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a)

White Mates in 2. Louis Paulsen vs Blachy, New York, 1857
[ Qd5+ & cxb8/N# ]

b)

Louis Paulsen vs Hardman Montgomery, New York, 1857
[ Ng4 if f5 f4 & dxe6 ]

c)

Louis Paulsen vs Paul Morphy, New York, 1857
[ Rxd7 w/Bxc6 ]

d)

White Mates in 3. Louis Paulsen vs NN, 1857
[ Qxf7+ ]

e)

Louis Paulsen vs NN, USA Blind Simul, 1859
[ Qh5+ if g6 Bg5 ]

Louis Paulsen, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

Louis Paulsen vs Joseph Blackburne, 1861,
[ Rxe3 ]

b)

Louis Paulsen vs Gustav Neumann, Berlin, 1861
[ Ba3+ ]

c)

Louis Paulsen vs NN, 1861
[ Nxe5 ]

d)

Louis Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen, London, 1862
[ Nc3 if Qc2 Qg5 ]

e)

White Mates in 3. Louis Paulsen vs C Bollen, Dusseldorf, 1863
[ Rxa6+ ]

Louis Paulsen, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

White Mates in 11 (two solutions).
Louis Paulsen vs H Schneider, Leipzig, 1863
[ Rxe6+ or Qd7+ ]

b)

Louis Paulsen vs Gustav Neumann, Germany, 1864
[ e6 if dxe6 Rxc7 ]

c)

Louis Paulsen vs E Schmidt, Leipzig, 1864
[ Qg5 w/Qc5+ & Qc7 ]

d)

Louis Paulsen vs Windberg, Leipzig, 1864
[ Rxf6 if gxf6 Qe3 ]

e)

White Mates in 5. Louis Paulsen vs Victor Knorre, Leipzig, 1865
[ Rxf8+ ]

Louis Paulsen, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

White Mates in 9. Louis Paulsen vs Wilberg, Germany, 1865
[ Rxh6+ ]

b)

Louis Paulsen vs Cecil De Vere, Baden-Baden, 1870
[ Bc6 if Rxc6 Re8+ mates in 5 ]

c)

Louis Paulsen vs Henry Bird, Vienna, 1873
[ Rf6 w/Qxe6+ & Qxb3 ]

d)

Louis Paulsen vs Joseph Heral, Vienna, 1873
[ e7 ]

e)

Louis Paulsen vs Karl Leffmann, Leipzig, 1877
[ Bg5 w/f4 ]

Louis Paulsen, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

Louis Paulsen vs Johannes Zukertort, Leipzig, 1877
[ Bxh7 if Kxh7 Rh3+ ]

b)

White Mates in 7. Louis Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen, Frankfurt, 1878
[ Rb8 ]

c)

Louis Paulsen vs Adolf Stern, Frankfurt, 1878
[ Rf4 w/Rh4 ]

d)

Louis Paulsen vs M Bier, Nuremberg, 1883
[ Bb5+ w/Nxc7+ & Qxe3 ]

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