King-pawn Opening Series



Here are some chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932.
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.
Heinrich Von Hennig vs Willi Schlage, Berlin, 1932
5r1k/7p/1q1bB3/1p1p2BP/3p4/3N4/1P5P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Herbert Nagel vs I Margulis, Berlin, 1932
rn1q1b1r/pp2kpp1/3np1p1/1B3Q2/P2p4/2N5/1P3PPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nd5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Philip Milner Barry vs Conel H O'D Alexander, Cambridge, 1932
5kr1/p4p1p/2p5/NB5q/2Pb4/5PPb/PP2Q3/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Salo Landau vs Victor Berger, London, 1932
7k/1Q2b3/p3p1p1/2p1P2p/4KP1P/P1B1P1R1/4q3/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc2+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Gaby Beyer vs Grakanthorp, New Zealand, 1932
r3k2r/pp3pp1/2p1P3/8/2P3B1/1P3Qb1/Pq6/R3RK2 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Alexander Alekhine vs Thomas Jenkins, Syracuse, 1932
2r3k1/p4Np1/3P1qPp/1p3p2/3RbP1P/8/1P1R1Q1K/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Robert Condon vs Alan Nield, Sydney, 1932
4r1k1/pp3pp1/2p5/3n1Pp1/3q4/1Q6/PPB3PP/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd1+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Kurt Richter vs Wilhelm John, Berlin, 1932
3rb2r/R3Rp1k/4p1pp/p3P3/4Q2P/8/q1PB1PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Salomon Flohr vs Walter Henneberger, Bern, 1932
r2r4/p4Q2/1pn1Pb1k/2pp2p1/b1BP4/6B1/1P4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd3 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Konstantinopolsky vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Kiev, 1932
7k/4n1p1/3RP3/4q2p/4B3/5P2/1P6/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Ng8 Rxg8+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Vera Menchik vs George Thomas, London, 1932
r5rk/q1pb3p/1p1p1PpQ/2nPp3/2P1P3/2N2P2/Pp6/1K1R1BR1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Cas Damant vs Amateur, London, 1932
rnbqkb1r/pp1np1pp/2p1p3/3p4/3P4/3B4/PPP2PPP/RNBQK1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qh5+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
J Asiain vs Erich Brunner, Mexico City, 1932
r1k5/q4Q2/p2pN2p/2pP1B2/5P2/P4P2/5P1P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Nd4+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Paul Keres vs A Peet, Moisakula, 1932
r1bk3r/ppp2Bpp/3pP2q/2Q5/8/2P5/P1P4P/1K1R1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Frank Marshall vs Gladston, New York, 1932
r1br4/3n4/p3p2p/1p2k1b1/3qN3/PQ6/1P4PP/1BR2R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qg3+ ]

'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs A Aviles, Nogales, 1932
7r/2R5/k1NN4/pp6/P1P5/1P2K2p/7r/8 w - - 1 0
[ axb5+ Kb6 Rb7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Gregory Koshnitsky vs Cecil Purdy, Sydney, 1932
3rr3/pb3pp1/6k1/1p4N1/2p3Q1/2P1P1qP/PP4Pb/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ Qf5+ w/Nxf7+(#) ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Simon Rubinstein, Vienna, 1932
4BQ2/7p/6p1/P6k/1rn5/q3P2P/5PP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Rudolf Elstner vs Berthold Koch, Berlin, 1932
4r1k1/5ppp/2Q5/6rq/5n2/1B5P/PP3PP1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxh3+ Kh1 Nf4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Pal Rethy vs Miklos Szigeti, Budapest, 1932
4r1k1/5pp1/7p/2bN4/7q/1P5b/P5PB/2RR3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Kxg2 Re2+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Abram Model vs Grigory Goldberg, Leningrad, 1932
2r2k1r/pB3pp1/4p3/Q1p1P3/3P4/2P1q1p1/PP3RP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
A Peet vs Paul Keres, Moisakula, 1932
1r2k3/4npp1/p1p5/3p2P1/1P2bP2/2P1b1r1/PB2K3/1R6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ if Kxe3 Nf5# or if Kd1 Bf3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
K Hak vs Josef Dobias, Prague, 1932
1r3rk1/p5p1/4p2p/3pP2P/1Pp1pNq1/2Q1PbP1/PP3P1K/R4R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 if Kg1 Qxh5 ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Paul Robitsek vs Eduard Glass, Vienna, 1932
1R3rk1/p4r2/Q1p3pb/2Pp2qp/3Pp3/R3P1nP/P5PN/3BB1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe3+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Heinrich Von Hennig vs Eduard Hahn, Bad Ems, 1932
r3r1k1/q6p/p1bB1Rp1/2Ppp3/3P2PQ/2b4R/P6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Qh8+ Kf7 Rh7+ ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Howe, Los Angeles, 1932
7r/2q2kpp/pn1bRp2/Bp6/2pPQ3/5N2/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 Qf5+ or if Kg8 Re8+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Henry Grob vs Osip Bernstein, Bern, 1932
7k/6p1/2p3pp/1p4qn/4r3/2Pr2P1/PP2BP1K/1Q3R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh4+ gxh4 Rh3+ Kxh3 Nf4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Aivi Karu vs Paul Keres, corr., 1932
r3r1k1/5ppp/p7/1p6/2b1P3/PPqp1Q2/3R1PPP/4KB1R b K - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4+ if Qxe4 Qc1+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Grigory Goldberg vs Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Leningrad, 1932
6k1/ppp3pp/5r2/3P3q/3Q4/1P4pb/PB5P/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Manuel Soto Larrea vs Jaime Medina, Mexico City, 1932
6k1/3r1pp1/2pq3p/P1Rp4/1P1P1P2/2R1P2b/6rP/2Q4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg6 if Rc2 Qe4 ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Nikolai Grigoriev vs Ilya Kan, Moscow, 1932
R7/5pk1/2N3p1/1p2P2p/5P1K/6rP/6P1/6b1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf2 ]

b)
Black mates in 5.
Leopard Loewy vs Salo Flohr, Antwerpen, 1932
3rk2r/p4pp1/q1p1p3/4Pn2/4QP1p/bPN5/P1R3PP/3R2BK b k - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ hxg3 hxg3+ if Bh2 Rxd1+ Nxd1 Qf1# ]

c)
Black mates in 6.
Grabill vs Mugridge, Los Angeles, 1932
r2Nk2r/ppp5/3p1n2/2b1p3/2BnP1b1/2NP2p1/PPP2PPP/R3QRK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ if gxf3 Bxf3 ]

d)
Willi Schlage vs Carl Ahues, Berlin, 1932
r3kb1r/pnpp2qp/1pn1p1p1/4PpN1/2PP4/6P1/PP3PQP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if dxe6 Qxc6+ ]

e)
Fritz Gygli vs Hans Johner, Bern, 1932
4r2k/4B1bp/6p1/p2Q4/3PpP2/1p2P2P/qn5K/2RN4 w - - 1 0
[ Nc3 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Osip Bernstein vs Oskar Naegeli, Bern, 1932
6rk/4n1rp/1p1q4/p2PpPNQ/4P2p/3n4/PP4RK/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ Rxf7 Rxg8+ Nxg8 Qxf7 mates ]

b)
Lajos Merenyi vs Gyula Lovas, Budapest, 1932
3r3k/4q2p/2n1rpp1/3R1p2/1p3P1P/1P4N1/P2Q2PK/2R5 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc6 ]

c)
Conel H O'D Alexander vs William Fairhurst, London, 1932
1k1r3r/ppp2pp1/7p/3b4/8/Q1PPqB2/P5PP/1R3R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 if Rxd5 Qb3 ]

d)
Manuel Soto Larrea vs Erich Brunner, Mexico City, 1932
r4rk1/2p2pnp/bp1p4/p3qNQ1/2P1P3/P4P2/1P4PP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ f4 if Qxb2 e5 ]

e)
Fedor Dus Chotimirsky vs Nikolay Riumin, Moscow, 1932
1n1r2k1/pq3ppp/8/1Pr1p3/2N5/4P3/4QPPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 if Qc7 Rxc5 Qxc5 Nb7 ]

Chess puzzles from top-rated games of 1932, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Theodore Tylor vs Mir Sultan Khan, London, 1932
8/4r3/p1pp2k1/8/N3Npnp/1P6/P3R1P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if Rxe4 Nf2+ ]

b)
George Thomas vs Mir Sultan Khan, London, 1932
6k1/1bp3p1/p2p4/1p2q2n/6Q1/1P1P3P/1PPBr1P1/3RN1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 if Rxd2 Qxe1+ ]

c)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Rudolf Spielmann, Semmering, 1932
rn3rk1/1b2qppp/1p2p3/pB6/3P4/2Q1PN2/P4PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 gxf3 Qg5+ ]

d)
Immo Engert vs Alfred Brinckmann, Hamburg, 1932
r4rk1/ppp1n3/6pp/2P1p3/6p1/2PPP1R1/P5PP/RN4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf5 if Rxg4 Nxe3 ]

e)
Mir Sultan Khan vs Reginald Michell, Hastings, 1932
4r2k/1b4b1/pp5q/2p5/4B1Rp/8/P6P/4Q1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe4 if Rxe4 Qf4 ]


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