Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Akiba Rubinstein.
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. Rubinstein vs Rudolf Spielmann, Prague, 1908
[ Bxf6+ ]
b)
Rubinstein vs Grigory Lowenfische, Vilnius, 1912
[ Rd7 ]
c)
Rubinstein vs Allies, Warsaw, 1914
[ Nf6+ ]
d)
Rubinstein vs Efim Bogoljubov, Goteborg, 1920
[ Rfd7 w/Qxh8 ]
e)
Rubinstein vs Max Blumich, Breslau, 1925
[ Rxe7 ]
Rubinstein Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Rubinstein vs Duhm, Hannover, 1926
[ Bh4 if Bxh4 R3xf7 ]
b)
Rubinstein vs Mojshe Hirszbajn, Lodz, 1927
[ Rxd7 ]
c)
Rubinstein vs Jacques Mieses, Bad Kissingen, 1928
[ Bxe4 ]
d)
Rubinstein vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, Berlin, 1928
[ Nxd6 w/Qe8+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Mario Monticelli vs Rubinstein, San Remo, 1930
1r5r/p2qpk2/2b2p2/1p3Np1/1P3PP1/3PQ1K1/4P3/1R2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...e6 if Nd4 gxf4+ Qxf4 e5 ]
Rubinstein Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 9. Georg Salwe vs Rubinstein, Lodz, 1907
2r4k/pp2Q1pp/5r2/P2P4/3Pb1P1/4Ppq1/1P1R3N/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Rxe1 f2+ if Nf3 fxe1/Q+ Kh2 Rh6+ or if Qxe4 fxe1/Q+ Kg2 Qxd2+ Kh3 Rh6+ ]
b)
Jacques Mieses vs Rubinstein, Germany, 1909
3rr1k1/pp1q1ppp/4n3/2p2R2/7Q/3PB3/PPP3PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Rg5 Nf5 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. Belitzmann vs Rubinstein, Warsaw, 1917
r3k2r/pbp2pp1/3b1n2/1p6/3P3p/1B2N1Pq/PP1PQP1P/R1B1NRK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]
d)
Paul Johner vs Rubinstein, Teplits/Shoenau, 1922
2r4k/2q2pp1/2r2b1p/p2p4/5PR1/Q2NP2P/PP3P2/1K1R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2 ]
e)
Black Mates in 6. Hans Kmoch vs Rubinstein, Semmering, 1926
4r1k1/8/2b1q1pQ/p1p2p2/2Pp1P2/3Br3/PP1R1KP1/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf3+ gxf3 Qe3+ Kg2 Qxf3+ Kh2 Qxh1+ ]
f)
Fritzis Apsheniek vs Rubinstein, Hamburg, 1930
2nr2k1/2pr1qpp/1pQ1bp2/P3p3/1B5N/1P6/2P2PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd4 if Re4 Rxe4 Qxe4 Rd4 ]
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