Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Siegbert Tarrasch.
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)
Tarrasch vs Johannes Zukertort, Frankfurt, 1887
[ Nxe6 w/Rxe4 ]
b)
White Mates in 8. Tarrasch vs Kurschner & Irion, Nuremberg, 1887
[ Rf7 ]
c)
Tarrasch vs Theodore Von Scheve, Breslau, 1880
[ Bd4 ]
d)
Tarrasch vs Theodore Von Scheve, Nuremberg, 1883
[ Rf3 ]
e)
Tarrasch vs Eckart, Nuremberg, 1889
[ Bg2 ]
Tarrasch, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tarrasch vs C. Kelz, Nuremberg, 1889
[ Nf7 ]
b)
Tarrasch vs A. Kurschner, Nuremberg, 1889
[ Nxd6 w/Rhe1 ]
c)
Tarrasch vs Isidor Gunsberg, Breslau, 1889
[ Rf1 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Tarrasch vs Eckart, Nuremberg, 1892
[ Rxh7+ ]
e)
Tarrasch vs Max Harmonist, Nuremberg, 1892
[ Rxd7 w/f6 ]
Tarrasch, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tarrasch vs Henry Bird, Hastings, 1895
[ Ne7+ w/Rd5 ]
b)
Tarrasch vs Joseph Blackburne, Hastings, 1895
[ Rxh6 ]
c)
Tarrasch vs David Janowski, Hastings, 1895
[ Bh6+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Tarrasch vs Max Kurschner, Nuremberg, 1895
[ Rxf6+ ]
e)
Tarrasch vs Jacques Mieses, Nuremberg, 1895
[ Rxg7 w/f6 ]
Tarrasch, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tarrasch vs Rudolf Charousek, Nuremberg, 1896
[ gxh6 w/Qg5 ]
b)
Tarrasch vs Carl Schlechter, Germany, 1897
[ Bd6 ]
c)
White Mates in 7. Tarrasch vs George Marco, Vienna, 1898
[ Bxg6 ]
d)
Tarrasch vs NN, 1898
[ Bxf7+ w/Ne6 ]
e)
Tarrasch vs Simon Alapin, Marseilles, 1903
[ g4 ]
Tarrasch, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tarrasch vs Jacques Mieses, Berlin, 1916
[ Bc2 traps the Q ]
b)
Tarrasch vs Walter Von Holzhausen, Paris, 1924
[ Bxf7+ w/Ne6 ]
c)
Tarrasch vs Jacques Davidson, Semmering, 1926
[ Qg6 ]
d)
Black Mates in 3. Matthias Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, Neuernberg, 1890
r1bBk2r/1pp2p2/p2p4/2b1ppQp/3nP1n1/3P2K1/PP4BP/R5NR b kq - 0 1
[ ...h4+ if Qxh4 f4+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. Jackson Showalter vs Tarrasch, Vienna, 1898
3r1r2/pkp1q3/2p5/2npQ3/6NP/1PP3P1/P3NP2/2R2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ ]
Tarrasch Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win.
a)
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky vs Tarrasch, Nuernberg, 1906
7r/p1r2pk1/Qb4p1/1p1B4/1P3q1p/7P/P2R1PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc1 if Rd3 Qxf2+ Kh1 Rxd1+ Rxd1 Re8 ]
b)
Frank Marshall vs Tarrasch, San Sebastian, 1912
R4bk1/5p2/6p1/3r2P1/5P2/2p1N3/7P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...c2 ]
c)
Rudolf Spielmann vs Tarrasch, San Sebastian, 1912
8/6pk/1r5p/1q1p1p1Q/3PbP2/b1p3PP/2P2B1K/1B2R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxb1 if Rxb1 Rxb1 g4 Bc1 ]
d)
Jacques Mieses vs Tarrasch, Berlin, 1920
r2q1rk1/pp4pp/2n1p3/2bn4/8/2N3PN/PP1Q1P1P/R1B2K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ if Kg1 Ne5 or if Ke1 Nd4 ]
e)
Oscar Chajes vs Tarrasch, Carlsbad, 1923
5r1k/3r3p/2q5/1p2Pp2/1bp2P2/5RQP/P1B3R1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Be1 ]
f)
Cancelliere vs Tarrasch, Trieste, 1923
r6r/1p1nkpp1/6p1/2p5/1B2nP2/4PK1P/BP4P1/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...cxb4 if Kxe4 b3 ]
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