King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some checkmates from the games of Wilhelm Steinitz.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Philipp Meitner, Vienna, 1860
r6r/ppN1b1pp/1q4k1/6N1/3p1PQ1/8/PPP4P/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nge6+ if Kf6 Qg5+ or if Kh6 f5+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs O Mongredien, London, 1862
r3k3/pbpqb1r1/1p2Q1p1/3pP1B1/3P4/3B4/PPP4P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6+ if Rxg6 Qxg6+ Kd8 Rf8+ or if Rf7 Qxf7+ Kd8 Qf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Peter Wilson, London, 1862
rnb3kr/ppp4p/3b3B/3Pp2n/2BP4/4KRp1/PPP3q1/RN1Q4 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Bxf8 d6+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Pilhal, Vienna, 1862
r1b1k2r/pppNnppp/1b6/1B1q4/3p4/B1P5/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nf6+ w/Bxe7# ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs V BelIaev, London, 1866
rnbk2r1/ppp2Q1p/8/1B1Pp1q1/8/2N3B1/PPP3P1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg8+ if Ke7 Qxg5+ Kf7 Rf1+ or if Qxg8 Bh4+ ]

Wilhelm Steinitz Mates, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs J Czarnowski, Paris, 1867
3r2r1/pb2kp2/1nB1pn1p/6p1/2P5/4b2P/P2QNPP1/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb4+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Adolf Stern, Baden-Baden, 1870
r1br1k2/pp5p/3ppBR1/4P2Q/3q4/4R3/P1P3PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Kxg8 Qg5+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Joseph Blackburne, Vienna, 1873
3q4/pk3p2/1p1p2p1/1B1P3p/1P2PP1n/P1Q4P/6P1/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Qc6+ Kb8 Ba6 ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Brook, Oxford, 1875
2rk2q1/p2bR1Pp/1ppB4/3pQp2/3P4/2P4P/P1P3P1/5NK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Max Weiss, Vienna, 1882
4rkr1/2q3pQ/2b1pb2/p3N3/3p1P2/1P1P3B/1BP2R1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ba3+ if Be7 Bxe6 Bxa3 Ng6# ]

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Wilhelm Steinitz Mates, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Rainer vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna, 1860
r5rk/ppp4p/3p4/2b2Q2/3pPP1q/2P2n2/PP3PRP/RNB4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Rxh2 Rg1# ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Adolf Anderssen vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1862
r4rk1/ppp2ppp/6n1/3P4/6q1/1BQn4/P2N3P/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh4 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs George Mackenzie, London, 1883
1q3r2/R1n5/2P1kpQ1/1pBp2p1/6P1/2P2P2/8/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ Kf7 Qh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs C Maurian, New Orleans, 1883
qr6/1b1p1krQ/p2Pp1p1/4PP2/1p1B1n2/3B4/PP3K1P/2R2R2 w - - 1 0
[ fxg6+ Nxg6 Bxg6+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, Habana, 1892
4rr2/1ppb4/2q2kpB/p7/3n4/1BP5/PP3PP1/2K4Q w - - 1 0
[ Qh4+ Ke5 Qxd4+ ]

Wilhelm Steinitz Mates, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Hastings, 1895
r1rk4/pp1q1Q2/5pp1/3p2N1/8/8/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Qe8 Nf7+ Kd7 Qd6# ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs R Van Dam, Harlem, 1896
r5kr/pp1b2p1/2pp1pR1/4qP1Q/4P3/3P3P/PP1B4/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ if Kf8 Qxh8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Marx, Leiden, 1896
r2qk2r/p1p2ppp/4bn2/3Q4/3P4/B4N2/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Rxe6+ if Qe7 Rxe7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Herbert Trenchard, Vienna, 1898
r2qrb2/p1pn1Qp1/1p4Nk/4PR2/3n4/7N/P5PP/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Ne7 ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Josef Noa vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1883
2kr4/6p1/p1p2P1p/1p2P3/5K2/2Nq4/P5PP/2R2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd4+ Ne4 Rxe4+ Kf5 Ra4+ ]

f)
Black mates in 3.
Isidor Gunsberg vs Wilhelm Steinitz, New York, 1891
4r1k1/2bQ1pp1/p6p/Pp5n/1Pp5/2P2P1P/2N2B1q/1B1R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Bg1 Ng3+ ]


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