'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Anthony Santasiere.
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 5.
Anthony Santasiere vs Boris Blumin, New York, 1939
4r1k1/p4pb1/1pp1pBp1/2q1P3/2Pr1Q2/1P5R/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 if Bxh6 Rxh6 ]

b)
James McCormick vs Anthony Santasiere, Ventnor City, 1940
2b5/2B2k2/1p4r1/p1p5/3P4/2P5/PP3P2/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba6+ Ke1 Rg1+ ]

c)
Anthony Santasiere vs Carl Pilnick, New York, 1941
4r1k1/2nqppbp/1pN3p1/pP1P1b2/8/B4B2/P2Q1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7 if Rxe7 Bxe7 w/d6 or if Kh8 d6 w/Bc6 ]

d)
Milton Hanauer vs Anthony Santasiere, New York, 1941
5k2/6pp/R4p2/1p1P4/1N3b2/7P/PP1r2P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg3 Kf1 Rf2+ ]

1d)
Milton Hanauer vs Anthony Santasiere


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