Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jackson Showalter.
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)
Showalter vs Harry Pillsbury, New York, 1897
[ Qc3 ]
b)
Showalter vs Joseph Blackburne, Vienna, 1898
[ Qc3 w/Rxe6 & e6 ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Showalter vs Horatio Caro, Vienna, 1898
[ Qg8+ ]
d)
Showalter vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Cologne, 1898
[ a4 if Na3 Nb6+ Kb8 Nxc4 wins ]
e)
Showalter vs Harry Pillsbury, Cambridge, 1904
[ Re2 ]
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