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Here are some chess puzzles from notable games of 1939.
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.
J O'Donovan vs H Cordova, Buenos Aires, 1939
r2q2k1/1Q6/2p1p1B1/p2n2P1/5r2/1P6/PKP5/3R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Bengt Ekenberg vs Carlos Salazar, Buenos Aires, 1939
r1b2r2/p2n1pp1/1q2p3/1Ppp4/3B1k2/P6Q/6PP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh5 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Vladimir Petrov vs H Cordova, Buenos Aires, 1939
1q5r/1b1r1p1k/2p1pPpb/p1Pp4/3B1P1Q/1P4P1/P4KB1/2RR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Isaias Pleci vs Lucius Endzelins, Buenos Aires, 1939
r4R2/1b2n1pp/p2Np1k1/1pn5/4pP1P/8/PPP1B1P1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ h5+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Conel H O'D Alexander vs J Diaz Perez, Buenos Aires, 1939
6rk/5R2/p3p2B/1p6/3P2Q1/2q5/7P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Manfred Tauber vs Finotti, Hamburg, 1939
2kr1b1r/pp1nqpp1/Q1p1b2p/3p3n/3P1B2/2N5/PPP2PPP/2KRNB1R w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Alexander Chistiakov vs Alexander Tolush, Leningrad, 1939
r4b2/p2R1p1k/6Rp/1P2Q3/2P5/4N1P1/4bPKP/4q3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Matthew Green vs Boris Blumin, New York, 1939
2r1r2k/pp3p2/3bq1P1/6PN/4B1b1/P3p3/1PQ2P2/R1K4R w - - 1 0
[ g7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Kurt Richter vs Henry Grob, Stuttgart, 1939
r4b1r/p6p/1p3p2/3Bq1p1/bPP5/8/k3NpPP/1RQ2K2 w - - 1 0
[ c5+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Maria Berea De Montero vs F Rinder, Buenos Aires, 1939
r4rk1/ppp3p1/3b3p/3p4/3Q1nPq/2PP2N1/PP3PP1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Dora Trepat vs Vera Menchik, Buenos Aires, 1939
5nk1/pp5p/2b1p1p1/4rp2/2B5/1P1R4/P2q2PP/3N1Q1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
E Raclauskiene vs Mona Karff, Buenos Aires, 1939
r3kb1r/pb1p4/1pq1p2p/2p2p2/3P1Nn1/2PBPpP1/PP1B3P/R3QRK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...f2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Walter Oswaldo Cruz vs Jan Foltys, Buenos Aires, 1939
8/R7/5k1p/8/1B2pP2/7K/P3r2P/5n2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Oscar Garcia Vera vs Vladas Mikenas, Rosario, 1939
5r1k/1p2P2p/p1p2nr1/2P2q2/1PB1Rp2/8/PQ3p1P/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe4+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Salo Landau vs Salomon Flohr, Amsterdam, 1939
r6k/1pq5/2pp1PQ1/4r2p/1nP1B3/6P1/7P/4RR1K w - - 1 0
[ f7 ]

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Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Josef Lokvenc vs W Puchl, Bad Elster, 1939
2b1R3/p2q2rk/3p3r/1PpB1p1Q/2Pb4/3P2PP/7K/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qxh6+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Alfred Brinckmann vs Rudolf Keller, Bad Oeynhausen, 1939
2br3k/p4R2/2p2P1p/2q1p2Q/4Pb1P/1Pp5/1PP3P1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Paul Keres vs Verbac, Berlin, 1939
rnbq1b1r/pp4kp/5np1/4p2Q/2BN1R2/4B3/PPPN2PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Kxh6 Rh4+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs G Vassaux, Buenos Aires, 1939
r3br1k/pp5p/4B1p1/4NpP1/P2Pn3/q1PQ3R/7P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh3+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Oleg Neikirkh vs A Larsen, Buenos Aires, 1939
r2rk3/1p3b1p/2p1p3/2B1Np2/2P2N2/1p2KB1P/P7/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Bxg8 Bh5+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Fritzis Apsheniek vs Oleg Neikirkh, Buenos Aires, 1939
4k3/pp5Q/2p2r2/3pNB2/3q4/8/PP3PP1/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bg6+ if Rf7 Qxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Jacobo Bolbochan vs Santiago Morales, Buenos Aires, 1939
6k1/1R6/5K2/6Pp/5P2/1p6/8/r7 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Alfredo Olivera vs J Austboe, Buenos Aires, 1939
B7/p7/R7/1bb1ppkP/8/4P1B1/P4PPK/1r6 w - - 1 0
[ f4+ exf4 exf4+ Kxh5 Bf3# ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Fritzis Apsheniek vs Tenis Melngailis, Kemeri, 1939
7R/p5p1/3kp3/6b1/B1Q1p1q1/1P6/P4P2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Qd4+ if Ke7 Qd8+ or if Kc7 Qc5+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Salomon Flohr vs Leonid Dreibergs, Kemeri, 1939
8/5Q2/p3N2k/5ppp/4p3/4P1PP/Pq3PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nf8 if Qg7 Qe6+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Ilya Rabinovich vs Victor Goglidze, Leningrad, 1939
r4rk1/5ppp/p3q1n1/2p2NQ1/4n3/P3P3/1B3PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if Qf6 Bxf6 or if gxh6 Nxh6# ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Herbert Seidman vs Anthony Santasiere, New York, 1939
r7/1b2r3/ppn4p/2pkPQ2/P4B2/2P5/1PP2PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ e6+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
M Neckerman vs S Kitces, New York, 1939
r1b5/1p1k1r1p/1Q6/p2p1P2/8/1P6/P6P/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Re6 if Ra6 Rd6+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Milan Vidmar vs Jan Foltys, Stuttgart, 1939
3R4/1p3ppk/5n2/4nq2/1Q2p3/4P1RP/PPr1BP2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kxh8 Qf8+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
L Zavala vs J Austboe, Buenos Aires, 1939
5rk1/p4p1p/1p6/2r5/P2Np2q/1P1nP3/Q2R1P2/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Ke2 Rc1 Rxc1 Nxc1# ]

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Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Z Kleinstein vs Jiri Pelikan, Buenos Aires, 1939
4nbk1/1Np3r1/2PP4/2p1p1qp/4Pp2/7P/N1Q4P/R2R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg1+ Ke2 Qe3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Isaias Pleci vs Bengt Ekenberg, Buenos Aires, 1939
kb5r/1p6/8/p3qQ2/4P3/6P1/P6P/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Endre Steiner vs Efim Bogoljubow, Carlsbad, 1939
5rk1/2p3p1/4b2p/2b4K/p3P3/2P4P/P2N2P1/R1B5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf4 g4 Bf7+ Kh4 Bf2# ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Fritzis Apsheniek vs Vladimir Petrov, Kemeri, 1939
2Q5/5ppk/p4n1p/8/1R6/6P1/1P3PKP/1r1q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Kh3 Qf1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Amos Pokorny vs Carlos Skalicka, Prague, 1939
2k4r/1p6/2p2bp1/p4p2/1PP2P2/P3Pb2/R1BK4/2B5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ Ke1 Bh4+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Salomon Flohr vs Nicolaas Cortlever, Amsterdam, 1939
3Q4/p6p/4p1p1/2R2p1k/P2P4/4P2P/1r1q1PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ Kh6 Qh4+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Ludwig Engels vs Paul Schmidt, Buenos Aires, 1939
k1nr4/1p1q3p/pR1rpp2/8/3PB3/Q4NP1/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxa6+ Na7 Bxb7+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alfredo Olivera vs Enrique Heinrich Reinhardt, Buenos Aires, 1939
2b2R2/r1r3k1/4p2N/pp4PP/8/5R2/P5PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ Kh7 Rff8 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Joao De Souza Mendes vs Haakon Opsahl, Buenos Aires, 1939
r2rk3/ppb1qp1Q/4bR2/2p1P3/3P4/3BP3/PP4PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ if Rd7 Qg8+ or if Bd7 Rxf7 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Jon Gudmundsson vs S Rebnord, Buenos Aires, 1939
3r1r1k/pp1R1bR1/2p5/5N2/7K/P7/BPQ2P1P/5q2 w - - 1 0
[ Qc3 if Qxf2+ Rg3+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Julio Salas Romo vs Victor Winz, Buenos Aires, 1939
4r3/p1R3pp/3Q1p1k/5P2/3pP1P1/8/q6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf4+ g5 fxg6+ Kxg6 Qf5+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Haakon Opsahl vs S Rebnord, Buenos Aires, 1939
r5k1/4b1pp/4R3/5Q2/1qBP4/2p5/5PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ra6+ if Qxc4 Rxa8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Carlos Hounie Fleurquin vs G Kerlin, Buenos Aires, 1939
6kN/1b2q1r1/3bpQP1/pp1p1p2/2pP1P2/2P1P3/PPB2K2/7R w - - 1 0
[ Nf7 if Kf8 Rh8+ Rg8 Rxg8+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Miguel Najdorf vs Aristide Gromer, Buenos Aires, 1939
4Q2R/5rp1/4R3/6q1/7p/6kP/PP3rP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb8+ if R7f4 Re3+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Eero Boek vs Vladas Mikenas, Kemeri, 1939
r2rb2b/5knp/3q2pB/p2N1p2/2B3P1/4Q2P/PPP2P2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if Qe6 Bxe6+ Ke7 Qa3+ ]

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Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Kotov vs Mikhail Yudovich, Leningrad, 1939
2r1b3/pp3p1p/1n1R4/2q4Q/2P1kr2/1B6/P5PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bc2+ Ke3 Rd3+ if Ke4 or Kf2 Rd2+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Fred Reinfeld vs J Leary, Ventnor City, 1939
r6k/p5qp/2P1R2n/6p1/3b1p2/1Q6/PB4PP/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Ng8 Bxd4 ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Gerald Abrahams vs James Aitken, Bournemouth, 1939
5rk1/p1p3pp/B1p5/3p4/4p3/2P2qP1/PP5K/2RR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf6 if Bc1 Rh6+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
G Bezruchko vs Laszlo Szabo, Kemeri, 1939
6k1/1p3p1p/p5p1/8/1P6/2P1B1P1/5KbP/3qQ3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3+ Kg1 Bh3 ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
G Bezruchko vs Efim Bogoljubow, Kemeri, 1939
3rkr2/4P2p/8/nR6/3B4/q1P4P/2PK4/7R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4+ cxd4 Rf2+ Ke1 Qe3+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Vassily Smyslov vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Leningrad, 1939
b2r2k1/p4ppn/3NP2p/1p6/5KP1/1P1pQ2P/PB4q1/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ Kf5 Qd5+ if Qe5 Qf3+ or if Be5 Qxe6# ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Richard Dudek vs Kuhn, Silesia, 1939
r1b3k1/ppp3pp/2n5/3p2q1/8/2P2P2/PP1P1P1P/RNBQ3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3 Qg1 Qxg1+ Kxg1 Re8 ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Adolf Fink vs H Weil, Vienna, 1939
4r1r1/pp6/2pbqk2/5p1p/2PP2nR/2BQ4/PP3PR1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Bxe1 Rxe1+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Carlos Hounie Fleurquin vs P Baender, Buenos Aires, 1939
4Rb2/k7/ppPp1qB1/8/5P2/4Q3/PPP3Pr/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Ra8+ Kxa8 Qe8+ ]

e)
Black mates in 5.
Alexander Tolush vs Paul Keres, Leningrad, 1939
6k1/1RQ3p1/3p1p2/1P1Pr2p/7P/1q6/4p1PK/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg3+ Kxg3 e1/Q+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Anthony Perkins vs George Page, Aberdeen, 1939
1r5k/4bp1p/3p1p2/pprR4/4P1PP/5Pq1/PP1Q2B1/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Rh3 Rxd5 exd5 Qe5 f4 ]

b)
Haije Kramer vs Laszlo Szabo, Baarn, 1939
r3k2r/p1qn1ppp/1pb1p3/2pB4/3P4/1PN3P1/P2QPP1P/R3K2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Qb7 or Qc8 Nd6+ ]

c)
Laura Ross vs W Jager, Bad Elster, 1939
3rr1k1/pp1q1ppp/8/4n3/3P4/P7/3QBPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb2 if Nc6 d5 Ne5 Bb5 ]

d)
Wilfried Lange vs Karl Gilg, Bad Oeynhausen, 1939
1q4k1/5ppp/1bR1p3/1B6/PQ1r4/6P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4 if Rd1+ Kg2 Ba7 Qxb8+ Bxb8 Rc8+ ]

e)
Andrew Thomas vs Salo Landau, Bournemouth, 1939
3rn1k1/3rbppp/p3p1b1/4q3/1p1N1N2/1P4Q1/PB1R1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if Qxg3 Nxe7+ ]

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Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xiii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Vera Menchik Vera vs Ruth Nakkerud, Buenos Aires, 1939
r4rk1/1q1nbppp/ppb1p3/2p5/P2PPB2/1BP5/3NQPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d5 exd5 exd5 Bxd5 Bxd5 Qxd5 Qxe7 ]

b)
F Rinder vs B Janeckova, Buenos Aires, 1939
r1q1r1k1/pp2bppp/4bn2/6B1/8/2N2N2/PP2QPPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Qb8 Bf4 ]

c)
Sonja Graf-Stevenson vs A Lougheed, Buenos Aires, 1939
r1b2rk1/4bppp/p1qpp3/1p2P3/4nP2/2N1B3/PPPQB1PP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe4 if Qxe4 Bf3 ]

d)
Mona Karff vs M Stoffels, Buenos Aires, 1939
1krq3r/p2bbpp1/p3p2p/3nP3/1PRN1P2/B2B4/3Q2PP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc8+ Bxc8 Nc6+ ]

e)
Vera Menchik vs Salome Reischer, Buenos Aires, 1939
6k1/3rbppp/p3p1b1/Bp2P3/2pP4/2P3P1/P4PBP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6 if Ra7 Bb6 ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xiv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
F Rinder vs Ingrid Larsen, Buenos Aires, 1939
3b4/ppk1r3/2prRpn1/6pp/2PP4/2B2NP1/PP3K1P/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6 if Kxd6 Bb4+ ]

b)
Luis Roberto Piazzini vs Jose Gershman, Buenos Aires, 1939
r1b1r1k1/pp1q1ppp/2n5/3B4/3N1P2/3Q3P/PPPB2P1/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8+ Qxe8 Nxc6 bxc6 Bxc6 if Bf5 Qf3 ]

c)
Jiri Pelikan vs L Laterza, Buenos Aires, 1939
5rk1/3q1pn1/4b1p1/2QnP1B1/1p1PN3/7p/5PB1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd5 Bxd5 Nf6+ Kh8 Nxd7 ]

d)
Victor Kahn vs Hurtado Rodriguez, Buenos Aires, 1939
3r2k1/pBqn1ppp/1p6/2p5/Q7/P5P1/1P3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc6 ]

e)
Walter Oswaldo Cruz vs Rene Letelier, Buenos Aires. 1939
2rr2k1/1p3pb1/p5p1/3Pp2p/1q2b3/1PN3B1/P2Q1PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ a3 if Qxa3 Nxe4 ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Marcos Luckis vs Victor Kahn, Buenos Aires, 1939
2r2rk1/1bq1bppp/p3pn2/3nN3/1p1PN3/P4P2/1PB1QBPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf6+ gxf6 Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rxc7 ]

b)
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Jens Enevoldsen, Buenos Aires, 1939
5bk1/4p2p/p3P1p1/1q3p2/2R1n3/1N5P/P1Q2PP1/3rB1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 ]

c)
Ilmar Raud vs Christian Poulsen, Buenos Aires, 1939
r4rk1/p4ppp/p1p5/3p1n2/Q2P4/P3P3/2R2PPP/q2NK2R w K - 1 0
[ O O if Qb1 Nb2 Qa2 Nd3 ]

d)
Carlos Guimard vs W Minnis, Buenos Aires, 1939
2r3k1/pb4p1/1p4q1/7p/2P1p3/1P5P/PB1Q2P1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd7 if Qf7 Qxf7+ Kxf7 Rd7+ or if Ba6 Qxa7 ]

e)
D A Yanofsky vs Oleg Neikirkh, Buenos Aires, 1939
3r2k1/7p/5pp1/P2q4/3Q4/7P/6P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]

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Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xvi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mario Napolitano vs Vincenzo Castaldi, corr., 1939
1qr1n3/p3Bkbp/1p2p1p1/1B6/2R3Q1/4P3/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd7 if Qe5 Qf3+ ]

b)
Ross Richardson vs Max Euwe, Hastings, 1939
r1bqk2r/ppp2pb1/3pp1p1/7p/3PnP1N/2N1Q2P/PPP3P1/2KR1B1R w kq - 1 0
[ Nxe4 if Qxh4 Ng5 Bd7 g3 ]

c)
R Mistereck vs Dietrich Wilkens, Kassel, 1939
r2q2k1/p2b1r1p/2p1p1pQ/1p1nB3/3Pp1n1/PB6/1PP1NP2/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ if Kf8 Bd6+ or if hxg6 Rh8# ]

d)
Alexander Kotov vs Iosif Pogrebyssky, Leningrad, 1939
3r1rk1/pp3pb1/2p1b1pp/B3p3/3qB3/1P4PP/P2QPP2/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc2 ]

e)
Alexander Alekhine vs Oswaldo Cruz Filho, Rio de Janeiro, 1939
r1b1kbnr/1p3ppp/2q1p3/1pp5/P2P4/5N2/1PPN1PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ axb5 ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xvii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
J M Conde vs Philip Wallis, Bournemouth, 1939
3rr1k1/ppq2pp1/5n1p/4b3/3B4/3Q3P/PPB1RPP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Nxe8 ]

b)
Mona Karff vs Maria Berea De Montero, Buenos Aires, 1939
4r1k1/p4pp1/1p2r2p/5q2/8/PP3N1P/1B1R2P1/Q6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Nxe1 Qf1+ ]

c)
Salome Reischer vs Dora Trepat, Buenos Aires, 1939
2r4k/1p5p/3R1bp1/1P2pbNn/5P2/7P/r3BPPB/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 ]

d)
Alexander Kiprov vs Julia Sierra, Buenos Aires, 1939
2b1r2k/4r1pp/2p2P2/pp6/5PPq/PB1R1Q1P/1P6/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ if Rxe1 Qxe1+ Kg2 Re2+ ]

e)
R De Mendoza vs Haakon Opsahl, Buenos Aires, 1939
r4rk1/3n2pp/p1bq1p2/1pp1pP2/2PnP3/1PNQN1P1/P5BP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]

Chess puzzles from notable games of 1939, pt. xviii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Movsa Feigin vs Ludwig Engels, Buenos Aires, 1939
5rk1/2R3pp/4pr2/1PQ4q/2pPp3/4P3/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf2 if Rxf2 Qd1+ mates or if Ra1 Qe2 ]

b)
Theo Van Scheltinga vs Karel Opocensky, Buenos Aires, 1939
rr2n1k1/3nppbp/q2p2p1/2pP4/2N1P3/2N1B3/PP2QPPP/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 bxc3 Rxb1 if Rxb1 Ne5 ]

c)
Hugo Hussong vs Albert Becker, Karlsruhe, 1939
4r3/Q7/1p4pk/2p4p/2b5/P3P3/5RPP/2q2NK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf1 Rxf1 Qxe3+ Kh1 Qf2 if Qa6 Re1 ]

d)
Wilfried Lange vs Max Eisinger, Karlsruhe, 1939
3r4/p1R1pk1p/1q1r1p2/1p6/7Q/5P1P/PP4P1/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ if Kh2 Qg1+ ]

e)
Ilya Rabinovich vs Alexanderr Tolush, Leningrad, 1939
r1b1qrk1/pp4pp/1b1pn1n1/3Q1p2/1P5B/2PB1N2/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ngf4 if Qxd6 Bc7 or if Qc4 d5 Qb5 Bd7 ]

f)
Walter Oswaldo Cruz vs Octavio Trompowsky, Rio de Janeiro, 1939
r3rnk1/1b2q1pp/p3p3/1p1pNp2/P1nP4/1QNBP3/1PR2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na5 if Qa3 b4 ]

g)
Harry Golombek vs Walter Ritson Morry, Hastings, 1939
1q3r1k/1p3p1p/p7/3p4/3PpR2/1P2P1n1/PB5K/3QN3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf1+ Kg1 Nxe3 ]


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