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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1918.
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.
Holger Norman-Hansen vs Finkelstein, Copenhagen, 1918
r1b5/kpQ4p/p1q5/2P5/3B4/8/P4PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb6+ Qxb6 cxb6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
David Janowski vs Oscar Chajes, New York, 1918
r3r3/3R1Qp1/pqb1p2k/1p4N1/8/4P3/Pb3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Kxg5 Qh5+ or if g6 h4 Rh8 Qh7+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Zoltan Von Balla vs Gyula Breyer, Kaschau, 1918
r3k2r/pp3p2/2pQ1Pnp/2P1nqp1/8/1B6/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5+ if Qe6 Rxe6+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
W Brown vs Gibbs, London, 1918
r2q2kr/ppp2p1p/1b3p1B/4n3/2ppN1b1/5N2/PPP1QPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 if Bxe2 Nd7 if Bf5 Qg4+ Bxg4 Nxg4 ]
1a)
mate in 3
Holger Norman-Hansen vs Finkelstein
1918 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White mates in 6.
Rosch vs Krumbach, 1918
r1br2k1/pp3p1N/2p3pB/n3pP2/4P1Q1/8/PPq3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Qh4 if Qe2 Bf8+ Qh5 Nxh5 Rxf8 Qf6+ ]
b)
Jose Capablanca vs Marc Fonaroff, New York, 1918
5rk1/ppq2ppp/2p5/4bN2/4P3/6Q1/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Qxe5 Qxe5 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rd8+ ]
c)
Harry Borochov vs McCudden, New York, 1918
r1b1r1k1/ppqnbpp1/2p2n1p/4p3/P1B1P2N/2N1B3/1PP1QPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qc4+ Nd5 Nxd5 if Qd8 Nc7+ mates ]
d)
Richard Reti vs J Brach, Kaschau, 1918
1q6/1p1k2p1/1RpPppQ1/2r5/8/7P/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7+ Qxb7 Qxg7+ Kc8 Qf8+ mates ]
2b)
Jose Capablanca vs Marc Fonaroff
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