Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gerald Hertneck.
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. Hertneck vs Antonio Ferreira, Ravenna, 1983
[ e6+ Nxe6 Qh5+ Kg8 h7+ Kg7 Bh6+ Kxh7 Bd2+ Kg8 Qh7# ]
b)
Hertneck vs Volkhard Ruehrig, Bayern, 1984
[ Rg3 ]
c)
Hertneck vs Gilbert Volpert, Marktredwitz, 1984
[ f5 if Ng5 h4 ]
d)
Hertneck vs Wolfgang Eisenmann, Munich, 1985
[ Nxd6 if g5 Bc4+ ]
e)
Hertneck vs Mario Sibilio, Europe, 1987
[ Rxf6 w/Qf4+ Nd5 & Qe5+ ]
Hertneck Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Hertneck vs Rainer Schmidt, Dortmund, 1988
[ Nf5+ w/Qh6+ & Bxf5 ]
b)
White Mates in 9. Hertneck vs Hendrik Seegers, Dortmund, 1988
[ Bh6+ Kg6 Rxf6+ Kxf6 Qd4+ Ke7 Bg5+ Kf8 Rf1+ ]
c)
Hertneck vs Daniel King, Kecskemet, 1988
[ Rd6 ]
d)
Hertneck vs Klaus Klundt, Kecskemet, 1988
[ Bf5 if Rxd6 Bxd6 w/Nxe6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Hertneck vs Peter Rahls, Germany, 1989
[ Be2 g6 Qh8+ Kf7 Rh7+ Ng7 Rxg7+ ]
Hertneck Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Hertneck vs Marc Santo-Roman, Europe, 1991
[ Bh5+ Qf7 Nd6+ Ke7 Nxc8+ Kf6 Qd6+ Qe6 Qxe6# ]
b)
Hertneck vs Daniel Campora, Tilburg, 1994
[ Nxg6 w/Rxe6 ]
c)
Hertneck vs Ivan Sokolov, Austria, 1995
[ Qxc8 w/Rxc7 ]
d)
Hertneck vs Rolf Schlindwein, Germany, 1998
[ Bxb7 if Qxb7 Qa4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 8. Hertneck vs Vitali Golod, Bad Wiessee, 2000
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qh4 ]
Hertneck Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Hertneck vs Andreas Peschel, Salzburg, 2001
[ Nf6+ Kd8 Rg8 ]
b)
Hertneck vs Hansjuerg Kaenel, Lindau, 2002
[ Nf6+ w/Rxf6 & Qe6+ ]
c)
Hertneck vs Ante Jurkovic, Aschach, 2003
[ Rb6+ ]
d)
Hertneck vs Martin Grundherr, Austria, 2003
[ Bxc5 if bxc5 d6 & Rb7 ]
e)
Hertneck vs Alexander Bandow, Bad Wiessee, 2004
[ Nh5 w/Qxd7 ]
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