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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1911.
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.
George Rotlevi vs Hugo Suchting, Carlsbad, 1911
6k1/1p1r1pp1/p1r3b1/3pPqB1/2pP4/Q1P4R/P3P2K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf8+ Kxf8 Rh8# ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Frank Marshall vs Albert Hodges, New York, 1911
4rr1k/1p5p/p4p1N/P1n5/6R1/6RP/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs J Vargas, Bahia Blanca, 1911
r1b3kr/pp3Rp1/2pNp1np/4P3/3q4/PP6/2P3PP/2B2Q1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Hans Fahrni vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad, 1911
6k1/1p3pp1/4p2p/3b4/4r2P/1p4Pq/1B3Q2/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
David Baird vs Paul Johner, New York, 1911
8/7R/3pk3/p1pNp3/2P1Pp2/1P1K1n2/P5r1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne1+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Oscar Chajes vs Charles Jaffe, New York, 1911
4k3/r2bnn1r/1q2pR1p/p2pPp1B/2pP1N1P/PpP1B3/1P4Q1/5KR1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ Nxg8 Rxg8+ Ke7 Ng6# ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Theodor Von Scheve vs Hans Fahrni, San Remo, 1911
6k1/4bp1p/p5p1/2p1Q3/Pr3P2/KPN5/2q5/1RB5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb3+ Rxb3 c4+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Carl Schlechter vs Paul Leonhardt, Carlsbad, 1911
2r2b1r/1p2n1p1/4B1k1/2q1p2p/8/4PQ2/P4PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Kg5 h4+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Rudolf Spielmann vs F I Duz-Hotimirsky, Carlsbad, 1911
2rq1k2/1r2Rp1p/p2p1Q2/2pPn2p/1p1p4/2P4P/PPB3P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ R1xe5 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Abram Rabinovich vs F I Duz-Hotimirsky, Carlsbad, 1911
7k/1p6/p1b3p1/2N3N1/P6P/8/1P1r2PK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Kg7 Nce6+ ]

2a)
mate in 3
Oscar Chajes vs Charles Jaffe

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Savielly Tartakower, Carlsbad, 1911
r1b2kr1/pppq1pbp/3p1QpB/8/2B5/2P5/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7 if d5 Bxg6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Karel Hromadka vs Kirschen, Cologne, 1911
r1b5/pp3pkp/1qp3p1/8/3r2P1/3B4/PPP2QP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ if Kxh7 Qxf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Edward Lasker vs George Thomas, London, 1911
rn3r2/pbppq1p1/1p2pN2/8/3P1kNP/3B4/PPP2PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ g3+ Kf3 0 0 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Josef Dobias vs A Dusek, Plzen, 1911
1k6/p2Q2pp/7n/5p1q/2Pb4/P2P1P1P/5PK1/2B2R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bf4+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
S Trcala vs Krticka, Plzen, 1911
4r1k1/ppq3pp/2p1r3/3pp3/3Pn1Q1/2P2R2/P1P3PP/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
F Zarecky vs Kulisan, Plzen, 1911
6r1/1p6/p4R1p/3P3k/3Q4/2P4P/Pq4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
G Benini vs Arturo Reggio, Rome, 1911
2Q2rk1/p5p1/1p4P1/3pp3/q2N4/8/7P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ if Kh8 Qh3+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Oldrich Duras vs Amos Burn, San Sebastian, 1911
8/p3Q2p/6pk/1N6/4nP2/7P/P5PK/3rr3 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Kh5 g4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
WE Mason vs R Barnes, Timaru, 1911
5Q2/p6p/1p4p1/1PpB2k1/2Pn4/P5PP/5PK1/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ f4+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Steinweg vs Jacobson, Cologne, 1911
5rk1/2QN1p2/6pp/1p6/3P1PK1/2P5/5q1P/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5+ Kh3 Qf3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Hermann Voigt vs Magnus Smith, New York, 1911
1r5k/p1p3pp/8/3pb2q/8/2P1p3/PP4K1/R1B3Q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf8 if Qf2 Rxf2+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Carlsbad, 1911
r1b2k2/pppq1prp/3p1Qp1/8/2B5/2P5/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7 if c5 Bd5+ Qf7 Qd8+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Carl Schlechter vs C Jaffe, Carlsbad, 1911
5bk1/pq6/4RQ1p/2p2Np1/6P1/1P4P1/P4P1K/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Nxh6+ if Bxh6 Qg6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Akiba Rubinstein, Carlsbad, 1911
3q1knQ/pp2r1p1/2bB1r2/3p1P2/2pP4/2P2B2/P1P4P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7 if Ke8 Rxg8+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Erich Cohn vs Amos Burn, Carlsbad, 1911
1n1qr1k1/1r4b1/4bRQ1/2pPp2N/1pP4p/1P5P/6P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7 if Rxf7 Rxf7 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Georg Rotlewi vs F Gutmayer, Cologne, 1911
r2q2kr/p1Nb2bp/1p1pp3/3P1p1Q/2P2P2/P2B4/1P4RP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ if Kf6 Qh6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
E Busch vs Flinsch Von Hillern, Cologne, 1911
r3b1k1/5p1r/5Q2/p2pN3/2pP1R2/q1P5/6PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg4+ Kf8 Ng6+ Kg8 Nf4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Oscar Chajes vs Richard Teichmann, Carlsbad, 1911
2r5/1p3pkp/8/p5P1/4b1P1/1P2b2R/PK2P3/5B2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc1+ Ka1 Ba3 ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Hans Fahrni vs Rudolf Spielmann, Carlsbad, 1911
1k4r1/pP6/1b6/7b/3p3q/P3n3/2P3P1/R1Q1RBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc7 if Rxe3 Bh7+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Stasch Mlotkowski vs Gustav Koehler, New York, 1911
3r1q1k/p5p1/8/7p/2Q1p2P/6b1/P5P1/5RKR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1 Rh3 Qf2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 5.
Emanuel Lasker vs Gyula Breyer, Budapest, 1911
r5k1/ppp2ppp/6q1/3P1b2/2P4r/2Q2P2/P4P1P/R3B1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qh5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 5.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs J Koksal, Prague, 1911
6k1/ppp2ppp/8/1b3P2/3b4/2B4P/PP2r3/R2R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2+ Rd3 Bxd3+ Ke1 Bxc3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 5.
A1 Beck vs James Mason, Timaru, 1911
5r1k/p1pbr2p/2pp3p/2b1P2N/4p3/6PP/PPP1B1K1/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2+ Kg1 Ref7 Nf6 R2xf6+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Fridezky, Mannheim, 1911
8/6pk/1qR1b1rp/pp2Bp2/5P2/1P5Q/3r2PP/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc6 Bd4 Rdxg2 Rxc6 Rg1+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Oldrich Duras vs Erich Cohn, Carlsbad, 1911
2R5/4Q3/5pk1/6n1/8/1P3PPq/r7/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ Kf5 Qc5+ Ke6 Qc8+ Ke5 Re8+ ]

b)
Alexander Alekhine vs Oskar Tenner, Cologne, 1911
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/8/2p1n2n/2B1P1b1/3PBN2/PPP3PP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 Bxd1 Bxf7+ Ke7 Bxc5+ if Kf6 0-0+ mates ]

c)
Hans Fahrni vs Boris Kostic, Carlsbad, 1911
3r1r1k/2p4p/p3q3/1pbpP3/5p1Q/2PR1N1P/PP4P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Ng5+ ]

d)
Kluxen vs Jose Capablanca, Hamburg, 1911
r4r1k/ppp2Bpp/5q2/4NQ2/8/8/PP3PPP/n4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ Qxg6 Bxg6 Rxf5 Bxf5 ]

e)
Karel Hromadka vs Hafe, Cologne, 1911
7r/3k4/p3p3/3b1p2/5Q2/2b2PP1/q4B2/1R1B2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba4+ Ke7 Qc7+ if Kf6 Qxc3+ or if Kf8 Rb8# ]

8c)
Hans Fahrni vs Boris Kostic

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
George Salve vs Milan Vidmar, Carlsbad, 1911
r4rk1/3b1pp1/5q2/1p1PpN2/2pbP1P1/2N2P2/1P1Q2K1/R3R3 w - - 0 1
[ g5 if Qd8 Rxd8 Qxd8 Ne7+ mates ]

b)
H Wegemund vs Thoenes, Cologne, 1911
r3k2r/1pp2pp1/p1p4p/4b3/4P1b1/1QPq1N2/PP1N1PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ if Kd8 0-0-0 Qb5 Nxe5 or if Kxf7 Nxe5+ ]

c)
Jeno Szekely vs Vladimir Chalupeck, Budapest, 1911
r4rk1/1bpp1p1p/pbn2p2/1p1B1qNQ/8/8/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Be4 ]

d)
Frank Marshall vs Akiba Rubinstein, Carlsbad, 1911
3r1rk1/pp3pp1/4b2p/3N4/8/3Q2P1/qb2PPBP/1R1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd2 if Bxd5 Bxd5 ]

e)
Hugo Suechting vs Oscar Chajes, Carlsbad, 1911
8/r3pk1p/p2p1p2/Q2P4/P1p1q3/1P4RP/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8 ]

Qg6+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Richard Teichmann vs Hugo Suechting, Carlsbad, 1911
r2qk1nr/1p3pb1/p1ppb3/3Nn1p1/2PBP2p/8/PP1QBPPP/R4RKN w kq - 1 0
[ Bb6 Qd7 Nc7+ ]

b)
Podhajsky vs Kulisan, Plzen, 1911
3r2k1/3nqppp/p2rb3/1p1pQ3/3R4/1BN1PP2/PP4PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if Qf8 Ne7+ or if Nxe5 Nxe7+ Kf8 Rxd6 ]

c)
Dawid M Janowski vs Paul Leonhardt, San Sebastian, 1911
7k/5R1p/pp2pp2/3P4/4r3/P7/6PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ d6 if Kg8 d7 Rd4 Re7 ]

d)
Milan Vidmar vs Osip Bernstein, San Sebastian, 1911
4r1k1/3R1p2/3R2p1/pp2p1Q1/2r3qP/6P1/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 if Rf8 Rxf8+ mates ]

e)
Hans Fahrni vs Frank Marshall, Carlsbad, 1911
r1b1r1k1/pppp1p1p/6q1/1B6/5P2/2Q5/PPP3PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ..Qb6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1911, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Milan Vidmar vs Erich Cohn, Carlsbad, 1911
r2rb1k1/pp3pp1/4p1p1/1P2B3/2PnR2q/2Q3NP/P4PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe4 if Nxe4 Ne2+ ]

b)
Hans Fahrni vs C Jaffe, Carlsbad, 1911
rnbqr1k1/pp3ppp/5n2/3P2B1/4B3/2P3N1/P1P2PPP/R2QK2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 Bxd8 Nxc3+ Kd2 Nxd1 Ba5 Nb2 ]

c)
Karel Hromadka vs Gustaf Nyholm, Cologne, 1911
2kr3r/ppp1qppp/4bn2/2b3B1/4N3/P2B1Q2/1PP2PPP/4RK1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 Bxe7 Nd2+ Ke2 Nxf3 Bxc5 Nxe1 ]

d)
Josef Dobias vs Ladislav Prokes, Plzen, 1911
2r2rk1/1p1b2pp/p3p3/2npP3/1n6/P2B1N2/1PPKN1PP/2R1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nbxd3 cxd3 Nb3+ ]

e)
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Siegbert Tarrasch, San Sebastian, 1911
8/5k2/5p2/p7/4K2P/8/6P1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5+ if Kd5 f4 ]

f)
Osip Bernstein vs Paul Leonhardt, San Sebastian, 1911
3r1rk1/1P3p1p/3N2p1/q4b2/Pp3Q2/3p1B2/2n2PPP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc7 ]

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