Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ludwig Rellstab, Sr.
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)
Rellstab vs Karl Gilg, Bad Elster, 1938
1r2r1k1/pp1q2bp/3pb3/1P3p2/3p1P2/3P2P1/P2QRNBP/4R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxe6 Rxe6 Bd5 Re8 Qe2 Kf7 Qh5+ ]
b)
Rellstab vs Heinz Nowarra, Berlin, 1940
1b1rrnk1/1b2q1pp/pp2p3/3nN3/2P4Q/3B2N1/PB4PP/3R1RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf8+ if Kxf8 Ng6+ hxg6 Qh8+ mates ]
c)
Rellstab vs Wilhelm Kuppe, Weidenau, 1947
r3k3/1q3n2/p3p2r/6pp/P7/BpP1Q3/6PP/3R1RK1 w q - id 1-0
[ Qxg5 if Rh8 Qg7 mates ]
d)
Rellstab vs Ludwig Roedl, Weidenau, 1947
2kr1br1/pp3p1p/2n1pn2/3p4/3P1B2/q1P3NP/P2NQPP1/1R3RK1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxb7 if Kxb7 Qb5+ mates or if Rd7 Qb5 Rxb7 Qxc6+ ]
e)
Rellstab vs Paul Siegel, Bad Pyrmont, 1949
3r2kr/ppn2p1p/3qbQp1/1Bp5/8/2NP4/PPP2RPP/4R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Rxe6 ]
Rellstab Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Rellstab vs Harald Enevoldsen, Helsinki, 1952
1r4k1/5p1p/p5q1/3p1RQ1/P5p1/2P5/1r2R2P/7K w - - id 1-0
[ Rxb2 if Rxb2 Qd8+ Kg7 Rg5 ]
b)
Rellstab vs Gerhard Pfeiffer, Hamburg, 1955
1k4q1/pp5r/8/2N2Qp1/2pP1b2/4r2P/PP6/1K3R1R w - - id 1-0
[ Rxf4 ]
c)
Rellstab vs Gerard Kool, Amsterdam, 1963
r2r2k1/pb2bpp1/np2pn1p/8/1PP1Nq2/P1BB1N2/2Q2PPP/2RR2K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Be5 if Qg4 h3 ]
d)
Rellstab vs Flores Escuin, Gladenbach, 1999
r2qkb1r/pp1npppp/3p4/2p1n2b/B3P3/2P2N1P/PP1P1PP1/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - id 1-0
[ Nxe5 ]
e)
Rellstab vs Heinrich Leschhorn, Dresden, 2001
4rrk1/pbn3pp/1pq1pp2/8/3R4/1BP2Q2/PP1B1PPP/4R1K1 w - - id 1-0
[ Qxc6 Bxc6 Rc4 ]
Rellstab Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win.
a)
Berthold Koch vs Rellstab, Swinemunde, 1930
q3nrk1/p4rpp/3p2b1/2pP4/3b1BP1/1PN3QP/P2N3K/2R2R2 b - - id 0-1
[ ...Rxf4 ]
b)
Wilhelm Grosser vs Rellstab, Bad Elster, 1937
2r2rk1/p3Bpbp/1p2b1p1/4P3/q2P4/2RQ1N2/4KPPP/7R b - - id 0-1
[ ...Bf5 if Qd2 Rxc3 Qxc3 Rc8 ]
c)
Enrique Reinhardt vs Rellstab, Bad Oeynhausen, 1938
r3rnk1/1b2b2p/p1q1n1p1/1pppPpP1/7P/PP1BP1B1/4NP2/1Q1RNRK1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...c4 if Bc2 d4 ]
d)
Jan Foltys vs Rellstab, Salzburg, 1943
r2r2k1/1p2b2p/4n1p1/2P1pp2/1P6/4B2P/4NPP1/2RR2K1 b - - id 0-1
[ ...f4 if Bd2 Ra2 ]
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