Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Salomon Flohr.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 6. Flohr vs Lowing, Prague, 1926
rk4r1/1p2Qp1p/p3pB2/3b4/8/4R3/P1PKBq2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qd6+ ]
b)
Flohr vs Salo Landau, Anvers, 1930
2b3k1/p2q4/1p1Prp1p/8/2Q5/B6P/P5P1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Rc1 w/Qg4+ & Rc7 ]
c)
Flohr vs Rudolf Spielmann, Bled, 1931
4k3/2n4p/p7/r5PR/1p3K2/8/BP6/8 w - - 0 1
[ g6 ]
d)
Flohr vs Vera Menchik, Hastings, 1932
3r4/1pq3k1/p3Qppp/4b3/3N4/2P3P1/1P3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5 ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Flohr vs Philip Milner-Barry, London, 1932
r3r3/pppq1nQp/6b1/2P3pk/1P2P3/P4P2/1B4PP/2K2B1R w - - 0 1
[ g4+ ]
Flohr Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Flohr vs Carl Gilg, Liebwerda, 1934
r1b2rk1/pp2qpp1/1bn2n1p/4p1N1/8/P1N1P3/1PQBBPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
b)
Flohr vs Hans Johner, Zurich, 1934
2q1nk2/2p1r1p1/1pQp3p/1B1P1p2/1P2P2P/5PP1/6K1/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Ra1 ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Flohr vs Hermann Joss, Zurich, 1934
1rq4k/1p2R1bp/1pp2p2/7Q/3P4/1B4P1/PP3P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 ]
d)
Flohr vs Ilya Rabinovich, Moscow, 1935
5rk1/p2nr1pp/1pbp3q/5P2/2P5/1P2p1R1/PBB1Q1PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 w/Rh5 ]
e)
Flohr vs F Villard, Parnu, 1937
r5k1/1ppb2pp/3p4/p1n1r2q/2PQ4/PP6/1BB3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 if Qxe5 Bxh7+ ]
Flohr Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Flohr vs George Wheatcroft, Margate, 1939
1q1rr1k1/pb1n3p/1p1b4/3p4/3Nn3/1P1N2p1/PQ3PBP/B1RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 ]
b)
Flohr vs Pal Benko, Budapest-Moscow, 1949
1rr2nk1/1p3ppp/5n2/pP6/1qPp1P2/3Q1BP1/2R2P1P/2B2K1R w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 w/Rc1 & Bd1 ]
c)
White Mates in 9. Flohr vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow, 1949
4r1k1/p6p/1np4B/1p2n1pR/3Q4/4P3/PP2BqP1/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg5+ w/Bh5+ or Bg7+ ]
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