Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1900.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Donisthorpe vs NN, England, 1900
r2q1b1r/pppbk2p/3p1pB1/3Pp2Q/2P5/4B2P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5+ if fxe5 Bg5# or if dxe5 Bc5# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Pulitzer vs George Marco, Vienna, 1900
r2k2nr/pp1b1Q1p/2n4b/3N4/3q4/3P4/PPP3PP/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Distl vs Rozsypal, Prague, 1900
r1b1kb1r/pp2nppp/2pQ4/8/2q1P3/8/P1PB1PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Ba5+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
James Mason vs NN, London, 1900
r4r1k/ppp2qpp/1b1p4/3NnP1Q/1PB1PR2/8/P6P/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Qh5 Rxh5+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Harry Pillsbury vs Howell, Brooklyn, 1900
r1bq2n1/ppp3Rr/6np/7k/2BBp1p1/2N3P1/PPP3K1/R2Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 Rxg7 Qh1+ Kg5 Nxe4+ ]
1e)
mate in 5
Harry Pillsbury vs Howell
1900 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win.
a)
J Lynch vs Carranza, Buenos Aires, 1900
1rb2k1r/3p1ppp/p1nP2q1/5n2/Q1B5/B4N2/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6 if dxc6 d7+ mates ]
b)
Giacomo Bertino vs Stinchi, corr., 1900
r1q1kb1r/3b1pp1/pBn1p3/1p2P3/6n1/1NN5/PPPQ2BP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7+ Qxd7 Rxd7 Kxd7 Rd1+ Kc8 Bxc6 ]
c)
Potter vs Mathews, USA, 1900
r2qkbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/2p1n3/2B3b1/2Pp1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 Bxd1 Bb5+ Ke7 Bg5+ f5 Ng6+ mates ]
d)
Carl Walbrodt vs Gerald Loew, Germany, 1900
rnb3r1/ppp1kq1p/5p1Q/8/5P2/5p2/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Qxc4 Qxh7+ ]
e)
Finn vs Nugent, New York, 1900
r4bkr/pppq2pp/2n1R3/6N1/2pp2P1/5Q2/PPP2P1P/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Qxe7 Qd5+ or if Ne5 Rxd7 ]
f)
Falkbeer vs Zitorgski, 1900
rnb1k1nr/pppp1ppp/8/2b4q/2B1P3/2P2N2/P3QPPP/RNB1K2R w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qg6 Ne5 ]
g)
Heinrich Wolf vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Munich, 1900
r1nqr1k1/ppp1b2p/5ppB/2nP4/3Q4/2N5/PPB2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 Bxd6 Qd5+ Kh8 Qf7 ]
2b)
Giacomo Bertino vs Stinchi
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