Chess puzzles from games of 1930.

King-pawn Opening Series

Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1930.
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.
George Eastman vs R D Picken, Canada, 1930
2nnk2r/p3bppp/8/3N4/1B6/5N2/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w k - 1 0
[ Nc7+ ]

b)

White mates in 2.
George Thomas vs Gerald Abrahams, Canterbury, 1930
8/1pqN1Q2/2p3pk/2P3p1/8/P1p4P/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]

c)

White mates in 2.
Ludwig Engels vs Friedrich Palitzsch, Frankfurt, 1930
2Nrk3/pq3p1p/3PpQp1/1p6/2p5/2P5/PP1R1PPP/4n1K1 w - - 1 0
[ d7+ ]

d)

White mates in 2.
Kurt Richter vs Leonhard Abramavicius, Hamburg, 1930
2rqr3/pp3pkn/5Np1/4pbP1/3p4/3B1N2/PPP2P2/2K4Q w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

e)

White mates in 2.
Victor Kahn vs Amateur, Paris, 1930
2r1kb1r/ppp1pq2/2n1N1p1/5Pp1/3PQ1P1/8/PPP2PB1/R1B1K3 w Qk - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

White mates in 2.
Salomon Flohr vs Bedrich Thelen, Prague, 1930
r1bq1k1r/pp1n3p/2n3p1/6bQ/2Bp4/8/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

b)

White mates in 2.
Salomon Flohr vs Zoltan Vecsey, Prague, 1930
2b3r1/2q1rp2/pp5k/3pP1p1/P1pP2P1/2P1P1P1/2B2Q2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ ]

c)

White mates in 2.
Alexander Alekhine vs Maurer, Vienna, 1930
5b2/7R/1q2pNp1/4P3/3PNk2/3B3P/5PPK/2r5 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ w/Rf7# ]

d)

Black mates in 2.
F Herrmann vs Hugo Hussong, Frankfurt, 1930
6k1/6p1/p3p1Kp/P3p3/4Pr2/2PPN3/1P2nPPN/R5R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf5 ]

e)

Black mates in 2.
Wilke vs Privonitz, Hamburg, 1930
rn4k1/pppb1ppp/8/3P4/2BP2n1/2N1r3/PP1BNqP1/R2QR2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh3+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Black mates in 2.
Edward Sergeant vs Akiba Rubinstein, Scarborough, 1930
5k2/5p2/pQb5/1p2pq2/5n2/2P2N2/PP4pP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh3+ ]

b)

Black mates in 2.
Efim Bogoljubow vs Isaac Kashdan, Stockholm, 1930
5k2/p6p/8/2b2qn1/2Q3PK/2N5/PP5P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf2+ ]

c)

Black mates in 2.
Massimiliano Romi vs Savielly Tartakower, Paris, 1930
5r2/3k1r1p/3p2p1/1p1Pp3/pPp1KP1P/P1P1R1P1/8/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4+ ]

d)

White mates in 3.
Janos Balogh vs F Meller, Gyor, 1930
1rq1r3/1ppRn3/p3PknQ/6p1/3N1p2/2P4P/P4PPB/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ h4 if gxh4 or g4 Bxf4 ]

e)

White mates in 3.
Matibet Betbeder vs Alexandru Tyroler, Hamburg, 1930
r3k3/4bR2/pp2P1p1/2pp2qp/3Pp3/4P1P1/PP1B3P/5QK1 w q - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Bxf8 Qf7+ ]

'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

White mates in 3.
Amos Pokorny vs Karl Berndtsson, Hamburg, 1930
r1qr2k1/2p3b1/1p2P2R/2pPp3/2P3PQ/pPN5/P1B3K1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Qh7+ ]

b)

White mates in 3.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Dawid Przepiorka, Liege, 1930
6rk/4Q1r1/6pp/q3B1N1/1pp4P/5P2/2B2P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Rxg7 Qf8+ ]

c)

White mates in 3.
Roberto Grau vs Edgard Colle, San Remo, 1930
1k5r/pP3ppp/3p2b1/1BN1n3/1Q2P3/P1B5/KP3P1P/7q w - - 1 0
[ Na6+ Kxb7 Bd7+ if Kxa6 Qb5# ]

d)

White mates in 3.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Massimillano Romi, San Remo, 1930
1r2kr2/p2b3R/1pBp4/nPpN4/Q1PbPp2/P2P4/3KNq2/7R w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kd8 Rxd7+ w/Nc7# or Ne7# ]

e)

White mates in 3.
Kurt Richter vs Erik Andersen, Swinemunde, 1930
2Q5/7R/5pr1/1p2k3/8/P1P1P3/1q4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ if Kd5 e4+ or if Kd6 Re6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

White mates in 3.
John Purdy vs E Cowen, Melbourne, 1930
r3rb2/pp1q3k/5pR1/3B4/3P4/5P2/PPP3QP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rg8 ]

b)

Black mates in 3.
Johannes Van Den Bosch vs George Fontein, Hague, 1930
4r1k1/5ppp/2p1r3/2Rp3q/3P2b1/4PNK1/5PP1/4QR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Qg5+ or if e4 Qg4+ ]

c)

Black mates in 3.
Dawid Przepiorka vs Erich Eliskases, Hamburg, 1930
2r3k1/p4p2/3Rp2p/1p2P1pK/8/1P4P1/P3Q2P/1q6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg6+ Kg4 Qf5+ ]

d)

Black mates in 3.
F Krticka vs Josef Rejfir, Mnichovo Hradiste, 1930
8/Q4pk1/p5pp/8/4pPK1/1P4P1/P1r4r/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5+ Kg5 Rc5+ Qxc5 f6# ]

e)

Black mates in 3.
Mrs Holloway vs Prince Suart, Nice, 1930
8/1bp2kpp/pp3p2/5P1K/NbPr4/1P6/P3R1PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...g6+ fxg6 hxg6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Black mates in 3.
Karel Skalicka vs Karel Prucha, Prague, 1930
3R4/bpp2rpk/7p/p1P5/4rq2/P2Q1n1P/5PB1/5K1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Qd1 Re1+ ]

b)

Black mates in 3.
William Winter vs Frederick Yates, Scarborough, 1930
5r1k/p1p1q1p1/7p/2P5/7N/4r1P1/PPQRb1KR/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ if Kxg3 Qg5+ ]

c)

Black mates in 3.
Wilfred Greenfield vs Maurice Goldstei, Sydney, 1930
r6k/pp5p/5qpB/2p2b2/2Bn1R2/1P4P1/P1P1rP2/R1K4Q b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb3+ if Kd1 Rd2+ ]

d)

Black mates in 3.
Johannes Van Den Bosch vs Josef Lokvenc, Hamburg, 1930
1R6/3r1pk1/1N4p1/p3pn1P/4K3/5P2/P7/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd4+ Kxe5 f6+ ]

e)

White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Goluvsky, Belgrade, 1930
r1bn1k1r/ppp2ppp/1b1p3n/2qNp1N1/2B1P2Q/2PP4/PP4PP/R1BK1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ Nxe6 Qe7+ Kg8 Qe8+ ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

White mates in 4.
George Thomas vs Jakob Seitz, Canterbury, 1930
5r1k/ppq3p1/2b2pQp/4pP2/1nBbP3/7R/PP1N2PP/2R4K w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6+ ]

b)

White mates in 4.
F Herrmann vs Sander, Frankfurt, 1930
r2qr2k/1p2pp2/p2p2p1/6B1/4b3/8/PPPQBPP1/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ exf6 Qh6+ Kg8 Rh1 ]

c)

White mates in 4.
Carl Carls vs George Thomas, Hamburg, 1930
r5rk/p4pq1/bp1p3p/2pPpP2/2P1N1PQ/6RR/PP5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ f6 if Qg6 Qxh6+ ]

d)

White mates in 4.
George Thomas vs Frank Marshall, Hamburg, 1930
5rk1/2R2ppp/ppb4r/3pP3/1P2P3/P2q2P1/1B3Q1P/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rc8+ ]

e)

White mates in 4.
Edgard Colle vs Victor Soultanbeieff, Liege, 1930
r1b1rk2/ppq3p1/2nbpp2/3pN1BQ/2PP4/7R/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 if gxf6 Ng6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Mendelevic, Ljubljana, 1930
2rr3Q/3qkp1B/p3p3/1pbPP3/2P5/5R2/PP4PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Qf6+ Ke8 Bg6+ ]

b)

White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Milan Vidmar, Ljubljana, 1930
r5k1/1b4p1/p5P1/1pq5/2p1n1Q1/P7/1P4PP/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kh8 Qh3+ ]

c)

White mates in 4.
Lilienstern vs Colaye, Paris, 1930
rq3b1r/pbNk1p1p/1p1P4/2p1n1Bn/8/P5P1/1P2PPBP/R2QK1NR w KQ - 1 0
[ Bh3+ ]

d)

White mates in 4.
Karel Opocensky vs Rejdal, Prague, 1930
3r4/5k2/2p4p/2q2P2/pp1r2b1/4Q1RP/PP1B2P1/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kg7 Bxh6+ if Kh8 Qf6+ ]

e)

White mates in 4.
Salomon Flohr vs Josef Dobias, Prague, 1930
r6k/p1nb2Rp/1ppq3r/3p1P2/3P1p2/2NBPP2/PP4Q1/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Rxh7 Rxh7+ Kxh7 f6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Black mates in 4.
Daniel Noteboom vs Scheinberg, Hamburg, 1930
8/2QP2bk/1p5p/p2b2n1/8/P4r2/1P6/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Kg2 Rd3+ Kf1 Rd1+ ]

b)

Black mates in 4.
Boris Kostic vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Nice, 1930
4r1k1/1Q3ppp/p2b1n2/2p5/NpP1p2q/1P2N3/P2r2B1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ if Kh1 Bg3+ ]

c)

Black mates in 4.
Efim Bogoljubow vs Mario Monticelli, San Remo, 1930
2k2r2/2p5/1pq5/p1p1n3/P1P2n1B/1R4Pp/2QR4/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ Rxe2 Rf1+ Kxf1 Qh1+ Kf2 Ng4# ]

d)

Black mates in 4.
Efim Bogoljubow vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, San Remo, 1930
7Q/5kp1/1p6/2nq4/p3n1p1/P3P3/1P3P2/1K4R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd3+ if Ka1 Nb3+ Ka2 Nc3+ ]

e)

Black mates in 4.
Arne Krogdahl vs Siegfried Wolf, Hamburg, 1930
5rk1/p1b2r2/Pp1q4/3p2pp/P1pPp3/4P1PP/R4PK1/1Q2R1N1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2+ if Rxf2 Qxg3+ or if Kh1 Qxg3 ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Black mates in 5.
J Koksal vs Zoltan Vecsey, Prague, 1930
8/1R3pkp/6p1/1P2n3/N3pp2/2P1n3/1r1r2PP/4RBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg2+ Bxg2 Rxg2+ Kh1 Nf3 ]

b)

Black mates in 5.
B Hrabal vs Salomon Flohr, Prague, 1930
2r3k1/p3QpbR/1p4p1/r2p1b2/N7/1P1BP1P1/2PK1PP1/1q5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ Bxc2 Qxc2+ Ke1 Bc3+ Nxc3 Ra1+ ]

c)

Rudolf Spielmann vs Henri Weenink, Amsterdam, 1930
1rbb1k2/5Bpp/pN1p4/1p2p3/4P3/P7/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxc8 if Rxc8 Be6+ ]

d)

Heinrich Wagner vs Herbert Heinicke, Hamburg, 1930
5k1r/Bp4pp/3P1p2/1B1n4/8/6P1/1P3P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4 if Nb4 Bc5 ]

e)

Taubmann vs Ragnar Krogius, Hamburg, 1930
5rk1/r1pqQppp/1p1p4/3PnP2/1pPp2P1/1P5P/P4PB1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe5 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Johannes Van Den Bosch vs Alexandru Tyroler, Hamburg, 1930
3rk2r/2Rbq2p/p2Qpp2/1p1B1P2/8/6P1/P4R1P/6K1 w k - 1 0
[ Qxe7+ Kxe7 fxe6 Kd6 Rxd7+ Rxd7 exd7 ]

b)

Isaias Pleci vs Victor Soultanbeieff, Liege, 1930
3qr1k1/1b3pp1/pn2pn1p/1p1pN3/3P3B/P1rBP3/5PPP/1Q1RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ Kf8 Qb4+ ]

c)

Ramon Rey Ardid vs Manuel Golmayo De La Torriente, Madrid, 1930
4r1k1/ppr2p1p/6p1/8/1PP1bQP1/P1qB3P/3R3K/7R w - - 1 0
[ Bxe4 if Rxe4 Rd8+ Kg7 Qxe4 ]

d)

Geza Maroczy vs Henri Weenink, Netherlands, 1930
3r2k1/1Qp2ppp/p2bq1r1/8/3R4/2B1P2P/1P3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc7 if Bxc7 Rxe8+ mates ]

e)

Akiba Rubinstein vs William Winter, Scarborough, 1930
2q1nrk1/pnr3pp/1p2p3/4Pp2/B1b2P2/4B1N1/P3Q1PP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc4 Rxc4 Bd7 if Qc7 Bxe6+ Kh8 Qxc4 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Gosta Stoltz vs Ludwig Rellstab, Stockholm, 1930
8/4bppp/rNR1p1k1/8/8/6P1/4PPKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nc8 if Rxc6 Nxe7+ ]

b)

Albert Becker vs Eduard Glass, Vienna, 1930
r2q1rk1/2p2ppp/pnpb4/4p3/4P3/2P1BQ1P/PP1N1PP1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxb6 if cxb6 Nc4 ]

c)

Ladislav Prokes vs Theodore Tylor, Hamburg , 1930
r1br2k1/1pp1qpbp/6p1/p1n1p2n/2N1P3/2P1BN2/PPB2PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc5 ]

d)

Frederick Yates vs Valentin Marin Y Llovet, Hamburg, 1930
rnb2rk1/pp2qppp/4p3/3pP3/2pP2Q1/2PB1N2/P1P2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ if Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Ng5 or if Kh8 Qh5 mates ]

e)

Warren vs Alexander Sellmann, Berlin, 1930
rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/3b4/8/2P1n3/P5P1/1P2PP1P/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxf2 Kxf2 Bxg3+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Rudolf Duehrssen vs Albert Becker, Ebensee, 1930
r1b2nk1/pp2rppp/2p5/q7/3PB3/4PN1P/PPQ2PP1/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if Qxe4 Bf5 ]

b)

Friedrich Saemisch vs Edgard Colle, Frankfurt, 1930
2k4r/p6p/bp2p3/q1p5/P1PP1P2/BQ3P2/3r2PP/R3KB1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra2+ Bb4 Qxb4+ if Qxb4 Rxa1+ ]

c)

George Thomas vs Friedrich Saemisch , Frankfurt, 1930
r2qk2r/ppp1bppp/2n1b3/8/2B1NB2/3P4/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Qd4+ if Kh1 Bxc4 ]

d)

Paulin Frydman vs Amos Pokorny, Hamburg, 1930
r5k1/ppR3pp/4pq2/1B1pn2b/3P4/8/PP1Q1PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if gxf3 Qg6+ mates ]

e)

Isaias Pleci vs Savielly Tartakower, Liege, 1930
7k/7p/2pN4/8/2PR1pp1/8/Pr2b1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...g3 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Henri Weenink vs Dawid Przepiorka, Liege, 1930
r2r2k1/1b3ppp/2n1p3/1p2P3/5P2/P5P1/R2N2BP/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 if Bxb7 Nxa2 Rc2 Rxa3 or if Rb2 Bxg2+ Kxg2 Nd3 ]

b)

Teodor Regedzinski vs Kazimierz Makarczyk, Lodz, 1930
8/6kp/6p1/5p2/3R4/4P1KP/3N1nP1/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 if Rxd2 Ne4+ ]

c)

Jindrich Kubanek vs Salomon Flohr, Prague, 1930
1rb2b1Q/2p1qk1p/p2p1n2/1p2P3/5P2/8/PPP3PP/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg7 ]

d)

Blasej vs Jan Mikulka, Prague, 1930
2kr2nr/ppp2ppp/8/4P3/QbP3q1/4PN2/PP2K2P/R1B2B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc4+ Kf2 Be1+ ]

e)

Paul Heuaecker vs Eduard Glass, Vienna, 1930
r6r/3b2pp/pq3bk1/2pn1p2/8/2N1BP1N/PP2Q1PP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3 if Qxe3 Bd4 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1930, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)

Suhr vs Alexander Sellmann, corr., 1930
r1b1k2r/pp2q2p/2pp4/2b1npp1/1PP5/2B1P1Q1/P4PPP/RN2KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...f4 ]

b)

Amos Pokorny vs M Scheinberg, Hamburg, 1930
6k1/q2b3p/2p1p1p1/1rR1Pn2/1BQ2P2/8/2B3PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if Qd2 Nxc2 ]

c)

Frederick Yates vs Max Euwe, Hastings, 1930
1k6/1p5p/p2b4/3p1p2/P1pP1P1q/2PrB1rP/1P2RQP1/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rdxe3 if Rxe3 Rxh3+ ]

d)