Chess Puzzles from the games of 1917.

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1917.
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 3.
Horvath vs Lajos Mayer, Budapest, 1917
r1bqk2r/ppppn1np/5pN1/b6Q/2BP4/2P5/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7+ Kxf7 Ne5+ if Ke6 Nc4# ]

f)

White mates in 3.
Elekes vs Zitzen, corr., 1917
r1b2k1r/1p1p1pp1/p2P4/4N1Bp/3p4/8/PPB2P2/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if fxg6 Bxg6 w/Re8# or if Kg8 Re8+ ]

c)

Theodore Regedzinski vs Akiba Rubinstein, Lodz, 1917
3r1rk1/1pp2pp1/p6p/3bP3/3qN3/4R3/PP3PPP/R1Q3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if gxf6 Rg3+ Kh7 Rh3 ]

d)

Karel Hromadka vs Samuel Rosenthal, Bobruisk, 1917
r3k2r/pp2bppp/4n1q1/2pp1b2/5Q2/2PP1N2/P1P1B1PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa4+ Kd8 Ne5 ]

1a)

mate in 3
Horvath vs Lajos Mayer

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Gambit puzzles by wtharvey.com

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1917.White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1917.
White to move and win except where noted.