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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1920.
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.
Saviely Tartakower vs Richard Reti, Vienna, 1920
8/1r5p/kpQ3p1/p3rp2/P6P/8/4bPPK/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Brunnemer vs Patton, corr. USA, 1920
r1b1k2r/ppQ1q2n/2p2p2/P3p2p/N3P1pP/1B4P1/1PP2P2/3R1NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Max Euwe vs E Wiersma, Amsterdam, 1920
r4r1k/ppn1NBpp/4b3/4P3/3p1R2/1P6/P1P3PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Froeken Beskow vs R Svanberg, Goteborg, 1920
3Q4/5Ppk/7p/1q6/5PP1/2Pb3P/2qB3K/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Frederick Yates vs Roland Scott, Hastings, 1920
2nr4/3kbp1p/R3bp2/B3p3/2P5/1N3B2/5PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6+ Kd6 c5# ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs Richard Reti, Amsterdam, 1920
3R4/k3nqp1/pp6/8/N7/BP6/P1P4p/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rd7+ if Ka8 Nxb6+ or if Kb8 Bd6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs H Van Hartingsvelt, Amsterdam, 1920
r3r3/ppp2p1p/5Bp1/3bp3/5k1P/1P1B4/P1P2P2/2K3RR w - - 1 0
[ Bg5+ Kf3 Rh3+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Max Bluemich vs Jakob Seitz, Berlin, 1920
3q3r/ppk2ppp/2pr4/4p3/QP6/P3BP1B/5P1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa5+ Kb8 Qxa7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Alfred Brinckmann vs L Sprecher, Berlin, 1920
1qr4k/pp2r2p/5pPQ/2bp3p/7P/P1PB4/1P6/1R1K2R1 w - - 1 0
[ g7+ if Kg8 Qxh7+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
A Erichsen vs S Krenzisky, Goteborg, 1920
4R3/3q1Pk1/7p/p2B4/P2P2P1/b1P4P/1rQ5/3K4 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Kf6 Qg6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs M Coll, Barcelona, 1920
r3rbk1/ppqn1Np1/2p1Qn1p/8/3P1P2/2PB4/PP1B2PP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
RP Kuhn vs Carl Ahues, Berlin, 1920
8/pb3p1k/1p3Ppp/1P2P1P1/3p1P2/P7/6q1/1BrQKR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ if Rf2 Qg1+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Ernst Jacobson vs Heinrich Von Hennig, Goteborg, 1920
4b3/pkb5/1pp1Bp2/4pPp1/PP2P2r/2PQBq2/8/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qa6+ if Kxa6 Bc8# or if Ka8 Rd8+ Bb8 Rxb8+ Kxb8 Qc8# ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Savielly Tartakower vs Willem Schelfhout, Amsterdam, 1920
r1k3r1/p3RN2/2p3p1/8/1BP5/8/PP4P1/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Ba5 if Rd8 Rc7+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
George Thomas vs M Sollas, Bromley, 1920
r1b1k1qr/ppn4p/2p5/4PBB1/3P4/2P5/PP4P1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ if Qf7 Bd7+ or if Qg6 Bxg6+ ]

King-pawn Opening Series



Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
C Wium vs Jac Brekke , Goteborg, 1920
4r2k/5pp1/p6p/3p4/3Bq3/Q1P2n1P/P1P2P1P/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2+ Kg2 Nh4+ Kg3 Qf3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
D Pavlov vs Arvid Kubbel, Moscow, 1920
r2R4/p4p1k/1p2pQpp/n6q/8/P1B1Pb2/BP3PPb/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, Stockholm, 1920
2kr4/p1p2p2/4p1p1/1N1p4/1K1n1N2/1P2Bn1Q/P1q2P2/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...c5+ Ka3 Nxb5+ Ka4 Nc3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Guido Bonanno vs Alberto Rastrelli, Viareggio, 1920
5rk1/p6p/1p2p1p1/4P1Q1/3qb1n1/3B4/P2RK2P/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd3+ Rxd3 Rf2+ if Kd1 Qxd3+ or if Ke1 Qe4+ ]

e)
White mates in 5.
John O'Hanlon vs RHV Scott, Ireland, 1920
2k1r3/p4p1p/1pPQ4/3pp2q/6b1/P4NP1/1P3PBP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf1 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 5.
Willem Schelfhout vs Geza Maroczy, Amsterdam, 1920
r4rk1/5ppp/2p1b1n1/2q3B1/1p1pP3/1P1P1N2/1P1Q2PP/1KR2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra1+ Kxa1 Qa5+ Kb1 Bxb3 ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Vladimir Vukovic vs Ludwig Deutsch, Zagreb, 1920
r1b1k2r/ppp3pp/1qp5/2b1Pp2/3Qn3/5N2/PPPBNPPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Bg5+ Ke8 Rd8+ Kf7 e6+ Kxe6 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne5# ]

c)
Donegan vs Hans Johner, St Gallen, 1920
r2q1rk1/pb2bppp/1p6/4P3/3p1B2/2RB4/PP3PPP/3Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kxh7 Kh5+ or if Kh8 Rh3 ]

d)
R Kuhn vs L Westphal, Berlin, 1920
r3r1k1/3b1p1p/p1p3p1/1p1pP2q/8/2P1Q1R1/PPB2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg5 if Qh6 Rxg6+ or if Qh4 Rd4 ]

e)
E Wiersma vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1920
rn1qkb1r/pp3ppp/4bn2/3Np1B1/2P5/4pN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ if gxf6 Qxd8+ ]

5e)
mate in 6
Vladimir Vukovic vs Ludwig Deutsch

Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Max Euwe vs Jan Te Kolste, Amsterdam, 1920
6rk/pp3pp1/2b1p2p/4P3/3r1NQP/3P2R1/P3RPPK/1q6 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]

b)
Max Euwe vs Henri Weenink, Amsterdam, 1920
4r1k1/ppp2qpp/2r5/3N1P2/4p2n/1Q6/PPP3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ if Rxe7 Rd8+ mates ]

c)
Friedrich Saemisch vs Alfred Brinckmann, Berlin, 1920
r3k2r/ppn1ppb1/1qp3p1/4Nb1p/2pP1P2/2P5/PP2BPPP/R1Q1R1K1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxc4 if Qa6 Nd6+ ]

d)
B Hartmann vs R Hutter, Berlin, 1920
r7/p1q4Q/b1pk1b2/3np3/4P3/2N5/PPP3PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd5 if cxd5 Rxd5+ Kc6 Rc5+ or if Qxh7 Nxf6+ ]

e)
Max Euwe vs Edith Holloway, Bromley, 1920
r1bq1rk1/ppp2p1p/3p2n1/3P1p2/2B4R/5N2/PP1Q1PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if Nxh4 Ng5 ]

'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Adolf Olland vs Richard Reti, Utrecht, 1920
8/ppbr3k/6pp/2p2p2/8/2Pq1PN1/PP2QP1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd3 Rxd3 Re7+ ]

b)
Roland Scott vs Richard Griffith, Hastings, 1920
r5k1/p5pp/5p2/1p2Pr2/2b4Q/P3B1K1/6PP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]

c)
Akiba Rubinstein vs Lonnenberg, Amsterdam, 1920
1knr4/ppb2Qp1/2p4p/4P3/2P4q/1P6/P1BB2P1/2K1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 if Kxd2 Ba5+ ]

d)
Max Euwe vs J Baay, Amsterdam, 1920
5r1k/ppp2p2/2bp1P2/8/6qp/2P1Q2R/P1P2K2/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg2+ if Ke1 Re8 ]

e)
FW Pelzer vs Simon Rotenstein, Berlin, 1920
2k1r2r/pRn2p2/3Qb3/PR5p/3p2pN/6P1/2P2P1P/4qBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ Kxf1 Bc4+ Kg1 Re1+ mates ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1920, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Akiba Rubinstein, Goteborg, 1920
5bk1/6p1/R3q3/2p1Pp2/5r1p/2P4P/4QBPK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 if Qxf2 Qxa6 ]

b)
Arthur Hakansson vs Paul Johner, Goteborg, 1920
3r1rk1/p4p1p/1p1P2p1/5P2/2P2n1q/2Q1R2P/PP3PB1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5 Rg3 Ne2+ ]

c)
Pianov Pavlov vs Benjamin Blumenfeld, Moscow, 1920
5rk1/p4q1p/4b1pb/2N5/4Q3/P1B1P2P/1P4P1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd5 if Qd4 Qf2+ mates or if Qh4 Bxe3+ ]

d)
Richard Reti vs Adolf Olland, Utrecht, 1920
1k1r4/ppp3R1/4r3/2Q1np1P/4q3/1P6/PBPP4/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc6 ]

e)
John O'Hanlon vs Hubert Price, Edinburgh, 1920
2kr4/ppp2ppp/8/2bqP3/5P2/1PP5/1P5P/R1KQR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ if Kc2 Qe4+ mates ]

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