'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1900.
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.
Donisthorpe vs NN, England, 1900
r2q1b1r/pppbk2p/3p1pB1/3Pp2Q/2P5/4B2P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5+ if fxe5 Bg5# or if dxe5 Bc5# ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Pulitzer vs George Marco, Vienna, 1900
r2k2nr/pp1b1Q1p/2n4b/3N4/3q4/3P4/PPP3PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Emanuel Lasker vs NN, Great Britain, 1900
r1b4k/ppp3q1/2n2r1p/8/4Q1pP/2BB4/PPP3P1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
T Physick vs S Passmore, London, 1900
r2r4/p2n1RNp/2pk4/b2p1B2/P2P4/2P5/3K1PPP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Ne8+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Karel Traxler vs A Beck, Osyky, 1900
2r2rk1/ppN1qnpR/8/7Q/5P2/3BP3/P1P4P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Nxh8 Bh7# ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Geza Maroczy vs Jacques Mieses, Paris, 1900
4rk2/pp3b2/2p1pR1P/4Q1p1/8/q1PB4/P1P5/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Frank Marshall vs Amos Burn, Paris, 1900
r3r1k1/pbpn2b1/1p3qQ1/3p2N1/3P4/2N1P3/PP3PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
M Didier vs Frank Marshall, Paris, 1900
3rr1k1/ppb2pp1/2p3b1/3q4/2BP2Q1/1PP2p1P/P2B1P2/R4KR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc4+ bxc4 Bd3# ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
James Mason vs Mikhail Chigorin, Paris, 1900
1r4k1/2p2ppp/8/1qP5/R3Q3/1rP2P2/4N1PP/K6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Manko vs Marie Jankovic, Berlin, 1900
r1b1k2r/pppp1ppp/2n2q2/2b1P3/4P3/2P3P1/PP1PN1Bn/RNBQKR2 b Qkq - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Bxf1 Nf3# ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Emanuel Lasker vs NN, Great Britain, 1900
r6k/3nq1rp/p3pNQ1/1p1pn3/1PpP1P2/2P2N1R/P6P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Rxh7 Qg8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Harry Pillsbury vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Munich, 1900
4Rbk1/5p2/3p1p1p/3P1N1P/2p2P2/2R5/rrP3PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rg3+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
L Vetesnik vs J Parizek, Osyky, 1900
r5rk/2q2p1p/p2pbP1Q/3R4/4P2p/2P5/P1P3PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rh5 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Georg Marco vs James Mortimer, Paris, 1900
3rkb1r/1p4p1/1p2Pq1p/3p1N2/6Q1/1P6/P4PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Emanuel Lasker vs Sufranek, Prague, 1900
4N3/7p/2p1R3/6p1/5k2/2PB3P/r4PPn/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Re4+ Kf5 Re3+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Distl vs Rozsypal, Prague, 1900
r1b1kb1r/pp2nppp/2pQ4/8/2q1P3/8/P1PB1PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Ba5+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
David Baird vs Samuel Lipschuetz, New York, 1900
3k4/1R4R1/8/KP6/3r1P2/Pr6/1P6/3q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxa3+ if bxa3 Ra4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Consultants vs Mikhail Chigorin, St. Petersburg, 1900
4kb2/2p2pp1/p2p2r1/1p2P2p/4Bpn1/3P1N1q/PPPN1P2/R3QRK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Andres Clemente Vasquez vs Juan Corzo y Prinzipe, Habana, 1900
8/Q4ppk/1p5p/7n/1PP4B/PP1bK2P/r7/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
James Mason vs NN, London, 1900
r4r1k/ppp2qpp/1b1p4/3NnP1Q/1PB1PR2/8/P6P/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Qh5 Rxh5+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Louis Van Vliet vs S Passmore, London, 1900
4r1k1/p3bp1p/1p4p1/3q1p2/8/1P2PR1Q/PBr3PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Jacques Mieses vs Miklos Brody, Paris, 1900
4Rb1k/pb1n2rp/1np3pB/qp1p4/3P2PQ/2N4P/PPP2P2/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Nxf8 Qf6 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Harry Pillsbury vs Georg Marco, Paris, 1900
7Q/1b1q1k2/r5p1/p2p2B1/2pP4/2p1P3/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Harry Pillsbury vs Howell, Brooklyn, 1900
r1bq2n1/ppp3Rr/6np/7k/2BBp1p1/2N3P1/PPP3K1/R2Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 Rxg7 Qh1+ Kg5 Nxe4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Hermann vs Emanuel Lasker, Germany, 1900
2k5/ppp2ppp/5bb1/8/1Pn2P2/P1P3P1/3r3P/R1KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2+ Kb1 Rxc3+ ]

5d)
mate in 5
Harry Pillsbury vs Howell

Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
J Lynch vs Carranza, Buenos Aires, 1900
1rb2k1r/3p1ppp/p1nP2q1/5n2/Q1B5/B4N2/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6 if dxc6 d7+ mates ]

b)
Giacomo Bertino vs Stinchi, corr., 1900
r1q1kb1r/3b1pp1/pBn1p3/1p2P3/6n1/1NN5/PPPQ2BP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7+ Qxd7 Rxd7 Kxd7 Rd1+ Kc8 Bxc6 ]

c)
Potter vs Mathews, USA, 1900
r2qkbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/2p1n3/2B3b1/2Pp1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 Bxd1 Bb5+ Ke7 Bg5+ f5 Ng6+ mates ]

d)
Carl Walbrodt vs Gerald Loew, Germany, 1900
rnb3r1/ppp1kq1p/5p1Q/8/5P2/5p2/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Qxc4 Qxh7+ ]

e)
Finn vs Nugent, New York, 1900
r4bkr/pppq2pp/2n1R3/6N1/2pp2P1/5Q2/PPP2P1P/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Qxe7 Qd5+ or if Ne5 Rxd7 ]

6b)
Giacomo Bertino vs Stinchi

Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Falkbeer vs Zitorgski, 1900
rnb1k1nr/pppp1ppp/8/2b4q/2B1P3/2P2N2/P3QPPP/RNB1K2R w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qg6 Ne5 ]

b)
Heinrich Wolf vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Munich, 1900
r1nqr1k1/ppp1b2p/5ppB/2nP4/3Q4/2N5/PPB2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 Bxd6 Qd5+ Kh8 Qf7 ]

c)
Harry Pillsbury vs Fernandez, Germany, 1900
r2qkbnr/1pp2ppp/p2p4/4n3/2B1P1b1/2N2N2/PPPP2PP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxe5 if Bxd1 Bxf7+ mates ]

d)
Wilhelm Cohn vs Alexander Halprin, Munich, 1900
r1bqnrk1/ppp1npp1/3p3p/4p1B1/2B1P2N/2PP4/P1P2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe7 Qxe7 Ng6 ]

e)
Manfred Jakob vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Munich, 1900
r3r1k1/2p2ppp/b1p5/p1bp3n/3NP2q/2P1BP2/PP1QN1PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg5 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1900, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Geza Maroczy vs Jackson Showalter, Munich, 1900
2b1k2r/5p2/p3p1p1/1p2Pn1p/n4P1P/P3N3/1P3BP1/1B2K1R1 w k - 1 0
[ Nd1 if Bb7 b3 ]

b)
Jacques Mieses vs Francisco Sterling, Paris, 1900
3r2k1/1p6/p1p3p1/3qpbPp/7P/1QB5/PP6/K3R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rd1 ]

c)
Jackson Showalter vs Miklos Brody, Paris, 1900
2r2k2/p2Rrp2/2pRp1p1/2q4p/2P2Q2/7P/2P2PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6 ]

d)
Harry Pillsbury vs Eugene Chatard, Paris, 1900
r2qkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3pPb2/1nPP1P2/2N5/PP4PP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qa4+ if Nc6 cxd5 ]

e)
S Passmore vs T Lawrence, London, 1900
b3r3/p5kp/3q1pp1/1R2n3/2Pp4/3B2QP/P1P3P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if Qxf3 Rxe1+ or if Kf2 Qxg3+ ]

f)
M Billecard vs Johann Berger, Munich, 1900
3rr2k/q3bpp1/p4n1p/1p1bB3/1P6/P2B3P/1N2QPP1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd6 ]

g)
J Wolf vs Semyon Alapin, Vienna, 1900
3r4/2p1rk2/1pQ2pp1/3q3p/1P1P4/P4P2/6PP/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Kf2 Qxc6 ]

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