Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1922.
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 2.
Probst vs Lowig, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
rnbkn2r/pppp1Qpp/5b2/3NN3/3Pp3/8/PPP1KP1P/R1B4q w - - 0 1
[ Qe7+ Bxe7 Nf7# ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Milan Vidmar vs Saviely Tartakower, London, 1922
4R3/1p4rk/6p1/2pQBpP1/p1P1pP2/Pq6/1P6/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Qd7 if Rxd7 Rh8# ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Max Euwe vs Carsten, Amsterdam, 1922
2r5/4pknR/p3p1p1/6P1/1p2QP2/1P1N4/P1Pq4/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ if Kxg7 Qxg6+ or if Kf8 Rg8+ or if Kh8 Rh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Imbaud vs Strumilo, corr., 1922
r2q1b1r/ppp2Bpp/1n6/6B1/4NP2/3P3P/PPP1k1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 6.
Palermo vs Venice, corr., 1922
q4r2/2p2kp1/4bnN1/1p1p4/3P3Q/4B3/1P4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ if gxf6 Qh7+ or if Ke8 Rxf8+ ]
1a)
mate in 2
Probst vs Lowig
1922 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Efim Bogoljubov, Vienna, 1922
1rb1kb1r/p4pp1/n3p2p/1Np1P3/1pP1B3/5N2/P4PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bc6+ Ke7 Nxa7 f6 Nxc8+ Rxc8 Bb7 ]
b)
F Huebsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1922
4rrk1/2p2q2/1p3p1Q/p1nP3p/2B1p1pP/4B3/PPP5/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 if bxc5 Rxf6+ Qxf6 d6+ ]
c)
Geza Maroczy vs Milan Vidmar, Ljubljana, 1922
r4bkr/pppq2pp/2n1R3/6N1/2pp2P1/5Q2/PPP2P1P/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Qxe7 Qe5+ ]
d)
Kurt Richter vs Kipke, Berlin, 1922
r2qk1r1/pp2bp1p/3pbQp1/3N4/8/8/PPP3PP/2K1RB1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Bb5+ mates ]
e)
W Wagner vs Hess, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
5b2/p4kp1/Pp1p3p/1Pp1p2P/2P1P1K1/2B3P1/4P3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ba5 bxa5 b6 or if Be7 Bxb6 ]
f)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1922
r2r2k1/1Q2nppp/1p1qp3/p1p1N3/3P4/P3P3/1P3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4 if Qd7 Qxd7 Rxd7 Nxb6 ]
2b)
F Huebsch vs Saviely Tartakower
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