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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1915.
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.
Alexander Alekhine vs Litov, Serpukhov, 1915
2n1r2b/3k4/2p2p2/1RP3p1/3NPp2/q1BK4/P5P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rb7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
A Dusek vs Nerustil, Olomouc, 1915
r3k2r/pp3ppp/2pp4/2b5/B3PNnq/7P/PPPPQP2/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Oscar Chajes vs Michelsen, New York, 1915
r2n1k2/pbQ4R/1p2pq2/8/3P4/2Pp4/PP3P2/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd6+ Ke8 Rg8+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
John F Barry vs Boris Kostic, Boston, 1915
r3rb1k/1pq2B2/p6p/1bp1nP1Q/3pP3/6R1/PPP1N1PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Kh7 Qg6+ Nxg6 fxg6# ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Horst Leede vs James Hanham, Boston, 1915
6k1/5p2/5P1p/5b2/1q3b2/7P/1r2Q1P1/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ if Qf8 Qxf8+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1915, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
W Hill vs F Kelling, Christchurch, 1915
3r1r1k/ppp3pp/2n2nq1/4p3/8/3b1B2/PPPKN3/2R1QR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc2+ Ke3 Qg5+ Kf2 Ne4# ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Frank Marshall vs Parker/goldsmith, Boston, 1915
3R4/p4kpp/2b1N3/5P2/6K1/4P3/7q/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5+ if Kg5 Qg3+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Boris Kostic vs D Donaldson, Boston, 1915
rnb3k1/pp2q1Pp/1bppP2P/3B4/3PN1r1/8/PPP5/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Qxf6 e7+ cxd5 e8/Q+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Efim Bogoljubow vs Alexey Selezniev, Triberg, 1915
8/2R5/p3b3/P7/1pNr1k2/1P4p1/4K3/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ Kf1 Rd1+ Kg2 Bf3+ ]
e)
White mates in 6.
G Brach vs J Janos, Brunn, 1915
r1b2rk1/ppqn1p1p/2n1p1p1/2b3N1/2N5/PP1BP3/1B3PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if gxh5 Bxh7# ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from games of 1915, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 7.
Lovas vs Lajos Asztalos, Budapest, 1915
r2rb1k1/pp2bpp1/1qn1pn1p/2ppN1N1/3P1B2/2PBP3/PP3PPP/RQ3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kf8 Ng6+ fxg6 Nxe6+ Kf7 Qxg6+ Kxe6 Bg8+ Bf7 Bxf7+ Kd7 Qf5# ]
b)
Gaudin vs Guerineau, Bordeaux, 1915
2kr1b1r/pp1nqppb/2p4p/3pN3/3P1B1P/6N1/PPP1QPP1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if bxc6 Qa6# ]
c)
Arthur Kaufmann vs Richard Reti, Vienna, 1915
r4rk1/pbq2ppp/1pn1p3/2p5/2Q1B3/3R1N2/PPP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kh8 or Kxh7 Qh4(+) ]
d)
Efim Bogoljubov vs S Wainstein, Triborg, 1915
r4rk1/pp2npp1/1n2p2p/1B2P3/5q2/5N2/PP2QPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd4 Qf5 Bd3 if Qh5 Rh4 ]
e)
F Kelling vs C Fox, Christchurch, 1915
4R3/p1p2p2/1q4r1/1k6/3p4/P4QP1/2P4P/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8 if Qxb8 Qb3+ ]
1b)
mate in 7
Lovas vs Lajos Asztalos
Chess puzzles from games of 1915, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
V Tietz vs Emanuel Lasker, Karlsbad, 1915
6k1/6pp/p2rR3/1pbq4/8/1Q6/PPP2PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6 ]
b)
Alexander Alekhine vs Nikolay Tselikov, Moscow, 1915
r3r1k1/1pp3pp/p1p5/5R2/2b1q3/3N2Q1/PPP3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ R1f4 if Qe6 Re5 ]
c)
Amateur vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Munich, 1915
6k1/5ppp/p2b4/1p2P3/5Rbq/2r5/PP2Q1PP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5+ Kh1 Rh3 gxh3 Bxe2 if Rxh4 Bf3# ]
d)
G Bernstain vs Frank Marshall, New York, 1915
6k1/p1p2ppp/6qr/2p1p3/8/1PPP1P1r/P1R4R/4NQ1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3 if Qe2 Rxh2+ ]
e)
WW Bynum vs LT Pellerin, Boston, 1915
1r3r1k/p1b3pp/8/2P2qB1/1P5Q/4R3/P4P1P/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb4 if Qxb4 Qxf2+ mates ]
f)
Adolf Olland vs Gj Van Gleder, Utrecht, 1915
3r3k/p1prb2p/1pq1b1p1/4PpB1/2P5/3B4/P4PPP/2QRR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg5 Qxg5 Rxd3 ]
g)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Erdel, New York, 1915
6k1/3bqppp/p3p3/Q3P3/2rNpP2/2P3P1/1P5P/4K2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Ra4 if Qc7 Ra1+ ]
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