Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Saviely Tartakower.
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)
Tartakower vs NN, Paris, 1933
[ Re7 ]

b)
Tartakower vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Paris, 1936
[ Ng6+ ]

c)
White Mates in 2. Tartakower vs Richard Réti, Vienna, 1920
[ Rxb6+ ]

d)
Tartakower vs Gustav Nyholm, Baden-Baden, 1914
[ Bd5 ]

e)
Tartakower vs Rudolf Spielmann, Vienna, 1910
[ Qe6 ]

Tartakower Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tartakower vs M Billecard, Ostende, 1907
[ Qd8 ]

b)
Tartakower vs Arthur Kaufmann, Vienna, 1913
[ Rxb7+ ]

c)
Tartakower vs E Steiner, Budapest, 1921
[ Qe4+ if c6 Rb8+ ]

d)
Tartakower vs M Euwe, Budapest, 1921
[ Be7 ]

e)
Tartakower vs David Przepiorka, Debrecen, 1925
[ Bh6+ w/Qf6+ & Rxf5+ ]



Tartakower Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tartakower vs Robert Crepeaux, Ghent, 1926
[ cxd5 ]

b)
Tartakower vs Hans Kmoch, Bad Niendorf, 1927
[ e6 if Qxd5 Qe4 ]

c)
Tartakower vs Fritz Igel, Vienna, 1928
[ Qxe6 ]

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