Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Saviely Tartakower.
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)
Tartakower vs M Billecard, Ostende, 1907
2b1r1k1/p4ppp/2p5/5q2/1BP5/P6P/2PQ1PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd8 ]
b)
Tartakower vs Arthur Kaufmann, Vienna, 1913
1knr1q1r/1pp2p1p/p2p4/3P4/BR3P2/2Q3P1/PPP5/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7+ ]
c)
Tartakower vs Gustav Nyholm, Baden-Baden, 1914
r1b1k1nr/2pq1ppp/p2P4/bp6/2B1P3/1QP2N2/5PPP/1NB1K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bd5 ]
d)
White Mates in 2. Tartakower vs Richard Réti, Vienna, 1920
8/1r5p/kpQ3p1/p3rp2/P6P/8/4bPPK/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb6+ ]
e)
Tartakower vs M Euwe, Budapest, 1921
2r2rk1/pp3ppp/2pb4/5NB1/2P1n3/8/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be7 ]
Tartakower Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tartakower vs Hans Kmoch, Bad Niendorf, 1927
1k3r2/p7/1p1P4/4P1p1/3P1q2/2P3pP/P5B1/4Q1K1 w - - 0 1
[ e6 if Qxd5 Qe4 ]
b)
Tartakower vs Fritz Igel, Vienna, 1928
1k6/p2q3p/1p1Pr1p1/3Q1p2/1P1R1P2/6P1/1KP5/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe6 ]
c)
Tartakower vs Nicolas Rossolimo, Paris, 1936
7k/3br2p/p2p1p2/q4P2/1prN1N1P/8/PPPQ4/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ ]
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