Here are some chess puzzles from the games of the 1928 Hague Chess Olympiad.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 4. Erik Andersen vs Wilhelm Heinrich Hilse, Hague, 1928
r3rk2/5pR1/pp1q1P1p/8/3p3P/P2B4/1P1Q2b1/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ ]
b)
Matibet Betbeder vs Coria Valentin Fernandez, Hague, 1928
r2r2k1/pp1b1p1p/3Bp1pq/3n2b1/4N3/2PQ2P1/PPB2P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ f4 Bf6 Nxf6+ Nxf6 Be7 ]
c)
Samuel Factor vs Karl Gilg, Hague, 1928
4rrk1/pp2qp1p/2p3p1/P2bPnN1/5Q2/2R5/1PB2PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 if gxf5 Nxh7 ]
d)
Paulin Frydman vs Erik Andersen, Hague, 1928
3r4/1p2kPpp/1pp1P3/6q1/1P2Q1b1/r7/5RBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4 if Kf8 e7+ Qxe7 Rxe7 ]
e)
Kornel Havasi vs Janos Balogh, Hague, 1928
5k2/pp3bpp/8/3q1N2/8/5Q1P/P5P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qa3+ if Kg8 Ne7+ ]
1928 Hague Chess Olympiad Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 4. Kornel Havasi vs W Rivier, Hague, 1928
4q1rk/pb2bpnp/2r4Q/1p1p1pP1/4NP2/1P3R2/PBn4P/RB4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ ]
b)
White Mates in 4. George Koltanowski vs Erling Tholfsen, Hague, 1928
5q1k/5r1n/p2RPP1Q/1p1p4/2p4p/P7/1P4P1/1B5K w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 ]
c)
Gerard Kroone vs Erik Andersen, Hague, 1928
4n1k1/pp1n1pp1/2p4p/5N1q/2BP1b1P/6P1/PPQ2P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be2 if Qg6 Ne7+ ]
d)
Walter Michel vs Paulin Frydman, Hague, 1928
4r1k1/p4ppp/q1p2n2/2Rp4/1r4b1/1P2PNQ1/PB3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 ]
e)
Luis Palau vs Miklos Brody, Hague, 1928
r3rk2/pb1n1p1Q/1pnp2q1/1B2p1B1/4P3/2N2N2/PPP2PP1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Qg8 Qh6+ Qg7 Qxd6+ w/Qxd7 ]
1928 Hague Chess Olympiad Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Amos Pokorny vs Oskar Naegeli, Hague, 1928
3rb2k/pp1rqp1p/2p1p1pP/6P1/3b1PN1/P3Q3/BP3P2/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd4 Rxd4 Qe5+ f6 gxf6 Qf7 Bxe6 if R8d5 Bxd5 mates ]
b)
Willem Schelfhout vs Zeno Proca, Hague, 1928
4k2r/p1rqb1pp/Q1pp1nn1/4pb2/B7/P1N1BN2/1PP2PPP/R3K2R w KQk - 0 1
[ Nb5 if Rc8 Nxa7 w/Bxc6 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Gosta Stoltz vs Valentin Marin y Llovet, Hague, 1928
5r1n/pbq2ppk/3N3p/1p2PP1Q/2B1p1R1/3nP1B1/P5PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 f6+ Kh7 Nf5 ]
d)
Willem Wertheim Arvids Taube, Hague, 1928
3rr1k1/pp3ppp/5n2/2pnqQ2/8/P3P1N1/BP3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5 if Rxe5 e4 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Henri Weenink vs Isaac Kashdan, Hague, 1928
2r5/4kp2/3rb2R/p5p1/3p2P1/P7/1PR2P2/2KB4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ Bxc2 d3 if Bd1 d2+ Kc2 Bb3+ ]
f)
Black to move and win. Josef Rejfir vs Andre Muffang, Hague, 1928
8/p4k1p/3pb3/4p3/2Pn1P2/3KN1P1/r3B2P/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2 if Rxe2 e4+ ]
g)
Black Mates in 7. R Gaudin vs Geza Nagy, Hague, 1928
r3kb1r/pp3ppp/q1n1p3/4P3/3p2Q1/8/PPK2PPP/R1BNR3 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nb4+ Kb3 Qd3+ Nc3 Qc2+ Kc4 Rc8+ Kb5 Rc5+ ]
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