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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1918.
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)
Black mates in 2.
W Gonsiorovsky vs Alexander Alekhine, Odessa, 1918
r5k1/1p3ppp/2n5/3n1b2/8/pP1P1N2/Pb1p2PP/1K1B1Q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ncb4 ]
b)
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+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs NN, New York, 1918
r4r1k/pppqNppp/3p1B2/4p3/3nP3/3P1b2/PPPQ1PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs Boris Verlinsky, Odessa, 1918
8/5R2/2pk1nr1/1pN1p2p/1PP1P2P/3P4/1K6/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nb7+ Ke6 Nd8+ Kd6 c5# ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Milan Vidmar, Berlin, 1918
6k1/ppp3pp/3p3r/q4b1B/2PPnP1K/8/PQ3PPP/2R4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh5+ Kxh5 Bg6+ ]
1b)
mate in 3
Holger Norman-Hansen vs Finkelstein
Chess puzzles from games of 1918, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Jaques Schwartz vs Justus Hartlieb, Bremen, 1918
r3k2r/ppp2pp1/2np4/2B1p2n/2B1P1Nq/3P4/PPP2PP1/RN1Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kxh1 Ng3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Richard Black vs Frank Marshall, New York, 1918
2r3k1/6pp/p2p4/1p6/1p2P3/1PNK1bQ1/1BP3qP/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ Bxc3 Qe2+ ]
c)
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+ ]
d)
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+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Boris Kostic vs Dawid Janowski, New York, 1918
6R1/5p1k/b4p2/2R4p/p2B4/5P2/PP1p1K1P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh5+ Kxg8 Bxf6 ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1918, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Kirdetzoff vs Victor Kahn, Copenhagen, 1918
r7/ppQ2ppk/4r3/3p4/8/5P1b/PPP2P1P/R5KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rae8 if Rf1 Re1 ]
b)
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 ]
c)
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+ ]
d)
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 ]
e)
Richard Reti vs J Brach, Kaschau, 1918
1q6/1p1k2p1/1RpPppQ1/2r5/8/7P/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7+ Qxb7 Qxg7+ Kc8 Qf8+ mates ]
3c)
Jose Capablanca vs Marc Fonaroff
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