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Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Machgielis Max Euwe.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

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

a)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs H Van Hartingsvelt, Amsterdam, 1920
r3r3/ppp2p1p/5Bp1/3bp3/5k1P/1P1B4/P1P2P2/2K3RR w - - 0 1
[ Bg5+ Kf3 Rh3+ Kxf2 Be3# ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Max Euwe vs Wiersma, Amsterdam, 1920
r5k1/pp4bp/1n4pB/q2p4/2pP2B1/2P3Q1/P1P3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be6+ Kh8 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Rf7+ ]

c)
Max Euwe vs Henri Weenink, Amsterdam, 1920
4r1k1/ppp2qpp/2r5/3N1P2/4p2n/1Q6/PPP3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ if Rxe7 Rd8+ mates ]

d)
Max Euwe vs E Wiersma, Amsterdam, 1922
4rrk1/ppp2pbp/3q2pn/5bB1/2Bp4/1QPP1N2/PP4PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8 Rxe8 Bxh6 Bxh6 Bxf7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Max Euwe vs Carsten, Amsterdam, 1922
2r3k1/4p1nR/p3p1p1/4N3/1p2Q3/1P6/P1Pq4/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Kh8 Rh7+ or if Kf8 Rg8+ ]

1d)
Max Euwe vs E Wiersma

Max Euwe Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs S Lohr, Amsterdam, 1923
1rbk1r2/pp4R1/3Np3/3p2p1/6q1/BP2P3/P2P2B1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8+ Rxc8 Nxb7+ Ke8 Re7# ]

b)
Max Euwe vs Johannes Addicks, Amsterdam, 1923
8/p7/5P2/2pP4/7p/1P4k1/P3r3/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf3+ if Kxf3 f7 ]

c)
Max Euwe vs John Graves, Amsterdam, 1923
6k1/3N1r1p/4ppp1/3p4/Q2Pq3/2R5/1r4PK/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6 if Rxf6 Qe8+ mates ]

d)
Max Euwe vs B Van Gelder Sr, Amsterdam, 1923
2r2rk1/1b3p2/p4Pp1/1p2P3/4q3/2PQ2R1/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd2 w/Qh6 if Qh4 Rh3 ]

e)
Max Euwe vs Jacques Mieses, Hastings, 1923
5rk1/ppp3p1/2np1P2/3N3p/2P3q1/8/PP4PP/4QRK1 w - - 0 1
[ f7+ if Kh8 or Kh7 Qe8 ]

2a)
mate in 3
Max Euwe vs S Lohr

Max Euwe Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Max Euwe vs Willem Schelfhout, Amsterdam, 1924
4rk2/pp2npb1/3B1p2/3p4/7r/8/PP2QP2/1KR2B1q w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7+ if Rxe7 Rc8# ]

b)
Max Euwe vs Petrus van Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1927
4rk2/pp1q1pp1/2p3r1/3pP2R/3P3R/3Q4/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Max Euwe vs A Van Mindeno, Netherlands, 1927
r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/3p4/3Q1nq1/2B1R3/8/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs F Spinhoven, Hague, 1933
2r1b2k/pp2P1p1/6Pn/2p1P1N1/2P5/8/PP6/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Ng8 Rxe8 Rxe8 Nf7# ]

e)
White mates in 6.
Max Euwe vs Reginald Michell, Hastings, 1934
r3rnk1/1b2Bpp1/p2Pp2p/qp2P3/2pb4/2P3R1/P1BQ1PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bf6+ Kg8 Qxh6 ]

3d)
mate in 3
Max Euwe vs F Spinhoven

Max Euwe Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Gerard Oskam vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1920
r6k/pp4pp/1b1P4/8/1n4Q1/2N1RP2/PPq3p1/1RB1K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 6.
Abraham Speijer vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1921
6k1/p3q3/1b5r/5R2/5pP1/3Q1P2/PP3PK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ if Kg1 Bxf2+ Kxh2 Qh4+ Kg2 Qg3+ ]

c)
Moldauer vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1922
rnbq1rk1/pp1p1ppp/2p2n2/4p1B1/1bB1P3/2NP4/PPP1QPPP/R3K1NR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...d5 if Bb3 d4 ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Johannes Meijer vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1923
bn5k/7p/p2p2r1/1p2p3/5p2/2P4q/PP1B1QPP/4N1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

e)
Reeders vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1923
4rr1k/p1pb2bp/2pp1np1/4q3/2B1PB2/1PN3Q1/P1P3PP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ if Kh1 Nh5 Qe3 Nxf4 ]

4b)
mate in 6
Abraham Speijer vs Max Euwe

Max Euwe Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
John O'Hanlon vs Max Euwe, Paris, 1924
2rrb1k1/pp3p1p/1b2p1p1/1PnpP3/1RqB1P2/P1P2BN1/5QPP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3 if Rxc4 Nxf2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 7.
Joseph Blake vs Max Euwe, Weston, 1926
5b1k/6pp/p7/1p5q/5r2/1PP1Q3/P5KP/R5B1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5+ Kh3 Rf3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Monterinas vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1927
7r/p3ppk1/3p4/2p1P1Kp/2Pb4/3P1QPq/PP5P/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ ]

d)
Willem Schelfhout vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1927
2kr3r/pppqp1bp/6p1/n4p2/1P1PpP2/4P2P/P1PN2P1/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 ]

e)
Van Weerings vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1927
2q1r1k1/p4p1p/1p4p1/8/P2B4/3bPP1P/2nN1KP1/3Q3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 exd4 Re2+ Qxe2 Bxe2 Kxe2 Qc3 ]

6b)
Frederick Yates vs Max Euwe

Max Euwe Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Allan Nilsson vs Max Euwe, Hague, 1928
2b3k1/2P2p1p/6p1/8/3pP3/p2PpBP1/P1Q1K2P/q7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1 ]

b)
Frederick Yates vs Max Euwe, Hastings, 1930
1k6/1p5p/p2b4/3p1p2/P1pP1P1q/2PrB1rP/1P2RQP1/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdxe3 if Rxe3 Rxh3+ ]

c)
Hans Johner vs Max Euwe, Zurich, 1934
8/8/p3p3/1pB5/8/3K2kp/PP6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Ke4 h2 ]

d)
Johannes Van Den Bosch vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1936
r1br2k1/p1q1ppb1/2p3p1/8/3Bp3/2Q5/PPP1BPP1/3RK2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 if Rxd4 Qb6 ]

e)
Black mates in 7.
J Fontein vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1939
2rr2k1/5pp1/pN2pb2/Q7/1R6/P2q4/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1 if h4 Qxf1+ ]

6d)
Johannes Van Den Bosch vs Max Euwe

Max Euwe Puzzles, Part VII.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Van Den Hoek vs Max Euwe, Hague, 1942
3r2k1/pp3ppp/2pb1n2/4qPQ1/6P1/8/PR3PBP/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kf1 Bf4 ]

b)
Black mates in 6.
Victor Soultanbeieff vs Max Euwe, Maastricht, 1946
3q2k1/2p4p/6pb/1P2p3/1P2P3/Q1R1NrP1/7P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe3+ if Rxe3 Qd1+ or if Kg2 Rf2+ ]

c)
Jan Marwitz vs Max Euwe, Leiden, 1946
1r4k1/5p1p/4rqp1/8/P1QP4/B5P1/5P1P/2R2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 ]

d)
Savielly Tartakower vs Max Euwe, Venice, 1948
r7/1p3k2/1Qpn1p2/8/P3b3/KPP5/3q1P2/2R3R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4+ if bxc4 Rxa4+ Kxa4 Qa2+ Kb4 Qb2+ Ka5 Qa3#< ]

e)
Samuel Reshevsky vs Max Euwe, New York, 1951
r5k1/1p1Qqpp1/p1p1n2p/P1N5/1P6/4P3/5PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd8 ]

7a)
Van Den Hoek vs Max Euwe


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