Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jaroslav Sajtar. 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)
Sajtar vs Rudolf Keller, Chocen, 1942
[ Nc6 if Bxd2 Nxe7+ w/Nxf5 & Ba3+ ]
b)
White Mates in 9. Sajtar vs M Dietze, Prague, 1943
[ Qg6 if f5 exf6 & if Rff7or Bxf6 Qh7+ ]
c)
Sajtar vs Karel Urbanec, Prague, 1943
[ Rc8+ w/Qc5 if Ng4 Qd4+ ]
d)
Sajtar vs Cenek Kottnauer, Prague, 1946
[ g6 if hxg6 fxg6 f6 Qxd5+ ]
e)
Sajtar vs Frantisek Zita, Prague, 1946
[ Qxf2 if Nxf2 Rxe8# ]
Sajtar Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Sajtar vs Muehring, Hague, 1947
[ Bd4 if Rf7 Qe5 or if Rf8 Rxc7 w/Qxe6+ ]
b)
Sajtar vs E Joppen, Amsterdam, 1954
[ Bxc5 w/d6+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Jiri Fichtl vs Sajtar, Prague, 1943
[ ...Nfg4 w/...Bg5 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Ruzena Sucha vs Sajtar, Prague, 1943
[ ...Be3+ w/...Bxa7 ]
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