Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Heinrich Wagner.
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)
Wagner vs Otto Zander, Hamburg, 1921
1r4k1/p4pbp/2pq2p1/3pn3/3Rn2r/1PN1P2P/P1Q1BPP1/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe4 ]
b)
Wagner vs Anton Olsson, Berlin, 1922
1n1r2k1/2q1b1p1/1R3p1p/1p2pP2/2p1B1Q1/2P1B2P/1r3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb7 if Qd6 Bxh6 mates ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Wagner vs Ehrhardt Post, Frankfurt, 1923
q2nkr2/2R4p/1p1rpp1Q/4p3/4P2N/1P4RP/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7 Nf7 Rg8 Rd7 Rxf8+ ]
d)
Wagner vs Otto Wegemund, Frankfurt, 1923
3q1n2/1nr2k2/pNR3p1/Pp1P1p1p/3Qp3/7P/1P3PP1/1B4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba2 if Nd6 Qe5 or if Ke8 d6 Rxc6 Qe5+ mates ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Wagner vs Alfred Binckmann, Bremen, 1927
6k1/2b3r1/8/6pR/2p3N1/2PbP1PP/1PB2R1K/2r5 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ w/Nf7+ ]
Wagner Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Wagner vs August Babel, Duisburg, 1929
r2rn1k1/1bq1bp1p/p3p1p1/6B1/1p2P3/3B2NQ/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 Kxf7 Qxh7+Ng7 Rf1+ Ke8 Qxg7 if Qc5 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qxg6+ ]
b)
Wagner vs Herbert Heinicke, Hamburg, 1930
5k1r/Bp4pp/3P1p2/1B1n4/8/6P1/1P3P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Nb4 Bc5 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Wagner vs Herbert Heinicke, Hamburg, 1930
2q1n2k/ppp1R1pr/3nNpQ1/3P4/2p2BP1/7P/PP3P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd6 Nxd6 Rxg7 Rxh3 Qxf6 ]
d)
Wagner vs Per Larsen, Hamburg, 1930
4r3/1pq2k1p/p1p1b3/2N2p2/3Q1Pp1/1P6/P1P3PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if Rxe6 Qg7+ ]
e)
Wagner vs Ludwig Rellstab Sr, Swinemunde, 1930
r1bq1n1r/pp4k1/2p3pp/5p2/2BP1N2/6Q1/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 if Qxe8 Nh5+ mates or if Qg5 h4 (if Qg4 or Qxg3 Re7+ mates) ]
f)
Black to move and win. Bernhard Gregory vs Wagner, Hamburg, 1921
4r1k1/1R3pp1/5n1p/8/2Bp1qP1/2b2P2/P1Q5/3K1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf3+ ]
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