Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.
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)

Znosko-Borovsky vs CR Gurnhill, Stratford-on-Avon, 1924
r4rk1/6pp/p7/1pP1Pp2/5P2/3QB3/bq4PP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 if Qb3 Qe2 ]

b)

Znosko Borovsky vs Arthur Mackenzie, Birmingham, 1926
2r2r2/p3qpk1/1p4pp/3Pn3/5RQ1/1P4N1/1P4PP/5R1K w - -0 1
[ Nf5+ ]

c)

Black to move and win. Erich Cohn vs Znosko-Borovsky, Nuernberg, 1906
2r1r1k1/pp1q1pp1/4pnb1/3P3p/5P2/2P1BQN1/P5PP/2RR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...h4 w/...Bh5 ]

d)

White Mates in 3. Znosko Borovsky vs Daniel Noteboom, Tenby, 1928
qn1r1k2/2r1b1np/pp1pQ1p1/3P2P1/1PP2P2/7R/PB4BP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 if Nxe6 Rh8+ ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.
White to move and win except where noted.