Here are some chess puzzles from the tournament Bad Kissingen, 1928.
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)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Akiba Rubinstein, Bad Kissingen, 1928
3b1rk1/qbr2ppp/pN2p3/P2nN3/1p1P1R2/3BP3/1P2Q1PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Ng6 ]
b)
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Rudolf Spielmann, Bad Kissingen, 1928
r1b1rnk1/pp3ppp/2q5/3N3R/4N3/4PP2/PPQ3P1/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6 bxc6 Ndf6+ ]
c)
Akiba Rubinstein vs Jacques Mieses, Bad Kissingen, 1928
r5r1/pp2q2k/1n1p3p/2pP1p2/2P1nP2/7P/PBQ3BK/4R1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 if fxe4 Rxe4 ]
d)
Frederick Yates vs Jacques Mieses, Bad Kissingen, 1928
3q1k2/pb3p2/1p3PBp/8/7P/P5Q1/1p3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7 Qxf6 Qb8+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Jose Capablanca vs Rudolf Spielmann, Bad Kissingen 1928
3q2k1/pb3p1p/5bp1/3pN3/Pp3N2/1P2P2P/5PP1/Q5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd6 if Nfd3 Ba6 ]
f)
Black to move and win. Max Euwe vs Frederick Yates, Bad Kissingen, 1928
4r1k1/3R1ppp/5q2/8/2Q1P3/5P2/2p3PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if Kf1 c1/Q+ ]
g)
Black to move and win. Rudolf Spielmann vs Efim Bogoljubow, Bad Kissingen, 1928
r1b2n2/pp4bk/2pR1rpp/2P1qp1n/1P2p3/2N3PP/P1Q1PPBN/2BR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd6 ]
Tournament postcard with player autographs
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