Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1900.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 2. Donisthorpe vs NN, England, 1900
r2q1b1r/pppbk2p/3p1pB1/3Pp2Q/2P5/4B2P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5+ ]
b)
White Mates in 2. Pulitzer vs George Marco, Vienna, 1900
r2k2nr/pp1b1Q1p/2n4b/3N4/3q4/3P4/PPP3PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Distl vs Rozsypal, Prague, 1900
r1b1kb1r/pp2nppp/2pQ4/8/2q1P3/8/P1PB1PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. James Mason vs NN, London, 1900
r4r1k/ppp2qpp/1b1p4/3NnP1Q/1PB1PR2/8/P6P/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Harry Pillsbury vs Howell, Brooklyn, 1900
r1bq2n1/ppp3Rr/6np/7k/2BBp1p1/2N3P1/PPP3K1/R2Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 ]
1900 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
J Lynch vs Carranza, Buenos Aires, 1900
1rb2k1r/3p1ppp/p1nP2q1/5n2/Q1B5/B4N2/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6 ]
b)
Giacomo Bertino vs Stinchi, corr., 1900
r1q1kb1r/3b1pp1/pBn1p3/1p2P3/6n1/1NN5/PPPQ2BP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7+ ]
c)
Potter vs Mathews, USA, 1900
r2qkbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/2p1n3/2B3b1/2Pp1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 w/Bb5+ ]
d)
Carl Walbrodt vs Gerald Loew, Germany, 1900
rnb3r1/ppp1kq1p/5p1Q/8/5P2/5p2/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 ]
e)
Finn vs Nugent, New York, 1900
r4bkr/pppq2pp/2n1R3/6N1/2pp2P1/5Q2/PPP2P1P/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 ]
f)
Falkbeer vs Zitorgski, 1900
rnb1k1nr/pppp1ppp/8/2b4q/2B1P3/2P2N2/P3QPPP/RNB1K2R w - - 0 1
[ g4 ]
g)
Heinrich Wolf vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Munich, 1900
r1nqr1k1/ppp1b2p/5ppB/2nP4/3Q4/2N5/PPB2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 w/Qd5+ ]
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