Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1922.
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 2. Probst vs Lowig, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
rnbkn2r/pppp1Qpp/5b2/3NN3/3Pp3/8/PPP1KP1P/R1B4q w - - 0 1
[ Qe7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Milan Vidmar Sr vs Saviely Tartakower, London, 1922
4R3/1p4rk/6p1/2pQBpP1/p1P1pP2/Pq6/1P6/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Qd7 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Max Euwe vs Carsten, Amsterdam, 1922
2r5/4pknR/p3p1p1/6P1/1p2QP2/1P1N4/P1Pq4/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Imbaud vs Strumilo, corr., 1922
r2q1b1r/ppp2Bpp/1n6/6B1/4NP2/3P3P/PPP1k1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Palermo vs Venice, corr., 1922
q4r2/2p2kp1/4bnN1/1p1p4/3P3Q/4B3/1P4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ ]
1922 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Efim Bogoljubov, Vienna, 1922
1rb1kb1r/p4pp1/n3p2p/1Np1P3/1pP1B3/5N2/P4PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bc6+ w/Nxa7 Bxc8 & Bb7 ]
b)
F Huebsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1922
4rrk1/2p2q2/1p3p1Q/p1nP3p/2B1p1pP/4B3/PPP5/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 if bxc5 Rxf6+ & d6+ ]
c)
Geza Maroczy vs Milan Vidmar, Ljubljana, 1922
r4bkr/pppq2pp/2n1R3/6N1/2pp2P1/5Q2/PPP2P1P/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 ]
d)
Kurt Richter vs Kipke, Berlin, 1922
r2qk1r1/pp2bp1p/3pbQp1/3N4/8/8/PPP3PP/2K1RB1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 ]
e)
W Wagner vs Hess, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
5b2/p4kp1/Pp1p3p/1Pp1p2P/2P1P1K1/2B3P1/4P3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ba5 ]
f)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1922
r2r2k1/1Q2nppp/1p1qp3/p1p1N3/3P4/P3P3/1P3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4 ]
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