Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Emanuel Schiffers.
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)
Emanuel Schiffers vs Jurevich, St Petersburg, 1892
[ Qxh6+ if Qxc4 Qh4+ ]
b)
Emanuel Schiffers vs Hugo Suchtig, Leipzig, 1894
[ f6 w/Bc2 ]
c)
White Mates in 8. Emanuel Schiffers vs Isidor Gunsberg, Hastings, 1895
[ Ba7+ if Kxa7 Qd4+ ]
d)
Emanuel Schiffers vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Rostov, 1896
[ Rxf7 if dxe2 Rg7+ mates ]
e)
Emanuel Schiffers vs David Baird, Vienna, 1898
r1rb1nk1/5qBp/p2p1P2/nppPp3/P3P2p/2P2Q2/1PBN2R1/2K2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf8+ Kxf8 Rg7 Qe8 Rg8+ Kxg8 f7+ ]
f)
Black to move and win. Semyon Alapin vs Schiffers, Berlin, 1897
8/3p3k/2qNp2p/4Pp2/p1pR1P1n/4Q2P/PPP3r1/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3 if Rxc4 Qd5 ]
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