Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ignatz Von Kolisch.
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 5. Von Kolisch vs Thomas Barnes, London, 1860
r2k4/p4r1p/1p1P1q2/1N6/8/8/P1Q2PbP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ d7 Qxf2+ Qxf2 Bd5 Re8+ Kxd7 Qxf7+ ]

b)

White Mates in 7. Von Kolisch vs Cremorne, 1860
2r1kqnr/pRb3pp/2p1p3/6B1/2NQ4/2P5/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 Nf6 (if Rxc7 Qd8+) Rxc8+ Kf7 Ne5+ ]

c)

Von Kolisch vs Louis Paulsen, London, 1861
r5k1/pppn2p1/2npq2p/4pr2/7B/2PPP3/PP1N2PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 w/Qb3+ & Qxb7 ]

d)

White Mates in 4. Von Kolisch vs Adolf Anderssen, London, 1861
br1k3r/n1p2Ppp/3nQ3/b6q/2B5/B4N2/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6 Qxh2+ Nxh2 cxd6 Rxd6+ ]

e)

White Mates in 4. Von Kolisch vs P Hirschfeld, Paris, 1864
r5nr/pppk2p1/1b1pN3/n2N3q/6Q1/8/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf8+ Kc6 Nb4+ ]

f)

Von Kolisch vs Sam Loyd, Paris, 1867
r3r2k/p1q3pp/2p3n1/1p2Pp2/5P2/1BP3Q1/P5PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 if hxg6 Rf3 mates ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ignatz Von Kolisch. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ignatz Von Kolisch.
White to move and win except where noted.