Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexander Fritz.
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)
Fritz vs James Mason, Nuremberg, 1883
rn1q3r/pbp3p1/1p2pPk1/3pP3/3P4/8/PPP1NPP1/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nf4+ if Kf7 Qg4 ]
b)
Fritz vs Emil Schallopp, Nuremberg, 1883
r6r/p3Qp1p/4b3/4R1pk/2P5/5R2/1P1q1PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Qf7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Fritz vs NN, Germany, 1885
r1bq1bnr/pppp2np/4kp2/4N2Q/4P3/8/PPP2PPP/RNB1K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Kd6 (if Kxe5 Qd5#) Nc4+ Kc5 Qd5+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Wilfried Paulsen vs Fritz, Frankfurt, 1878
4r1k1/ppb2pp1/2p4p/3p1P2/1P3P2/2Q4P/P1P1q1P1/3N1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb6+ Nf2 Re3 Qa1 Rg3 w/Qf3 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Paul Johner vs Fritz, Dusseldorf, 1908
4r1k1/3Q3p/1p6/p3q3/P2N1p2/2B2P2/1P3KPP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ Kf1 Qd3+ Kf2 Re2+ ]
f)
Black to move and win. Jacques Mieses vs Fritz, Dusseldorf, 1908
r1b5/p3kp2/2p5/1p2p1q1/4PpPr/1BPQ3P/P1P2PK1/1R5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg4 if hxg4 Qxg4+ or if Kf1 Rd8 ]
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