Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Aaron Nimzowitsch.
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. Nimzowitsch vs Giese, Riga, 1914
[ Qxh6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Nimzowitsch vs Jokstad, Bergen, 1921
[ Rxg6+ ]
c)
Nimzowitsch vs Simon Alapin, Vilnias, 1912
[ Bf6 ]
d)
Nimzowitsch vs Rudolf Spielmann, San Sebastian, 1912
[ Rf8+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Nimzowitsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Carlsbad, 1911
[ Bxf7 ]
Nimzowitsch Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Nimzowitsch vs Frank J Marshall, New York, 1927
[ Re8 w/Qxf6+ & Bh6 ]
b)
Nimzowitsch vs Osip Bernstein, Carlsbad, 1923
[ Kg2 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Nimzowitsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Copenhagen, 1923
[ Re8 ]
d)
Nimzowitsch vs Anton Olson, Copenhagen, 1924
[ f7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Nimzowitsch vs Duhm, Hannover, 1926
[ Rxf7+ ]
Nimzowitsch Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Nimzowitsch vs Adolf Albin, Vienna, 1905
[ a5 if Qe8 Rxa7+ ]
b)
Nimzowitsch vs Sergey Freiman, St Petersburg, 1914
[ Rxc5 ]
c)
Nimzowitsch vs Arthur Hakansson, Kristianstad, 1922
[ Nxd4 if exd5 Qxd7+ mates ]
d)
Nimzowitsch vs Karl Gilg, Kecskemet, 1927
[ Re1 w/Rxe7 ]
e)
Nimzowitsch vs Rudolf Spielmann, Bad Kissingen, 1928
[ Qxc6 w/Ndf6+ ]
Nimzowitsch Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Nimzowitsch vs Vera Menchik, Carlsbad, 1929
[ Qa3 if Qe6 Rc7 ]
b)
Nimzowitsch vs Savielly Tartakower, Carlsbad, 1929
[ Nh4 w/Nxf6 ]
c)
Black Mates in 4. Frederick Yates vs Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad, 1923
[ ...Qf6+ w/...Rf3+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Alfred Brinckmann vs Nimzowitsch, Kolding, 1923
[ ...Qa6 if Ke1 Rbxb4 & ...Qa1+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Ilya Rabinovich vs Nimzowitsch, Baden-Baden, 1925
[ ...Rb1 w/...Rb2 ]
f)
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs NN, Parnu, 1910
[ cxb7 if Bxb7 Bb5# ]
g)
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Rudolf Spielmann, Hamburg, 1910
[ Bxg6 ]
Nimzowitsch Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 4. Frederick Yates vs Nimzowitsch, Hamburg, 1910
8/k2r4/p7/2b1Bp2/P3p3/qp4R1/4QP2/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]
b)
Dawid Janowski vs Nimzowitsch, Marienbad, 1925
r3k2r/pbpn1p2/1p1p1qpp/5P2/2PPp1QN/2P1P3/P1B3PP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...h5 if Qg3 g5 ]
c)
Max Bluemich vs Nimzowitsch, Dresden, 1926
3r2k1/p4pp1/1p5p/4b3/2n1PB2/2P3P1/P3K1BP/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1 Kxd1 Bxf4 gxf4 Ne3+ ]
d)
Victor Buerger vs Nimzowitsch, London, 1927
b4rk1/p7/Pp4p1/1Pp3np/2PpP3/5Pq1/3QPNB1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Nd3 Nh3+ Kh1 Rf2 ]
e)
Frank J Marshall vs Nimzowitsch, Berlin, 1928
8/1N3p2/7p/3k4/2b1p3/6P1/5PPK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ba2 w/...Kc6 ]
f)
Herman Mattison vs Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad, 1929
r5k1/5ppp/r2pp3/2pn4/2n1P3/2PR2P1/P4PNP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne5 ]
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