Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.
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)

Znosko-Borovsky vs P Benko, Kiev, 1903
8/4q1k1/3Rn3/pbr3pp/1p2B2r/5P2/PPNQ1P2/K5R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 w/Rxg5+ ]

b)

Znosko-Borovsky vs CR Gurnhill, Stratford-on-Avon, 1924
r4rk1/6pp/p7/1pP1Pp2/5P2/3QB3/bq4PP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 if Qb3 Qe2 ]

c)

Black to move and win. Vasily Tabunshikov vs Znosko-Borovsky, St Petersburg, 1905
8/5pk1/7R/6pK/P3p1P1/2Nr4/1P3nP1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 if bxc3 e3 ]

d)

Black to move and win. Erich Cohn vs Znosko-Borovsky, Nuernberg, 1906
2r1r1k1/pp1q1pp1/4pnb1/3P3p/5P2/2P1BQN1/P5PP/2RR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...h4 w/...Bh5 ]

e)

Black to move and win. M Frentz vs Znosko-Borovsky, Paris, 1933
3r2k1/3r1ppp/1pp1b3/2b5/R3P3/2NnNPP1/1P2K2P/2B4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc1 Rxc1 Rd2+ ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.
White to move and win except where noted.