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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1895.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other
a)
Black mates in 2.
Georg Marco vs Amos Burn, Hastings, 1895
2r2nk1/5ppp/4p3/8/3P1Pn1/1R1N2q1/PB2K3/7Q b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2+ if Kd1 or Kf1 Ne3# ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Jacques Mieses vs Harry Pillsbury, Hastings, 1895
r1b3k1/ppp2p1p/8/5p2/2QPp1P1/1B1nK3/PP5q/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4+ if Rxf4 Qxf4+ or if Kxe4 Qe2+ ]
c)
White mates in 4
Jacques Mieses vs Joseph Blackburne, Hastings, 1895
4r2r/1k4pp/b4p2/2Q2B1q/PpnP1B2/5P2/6PP/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc8+ Rxc8 Re7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Fucini vs Olivari, Genoa, 1895
r2Nk2r/ppp3p1/2np4/2b1p3/2B1n3/2NP2p1/PPP2PP1/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...gxf2+ Rxf2 Bxf2+ Kf1 Rh1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Amos Burn vs Richard Teichmann, Hastings, 1895
4r1k1/pp1b2pp/2p2r2/2PpB2q/1P3p2/4PP2/P1B1QP1P/3R2RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6+ Kg2 Bh3+ ]
1e)
mate in 4
Amos Burn vs Richard Teichmann
1895 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Harry Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker, St. Petersburg, 1895
8/pp4pk/4Qb1p/3p4/K2P4/2q5/P2R2PP/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...b5+ Kxb5 Qc4+ Ka5 Bd8+ ]
b)
Black mates in 6.
Bernhard Fleissig vs Carl Schlechter, Vienna, 1895
Q7/pp1nkp1p/4p3/3q4/4n3/P1p1B3/2P1P1PP/R1K2BNR b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2 if Bxf2 Qd2+ or if Kb1 Qb5+ ]
c)
White mates in 7.
Emanuel Lasker vs Herzfeld, London, 1895
r2q3r/ppp5/6Rp/2kpPQ2/8/2N5/PPP5/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Na4+ if Kb4 c3+ Kxa4 Qc2+ or if Kb5 Qd3+ ]
d)
White mates in 8.
Emanuel Schiffers vs Isidor Gunsberg, Hastings, 1895
1k1rq3/8/3p3b/1P1B4/1n3p1p/3Q3P/1P3BP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Ba7+ if Kc8 Rc1+ or if Kxa7 Qd4+ Kb8 Kb6+ ]
e)
White mates in 8.
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Max Kurschner, Nuremberg, 1895
rn5r/pp2Pk1p/1qp2pp1/3p3B/3P4/B7/P1P3PP/Q4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ if Kxf6 Qf1+ Kg7 Qf8+ or if Kg7 Rf7+ ]
2a)
mate in 4
Harry Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker
1895 puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
James Mason vs Henry Bird, Hastings, 1895
2r5/1p1qbpk1/p5pr/3pPp2/3N2Qp/P1P5/1P2R1PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ e6 if fxe6 Nxf5+ Kh7 Rxe6 gxf5 Rxe7+ mates ]
b)
Jacques Mieses vs Oehquist, Nurnberg, 1895
r2qkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3Pn3/6b1/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 Bxd1 Bb5+ c6 dxc6 a6 c7+ ]
c)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Dawid Janowski, Hastings, 1895
2rq4/1b2b1kp/p3p1p1/1p1nNp2/3P3P/PB2B1Q1/1P3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ if Kxh6 Nf7+ or if Kg8 Nxg6 Kf7 Ne5+ mates ]
d)
Richard Teichmann vs Samuel Tinsley, Hastings, 1895
5r1k/p1n3r1/1p4p1/4R2p/5P1q/1BP1Q3/P5R1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if Rxf5 Rxf5 gxf5 Qh6+ mates or if Rf6 Re4 ]
e)
B Vergani vs Richard Teichmann, Hastings, 1895
5rk1/1b4pp/pp1R4/7q/2P2P2/1PB1PpP1/P7/5QK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f2+ Kxf2 Qf3+ Ke1 Qxe3+ Qe2 Qxc3+ ]
3b)
Jacques Mieses vs Oehquist
1895 puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Rudolf Charousek vs Geza Maroczy, Budapest, 1895
r6r/ppp2n1p/8/2b1k3/3q4/1Q6/PP5P/RN3R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nc3 if Ng5 Rae1+ Kd6 Nb5+ ]
b)
Samuel Tinsley vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Hastings, 1895
brq2rk1/4bppp/p4n2/3pN3/1npP1PP1/2N1P2Q/1P5P/1BB1RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5 if Qc7 g5 ]
c)
Amos Burn vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Hastings, 1895
r4r1k/bq3p1p/4p3/p3n2n/Np2R2B/1B2PP2/PP2Q2P/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 Rxe5 Qg7+ Kh1 Qxe5 ]
d)
Georg Marco vs Amos Burn, Hastings, 1895
2k3r1/pb1qbpr1/4p3/PPP2p2/2p2P2/2P1Q1P1/4N3/RR2N1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5 c6 Bc5 if Nd4 Rxg3+ ]
e)
Carl Walbrodt vs Adolf Albin, Hastings. 1895
6k1/6pp/4p3/1q1pPP2/3R1P2/3Q3P/KR2n3/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa5+ if Qa3 Ra1+ or if Kb3 Rc3+ ]
4d)
Georg Marco vs Amos Burn
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