'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series



Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1910.
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.
Alexander Alekhine vs Paul Leonhardt, Hamburg, 1910
3q1r1k/1b1nNppp/4p3/1Nnp4/1R6/4PP2/2Q1B1PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
R Bauer vs Harry Davidson, Hamburg, 1910
3nR1bk/q5p1/p2r3p/1p4NQ/n4P2/2P5/PP4PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Rxg8+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Hans Johner vs R Bauer, Hamburg, 1910
8/3P4/4R1p1/2P1Nnkp/8/5P2/6PK/3r4 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Schapiro vs Schuster1, Hamburg, 1910
6rk/pp2Rp1p/2p4Q/3p4/3P1NP1/6KP/P1q5/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs C Jaffe, New York, 1910
r2q1r2/pb3p2/1p1bRnpk/2p1N3/2PP4/1P1Q4/P1B2PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
A Batori vs G Galletti, Viareggio, 1910
r3k2r/ppp2Rpp/2np1n2/4p1B1/2B1P3/2PP3Q/PP2K1PP/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kd8 Qd7# ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Hugo Suechting vs Eduard Dyckhoff, Hamburg, 1910
8/2p3rk/p5qp/2p5/8/1P3PrP/P1PQRR1K/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Savielly Tartakower vs E Schiffers, Poland, 1910
7Q/2pk1ppp/2p5/2bq1n2/1p2pP2/2P5/P2P2PP/RNB2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Fedor Dus Chotimirsky vs Robine, 1910
rnb1qk1r/ppp1n1p1/3P1b1p/7Q/2BP4/8/PPP4p/RNB2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ gxf3 Qxh6+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Richard Reti vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1910
rnb1kb1r/pp3ppp/2p5/4q3/4n3/3Q4/PPPB1PPP/2KR1BNR w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Bg5+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Savielly Tartakower vs B Jankowitsch, Hamburg, 1910
r4rb1/1ppq1p2/p2p1kPB/8/3PP3/1PN5/1PP4Q/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qh4+ if Kxg6 Qg5+ or if Ke6 d5+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
HG Daniel vs Roy Black, New York, 1910
2k5/ppp3Q1/3p4/2qNp3/2P5/3P2K1/P1P5/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Rosenthal vs Carl Ahues, Hamburg, 1910
7r/ppq2pk1/2Pb1pp1/5b2/2Q5/1B1P1R2/PPP1N1Pr/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc5+ if Qxc5 Rxg2+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Kerwel vs Willi Schlage, Hamburg, 1910
1r3qk1/2p1b1pp/Q2p4/8/B1PB4/2NP3b/PP4p1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ if Kh2 g1/Q+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Oskar Tenner vs H Wegemund, Hamburg, 1910
r1b2r2/p2p1pk1/1qp1pN1p/3nP1p1/2B4Q/3R4/PPP2PPP/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ Kxh6 Rh3+ Kg6 Bd3+ ]

3e)
mate in 4
Oskar Tenner vs H Wegemund

Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Mojsesz Lowtzky vs Anton Olson, Hamburg, 1910
5r1k/3q3p/p1pP4/2p2pQ1/r1P3R1/3P4/6PP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ if Rxf6 Rb8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
F I Duz-Hotimirsky vs Leo Forgacs, Hamburg, 1910
1R5R/p1Qb2r1/k5p1/1p1p2q1/1npP2P1/4PP2/PP6/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Rb6+ if Ka5 Qxa7+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Karel Hromadka vs Mathias Kuerschner, Hamburg, 1910
r3qr2/ppp1Npkp/3p2p1/4P1Bn/2BbP2Q/3P3P/PP4P1/n2K1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ Nxf6 Qxf6+ Kh6 Nf5+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Willi Schlage vs Fernandez, Hamburg, 1910
r1b2rk1/pp1qn3/2p3P1/3n2B1/1b1P2p1/5Q2/P3BP2/RN3K1R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ if Kxh8 Qh1+ or if Kg7 Qxf8+ Kxg6 Qh6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs Diurnbaum, Moscow, 1910
r1b2r2/2nkbBR1/p3p3/1pPpP3/1P1N1PQ1/2P4N/P2n3P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ if Nxe6 Qxe6+ or if Kd8 Nc6+ ]

"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com



Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Heilpern vs Pick, Vienna, 1910
r2q1r1k/ppp2p1p/2np1P2/2b2bNQ/2n5/7P/PB3PP1/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 if Rg8 Nxf7# ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Johannes Esser vs Oldrich Duras, Amsterdam, 1910
2rr1k2/5pp1/p2bp3/1p1B4/1PnP2Pq/P1B2P2/2Q1N1P1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh2+ if Kf1 Ne3# or if Kh1 Bg3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
Jacques Mieses vs Richard Teichmann, Berlin, 1910
3Q4/p1p2p1k/1p4p1/4r1B1/8/2P2qPK/PP5P/R5b1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf5+ Kg2 Re2+ if Kxg1 Qf2+ or if Kh1 Rxh2+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
F I Duz-Hotimirsky vs Carl Schlechter, Hamburg, 1910
5rk1/1p4pp/4pb2/2P4B/1P2p3/3p2P1/3N3P/qQK2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb2+ Kd1 Rxf1+ Nxf1 Qxb1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Roesch vs Willi Schlage, Hamburg, 1910
5rk1/2p1bppp/Q7/1p2n3/5n2/2Pq4/PP1P1PbP/RNBBR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 if Bxf3 Nxf3# ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Markus Brinkmann vs W Preiswerk, Hamburg, 1910
r5k1/pp3r1p/n3P1p1/1N1Nb3/1PPp4/P2B1R1P/5KPq/R2Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg3+ Kf1 Qh1+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
J Schenkein vs Rudolf Spielmann, Vienna, 1910
2k5/ppp5/6p1/4Qb2/1P4p1/P1K5/2P2q1P/RNB4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc2+ Kd4 Qd3+ Kc5 b6+ ]

c)
Henry Atkins vs Lewis, England, 1910
2b1rr1k/ppq2pp1/3p3p/8/3PP3/1B4R1/P2Q2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6 ]

d)
Richard Teichmann vs Wolf, 1910
r5kr/ppp2p1p/4b2B/4p2Q/2p3q1/2N5/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]

e)
Alexander Alekhine vs Gutkevitsch, Tula, 1910
r2qnrk1/pp1nbppp/2p1b2B/3p3N/3P1Q1P/2NB4/PPP2PP1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 if Nxg7 Qh6 mates ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jose Capablanca vs Michelsen, New York, 1910
r1b3r1/pp1k1q1p/2n2pN1/3p1N2/3P4/5Q1R/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 if Qxh7 Qxd5+ Ke8 Re1+ ]

b)
Mojsesz Lowtzky vs Thoenes, Hamburg, 1910
r1b1k2r/1pqn1pp1/2p4p/2Q1pP2/p3P3/P1N2N1P/1PP3P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if Qd8 Nd6+ Kf8 Nxc8+ ]

c)
Emanuel Lasker vs David Janowski, Berlin, 1910
2r3k1/p3qppp/2pr4/Q2b4/1P2p3/4P3/P3BPPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 Rxd5 Qxd5 cxd5 Rxc8+ ]

d)
Rudolf Spielmann vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1910
rn1q1rk1/pp2bppp/4b3/2pn4/4B3/2B2NN1/PPPQ1PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Nh5+ Kg8 Qh6 mates ]

e)
Steiner vs Neumann, Hamburg, 1910
1r2qk2/2p5/p1nb1B2/1p1N3p/2n2P2/2P2Q2/PP6/2K3R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Kf7 Bh6 Ke6 f5+ ]

7c)
Emanuel Lasker vs David Janowski

Chess puzzles from games of 1910, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Paul Leonhardt vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Hamburg, 1910
r1n2Q2/p1q4k/2p3pp/3p1B2/3N4/2P5/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxg6+ Kxg6 Qf5+ Kg7 Ne6+ ]

b)
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Abraham Speijer, Hamburg, 1910
4rrk1/1ppnq1p1/1p5p/nP2pp1b/P1P5/3P1N2/1Q1B1PPP/R3RBK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb4 if Nc5 d4 ]

c)
Moishe Lowcki vs Zimmer, Hamburg, 1910
6k1/4bppp/p1r1bn2/1p1pq1B1/8/P2QPB1P/1P2NPP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd4 if Rc8 Bf4 or if Qxg5 Nxc6 ]

d)
Rudolf Spielmann vs Jacques Mieses, Regensburg, 1910
5rr1/pp1R3p/1q6/k1p1Q3/P6P/1PpB4/K5P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb7 if Qxb7 Qxc5+ mates or if Rxg2+ Ka3 ]

e)
Alfredo Israel vs Emanuel Lasker, Buenos Aires, 1910
7k/1p4pp/2p5/1pBp4/1P6/rNPn3P/P1Q1q3/RK6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Nc1 Rxc3 ]

f)
Studt vs Bergmann, Hamburg, 1910
5k2/pq4pp/5r2/1p3nQ1/2pPpPN1/P3P2r/1P2R2P/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...h6 ]

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