'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1908.
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.
Jaques Schwartz vs Samsonov, Heidelberg, 1908
r2q1k1r/ppp1bB1p/2np4/6N1/3PP1bP/8/PPP5/RNB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Emanuel Lasker vs Broderson, Netherlands, 1908
6rk/pp3p1p/3RbP1Q/6p1/2P5/1P5P/P5P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8 ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Emanuel Lasker vs Fortuijn, Netherlands, 1908
3r1q1k/4Nppp/1p1P4/nPn5/R3Q3/7P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Dawid Janowski vs Frank Marshall, Suresne, 1908
4qk2/r7/2p1P1Q1/b1Pp4/1Pb4P/p1B1R1P1/P7/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Beniamin Blumenfeld vs Alexander Alekhine, Moscow, 1908
3r1b1k/pp4p1/2p1Qp2/5N2/PP2P3/2Pq1p2/5P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf1+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Frank Marshall, Prague, 1908
6k1/2Q2p1p/p4np1/6q1/3p4/1P3RNP/P4PPK/4r3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Dawid Janowski vs Fr Treybal, Prague, 1908
2b5/p4k2/3b2pp/2B2P1R/P1P1p3/1P2P2K/2r4P/6R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Jaroslav Engler vs L Taussig, Prague, 1908
1r6/p1p2p1k/1p1p4/4p3/3PPn1p/2PB2r1/P1P3pK/1RN1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...g1/Q+ Rxg1 Rh3# ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Heyermans vs Joseph Blackburne, Rotterdam, 1908
2krr3/pp3ppp/5n2/2b2P2/5B2/1BP2QNP/PP2pnP1/R3K2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Paul Johner vs Rudolf Swiderski, Dusseldorf, 1908
r1b2rk1/ppqnbp2/5n1p/4p3/2B4R/2N1PN2/PPQ2PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Emanuel Lasker vs W Gooding, Great Britain, 1908
r4r2/p5p1/1p1qpB2/2ppPP2/3P1R2/6R1/PPP1b2P/2K1k3 w - - 1 0
[ Bh4 if Bf3 Rg1+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Frank Marshall, Lodz, 1908
5b2/p1p1k2p/6p1/6N1/q1Pp1Q2/3P2B1/r6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Oldrich Duras vs Rudolf Swiderski, Vienna, 1908
q4r1k/6Rp/p4pb1/2p1p3/2Pp4/6QP/PP6/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Jacques Mieses vs Frank Marshall, Berlin, 1908
3r2k1/pp3ppp/2p5/PbKnPP2/1P6/6BP/6B1/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc7 if Bxc6 bxc6 ]

e)
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+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
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+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
NJ Roughton vs William Hughes, Cablematch, 1908
r5nr/2p2R2/2q4p/p2p1Qpk/8/3P3P/PPP2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7 if Nf6 g3 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Vladimir Nenarokov vs Alexander Alekhine, Moscow, 1908
rk1r4/p3n3/2R5/1pNpq2p/5p2/2P2PpP/Q5P1/2B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa6 if Qc7 Qxb5+ Qb6 Bxf4+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
BF Milnes vs James Hanham, New York, 1908
k6r/pp1N4/5p2/3Q4/3P2q1/2R5/PP3P2/5K2 w - - 1 0
[ Nb6+ if axb6 Ra3+ Kb8 Qd6+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Julius Brach vs Ferenc Chalupetzky, Prague, 1908
2kr4/1ppr2pp/p3Pp2/n3p3/4P3/2q1PN1P/P1PR1QP1/1KNR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc4 if Nd3 Na3+ ]

4a)
mate in 4
Jakob vs Jacques Mieses

Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Eugene Delmar vs Leon Rosen, Trenton Falls, 1908
5rk1/pQ6/3r3q/2p5/2PBp1p1/1P2P1P1/P7/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd4 exd4 Qe3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Jacques Mieses vs Frank Marshall, Vienna, 1908
4r1k1/1p3pp1/6q1/p1P3bp/NP5n/P1Q4P/2Pr1BP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3 g4 Qc6 ]

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+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
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 if Qa5 Qc3 ]

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 ]

6e)
Rasovsky vs Mikyska

Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kurt Von Bardeleben vs Manfred Jakob, Dusseldorf, 1908
r5k1/4brpp/4Qn2/pppqB3/3p4/1P1P3P/1PP3PN/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6 ]

b)
Paul Johner vs Dawid Przepiorka, Dusseldorf, 1908
r4r2/2q1Np1k/p2p1Ppp/1p6/3P1p2/5P2/PPnQ1P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rec1 (if Rac1 Nxe1 Rxc7 Nxf3+) ]

c)
Geza Maroczy vs Akiba Rubinstein, Prague, 1908
8/1Q5p/1p4nk/6p1/8/2P2N1q/PP2K3/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Nxg5+ ]

d)
Rudolf Spielmann vs F I Duz-Hotimirsky, Prague, 1908
3r3k/6pp/R1Q2pn1/2B5/3P4/7P/2q1r1P1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Ra8 if Rf8 Qc8 or if Ree8 Qxe8+ ]

e)
Frank Marshall vs Dawid Janowski, Suresne, 1908
3r3k/1b2qp1p/p3pp2/1p2P3/1Pn2Q2/P6P/5PP1/1BR3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh4 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1908, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Burgess vs Nixdorff, USA, 1908
rnbqkbnr/p3pppp/8/1p6/2pP4/4P3/1P3PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qf3 ]

b)
Savielly Tartakower vs Johann Berger, Vienna, 1908
2kr3r/pppb3p/1bn2Nqp/1B6/3P4/5N2/PP4PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nxd7 Rxd7 Bxc6 Qxc6 Ne5 ]

c)
Karel Treybal vs Paul Johner, Dusseldorf, 1908
2nb4/1r3kp1/2ppbp2/4p3/2P1P1P1/BPN2P2/4K3/1R3N2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb3 if Rxb3 Bxc4+ ]

d)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Emanuel Lasker, Dusseldorf, 1908
4r2k/p5p1/3p3p/1pb5/3N4/1B4N1/PPP2r1P/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd4 ]

e)
Emanuel Lasker vs Jiri Krejcik, Germany, 1908
8/p1rnk1pp/4pp2/2P5/R3NP2/3K4/P1P3PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f5 ]

f)
Emanuel Lasker vs EW Witchard, Great Britain, 1908
rnb1k3/pp4rN/2p2pn1/7Q/1b2PB1P/1BN1KR2/PPP3q1/R7 b q - 0 1
[ ...Rxh7 if Qxh7 Bc5+ mates ]

g)
Istvan Abonyi vs Karel Hromadka, Prague, 1908
r2q1rk1/pp2Qppp/2pP4/2b5/B5n1/2NN1b2/PPPP1P1P/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd6 if Qxd8 Bxh2# ]

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