Here are some chess puzzles from games by Harry Pillsbury.
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)
Pillsbury vs Lyons Rodgers, New York 1893
[ Qh6+ ]
b)
Pillsbury vs James Hanham, Manhattan 1893
[ Nh8+ ]
c)
White Mates in 7. Pillsbury vs Eugene Delmar, New York 1893
[ Rxg6+ ]
d)
Pillsbury vs David Baird, New York 1893
[ Rd1 ]
Pillsbury problems, Part II: White to move and win.
a)
Pillsbury vs NN, St. Petersburg, 1896
[ Qf5 ]
b)
Pillsbury vs Jean Taubenhaus, New York, 1893
[ Bxg6 or Qh5 ]
c)
Pillsbury vs Frere, Brooklyn, 1894
[ e6 ]
d)
Pillsbury vs Jackson Showalter, 1893
[ Rh6 ]
Pillsbury problems, Part III: White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Pillsbury vs Lee, London, 1899
[ Qf3 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Pillsbury vs NN, Toronto, 1899
[ Rxe6+ ]
c)
Pillsbury vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna, 1898
[ Nf6 ]
d)
Pillsbury vs Horatio Caro, Vienna, 1898
[ Qd4 ]
e)
Pillsbury vs Max Judd, St. Louis, 1899
[ Qd3+ ]
Pillsbury problems, Part IV: White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Pillsbury vs Howell, Brooklyn, 1900
[ Bf7 ]
b)
Pillsbury vs Lissek Jr, Vienna, 1902
[ e5 ]
c)
Pillsbury vs Jacques Mieses, Vienna, 1903
[ Rd1 ]
d)
Pillsbury vs Rudolf Swiderski, Vienna, 1903
[ Bd6 w/Ng5 ]
e)
Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker, Cambridge, 1904
[ Bc4 w/Rxf5+ ]
Pillsbury Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Eugene Delmar vs Pillsbury, New York, 1894
3nkr2/p1pn2Q1/4r1Pp/3p4/1bqP4/4B1NP/P1B2P2/R2K3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3 if fxe3 Qc3 ]
b)
Black Mates in 3. Jacques Mieses vs Pillsbury, Hastings, 1895
r1b3k1/ppp2p1p/8/5p2/2QPp1P1/1B1nK3/PP5q/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4+ if Kxe4 Qe2+ or if Rxf4 Qxf4+ ]
c)
Emanuel Schiffers vs Pillsbury, Hastings, 1895
4r3/pp4pk/3Q1p2/6r1/2PP4/5q1P/P5R1/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2 Qh2 Rgxg2 Rxg2 Re1+ ]
d)
Mikhail Chigorin vs Pillsbury, St Petersburg, 1895
6rk/p1p2prn/1p1p1p2/3Pq3/3NPQbP/2PBR3/P1P2R1P/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3+ ]
e)
Ignacy Popiel vs Pillsbury, Budapest, 1896
8/p7/1k2p3/2n4P/2Q5/K7/P1Bq4/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Kb4 Qb2+ if Bb3 a5# ]
f)
White Mates in 8. Francis Lee vs Pillsbury, London, 1899
4r1k1/5bp1/1p6/1Rp4p/2Pp1QPq/3P1P2/2P1r1B1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Kxg2 Re2+ if Kf1 Qh3 ]
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