"The Gambit Files" ein gelungener Beitrag zur Schachunterhaltung." Uwe Bekemann
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Robert G Wade.
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)
Black to move and win. Lodewijk Prins vs Wade, Trencianske Teplice, 1949 (c6)
r4rk1/1Q3ppp/p3b1n1/q5b1/3P4/1BN1B3/PP4PP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxe3+ Rxe3 Rab8 w/...Bxb3 ]
b)
Black to move and win. C Walsh vs Wade, Dublin, 1951 (d3)
r2r2k1/pbp1bppp/1pn1p3/8/3P1B2/P1Q2BN1/qPP2PPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ Nxd4 if Bxb7 Ne2+ mates or if Rxd4 Rxd4 Qxd4 Bxf3 gxf3 Rd8 ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Wade vs Alexander Tolush, Hastings, 1953 (d1)
b4r1k/5pRp/1p2pP2/3qP3/1P6/3r4/4Q1PP/3R1K2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ ]
d)
Wade vs George Philippe, Amsterdam, 1954 (e5)
r1bqr1k1/5ppp/p3pb2/1p6/1npPP3/2N2N2/PP2QPPP/RB3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ e5 w/Qe4 ]
e)
Wade vs Jiri Fichtl, Marianske Lazne, 1956 (g3)
r6r/p1qb1kpp/2p2p2/2B2p2/2P5/Q7/PP3P1P/3R1KR1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg3 if Qxg3 Rxd7+ ]
Wade Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Wade vs Josef Lokvenc, Munich, 1958 (e7)
8/1r2rkp1/2R1p2p/2Rn4/2B1p3/1P4P1/5PKP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if exd5 Bxd5+ Ke8 Rc8+ ]
b)
Wade vs Raul Sanguinetti, Munich, 1958 (f2)
2r5/1R5p/2p1Q1p1/3q1p2/1Pk5/6P1/P1K4P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qe2+ Kd4 Rd7 ]
c)
Wade vs Pal Benko, Buenos Aires, 1960 (e6)
r4r1k/pp1b2bp/q2p4/3P4/4pN1B/5P2/PP1Q3P/R3K1R1 w Q - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Kxg7 Nh5+ mates or if e3 Qd4 Rxf4 Rg6+ mates ]
d)
Wade vs Paul De Rooi, Amsterdam, 1961 (d5)
2r5/3Rr2k/1p3b1p/p4pp1/5P2/1RN4P/P5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Osip Bernstein vs Wade, Amsterdam, 1961 (f5)
2kr4/ppp1qprp/2N1b3/8/2p5/2P5/PP3PPP/RN1QR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ if Kh1 Rxh2+ or if Kf1 Rg1+ or if Kxg2 Rg8+ ]
Wade Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Willem Wolthuis vs Wade, Amsterdam, 1961 (h1)
5rk1/1q3pp1/2Q2n1p/8/8/P4P2/1r3P1P/1BR2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb1 ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. Frank Parr vs Wade, Whitby, 1962 (g2)
r7/2p2p2/3p3k/pR1P1Kb1/3P2pr/B1PB1b2/P4P2/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...g3 Bxd6 cxd6 fxg3 Bg4+ ]
c)
White Mates in 3. Wade vs MR Myant, Bognor Regis, 1965 (c5)
5r2/pp2R3/1q1p3Q/2pP1b2/2Pkrp2/3B4/PPK2PP1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4+ ]
d)
Wade vs Enver Bukic, Skopje, 1968 (d1)
7R/1b1rr1k1/p7/1p4P1/8/4p1K1/PP2B2R/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3 if Rxd3 R2h7+ ]
e)
Black Mates in 4. Juan Fernandez vs Wade, Cienfuegos, 1975 (h4)
8/3P1pk1/8/1p5p/1N4p1/2P5/3qb1PP/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf3 ]
Wade Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Wade vs Waldo Serrano, Cienfuegos, 1975 (c4)
2rr2k1/1pq1ppb1/p4np1/P1pP2Np/2Q4P/2P2N2/1P3PP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Re8 d6 ]
b)
Black Mates in 2. Hermann Heslenfeld vs Wade, Bad Woerishofen, 1991 (h5)
r4rk1/4bp2/1Bppq1p1/4p1n1/2P1Pn2/3P2N1/P2Q1PBK/1R5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ ]
c)
Wade vs Mark Miller, Bad Woerishofen, 1992 (c2)
4rrk1/pb2q1p1/1p2p2p/2ppN3/3PnP1Q/2PBP3/PP5P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Wade vs Arpi Shah, Hampstead, 1998 (c6)
3r1k2/r1q2p1Q/pp2B3/4P3/1P1p4/2N5/P1P3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Ke7 Rxf7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 2. Wade vs Colin Horton, Gibraltar, 2007 (a4)
8/1R3p2/3rk2p/p2p2p1/P2P2P1/3B1PN1/5K1P/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5+ ]
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