Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1895.
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 4. Jacques Mieses vs Joseph Blackburne, Hastings, 1895
4r2r/1k4pp/b4p2/2Q2B1q/PpnP1B2/5P2/6PP/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc8+ w/Re7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 7. Emanuel Lasker vs Herzfeld, London, 1895
r2q3r/ppp5/6Rp/2kpPQ2/8/2N5/PPP5/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Na4+ ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Emanuel Schiffers vs Isidor Gunsberg, Hastings, 1895
1k1rq3/8/3p3b/1P1B4/1n3p1p/3Q3P/1P3BP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Ba7+ if Kc8 Rc1+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Siegbert Tarrasch vs Max Kurschner, Nuremberg, 1895
rn5r/pp2Pk1p/1qp2pp1/3p3B/3P4/B7/P1P3PP/Q4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ ]
e)
Rudolf Charousek vs Geza Maroczy, Budapest, 1895
r6r/ppp2n1p/8/2b1k3/3q4/1Q6/PP5P/RN3R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nc3 ]
1895 Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Dawid Janowski vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Hastings, 1895
r3k2r/1p2bp1p/p1q1bp2/1Npp3Q/8/1P6/1PP2PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 w/Bh6 ]
b)
James Mason vs Henry Bird, Hastings, 1895
2r5/1p1qbpk1/p5pr/3pPp2/3N2Qp/P1P5/1P2R1PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]
c)
Jacques Mieses vs Oehquist, Nuremberg, 1895
r2qkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3Pn3/6b1/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 w/Bb5+ ]
d)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Dawid Janowski, Hastings, 1895
2rq4/1b2b1kp/p3p1p1/1p1nNp2/3P3P/PB2B1Q1/1P3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ ]
e)
Richard Teichmann vs Samuel Tinsley, Hastings, 1895
5r1k/p1n3r1/1p4p1/4R2p/5P1q/1BP1Q3/P5R1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 ]
f)
Samuel Tinsley vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Hastings, 1895
brq2rk1/4bppp/p4n2/3pN3/1npP1PP1/2N1P2Q/1P5P/1BB1RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5 ]
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