Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Simon Winawer.
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)
Winawer vs Carl Goering, Leipzig, 1877
[ Bd2 ]
b)
Winawer vs Samuel Rosenthal, Paris, 1878
[ e6+ ]
c)
Winawer vs Johann Berger, Berlin, 1881
[ Qc4+ Rd5 (if Kh8 Ng6+ mates) Nxd5 w/Rd3 ]
d)
Winawer vs Carl Wemmers, Berlin, 1881
[ g4 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Winawer vs Berthold Englisch, London, 1883
[ Ra8+ w/Rxc8+ ]
Winawer Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Winawer vs Moritz Porges, Nuernberg, 1896
[ g6 if Qxf4 gxf7+ & exd5 ]
b)
Winawer vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Nuernberg, 1896
[ g6 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Winawer vs Wilfried Paulsen, Berlin, 1881
[ ...Nb4 if R5d2 Rd7 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Winawer vs Wilfried Paulsen, Nuernberg, 1883
[ ...Rd7 ]
e)
Black to move and win. Winawer vs Moritz Porges, Dresden, 1892
[ ...Qg5 if g3 Qe3+ & ...Rf8; if Bd5 Bxd5 & ...Bxh2+ ]
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