King-pawn Opening Tactics Series



Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1904.
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)
Black mates in 2.
William Napier vs Richard Teichmann, Cambridge Springs, 1904
8/p6k/4p1pp/2p1Qp2/2P2n2/2B3KP/PPq5/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
WT Dickinson vs Isidor Gunsberg, London, 1904
1k4r1/1p2r2p/pb6/3Q3P/2N1n3/2P2ppK/PP6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Georg Marco vs Dawid Janowski, 1904
1k4r1/pp3Q2/P4p2/1Pb1pP2/4P2p/3rq2P/2R3PK/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Napier vs NN, Hastings, 1904
rn4nr/pppq2bk/7p/5b1P/4NBQ1/3B4/PPP3P1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qg6+ Bxg6 Ng5+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
George Marco vs Albert Hodges, Cambridge, 1904
3r4/1nb1kp2/p1p2N2/1p2pPr1/8/1BP2P2/PP1R4/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ Rxd7 Rxd7+ ]

1d)
mate in 3
Napier vs NN

Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Dawid Janowski vs John Barry, Cambridge Springs, 1904
2Q5/5kpp/p4p2/1p6/q1nNP2P/8/5PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd7+ if Kf8 Ne6+ or if Kg6 Qe8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Richard Teichmann vs Albert Hodges, Cambridge Springs, 1904
r2nR3/p5pp/1p1r4/1P3P1k/8/3BB2P/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be2+ Kh4 Re4+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
James Mortimer vs Arthur Mackenzie, London, 1904
3r1nN1/5Q2/q1p3p1/2P4k/3P3P/p1P5/Br2RP2/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qf3+ Kxh4 Re4+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Arthur Curnock vs Arthur Mackenzie, London, 1904
r2q2k1/1Q5p/5R2/3pNp2/p2P4/2PB4/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg6+ hxg6 Qf7+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Geza Maroczy vs Heinrich Wolf, Vienna, 1904
R2Q4/1p5p/2p5/2k5/2BbP3/1K1P3P/PP3q2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ra5+ b5 Rxb5+ cxb5 Qc7# ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Carl Schlechter vs Adolf Albin, Vienna, 1904
r1q2k2/1p2np2/1bp2R2/p3pP1N/1PB1P1rP/2P5/P7/3RK3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ if Kg8 Nf6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
James Mortimer vs Richard Teichmann, London, 1904
7r/pQp2pkp/8/3P1b2/2PPrb1P/6p1/PP4P1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ if Rf2 Bxf2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
James Mortimer vs Louis Van Vliet, London, 1904
2k2r2/Qpp1r2p/8/6Kn/2B3p1/2P2p2/PP1N2q1/R1B1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg7+ if Kh6 Rf6+ or if Kxh5 Qh2# ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
WT Dickinson vs Richard Teichmann, London, 1904
k5r1/2B4p/p2N1p2/2P1p3/1P1n3P/R4p1K/P5p1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg3+ Kxg3 g1/Q+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
ED Fawcett vs William Napier, London, 1904
rk2r3/ppp2p1p/8/2qPnQ1n/5ppP/2P5/PP1B2PK/RN2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ gxf3 Qf2+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Carl Hartlaub vs Emanuel Lasker, Bremen, 1904
r1qk3r/ppNb1ppp/8/2Q5/5B2/8/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ Ke8 Nxg7+ Kd8 Bg5+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Reginald Michell vs Arthur Mackenzie, Hastings, 1904
r4rk1/p6R/N3b1p1/1p1pPp2/3B1b1Q/1P6/P1q3PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kf7 Qf6+ Ke8 Qxe6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Arthur Mackenzie vs Hector Shoosmith, London, 1904
3r4/5pk1/8/pR2p3/5p2/PR5P/6PK/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdd1 if Rg3+ Kh7 ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
WC Palmer vs George Bellingham, Hastings, 1904
6k1/pb3p1p/1p6/7p/1P6/1n6/P1B2PPP/3rNK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba6+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Fred Brown vs Hector Shoosmith, London, 1904
4r3/5pk1/p4npp/1p6/1B1P4/6Pq/PP2bP1N/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if Nxg4 Bf3 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Carl Schlechter vs Faehndrich, Vienna, 1904
1r2k2r/2p2pp1/6q1/1p1p3p/3Bn2n/1BP4P/1P3P1P/RN1Q2RK b k - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2+ Bxf2 Qe4+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Heinrich Wolf vs Carl Schlechter, Vienna, 1904
7B/p1Qnkp1p/2Br4/8/P1P2pp1/3nq2P/1P4P1/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ if Kg1 Nd1+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Jacques Mieses vs Theodore Von Scheve, Monaco, 1904
3Q4/p1p3kp/8/3P1p2/1nP2B1P/6PK/Pq6/4r3 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ if Kxh6 Qg5# or if Kf7 Qf8+ Kg6 Qg8+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
William Gunston vs C Tattersall, London, 1904
2q1r2k/2p2Qbp/r1p1P1p1/p7/3Np3/1P1R4/PBP2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Bxb2 Rh3 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Isidor Gunsberg vs William Gunston, London, 1904
r4krQ/1ppqb3/p3R3/3p2N1/3P1p2/2P4P/P1P3P1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6+ if Bxf6 Qxf6+ Ke8 Re1+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Arthur Mackenzie vs Oscar Mueller, London, 1904
r1b2rn1/ppq4k/2p2p1p/2PpNp2/1b1P1pQ1/2NBPP2/PPR4P/4K1R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7 Qxd7 Bxf5+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Frank Marshall vs Theodore Von Scheve, Monaco, 1904
6k1/pp5p/2p3q1/6BP/2nPr1Q1/8/PP3R1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6 if Re2 hxg6 Rxf2+ Kh3 ]

c)
White mates in 9.
A Benesch vs J Krejcik, Olmutz, 1904
r1b1r3/1p1p1Npp/pk6/2p1P3/PbQ2B1q/8/1P3PPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxb4+ if cxb4 Be3+ Ka5 Rc5+ Kb6 Rac1 ]

d)
Frank Marshall vs Eisenberg, USA, 1904
rnb1r1k1/ppp2p1p/6p1/4q3/1BQ1N3/8/PP3PPP/3R1K1R w - - 0 1
[ Bc3 if Be6 Qd3 ]

e)
Gibson vs Thomson, Scotland, 1904
r3k2r/ppqn1ppp/2pbpnb1/4N3/3P1B2/2NB4/PPP1QPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 if hxg6 Nxf7 Kxf7 Qxe6+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
H Shoosmith vs O Mueller, London, 1904
4r1k1/ppq1r2p/8/2p2R2/b1P4Q/7P/P5P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 if Rg7 Qe6+ or if Qc8 Rg5+ Kh8 Qf6+ ]

b)
Jackson Showalter vs Harry Pillsbury, Cambridge, 1904
1r5k/p1p3pp/8/8/4p3/P1P1R3/1P1Q1qr1/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Re2 e3 Qd8+ Qf8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxg2 ]

c)
Sabourov vs Lucke, corr., 1904
r1bqk2r/pp1pn1bp/2p3p1/4p1B1/7N/2PB4/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if gxf5 Qh5+ or if Bf8 Nd6# ]

d)
Joseph Blackburne vs Herbert Jacobs, Hastings, 1904
5r1k/1ppb2p1/3p3p/5p2/2P3n1/1P4PN/P3rPBP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf4 if Ree8 Ng6+ ]

e)
WC Palmer vs RC MacDonald, Hastings, 1904
2r1r1k1/3nbp1p/p3b3/1p2P1pP/2pp2P1/P1N1qPB1/1P5Q/RB3R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nd1 Qb3 Bc2 ]

7b)
Jackson Showalter vs Harry Pillsbury

Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Isidor Gunsberg vs ED Fawcett, London, 1904
rnbk2r1/ppp2p1p/8/1B1P3n/3PN1pq/8/PP1Q2p1/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg5+ if Qxg5 Bxg5+ Rxg5 Nxg5 ]

b)
Frank Marshall vs Rudolf Swiderski, Monte Carlo, 1904
7k/p5pp/1p6/2p1B3/5P2/P1P2K2/7P/3n4 w - - 1 0
[ c4 ]

c)
Mlotkowsky vs Eugene Shrader, Saint Louis, 1904
r1b1k1nr/ppp2ppp/3p1q2/b2Pp3/2BnP3/1QP2N2/P4PPP/RNB1K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxd4 if exd4 Qa4+ ]

d)
Schwietzer vs Eugene Shrader, Saint Louis, 1904
2r3k1/rq5p/1p2p1pB/p2bQp2/3P1P2/P6P/1P4P1/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Qxg7 Rxc8+ Kf7 Bxg7 ]

e)
Augustin Neumann vs Heinrich Wolf, Vienna, 1904
3qk2r/1p2nppp/2p5/3pPn2/1B3P2/3Q4/P2N2PP/b2BK2R w Kk - 1 0
[ Nb3 if Qb6 Bxe7 or if Bb2 Qd2 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1904, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Georg Marco vs Dawid Janowski, SS Pretoria, 1904
2k1r3/ppp2ppp/1bq5/3r1nP1/3P1B2/2PQ1N1P/PP6/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ c4 if Ra5 b4 ]

b)
Albert Hodges vs Eugene Delmar, Cambridge Springs, 1904
q4r1k/6bp/2n3p1/1p3n2/2p1QP2/2P2N1P/1P2NBP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ncd4 if Qxa8 Nxe2+ ]

c)
Walter John vs Hugo Suechting, Coburg, 1904
r5k1/ppp3p1/2p4p/3b4/4N1q1/1PQP2P1/P1P1rP1P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 if Rae1 Rxe4 ]

d)
James Mason vs Louis Van Vliet, London, 1904
5rk1/6pp/p7/1p3q2/4R3/1P1P1rP1/P3Q2P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2 if Qg4 Qc5 d4 Qc2 ]

e)
Eugene Shrader vs C Jaffe, Saint Louis, 1904
r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/2nq4/3N4/2Bp4/P7/1PP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be6 Ne3 Qe5 Bxe6 Qxe6 Ng4 h5 ]

f)
Geza Maroczy vs Julius Perlis, Vienna, 1904
rn3rk1/pp1q1ppp/1b6/2p2RN1/3NP1n1/2P4P/PP4P1/R1BQ3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf5 Nxf5 Nf2+ ]

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