See 3 or 4 moves ahead
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1914.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Richard Teichmann vs NN, Berlin, 1914
rn2kb1r/pp3ppp/4p1qn/1p4B1/2B5/3P2QP/PPP2PP1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxb8+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Jose Capablanca vs Bashtirov, St Petersburg, 1914
r2qr1k1/pppbn1p1/3pR3/3P1p1Q/7R/3B4/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6 if gxf6 Qh8+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Giese, Riga, 1914
8/4r1pk/2p1p2p/p2pP2Q/P2P1nN1/1rP3RP/3q1PP1/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ if gxh6 or Kg3 Nf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 8.
Jose Capablanca vs Masyutin, Kiev, 1914
r1bq1n1r/pp3QpB/2pkpb2/3pN3/3P4/2N5/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4+ if dxc4 Ne4+ Kd5 Rf5+ Kxd4 c3+ Kd3 Nc5+ Ke3 Rf3+ Ke2 Rf2+ Ke3 Re1# ]
1d)
mate in 8
Jose Capablanca vs Masyutin
1914 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Genttner vs Heinrich Wagner, Olomouc, 1914
r1b1kb1r/1p1n1pp1/1q5p/1N1np2P/7B/2N3Q1/PPP2PP1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5 if Qa5 Nbc7+ mates ]
b)
David Janowski vs Efim Bogoljubov, Mannheim, 1914
2bq1rk1/1pr2ppp/p3pb2/4N3/P2P4/2PBRQ2/5PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kh8 Qh5 Bg5 Ng4 Bxe3 Be4+ or if Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rh3 ]
c)
Jean Taubenhaus vs A Smorodsky, St Petersburg, 1914
r1b2rk1/2qnppbp/p1np2p1/1p4P1/3NP3/2N1B2P/PPPQBP2/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 Qb7 Nxc6 if Qxc6 Nxe7+ ]
d)
Akiba Rubinstein vs Allies, Warsaw, 1914
3r1rk1/2p2pp1/p6p/1p1bP3/3qN3/4R3/PP3PPP/R1Q3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Kh8 Rh3 or if gxf6 Rg3+ ]
2c)
Jean Taubenhaus vs A Smorodsky
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