Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1892.
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. Siegbert Tarrasch vs Fiedler, Nuremberg, 1892
r2q1b1r/1pN1n1pp/p1n3k1/4Pb2/2BP4/8/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4+ ]
b)
White Mates in 2. W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, London, 1892
r2q1b1r/pppbk2p/3p1pB1/3Pp2Q/2P5/4B2P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Siegbert Tarrasch vs Eckart, Nuremberg, 1892
r1bq1r1k/pp2n1pp/8/3N1p2/2B4R/8/PPP2QPP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Dadian vs Bitcham, Zugridi, 1892
r5kr/pppN1pp1/1bn1R3/1q1N2Bp/3p2Q1/8/PPP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ N5f6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Siegbert Tarrasch vs Jean Taubenhaus, Nuremberg, 1892
r2q1rk1/ppp1n1p1/1b1p1p2/1B1N2BQ/3pP3/2P3P1/PP3P2/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 ]
1892 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 1892
r4r2/p1BR3p/k1p3p1/1q6/1b3P2/1R3Q2/PPP5/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb4 ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, Havana, 1892
4rr1k/1ppb3p/2q3p1/p7/3n4/1BP1B3/PP3PP1/2K2Q1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 9. Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, Havana, 1892
6k1/q3r1p1/4P3/p2BQ2p/5P2/2B3P1/PP5P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7+ if Rxg7 e7+ Kh7 Be4+ ]
d)
Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Havana, 1892
5r1k/2p1q1p1/p2r3p/3nNP1R/2Q3P1/PR4K1/5P2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd5 ]
e)
Albert Hodges vs Eugene Delmar, Skaneateles, 1892
r5k1/pp3rp1/1n2p1Qp/4R1b1/2pq2N1/P7/1P1B1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg5 ]
f)
Emanuel Schiffers vs Jurevich, St Petersburg, 1892
r1bk3r/ppbp1ppp/3Q3n/4N3/2B4q/2P5/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ if Qxc4 Qh4+ ]
g)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs George Marco, Dresden, 1892
3r1rk1/ppp3pp/8/2n2p2/8/5P2/PPP3PP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 w/Be7 ]
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