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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1901.
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.
B Grigoriev vs V Boyarkov, Moscow, 1901
5bk1/1R5p/4p2p/3pPp2/p1qP2N1/3R1Q1P/2r3r1/5K2 w - f6 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Jorgen Moeller vs Herman Jonsson, Gothenburg, 1901
6k1/2R5/b3p1P1/p2p4/6N1/2P3r1/PP6/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Jan Te Kolste vs WBH Meiners, Haarlem, 1901
6k1/1b2rp2/p5p1/7n/1QP1rP2/PP5P/1b3KP1/6N1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Salvatore Troya vs Arturo Reggio, Venice, 1901
5rk1/p1p3pp/2p1r3/2b2b2/5p1q/1PN2P2/PBPR2PP/R4Q1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Sergey Sharov vs Karl Rosenkrantz, Moscow, 1901
1r1k3r/3b1p1p/p1QR1p2/1q6/8/8/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7+ if Ke8 Rd8+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1901, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
L Fokin vs L Gennika, Moscow, 1901
r1b1q3/2pn3k/p2p3p/3P1Nr1/1PPBP3/7R/6P1/3B1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ Kg8 Ne7+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Kaverra vs Carl Schlechter, Milan, 1901
r5k1/pp3Npp/1q6/8/3nQP1b/8/PPP1b3/R1B3KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kg2 Qf2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Emanuel Lasker vs EM Sala, USA simul, 1901
3k3r/1pp2p2/p1q1bN1p/4P3/2P4n/1P1r2P1/PQ3R1P/R1B3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kxh1 Rd1+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Alexey Goncharev vs Lev Frenkel, Moscow, 1901
r1bq1rk1/ppppnppp/2n5/6N1/1bB1P3/8/PB3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 h6 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Fedor Dus Chotimirsky vs Sergey Sharov, Moscow, 1901
r1b2rk1/ppp1q2p/3p2p1/5p1N/3QPP2/8/PPP1B1PK/R4R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4+ ]

2d)
mate in 4
Alexey Goncharev vs Lev Frenkel

Chess puzzles from games of 1901, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Mikhail Chigorin vs Alexey Goncharov, Moscow, 1901
r3r1k1/ppq3pR/2b1N2n/7Q/8/2P4R/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6 if gxh6 Qg6+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
James Mason vs Jackson Showalter, Brooklyn/London, 1901
6R1/p2r3k/3p1q1p/4pb1Q/5p2/P1P2P1P/7K/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qe8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Fritz Englund vs Herman Jonsson, Gothenburg, 1901
r3r2k/ppq1n1pp/1b2QB2/3p4/1P3N2/P3P3/5PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Nh5+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Louis Karpinski vs Frank Marshall, Buffalo, 1901
6k1/p4pp1/2p3p1/3qB3/6PK/Q6P/PPP2P2/RN4r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd8+ ]

e)
White mates in 6.
Fox vs Johan Bauer, Washington, 1901
r1bqr1k1/ppp1bppp/2n3n1/4N2R/2pP1PP1/2PQ4/PP5P/R1B2BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 if fxg6 Bxc4+ or if hxg6 Nxg6 fxg6 Bxc4+ ]

'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Chess puzzles from games of 1901, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
George Marco vs Isidor Gunsberg, Monte Carlo, 1901
r1b1k3/1p1p2pp/1b3p2/p2q2N1/5P2/B7/PP2B1PP/2Q4K w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ g6 Qe1+ Kd8 Bf3 Qc4 Qe7+ mates ]

b)
Chigorin & Allies vs Gonciarov & Tereschenko, Moscow, 1901
1r6/p3b1pk/1p1p2q1/2pPp3/1PP1Q3/P3B1P1/6P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf5 w/Rh5+ ]

c)
Johannes Metger vs Julius Dimer, Kiev, 1901
r5k1/3q1pbp/2p1bBp1/1p1pP3/3P1P1Q/8/1PB3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if gxf5 Qg3 mates or if Bxf5 Bxf5 Bxf6 exf6 ]

d)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Sterling Marquez, Habana, 1901
4rrk1/ppp2pp1/3bn1qp/5N2/7Q/3B3P/PPP2PP1/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd6 ]

e)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs L Paredes, Habana, 1901
2r1k2r/1p1bbppp/pq2p3/1n1pPn2/1P1P1PP1/P1NQ1N2/5B1P/1R2KB1R w Kk - 1 0
[ Na4 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1901, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Joseph Blackburne vs Frank Marshall, Monte Carlo, 1901
4rrk1/ppp2qp1/2n1b2p/b1P1p3/5pP1/PN1P3P/4PPB1/1R1QNK1R w - - 1 0
[ Bxc6 ]

b)
Lev Frenkel vs Alexey Goncharov, Moscow, 1901
8/pp2k3/2p1P2p/3p4/3r4/3b1RBP/PP4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bf2 ]

c)
Rudolf Loman vs Jan Te Kolste, Haarlem, 1901
k5r1/p4R2/2p4p/1q2p3/2N1P3/2PP4/1P3R2/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+ Kb7 Nd6+ ]

d)
Nathan Mannheimer vs Jan Te Kolste, Haarlem, 1901
2Q4R/r2rkpp1/4p3/1p6/1qbP4/8/3N1PP1/3RK3 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]

e)
M Didier vs Joseph Blackburne, Monte Carlo, 1901
8/3R1Bbk/3PP2p/p7/P2q1p2/6B1/2P2P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f3 if h4 Qd1+ Kh2 Qf1 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1901, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
L Gennika vs Mikhail Chigorin, Moscow, 1901
1r1qk2r/p1pb1pbp/2pp2p1/8/4PPn1/2NB1Q2/PPP3PP/R1B2RK1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Kh1 Nxh2 if Kxh2 Qh4+ ]

b)
Fedor Dus Chotimirsky vs Emanuel Schiffers, Moscow, 1901
3r1rk1/p2R1p2/2p2qpp/4p3/5nQ1/6NP/PPP2PP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ if Nxe2 h5 ]

c)
Sergey Sharov vs Emanuel Schiffers, Moscow, 1901
r3qrk1/1pp1n1pp/p1p2p2/5P2/4P2R/2N1Q3/PPP3PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxf5 ]

d)
Emanuel Lasker vs BH Lutton, USA simul, 1901
2k3r1/pb3p1p/1p1r4/8/4PP2/2P5/P1P2QBq/2K2RR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdg6 ]

e)
L Paredes vs Jose Raul Capablanca, Habana, 1901
r3kbnr/pppb1ppp/2nq4/1B2N3/3Pp3/2P5/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxe5 if dxe5 Qxd1 Rxd1 Bxb5 ]

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