Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1901.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a) 
White mates in 4.
Goncharev vs Frenkel, Moscow, 1901
r1bq1rk1/ppppnppp/2n5/6N1/1bB1P3/8/PB3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 h6 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ ]
b) 
White mates in 6.
Fox vs Johan Bauer, Washington, 1901
r1bqr1k1/ppp1bppp/2n3n1/4N2R/2pP1PP1/2PQ4/PP5P/R1B2BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 if fxg6 Bxc4+ or if hxg6 Nxg6 fxg6 Bxc4+ ]
c) 
George Marco vs Isidor Gunsberg, Monte Carlo, 1901
r1b1k3/1p1p2pp/1b3p2/p2q2N1/5P2/B7/PP2B1PP/2Q4K w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ g6 Qe1+ Kd8 Bf3 Qc4 Qe7+ mates ]
d) 
Chigorin & Allies vs Gonciarov & Tereschenko, Moscow, 1901
1r6/p3b1pk/1p1p2q1/2pPp3/1PP1Q3/P3B1P1/6P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf5 w/Rh5+ ]
e) 
Johannes Metger vs Julius Dimer, Kiev, 1901
r5k1/3q1pbp/2p1bBp1/1p1pP3/3P1P1Q/8/1PB3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f5 if gxf5 Qg3 mates or if Bxf5 Bxf5 Bxf6 exf6 ]
1a) 
mate in 4
Goncharev vs Frenkel
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