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
[ Qd6+ ]

b)
Flohr vs Salo Landau, Anvers, 1930
[ Rc1 w/Qg4+ & Rc7 ]

c)
Flohr vs Rudolf Spielmann, Bled, 1931
[ g6 ]

d)
Flohr vs Gosta Stoltz, Prague, 1931
[ Rxc5 if Qxc5 Rc1 w/Ba3+ mates ]

e)
Flohr vs Jindrich Engel, Bad Sliac, 1932
[ Qe4+ ]

Flohr Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4 (2 solutions).
Flohr vs Walter Henneberger, Bern, 1932
[ Nf6 or Nf2 ]

b)
Flohr vs Vera Menchik, Hastings, 1932
[ Qxe5 ]

c)
White Mates in 8. Flohr vs Philip Milner-Barry, London, 1932
[ g4+ ]

d)
Flohr vs George Thomas, London, 1932
[ Re7 w/Nxd5 ]

e)
Flohr vs M Bernardo Rosseli, Folkestone, 1933
[ Rxf6+ ]



Flohr Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Flohr vs Carl Gilg, Liebwerda, 1934
[ Nd5 ]

b)
Flohr vs Hans Johner, Zurich, 1934
[ Ra1 ]

c)
White Mates in 8. Flohr vs Hermann Joss, Zurich, 1934
[ Rxg7 ]

d)
Flohr vs Paul Keres, Warsaw, 1935
[ Nxc8 ]

e)
Flohr vs Alexander Koblents, Rosas, 1935
[ Rd7 w/Ra6 ]

Flohr Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Flohr vs Ilya Rabinovich, Moscow, 1935
[ Rh3 w/Rh5 ]

b)
Flohr vs F villard, Parnu, 1937
[ Rxe5 if Qxe5 Bxh7+ ]

c)
Flohr vs George Wheatcroft, Margate, 1939
[ Nc6 ]

d)
Flohr vs Grigory Ravinsky, Moscow, 1944
[ Qxc8+ w/Rxc8+ Nxd7 & Rd1 ]

e)
Flohr vs Martin Christoffel, Groningen, 1946
[ Nc3 ]

Flohr Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Flohr vs Erik Lundin, Stockholm, 1948
[ Bf3 ]

b)
Flohr vs Pal Benko, Budapest-Moscow, 1949
[ Ba3 w/Rc1 & Bd1 ]

c)
Flohr vs Erno Gereben, Moscow, 1949
[ Ng6+ ]

d)
White Mates in 9. Flohr vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow, 1949
[ Rxg5+ w/Bh5+ or Bg7+ ]



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