Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jean Taubenhaus. 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)
White Mates in 7. Taubenhaus vs Alexander Halprin, Germany, 1887
[ Qa4+ b5 Qxb5+ Ke7 Qd7+ ]
b)
Taubenhaus vs Goetz, Paris, 1890
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qf5+ Kg8 Qxg6 if Qc3 Qd8+ mates ]
c)
Taubenhaus vs N Jasnogrodsky, New York, 1893
[ Rxe8+ w/Rf1 ]
d)
Taubenhaus vs Arturo Reggio, Monte Carlo, 1903
[ Nxd5 ]
e)
Taubenhaus vs Joseph Blackburne, Ostend, 1905
[ e6 if Bxe6 Qxg6 & Bd4 or if Qxe6 Bg4 & Qg7 ]
f)
Black Mates in 5. D M Martinez vs Taubenhaus, New York, 1889
[ ...Bxg2+ ]
g)
Black to move and win. Erich Schmidt vs Taubenhaus, New York, 1893
[ ...Qxg5 w/...Nxd4 & ...d2 ]
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