Here are some chess puzzles from the games of James Aitken.
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)
James Aitken vs Harrouchi, Munich, 1958
8/p1r3k1/1n3pp1/1p3p1q/3Q3p/1P1N1R1P/P5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 if Qh7 Ne6+ ]
b)
James Aitken vs Dennis Mardle, York, 1959
r2n1bk1/pp5p/q2p2r1/3NppN1/bP3P2/1Q2B3/P1P3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ if Kg7 Qg8+ mates ]
c)
James Aitken vs David Prichard, York, 1959
r3r1k1/pp1q1p1p/2pn2p1/8/3R4/2N2Q2/PPP2PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 Re6 Nf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
James Aitken vs Robert Payne, Whitby, 1962
1rb4k/4bp1p/p3pNp1/1p2qP2/P7/5B2/1PPQ2PP/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 if Qxf6 Rd8+ Bxd8 Qf8# ]
d)
mate in 4
James Aitken vs Robert Payne
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