Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1899.
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)
Simon Alapin vs Zinkl, Vienna, 1899
[ Bf7 ]
b)
Henry Atkins vs Jan Te Kolste, Amsterdam, 1899
[ Nxf7 ]
c)
Mikhail Chigorin vs Jankovitch, Moscow, 1899
[ Ba7+ ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Mikhail Chigorin vs Samuel Tinsley, London, 1899
[ R6xd7+ ]
e)
Grossbach vs Emerich, Vienna, 1899
[ Nf6+ ]
1899 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
H Imbusch vs H Goring, Munich, 1899
[ Ng5 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. David Janowski vs Carl Schlechter, London, 1899
[ Qxh7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3 (2 solutions).
Nathan Mannheimer vs O Trimborn, Amsterdam, 1899
[ Qxf7+ or Qxe6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Geza Maroczy vs Henry Bird, London, 1899
[ Rh7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Geza Maroczy vs Heinrich Wolf, Berlin, 1899
[ Re7+ ]
1899 Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 2. Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Gustav Neumann, Riga, 1899
[ Qf5+ ]
b)
D Phillips vs Harry Pillsbury, Chicago, 1899
[ Bh6 w/Re3 ]
c)
Harry Pillsbury vs Max Judd, St Louis, 1899
[ Qd3+ ]
d)
Harry Pillsbury vs Lee, London, 1899
[ Qf3 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Harry Pillsbury vs George Lyman, Chicago, 1899
[ Qh5 ]
1899 Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Harry Pillsbury vs NN, Toronto, 1899
[ Rxe6+ ]
b)
Harry Pillsbury vs NN, Newark, 1899
[ Bxh7+ ]
c)
White Mates in 2. Harry Pillsbury vs Samuel Tinsley, London, 1899
[ Bf6+ ]
d)
Adolf Rosentreter vs Leopold Hoffer, Berlin, 1899
[ Rxf4 if Ne2+ Bxe2 w/Qd4 & Bxf6 ]
e)
Akiba Rubinstein vs Karel Hromadka, Maehrisch-Ostrau, 1899
[ Bc5 Rxf7 Bxd6 Rf2+ Qxf2 Nxf2 Bc5 ]
1899 Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 2. Ryder vs NN, Leipzig, 1899
[ Qc8+ ]
b)
Carl Schlechter vs James Mason, London, 1899
[ Bh5+ ]
c)
Carl Schlechter vs Philip Meitner, Berlin, 1899
[ Qxh6+ if Qxh6 Kh2 mates ]
d)
Carl Schlechter vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1899
[ Nd2+ w/Nc4+ & Ng3+ ]
e)
Shorochov vs Pirtzhalava, corr., 1899
[ Bxh5+ if R7c8 Rb7+ mates ]
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