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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Josef Lokvenc.
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)
Josef Lokvenc vs Paul Leonhardt, Vienna, 1926
r1r3k1/pp1qpp2/6pB/1Pp5/4N3/P2bPQP1/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if exf6 Qxf6 mates ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Josef Lokvenc vs Endre Steiner, Vienna, 1928
1r1qnb2/3n4/2Bp4/1P1Pp1kp/N7/5P1P/2Q5/R6K w - - 1 0
[ Rg1+ Kf6 Qg6+ ]
c)
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+ Ke6 Rd6# ]
d)
Josef Lokvenc vs Fritz Igel, Vienna, 1936
r4rk1/2p3b1/p1np1pp1/1p2p2N/P2PP1n1/2P5/1PB2PP1/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb3+ Kh7 Nxg7 Kxg7 Bd5 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Josef Lokvenc vs W Puchl, Bad Elster, 1939
2b1R3/p2q2rk/3p2rp/1PpB1p1Q/2Pb1B2/3P2PP/7K/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh6 if Rxh6 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qxh6+ ]
1d)
Josef Lokvenc vs Fritz Igel
Josef Lokvenc puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Alfred Brinckmann vs Josef Lokvenc, Bad Oeynhausen, 1939
7k/4R2p/p5p1/3b4/6P1/5N2/r4PKP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra3 Re3 Rxe3 fxe3 a5 if Kf2 Bxf3 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Josef Lokvenc vs Schwammenhoeffer, Vienna, 1943
r4r1k/p3Nppp/1p6/1qnpB3/8/4Q1P1/P3PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ ]
c)
Vincenzo Castaldi vs Josef Lokvenc, Venice, 1948
3rr1k1/p1q2pp1/3b1n1p/n1p2b2/2P5/P2N3P/1P1NBPP1/R1BQ1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe7 if Re1 or Bf3 Bxd3 ]
d)
Stefan Witkowski vs Josef Lokvenc, Dresden, 1959
6k1/3q1pp1/2b2n2/p1p1pPp1/1pP1P3/1P2Q1N1/P1BrR1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2 Rxc2 Qd1+ ]
e)
Josef Lokvenc vs Karoly Honfi, Miskolc, 1963
3r2k1/5p2/6p1/3p3p/ppq1P3/b3BP2/P2R1KPP/Q7 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6 Rc8 Bh6 ]
2a)
Alfred Brinckmann vs Josef Lokvenc
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