'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934.
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 2.
Heinrich Reinhardt vs Wilfried Lange, Aachen, 1934
7Q/8/6q1/pp5p/7k/7P/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Qg5 g3# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Friedrich Saemisch vs Amateurs, Aachen, 1934
r1b2knr/ppQ3p1/2P1p2p/3p4/1q6/3B1N2/P1P1KPPP/7R w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Arnold Denker vs Arthur Dake, Syracuse, 1934
2R3rQ/p3k3/1p1qp3/3pN3/8/3b4/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh4+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Wilfred Greenfield vs Thomas Fillan, Melbourne, 1934
2rqk2r/pp1bn1bp/6p1/3Np1N1/2Q5/4B3/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w k - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Josef Dobias vs Karel Opocensky, Prague, 1934
6k1/p6p/6p1/1P6/2pq1nQ1/2Np4/PP2rPbP/1BKR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...d2+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Nicolas Ticoulat vs Andor Lilienthal, Sitges, 1934
r3k2r/1Bp2ppp/8/4q1b1/pP1n4/P1KP3P/1BP5/R2Q3R b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nb5+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Johannes Van Den Bosch vs Salo Landau, Amsterdam, 1934
r2q1r2/1b3p2/1p2pk2/3p2NQ/p2P4/8/PP1B1P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6+ fxe6 Qh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Erik Lundin vs Niels Lie, Copenhagen, 1934
r3r1qQ/pb3kB1/2p1p2p/2b2B2/5P2/1P6/P5PP/3RR2K w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ if Be7 or Re7 Bxe6+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Max Blau vs H Janssen, Denmark, 1934
rnb2rk1/pppqnp1p/3bpB2/8/3P4/3B4/PPP2PPP/R2QK1NR w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
G Holtey vs A Aponte, Mar del Plata, 1934
4brk1/3R4/2n1P1p1/p5N1/1q3p1P/4rPn1/BB3QP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Savielly Tartakower vs Nicholas Rossolimo, Paris, 1934
6kr/p3Qrpp/1p6/q1pp4/8/3B4/PPP2PPP/1K1RR3 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ Rf8 Qxd5+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Paulin Frydman vs Endre Steiner, Ujpest, 1934
5QR1/q3r3/6pp/4p1k1/8/5PP1/PP4KP/8 w - - 1 0
[ h4+ Kh5 g4+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Andor Lilienthal vs Erich Eliskases, Ujpest, 1934
4N1nk/p5R1/4b2p/3pPp1Q/2pB1P1K/2P3PP/7r/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg8+ Kxg8 Qg6+ Kf8 Bc5# ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Gideon Stahlberg vs Walter Henneberger, Zuerich, 1934
8/pP3Q2/6pk/1P1p3p/6P1/P4p1P/5P1K/5q2 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ if Kh7 or Kg5 Qe7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
A Nielsen vs Alan Nield, Sydney, 1934
2r1k2r/p7/1p2pQ2/8/6p1/1B4P1/P6P/2q2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ Kd8 Qd6+ Ke8 Bf7# ]
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Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Savielly Tartakower vs M Berman, Paris, 1934
r1bqkbnr/pppp4/7p/4n3/2B1PpQP/2N5/PPPP2P1/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qh5+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Gottfried Grohmann vs Rudolf Elstner, Aachen, 1934
5r1k/2q2rnp/p1p5/1pP3Bp/2bpQ1P1/8/P3B2R/6KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Qg2 Rf1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Carlos Guimard vs G Holtey, Mar del Plata, 1934
2r2r1k/1p5p/p7/3QNq2/1P1b4/P4pP1/5P2/2BR1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ Ke1 Bc3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Israel Horowitz vs Reuben Fine, New York, 1934
7r/pppbbkp1/3p2r1/3Pp1n1/1PP1Pp1q/P1N2Pn1/3Q1RBP/R1B2NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Bxh3 Ne2+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Gregory Koshnitsky vs John Purdy, Sydney, 1934
1r4k1/4r2p/3q2pQ/2p5/1pP3pR/1P2Pbb1/1N5P/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2+ Rxh2 Qg3+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Endre Steiner vs Vasja Pirc, Ujpest, 1934
7r/4kp2/4pp2/1pPq4/1P1B1P2/3Qn1pP/r3R3/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg2+ Rxg2 Rxg2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Lajos Steiner vs Erich Eliskases, Ujpest, 1934
6k1/pp6/5p1p/P2p2p1/1PbPr3/2P2KPP/4r3/R2R1N2 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5 if g4 Rf4+ or if Rd2 g4+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Borgardts vs Gerhard Weissgerber, Aachen, 1934
rq2k1r1/1p5R/1p1RPp1p/2p2P2/2P4P/1P2p3/P6Q/1B5K w - - 1 0
[ Qg3 if Rxg3 Rh8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Rudolf Elstner vs Gerhard Weissgerber, Aachen, 1934
2bq1r1k/prR2pp1/1p2p2N/7p/3P4/3BP1Q1/n4PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ Rxf7 Qg6 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Gerhard Weissgerber vs Ludwig Schmitt, Aachen, 1934
3r1k2/p4r1R/2p1b1Q1/2pqB3/3P1Pp1/2P3K1/6P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Ke7 Qg5+ ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Carl Ahues vs Birger Rasmusson, Bad Niendorf, 1934
2r2rk1/1b3pp1/4p3/p3P1Q1/1pqP1R2/2P5/PP1B1K1P/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Grigori Levenfish vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Leningrad, 1934
4rk2/r6q/1pP1b1R1/p2pBnQ1/8/P7/1PP2P1P/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ if Bf7 or Rf7 Rg8+ Qxg8 Rxg8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Georgy Lisitsyn vs Fedor Bohatirchuk, Leningrad, 1934
1k1r3r/1pp3pp/p2p3q/1N1PP3/2P5/1P6/PB2PQ1P/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Qa7+ Kc8 e6 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Emanuel Lasker, Zuerich, 1934
3r1rnk/pp1n3p/1qp2pp1/5NQ1/4P3/1B1R4/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6 if hxg6 Rh3+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Fritz Gygli vs Gideon Stahlberg, Zuerich, 1934
2Bkb2R/2R2ppp/4p2q/4P3/1p3b2/4B2P/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ Kxc8 Re7 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Gregory Koshnitsky vs Spencer Crakanthorp, Sydney, 1934
3r1k2/pBR2n2/3P1N1P/1p2pp2/bP2p3/4P1P1/P4PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bd5 if Nxh6 Nh7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Oudheusden vs Eelco De Vries, Amsterdam, 1934
r1bqk2r/ppp2ppp/2n5/2bp1P2/4n3/2N2N1P/PPPP2P1/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ Nxh4 Bf2+ Ke2 Nd4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Walter Henneberger vs Friedrich Saemisch, Bad Liebenwerda, 1934
2q2rk1/4r1bp/bpQp2p1/p2Pp3/P3P2P/1NP1B1K1/1P6/R2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf3+ Kxf3 Qh3+ Kf2 Qh2+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Jose Molina vs Carlos Hounie Fleurquin, Mar del Plata, 1934
1r2kb1r/1p1bp1pp/p7/3NNq2/1P1Q4/8/P1P3PP/2KR3R w k - 1 0
[ Nc7+ Kd8 Qxd7+ Qxd7 Rxd7+ Kc8 Ne6 ]
e)
Salomon Flohr vs Karl Gilg, Bad Liebenwerda, 1934
r1b2rk1/pp2qpp1/1bn2n1p/4p1N1/8/P1N1P3/1PQBBPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ilya Rabinovich vs Leonid Savitsky, Leningrad, 1934
r3k2r/1bppnppp/p1p5/2b1Pq2/5N2/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ g4 if Qg5 Nd3 ]
b)
Feuer vs Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, Liege, 1934
2bqkb1r/2p1n1pp/p1p5/4p3/4P3/2NQB3/PrP2PPP/R3K2R w KQk - 1 0
[ Qxd8+ Kxd8 0 0 0+ ]
c)
Angel Ribera Arnal vs Aristide Gromer, Sitges, 1934
3r1r1k/p1R2p2/bp2pNpp/4q3/4P1QP/4b3/PP4P1/1B4RK w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6 ]
d)
Aristide Gromer vs George Koltanowski, Sitges, 1934
2k5/p1p5/2p1bQ2/7p/NPq4P/P7/1KP5/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kb7 Nc5+ if Kb6 Qb8# ]
e)
Harry Klass vs John Cornforth, Sydney, 1934
1r1r4/4kp2/QNq1p3/2P3p1/2P3Pp/7P/P4R2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5+ if Kd7 Rxf7+ ]
'Tactics in the Queen's Gambit'
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Felix Fischer vs Sigmund Beutum, Vienna, 1934
3r2k1/p4pp1/5np1/1p1p2B1/3R4/2P2P1P/qP1Q2PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 gxf6 Qh6 if Qxb2 Rh4 mates or if g5 Qxf6 Re8 Qxg5+ ]
b)
Hermann Weiss vs Leopold Lenner, Vienna, 1934
r1b2b1r/ppp1k2p/2p5/4P3/5n1q/1B1P1ppP/PPP3P1/RNB1QK1R w - - 1 0
[ Qb4+ Ke8 Qxf4 ]
c)
Alfred Brinckmann vs Rune Andersen, Bad Niendorf, 1934
4r2k/pp4p1/2b5/6qP/2Q2p2/1PN4P/P1P2P1K/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1 if Ne2 Rxg1 ]
d)
Bjorn Nielsen vs Carl Ahues, Bad Niendorf, 1934
1r3rk1/2b3p1/ppp5/2p1n3/4PPbp/1PN1B1P1/P1P1N2K/3R1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe2 if Nxe2 Ng4+ ]
e)
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Gideon Stahlberg, Goteborg, 1934
5k2/4bp1p/4pp2/p7/P2RN1P1/4PK2/r1rR1P1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 ]
Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1934, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Dubinin vs Leonid Savitsky, Leningrad, 1934
2r3k1/1b3ppp/4p3/R3P1q1/2B1P3/2Q2P2/3r1RPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 Kxf2 Rxc4 if Qxc4 Qd2+ ]
b)
Max Euwe vs Ilya Rabinovich, Leningrad, 1934
8/R5pk/1p5p/3N4/3P4/6Pb/P3r2P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ Kh1 Rf2 Ne3 Re2 ]
c)
Martin Ortueta Esteban vs Jose Sanz Aguado, Madrid, 1934
8/p5pk/4p3/6p1/1Rp5/2p4P/PN4P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...a5 if Nxc4 c2 ]
d)
Carlos Hounie Fleurquin vs Julio Cesar Balparda, Mar del Plata, 1934
rn2k2r/1bqp1ppp/pp2p3/4b2n/2PNPP2/2NB3P/PP4P1/R1BQ1R1K b kq - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ if Kg1 Bxd4 Kh2 Nxf1+ ]
e)
Sigmund Beutum vs Albert Becker, Vienna, 1934
3r2k1/1b1rbp1p/ppqNp1p1/4P3/2P2P2/4Q3/PB1R2PP/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd6 exd6 Rxd6 if Rd5 exd5 ]
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