Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ossip Bernstein.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Bernstein vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, St Petersburg, 1909
3r3k/p1rn3p/1p2Qp2/6q1/3P2P1/5P2/P1P4R/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe7 Qg8 Rxh7+ Qxh7 Qxd8+ Nf8 Qxf8+ ]
b)
Bernstein vs Isidor Gunsberg, St Petersburg, 1914
r3nrk1/2p2p1p/p1p1b1p1/2NpPq2/3R4/P1N1Q3/1PP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qxc2 Rd2 ]
c)
Bernstein vs Adolf Staehelin, Bern, 1932
4R3/p4r1k/1p3r2/3P1P1P/6P1/4Q1K1/P7/q7 w - - 0 1
[ g5 w/g6 ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Bernstein vs Oskar Naegeli, Bern, 1932
6rk/4n1rp/1p1q4/p2PpPNQ/4P2p/3n4/PP4RK/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ Rxf7 Rxg8+ w/Qxf7 ]
e)
Bernstein vs Gideon Stahlberg, Zurich, 1934
1r1qr1k1/pb2bp1p/4pnp1/3pN1B1/2pP2P1/4PQ2/PP3PKP/R2B3R w - - 0 1
[ Ba4 Rf8 Bh6 ]
Bernstein Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Bernstein vs Alexander Kotov, Groningen, 1946
R6R/1r3pp1/4p1kp/3pP3/1r2qPP1/7P/1P1Q3K/8 w - - 0 1
[ f5+ exf5 Qxh6+ ]
b)
White to move and win. Bernstein vs Flavio Carvalho, Montevideo, 1954
8/p5p1/1p2k3/8/8/n1r1N1N1/P1b2P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne2 if Rc8 Nxc2 Nxc2 Nd4+ ]
c)
John Walter vs Bernstein, Barmen, 1905
8/4bp1p/k3n1p1/B1p1P3/bpP2P2/1N3K2/3N2PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 Nxb3 Nd4+ Nxd4 cxd4 if Bc7 b3 ]
d)
Carl Schlechter vs Bernstein, San Sebastian, 1911
8/p4nk1/2Rp1pp1/1P1Pp3/1P2P3/4Q3/3KR1rr/3B1q2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh3 if Qxa7 Qf4+ Kc2 Qxe4+ ]
e)
Black Mates in 4. Henry Grob vs Bernstein, Bern, 1932
7k/6p1/2p3pp/1p4qn/4r3/2Pr2P1/PP2BP1K/1Q3R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh4+ gxh4 Rh3+ Kxh3 Nf4+ ]
Bernstein Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
H Joss vs Bernstein, Zurich, 1934
2r2rk1/5ppp/3p4/1p3P2/3n4/P1NPq1P1/1Q3R1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3 ]
b)
Hans Muller vs Bernstein, Zurich, 1934
r5k1/pp4pp/2p1r3/3n1pq1/1P1P4/P1NQ1P2/6RK/3N1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg2+ ]
c)
J Stone vs Bernstein, London, 1946
8/4R3/5pp1/2k4p/2n4P/6P1/4pPK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 if Rc7+ Nc6 ]
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