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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Paul Leonhardt.
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 7.
Paul Leonhardt vs Wilhelm Schwan, Hilversum, 1903
r2q1rk1/ppb2p2/2p2Ppp/2N4n/3P1nR1/P3BP2/BPQ4P/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ Nxg6 Qxg6+ ]
b)
Paul Leonhardt vs Arturo Reggio, Sheveningen, 1905
2rr2k1/pb2qppp/2n1p3/2N4n/Q2PP3/2B2PP1/4B2P/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Nxb7 if Qxb7 Ba6 ]
c)
White mates in 7.
Paul Leonhardt vs Rudolf Spielmann, Sheveningen, 1905
2kr2Q1/pp1n4/2p4B/3p1B2/3P4/q1n5/P1P3PP/KR6 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd7 if Kxd7 Qf7+ Qe7 Rxb7+ or if Kc7 Bf4+ Qd6 Bxd6+ ]
d)
Paul Leonhardt vs Leo Forgacs, San Sebastian, 1912
3r1k2/1b1rnpp1/p3p2p/1p2P3/1P2N3/PB6/5PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Rxd7 Nc5 Rc7 Nxe6+ ]
e)
Paul Leonhardt vs NN, Hamburg, 1912
r1bqk2r/pp1nbppp/2pp3n/4p1N1/P1BPP3/8/1PP2PPP/RNBQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Nxf7 Ne6 if Qa5+ Bd2 Qb6 a5 Qxb2 Bc3 traps the Q ]
1e)
Paul Leonhardt vs NN
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