Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Adolf Georg Olland.
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)
Olland vs A Prange, Amsterdam, 1889
[ Nxf6 if Kxf6 Re8 Qg7 R1e6+ mates ]
b)
White Mates in 9. Olland vs FW Pelzer, Amsterdam, 1899
[ Nxf6+ if Qxf6 Qxe5 w/Rxd8+ or if Kh8 Qxe5 Rxd1 Bg7+ Kxg7 Ne8+ ]
c)
Olland vs Rudolf Swiderski, Hannover, 1902
[ Rxe6 if Kxe6 Ra6+ w/e6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Olland vs Heinrich Wolf, Hannover, 1902
[ Ng6+ Kg8 Ne7+ Kh8 Bxf6+ ]
e)
Olland vs Rudolf Loman, Leiden, 1909
[ g6 if Nf8 Rge1Bd8 Re8 & if Rc8 Rxf8+ w/Re8# ]
Olland Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Olland vs GJ van Gleder, Utrecht, 1915
[ Rd8+ if Rxd8 Qxd8+ Rg8 Qf6+ mates ]
b)
Olland vs Max Marchand, Utrecht, 1917
[ b6 w/cxb7 & Rc7 ]
c)
Olland vs Heinrich Von Hennig, Goteborg, 1920
[ Bd5 w/Bd4 ]
d)
Olland vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1921
[ Bb5 if Rxc2 Rxc2 fxe5 Bd7 w/Rxc7 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Olland vs Max Euwe, Utrecht, 1921
[ Bg7+ ]
Olland Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
Dawid Janowski vs Olland, Carlsbad, 1907
[ ...Nxe6 w/...Bxe3+ & ...Rd2 ]
b)
GJ van Gleder vs Olland, Utrecht, 1915
[ ...Rxg1 Rxg1 Bxd4 if Re1 Bxc3+ ]
c)
GJ van Gleder vs Olland, Utrecht, 1915
[ ...Nxf3 ]
d)
Richard Reti vs Olland, Utrecht, 1920
[ ...Rc6 if Rxc7 Rxc5 ]
e)
Reurt Meijer vs Olland, Nijmegen, 1921
[ ...exf4+ if Rxf4 g5 ]
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