Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Karel Treybal.
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)
Treybal vs Heinrich Wolf, Teplits/Shoenau, 1922
[ Nf5 if Re8 Rh4 Rxe4 Ne7+ ]
b)
Treybal vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad, 1923
[ Rc6 Qf7 Bxf6 if gxf6 Rxf6 & Rcc6 ]
c)
Treybal vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Semmering, 1926
[ Rh4 if Rxg3 or Qe7 Bxh6 ]
d)
Treybal vs Andre Cheron, Hague, 1928
[ Rxf5 Nh6 (if c5 Qxh7+) Rg5 Qe6 Qxh6 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Treybal vs Walter Henneberger, Hague, 1928
[ Rxh6+ if Kg8 Nf6+ ]
Treybal Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Jacques Mieses vs Treybal, Teplits/Shoenau, 1922
[ ...Nf4 w/Nxd3 & Ba6 ]
b)
Victor Kahn vs Treybal, Folkestone, 1933
[ ...Qxb2 if Re1 c2 Rd2 Qb1 ]
c)
Black Mates in 3. J Stepanek vs Treybal, Prague, 1936
[ ...Nh3+ ]
d)
White to move and win. Treybal vs Pal Rethy, Ujpest, 1934
[ Qxf6 ]
e)
White to move and win. Treybal vs A Dusek, Prague, 1936
[ Qd4 ]
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