King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1929.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 2.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Johannes Van Den Bosch, Budapest, 1929
4r3/p3Qpkp/2p1p1p1/P7/2q5/3r2P1/7P/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Milan Vidmar vs Max Euwe, Carlsbad, 1929
6k1/5p2/1p5p/p4Np1/5q2/Q6P/PPr5/3R3K w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Kurt Richter vs Wilhelm Orbach, Duisburg, 1929
q6R/4bk2/pp2p1rQ/2p1P1P1/2P2P2/2B2b2/PP6/4K3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Rg7 g6# ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Alexander Alekhine vs Arancegui, Mexico City, 1929
2r1rbk1/ppq2ppp/2p5/4P1N1/4NP2/3Q4/1P1n2PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Reginald Michell vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky, Ramsgate, 1929
r5k1/1R5N/4p3/p3B3/2rP2P1/P7/1K3b2/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Alexander Kevitz vs Maurice Fox, Bradley Beach, 1929
3r3k/1p3pbp/2p1p3/Q4p2/2P2N2/1Pn3P1/P2q1PBP/4RK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Alexander Alekhine va FB McConnaughy, Cincinatti, 1929
5R2/8/6pk/3n1n2/3P1r2/8/1P4KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nde3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Leningrad, 1929
6r1/P7/1P6/3pk3/4p3/4K2p/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2 ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Frederic Lazard vs Savielly Tartakower, Paris, 1929
4r1k1/6pp/3q4/1p3p2/p7/PbPP1B2/1P1K1Q1P/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
C F Bolland vs Harold Saunders, Scarborough, 1929
r3k2r/5p2/p3p2p/1p2q3/P7/1QPb4/1P1b2P1/R2R3K b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qh5+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Dawid Przepiorka vs Ladislv Prokes, Budapest, 1929
r6r/p1qB1pk1/1p1bp3/6BQ/3P3R/8/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Albert Becker vs Herman Mattison, Carlsbad, 1929
r6k/1pp2R1p/1pb3qQ/3BP2p/3P2P1/7P/PP6/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Wilhelm Orbach vs Walther Von Holzhausen, Duisburg, 1929
6k1/p1q2r1p/4BpbQ/1p6/2p4B/8/P4PPP/1n3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs Forrester, Glasgow, 1929
r1b1k2r/p1pp1ppp/1p2Pq2/bB6/3Q4/B1P5/P1P2PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bxd7+ if Kd8 Bc6+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Nikolay Grigoriev vs Sergey Lebedev, Leningrad, 1929
3r1r2/p4qpp/B4b2/8/6k1/5N2/PPQ2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ h3+ Kf4 g3+ ]

'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Frank Marshall vs Isaac Kashdan, New York, 1929
8/p1p5/1p4Qp/4Br2/4qP1k/8/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ Rxf6 g3+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Alejandro Nogues Acuna vs Alejandro Elias, Rosario, 1929
6k1/4rNbp/1p2P3/2pr1R2/8/8/PP2K3/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Rf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
John O'Hanlon vs Philip Baker, Dublin, 1929
4rk1r/2p3pp/1q1b1p2/5R2/4Q3/2B5/PPP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ if gxf6 Rxf6+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Cristian Torres vs Placido Soler, Barcelona, 1929
8/7p/p1Q3bk/1p1p2q1/8/P2r3P/7K/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Ladislav Prokes vs Kornel Havasi, Budapest, 1929
4rr1k/3R2pp/1p6/p1p3q1/6P1/2P2p1P/PP3K2/2NQ4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ if Kf1 Qxh3+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
R Tereba vs Salo Flohr, Prague, 1929
1kb4r/2p2p2/1p6/N7/P1P1PKp1/3q4/6B1/1R4R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd2+ if Kg3 Qe3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Imre Koenig vs Ernst Gruenfeld, Rogatska Slatina, 1929
5nk1/5ppp/4p3/1Qb1q3/P7/2N5/1P3RPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Qf1 Bxf2+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Cristian Torres vs Vera Menchik, Barcelona, 1929
2r1rk2/1b2p2Q/p3qnB1/1p1p4/8/P1N4P/1PP3P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Qg8 Rxf6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Wolfgang Heidenfeld vs K Zietemann, Berlin, 1929
r4r2/pp1b2p1/1qpk1n1p/4n1B1/4PQ2/1BN4P/PPP3P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qxe5+ Kxe5 Bf4+ Kd4 Rd1+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
George Thomas vs Vera Menchik, Carlsbad, 1929
2r3k1/pp3ppp/1qr2n2/3p1Q2/1P6/P2BP2P/5PP1/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc8+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Anderson, Milwaukee, 1929
8/5bk1/pq1r3p/n4B2/Pp4N1/5PQP/1P1p2PK/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ Kxf6 Qe5+ Kg5 Bh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
J Cukierman vs A Voisin, Paris, 1929
1r5r/3Rbkpn/Bp2p1p1/2P2p2/4pP2/1Q2P3/PP3qPP/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ Kxe6 Bc4+ Kf6 R1d6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
George Koltanowski vs Hubert Price, Ramsgate, 1929
2rq1rk1/4b3/p3pn1Q/1p4N1/3pB3/8/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ Kh8 Bf5+ Kg8 Bxe6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Salomon Flohr, Rogatska Slatina, 1929
2q3k1/pb2r1p1/1p1pr1BR/3P1P2/2PQ4/PP4K1/8/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh4+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Martin Hoenninger, Vienna, 1929
2r1nrk1/p4p1p/1p2p1pQ/nPqbRN2/8/P2B4/1BP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Qxe7 Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Edgard Colle vs Paul Johner, Carlsbad, 1929
1r5k/p2Q2pp/4Br2/3p4/1qpb3P/5P2/PP1R3R/K7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2+ if Kb1 Be5+ Rb2 Qe1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
H J Reinhardt vs Ludwig Roedl, Duisburg, 1929
4rk2/ppb3pp/2p2p2/1PPp4/P2P2b1/2BQ1N1q/2BN1P1P/4r1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg1+ Kxg1 Re1+ Nf1 Bxf3 ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Samsonov vs Rashit Nezhmetdinov,Kazan, 1929
Qn2k2r/p4ppp/2p5/3pP3/4n2q/2P5/P1PPB1bP/R1BK3R b k - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ Ke1 Nd3+ Kd1 Qe1+ ]

d)
Mario Monticelli vs Joaquim Font, Barcelona, 1929
r2q1rk1/pp3ppp/2ppb3/4n3/n1P1P3/2P1N1P1/P3QPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f4 if Nxc3 Qb2 or if Ng6 f5 ]

e)
Jose Vilardebo Picurena vs Joaquim Font, Barcelona, 1929
r2q1kr1/pQ1np2p/3p2p1/1Np2bN1/3b1P2/8/PP4PP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nc7 if Rb8 Qd5 Rg7 Nce6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alexander Alekhine vs A Wechsler, Brooklyn, 1929
3rk2r/p3bqp1/Pp3nQ1/4R3/2P5/1P4Pp/1B3P1P/R4K2 w k - 1 0
[ Rxe7+ Kxe7 Ba3+ if Ke8 Re1+ mates ]

b)
Esteban Canal vs Kornel Havasi, Budapest, 1929
6k1/R7/P4pp1/5b1p/5P1P/6n1/8/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Re7 ]

c)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Edgard Colle, Budapest, 1929
r1bqr1k1/ppp2ppp/2n5/3pp3/2PPn3/4PN2/PPQ1BPPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ cxd5 if Qxd5 Bc4 ]

d)
George Thomas vs Alfred Brinckmann, Budapest, 1929
r5k1/2p4p/p3R1p1/1p1p4/3N1q2/2P2P2/PP3P1P/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ if Kf7 Rf8+ or if Kg7 Ne6+ ]

e)
George Thomas vs Arpad Vajda, Budapest, 1929
3r1r2/2p2pkp/4pnp1/p1q5/7Q/2P5/PP1NRPPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6+ if Kxf6 Ne4+ ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Johannes Van Den Bosch vs George Thomas, Budapest, 1929
2k5/1pp2p2/p5pp/4p2q/N1P1P2P/4bPP1/PP3r2/R4Q1K w - - 1 0
[ Qh3+ if f5 g4 ]

b)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Vera Menchik, Carlsbad, 1929
1r1r4/5kp1/1pp5/p2pPq2/1P1QpP1R/P3P3/4BK2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bg4 Qg6 Bh5 ]

c)
Philip Baker vs John O'Hanlon, Dublin, 1929
2br1b1k/ppp3pp/2p2p1N/3qr3/4N3/3PPQ1P/PPP2RP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6 if Qxf3 Nf7# or if gxf6 Qxf6+ Bg7 Nf7+ Kg8 Qxd8+ ]

d)
P Izmailov vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Odessa, 1929
2r2rk1/p2n1ppp/bpp1pn2/q2p4/2PP1B2/2P1P3/P1QNBPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd6 if Rfe1 Bb4 ]

e)
George Thomas vs Geza Maroczy, Ramsgate, 1929
1r5k/5r1p/p2n1p2/1p1Q4/4p3/1P1q4/P1N3PP/2R2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nd4 if Rd8 Rcd1 Qc3 Ne6 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alejandro Nogues Acuna vs Oscar Garcia Vera, Rosario, 1929
rn1q1rk1/pbp1bppp/1p1pp3/8/2PP4/2P2NP1/P1Q1PPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if Bxg5 Bxb7 ]

b)
Jose Vilardebo Picurena vs Saviely Tartakower, Barcelona, 1929
4r1k1/pbp3pp/npq5/1Q3P2/2P5/2P3PB/P2r1N1P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 if Qxc6 Rxf1+ or if Rxf2 Qh1# ]

c)
Ramon Rey Ardid vs Edgar Colle, Barcelona, 1929
4rk2/7p/1p1p4/p1pP4/P1P1pP2/1P1nQ2R/3N1PKP/q7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne1+ if Kg3 Qg7+ mates ]

d)
Vera Menchik vs Edgard Colle, Carlsbad, 1929
5rk1/pp3qpp/2pb3r/3p1pQ1/3P1P2/3BP2P/PP4P1/2R1R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Be7 Qg3 Bh4 ]

e)
Walther Von Holzhausen vs Carl Helling, Duisburg, 1929
8/ppp2Pk1/2n2pp1/3r4/2Q5/P7/1PPqNKPP/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf5+ if Kg1 Qe3+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1929, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Frederic Lazard vs Vera Menchik, Paris, 1929
1k3r2/ppp2R2/1b6/4Q1Bp/3rq2P/P7/1P4P1/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh4+ Bxh4 Rxh4+ Qh2 Rxh2+ Kxh2 Rxf7 ]

b)
John Morrison vs William Gibson, Ramsgate, 1929
5r1k/pbp3p1/1pn3qp/5p2/5B1P/2PB4/PP2QPP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qf1 Nf3+ ]

c)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Alfred Brinckmann, Rogatska Slatina, 1929
3r2k1/p1q3pp/4p3/2Q1Pp2/5P2/4P3/P5PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]


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