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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1906.
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.
Edward Schrader vs Louis Uedemann, Chicago, 1906
5b2/pB5p/1n3Pp1/7k/3pNR2/3Pr2b/PPP4P/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rg5+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Friedrich Koehnlein vs Klein, Nuremberg, 1906
r6k/ppp4p/2n3pN/b2qP1B1/8/2PP1r2/P1P2QPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Frank Hering vs Hartel, Nuremberg, 1906
r7/kp4pp/p7/5p1b/2BN1P2/B1P1r3/P5PP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
N Shoup vs Frank Marshall, Sioux City, 1906
1rb2k1r/p1p1bppp/2B5/6q1/8/8/PPP2PPP/RN1QR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd8+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Sandor Renyi vs Lajos Merenyi, Gyor, 1906
4rrk1/ppq4p/2pb4/3p2N1/3Pn1P1/2P5/PP3PP1/R1Q1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1906, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
R Raubitschek vs Jose Raul Capablanca, New York, 1906
2k3r1/ppp1qp2/4bQ2/8/3P4/N1P5/PP3Rr1/R1B2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc4+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Loyd vs Gerald Moore, USA, 1906
2b2r2/1pn3pk/r7/p3N3/2Q2p1N/7R/Pq4PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Qe6 if Nxe6 Nf5+ or if Rxe6 Nhg6+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Harsen Smith vs George Wolbrecht, Chicago, 1906
3r4/p1p1k1p1/1r6/b6Q/2P5/2qB1R2/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ if Ke6 Qg6+ or if Ke8 Rxg7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Sandor Renyi vs Zsigmond Barasz, Gyor, 1906
4rr2/1b5Q/4k3/3pP3/pqp2P2/4P3/PP2K2P/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg6+ if Kf5 Rh6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, New York, 1906
kr2r3/pRp3pp/Q1P5/5R2/Pp1q4/3pp2P/6PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxa7 Qxa7 Ra5 if Rb7 Qxb7# ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1906, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Leo Forgacs vs Hans Fahrni, Nuernberg, 1906
r5r1/p5q1/bp5R/2kPpP2/4P3/2P4Q/P2B1K1P/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rc6+ Kb5 a4+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Paul Johner vs Walter Gattie, Ostend, 1906
7k/1p2q1r1/p3pN2/3pP3/1P1Pb2p/P3Q3/7K/6R1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ if Bh7 Qxh7+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Oldrich Duras vs A Kist, Prague, 1906
6k1/pb2r1pp/1p1qP3/7Q/3Ppp2/1P2P2P/P5R1/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Rxg7 Qf7+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Mikhail Chigorin vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky, St.Petersburg, 1906
3r2k1/p2bRr1p/6NQ/1pp2p2/7P/2qPR3/5PPK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7 if Kxf7 Re7+ ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Lajos Merenyi vs Jeno Szekely, Gyor, 1906
2k4r/ppp2ppp/3r4/2b1P3/2P1KP1q/2N2P2/PPQ4P/R4B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...f5+ if exf6 Re8+ or if Kxf5 Rf8+ ]
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Chess puzzles from games of 1906, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Shtraus vs Cukkenbekker, Vienna, 1906
rnb2rk1/ppp2pp1/3p3p/2bP2NQ/6q1/2PB4/P2K1PPP/R1B1R3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ Rxf7 Re8+ Rf8 Bh7+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Cook vs A Mueller, Bristol, 1906
rnbq1rk1/pp2bp1p/4p1p1/2pp2Nn/5P1P/1P1BP3/PBPP2P1/RN1QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxh5 if gxh5 Bxh7# or if Bxg5 Qxh7+ Kxh7 hxg5 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Frank Marshall vs Hans Fahrni, Nuernberg, 1906
3q2k1/2r5/5P2/1p5Q/b5p1/P7/4BPPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc7 Qxc7 Qe8+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Richard Teichmann vs Dawid Janowski, Ostend, 1906
1r5r/3R3p/pp2B1k1/5p2/P3bQpq/B7/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ Kg7 Bh5+ Kf6 Qh6+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Oldrich Duras vs V Hasak, Prague, 1906
r5rk/pp2bp1p/2p2p1Q/3b1P2/1q2pR2/3pB2P/PP4P1/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1906, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Oldrich Duras vs F Matousek, Prague, 1906
4r1k1/1p1q1ppp/p1pp4/5PQ1/2n1r3/P6P/1PP1RPP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ f6 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Samuel Bampton vs Emanuel Lasker, USA, 1906
1qb2k2/pr5p/4pp2/1pb2p1N/5P2/4P1Q1/PP2B1PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ if Ke7 Qg8 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Fleuss, Zuerich, 1906
2k3r1/p1p2p1p/2p1pp2/2P5/8/6Pq/P1P1BP1P/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rab1 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Dawid Janowski vs Dawid Przepiorka, Nuernberg, 1906
6k1/2p2ppp/p1p2P2/2p5/5P2/1Q1q1P2/PP2r2P/1R2B1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg6+ Bg3 Qxb1+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Rudolf Raubitschek vs Emanuel Lasker, Trenton Falls, 1906
r3k3/1pp3p1/1pn1q1P1/3bp1Q1/4Nn1N/3P3r/PPP2P1P/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ if Kxh2 Qh3+ or if Kg1 Rh1+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1906, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Milan Vidmar, Sr vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Nuremberg, 1906
r1r5/2Rb2q1/p1N1k3/1p1p1pPQ/1P1PnB2/P7/5P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4+ if fxe4 Qh3+ Kf7 Qxd7+ or if dxe4 d5+ Kxd5 Qd1+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Gregory vs Lowy, Nuremberg, 1906
3R1N2/p1r3p1/1p5p/4kP2/1n2P1P1/2p1K2P/P7/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ Kf6 e5+ Kg5 Kf3 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Oldrich Duras vs Dawid Janowski, Nuernberg, 1906
8/1p2R1pk/pq4p1/2p1p2n/2P1P3/1P2PN1Q/1P2K3/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5+ Kh6 Nf7+ Kh7 Re8 ]
d)
Geza Maroczy vs Osip Bernstein, Ostende, 1906
3r3r/pp4k1/2pq1pp1/8/2P1R1P1/4Q3/P1P2R1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ c5 if Qd5 Re7+ Kg8 Rd2 ]
e)
Arturo Reggio vs Erhard Post, Ostende, 1906
1r2r1q1/ppp3pp/2nk1p2/1QR5/3P4/4BP2/PP2KP1P/3R4 w - - 0 1
[ d5 if Ne7 Bf4# ]
6b)
mate in 5
Gregory vs Lowy
Chess puzzles from games of 1906, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Oldrich Duras vs Heinrich Wolf, Nuernberg, 1906
5rk1/pp1P1rpp/2p5/4P3/4b3/1B4P1/P1P3PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+ Ke7 Rxf8 ]
b)
Carl Schlechter vs Dawid Przepiorka, Nuernberg, 1906
r1bqr1k1/p1R1bp1p/1p4p1/3pB2Q/3p4/3BP3/PP3PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6 if fxg6 Qh6 ]
c)
Heinrich Wolf vs Walter John, Ostend, 1906
5k2/rb3p2/pp5p/2bpQBq1/2P5/8/PP3PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ h4 if Qg8 Qb8+Kg7 Qxa7 ]
d)
JC Eppens vs Louis Uedemann, Chicago, 1906
4rr1k/3b4/3Q2p1/1p2R1p1/1P1NPp2/1B3PnP/5qPK/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh3 if Rg1 Nf1+ or if Kxh3 Nxe4 ]
e)
Hans Fahrni vs Milan Vidmar, Nuernberg, 1906
r5k1/pp3p1p/1b4p1/1q1P4/PP1p4/5Q2/3B1PPP/R3K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8+ if Be3 Qxb4+ or if Kd1 Qf1+ ]
f)
Julius Perlis vs Dawid Janowski, Ostend, 1906
4r3/p2P2kp/5p2/2q1r1p1/6R1/1Q5P/P5P1/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ Kh2 Qg1+ Kg3 Re3+ ]
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