Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Henry Bird.
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)

Black Mates in 3. NN vs Bird, England, 1850
N1bk4/pp1p1Qpp/8/2b5/3n3q/8/PPP2RPP/RNB1rBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ w/Ng3+ or Rxf1+ ]

b)

Black Mates in 3. William Steinitz vs Bird, London, 1866
3r1rk1/p1p4p/8/1PP1p1bq/2P5/3N1Pp1/PB2Q3/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ if Rf2 Qh2+ ]

c)

Bird vs H Gifford, Paris, 1878
6r1/4BQ2/1p2p2k/p2pP2p/P2P2qN/1P4P1/7K/4q1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf8+ w/Qxf8+ & Rxe1 ]

d)

White Mates in 4. Bird vs Claus Pitschel, Paris, 1878
b1r1q2k/2r4p/3QpPPn/p1BpNp2/pp1P1P2/3PP3/3KB3/2R3R1 w - - 0 1
[ g7+ if Kg8 Qf8+ ]

e)

White Mates in 3. Bird vs NN, London, 1886
rnb1k2r/ppppbN1p/5n2/7Q/4P3/2N5/PPPP3P/R1B1KB1q w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ ]

f)

Black to move and win. Constant Burille vs Bird, New York, 1889
2r3k1/pb1p2pp/1p2p2r/5pn1/2PP1B2/PPQB1PN1/5KPq/4RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ Ke3 Nxf4 Kxf4 Rg6 ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Henry Bird. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Henry Bird.
White to move and win except where noted.