Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Dawid Janowski.
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)
Janowski vs Jacques Mieses, Leipzig, 1894
[ Qc3 w/Rxh7 ]

b)
Janowski vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Hastings, 1895
[ Rxe6 if Qxb5 Bh6 ]

c)
White Mates in 7. Janowski vs Joseph Noa, Budapest, 1896
[ Nxf6+ ]

d)
White Mates in 5. Janowski vs Harry Pillsbury, Vienna, 1898
[ Rxc5+ ]

e)
Janowski vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna, 1898
[ Nf6+ w/Bxe5 ]

Janowski vs Schlecter Endgame



Janowski Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Janowski vs Carl Schlechter, London, 1899
[ Qxh7+ ]

b)
Janowski vs Adolf Olland, Hanover, 1902
[ Kg4 ]

c)
Janowski vs Amos Burn, Ostende, 1905
[ Bf4 ]

d)
Janowski vs Johann Berger, Carlsbad, 1907
[ Rxe7 ]

e)
Janowski vs Efim Bogoljubov, Mannheim, 1914
[ Bxh7+ ]



Janowski Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Janowski vs Tenenwurzel, New York, 1916
[ Bb4 ]

b)
White Mates in 4. Janowski vs Oscar Chajes, New York, 1918
[ g4 ]

c)
Janowski vs Friedrich Saemisch, Marienbad, 1925
[ Qh6 ]

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