Wilson, London, 1862
rnb3kr/ppp4p/3b3B/3Pp2n/2BP4/4KRp1/PPP3q1/RN1Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Bxf8 d6+ ]
b)
Steinitz vs Pilhal, Vienna, 1862
r1b1k2r/pppnnppp/1b6/1B1QNq2/3p4/B1P5/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd7 Bxd7 (if Qxd5 Nf6+ & Bxe7#) Rxe7+ w/Rxd7+ & Qxf5 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Steinitz vs NN, Manchester, 1864
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/1b2Pn2/8/2Bp4/BnP2N2/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ exf7+ Kd7 Be6+ Kc6 Ne5+ Kb5 Bc4+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Steinitz vs V Beljaev, London, 1866
rnbk2r1/ppp2Q1p/8/1B1Pp1q1/8/2N3B1/PPP3P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg8+ Ke7 Qxg5+ Kd6 Ne4+ ]
e)
Steinitz vs J Czarnowski, Paris, 1867
3r2r1/pbq1kp2/1n2pn1p/2b3p1/B1PN4/4B2P/P2QNPP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6+ Bxc6 Bxc5+ Ke8 Bxc6 ]
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, Hastings, 1895
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Steinitz Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Steinitz vs Adolf Stern, Baden-Baden, 1870
r1br3k/pp5p/3pp1RB/4P2Q/3q4/4R3/P1P3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ w/Bf6+ & Rg8+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Steinitz vs Louis Paulsen, Vienna, 1882
1k5r/pp2r3/3b4/P2B4/2Pq1PQ1/1R4RP/1P5K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ if Re8 Rxb7+ w/Qg4+ ]
c)
Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, Habana, 1889
1r1k3r/2p1np1p/pn3Np1/qp1P4/3P4/PB3P2/1PQ2P1P/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 if Kxe7 Qxc7+ Kxf6 Qe5# ]
d)
Steinitz vs Zoran Devide, New York, 1890
r1bq3k/pppp1Qp1/7p/4b3/2B5/8/P4PPP/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Bf6 Bxf6 gxf6 Re1 ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, Havana, 1892
4rr1k/1ppb3p/2q3p1/p7/3n4/1BP1B3/PP3PP1/2K2Q1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh1+ Bh3 Qxh3+ Kg7 Qh6+ Kf6 w/Qh4+ & Bh6+ ]
f)
Steinitz vs W Meiners, Harlem, 1896
r5nk/pppr2pp/5p2/n1qNpP1Q/4P3/1BP5/PP4PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 ]
g)
White Mates in 3. Steinitz vs Herbert Trenchard, Vienna, 1898
r2qrb2/p1pn1Qp1/1p4Nk/4PR2/3n4/7N/P5PP/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Rh5+ w/Ngf4+ ]
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