Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1908.
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.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Rudolf Spielmann, Prague, 1908
5r2/pq4k1/1pp1Qn2/2bp1PB1/3R1R2/2P3P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6+ Rxf6 Rg4+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Jakob vs Jacques Mieses, Dusseldorf, 1908
2r2r2/7k/5pRp/5q2/3p1P2/6QP/P2B1P1K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6+ Kxh6 Qh4+ Qh5 f5+ ]
c) 
White mates in 5.
Milan Vidmar, Sr vs Oldrich Duras, Prague, 1908
2n1r2k/1pqr2R1/p3b3/2pp3P/5P2/3BP3/PP4Q1/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qg6 Bf5 Bxf5 ]
d) 
White mates in 6.
Eduardo Cavrel vs G Helbach, Hampstead, 1908
r1b3k1/2p2rpp/pqN5/1pb1NP2/6P1/2P5/PP1Q2P1/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ if Bf8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Ne7+ Kh8 Nf7+ or if Rf8 Qd5+ Kh8 Ng6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 7.
G Fluss vs NN, Budapest, 1908
r3k3/ppp1B3/3p2p1/3N4/2P5/7Q/PP2nPPP/q4B1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxc7+ Kxe7 Nd5+ Kf7 Qh7+ Ke6 Qxg6+ ]
1b) 
mate in 4
Jakob vs Jacques Mieses
1908 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win except where noted.
a) 
Frank Marshall vs Jacques Mieses, Berlin, 1908
r2Q4/pbR2pkp/1p1Nq1p1/3p4/1n6/3BP3/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Rxd8 Nxd8+ ]
b) 
Jacques Mieses vs Frank Marshall, Berlin, 1908
1knr3r/1p6/1B1q1p2/Q4Bp1/6Pp/7P/P4P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc8 Kxc8 Rc1+ Kd7 Qf5+ Ke8 Qg6+ if Ke7 Bc5 ]
c) 
F Puts vs C Nijssen, Haarlem, 1908
rnk4r/pp2R1pp/1qp1N3/3pP2b/3P4/B7/P1P3PP/Q5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc5 ]
d) 
Hugo Suchting vs Paul Johner, Dusseldorf, 1908
2r3k1/1q2bp1p/p5p1/np1n2B1/3N1QN1/3B3P/bP3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Nh6+ Kh8 Rxe7 ]
e) 
Rasovsky vs Mikyska, corr., 1908
rnbq1rk1/pp1p1ppp/2p5/3NP2Q/2B5/8/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ gxf6 Bd3 f5 Bxf5 mates ]
2e) 
Rasovsky vs Mikyska
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