Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Haije Kramer.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Kramer vs Laszlo Szabo, Baarn, 1939
[ Nb5 ]
b)
Kramer vs Gerrit Van Doesburgh, Baarn, 1941
[ Ne5 w/Bb4 ]
c)
Kramer vs Adrianus De Groot, Beverwijk, 1946
[ f4 w/Bd3 ]
d)
Kramer vs J Baay, Nijmegen, 1948
[ Nd5 Kxc6 Rc2 ]
e)
Kramer vs SB van Mindeno, Nijmegen, 1948
[ Na4 ]
Kramer Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kramer vs Cenek Kottnauer, Beverwijk, 1954
[ Rd4 ]
b)
Kramer vs Renzo Castagna, Beverwijk, 1962
[ f5 ]
c)
Kramer vs Georg Kieninger, Beverwijk, 1965
[ Nc5 ]
d)
Kramer vs Bela Sandor, Beverwijk, 1966
[ c3 ]
e)
Black Mates in 9. Hans Bouwmeester vs Kramer, Beverwijk, 1952
5rk1/2p4p/1p1pr3/8/2Pbq1p1/1Q4P1/PPRBPP2/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf2+ Rxf2 Rxf2 Kxf2 Qxe2+ Kg1 Qd1+ Be1 Rxe1+ ]
Kramer Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Santiago Lavandero vs Kramer, Munich, 1958
1r5k/p3r2p/3q1pp1/1ppPp3/2Pn1PPP/3PR1Q1/P4RB1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...exf4 Rxf4 Ne2 ]
b)
Carl Van Schoor vs Kramer, Munich, 1958
2R5/p4k2/4r2p/8/2pP1K2/2P1n2r/P2B4/2R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd5+ Kg4 Rd3 if Be1 Nf6+ mates ]
c)
J Deslauriers vs Kramer, Leipzig, 1960
r3r1kb/pp5p/1qpp1pp1/4nP2/1NP3P1/2Q4P/PP2PB2/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ Qxb4 w/Nd3+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 4. Paul De Rooi vs Kramer, Beverwijk, 1962
8/1p5k/5pp1/7p/P3qP1K/2Q3PP/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ Kxh5 Qe2+ ]
e)
J Staal vs Kramer, Netherlands corr., 1991
1r4k1/p3n2p/2b1pqp1/2pp1p1P/2P2P2/PrN1P3/1PKRBQ2/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ Rxc3+ if bxc3 Ba4+ ]
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