Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1903.
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 3. Kaldegg vs Zeissel, Vienna, 1903
r1bk2nr/ppp2ppp/3p4/bQ3q2/3p4/B1P5/P3BPPP/RN1KR3 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ ]

b)

White Mates in 5. Jacques Mieses vs Aldolf Albin, Monaco, 1903
2r2b1r/p1Nk2pp/3p1p2/N2Qn3/4P3/q6P/P4PP1/1R3K1R w - - 0 1
[ Qe6+ ]

c)

White Mates in 5. Lazard vs NN, 1903
rnbq2nr/ppppk1bp/8/7Q/3PPB2/8/PPP3pP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd6+ ]

d)

Harry Pillsbury vs Jacques Mieses, Vienna, 1903
4r1r1/ppp1k3/4p2Q/2P3p1/4p3/4q3/PPP5/1K3RR1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 ]

e)

Rudolf Swiderski vs Isidor Gusberg, Vienna, 1903
1kr4r/1q4pp/1b1p3n/8/Q2N4/P4R2/1PP3PP/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 w/Rdd3 ]

1903 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)

Stephan Izbinsky vs W Fon Stamm, Kiev, 1903
r3r3/p4pkp/2p1q1p1/1p4P1/8/1P3NP1/P1PQnPK1/R3R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe2 w/Qc3+ ]

b)

Mikhail Chigorin vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Kiev, 1903
4r1k1/p4ppp/b5q1/2QN4/1B3PP1/P7/1PP1r2P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ ]

c)

Frank J Marshall vs Geza Maroczy, Vienna, 1903
rnb2rk1/pp2np1p/2p2q1b/8/2BPPN2/2P2Q2/PP4PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]

More Puzzles

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1903. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1903.
White to move and win except where noted.