King-pawn Opening Tactics Series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1912.
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.
Lajos Asztalos vs Herland, Breslau, 1912
3qkb1Q/p2nnp1N/4p2B/1p1pP1p1/2pP2P1/2P2N2/PP3PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ Nxf8 Nf6# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Prusse vs Wodicka, Breslau, 1912
b1rq3r/2p3kB/pnP1R3/1p1n1Q2/8/2P3B1/PP3PPP/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rg6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
J Esser vs Warren, England, 1912
r2qkb1r/ppp2ppp/3p1n2/4N1B1/2B1P3/2N5/PP3PPP/R2b1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Ke7 Nd5# ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Benjamin Leussen vs Joseph Henry Blake, London, 1912
r1bQ1b1r/1p2nppp/p1k5/1R6/2P5/4KP2/6PP/7R w - - 1 0
[ Rb6+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Sergey Freiman vs Moishe Lowcki, Opatija, 1912
8/pp2n1r1/1n2RN1p/1kp5/8/1B6/PPPB3P/7K w - - 1 0
[ a4+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Vratislav Hora vs Oldrich Duras, Pisek, 1912
5r1k/1p4p1/p3Q2p/5p1b/1P3P2/P2q3P/1Br3P1/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
M Lowtzky vs Amos Burn, Breslau, 1912
4r1k1/ppp3b1/6Q1/3P4/2P2p1R/2N2n2/PPKN3R/6r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4+ ]
c)
Black mates in 2.
Alexander Flamberg vs Oldrich Duras, Opatija, 1912
r1b3k1/ppp3pp/8/3pB3/1P1P4/3K1P2/PP1n1q1P/R2Q3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Gregory vs Kjell Krantz, Breslau, 1912
8/5p2/3Qbkr1/pp4N1/8/6P1/PPq2P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4+ Kxg5 Qf4+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Carl Carls vs Rudolf Spielmann, Breslau, 1912
r2q1bk1/pp2r3/3p2B1/3P2Q1/3p3P/3P2P1/PP2P3/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ if Kh7 Qg8+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Karel Treybal vs Amos Burn, Breslau, 1912
4R3/2p4k/p2b2p1/2pQ3p/2Pp2bq/3P2N1/P1P4P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kh6 Rh8+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
WE Mason vs J Connell, Napier, 1912
r3b1r1/1np1Ppbk/p2p3p/1p1P1P2/1P3Q1P/2P5/P1BB2P1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ f6+ Kh8 Qf5 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Alexander Flamberg, Opatija, 1912
4r2r/p6p/4N3/k2p4/8/2PP4/P1q3PP/1R2Q2K w - - 1 0
[ c4+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Johannes Giersing vs Adolf Olland, Stockholm, 1912
2rkr3/pp3Rpp/8/1PPq4/2p2Q2/B7/P4PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg5+ if Qxg5 Rd1+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Joel Fridlizius vs Alexander Alekhine, Stockholm, 1912
5r1k/1b2Np1q/p4P2/1p1p4/2rR3Q/1B5P/PP4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc4 if dxc4 Qxh7+ ]
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Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Gyula Foldes vs Lajos Asztalos, Temesvar, 1912
2N5/1p6/5ppp/k1p5/2K5/P6P/1P1N1Pn1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nb3+ Ka6 Nxc5+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Gyula Breyer vs Frank Marshall, Breslau, 1912
6k1/b2p2pp/3P4/1pr2p2/1R1K4/1Q1B2q1/8/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc4+ Kd5 Qe3 ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Sergey Freiman vs Erich Cohn, Opatija, 1912
2r5/pp4k1/3p4/4pn2/KP6/3q4/P7/R3Q2R b - - 0 1
[ ...b5+ Ka5 Qa3+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Lowenborg vs Fritz Englund, Stockholm, 1912
1k6/2p2p1p/p7/1pb1P3/2b2BBR/1P6/P2r1r1P/R3K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb4 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Ottensooser vs Boris Maljutin, Breslau, 1912
4k2r/p7/4qP2/1p4Qp/2p5/3R4/PP4PP/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ if Qf7 Qe4+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Svensson vs J Alderson, corr., 1912
r1bq1b1r/pppp1kpp/5P2/6Q1/8/2N2N2/Pn3PPP/4RK1R w - - 1 0
[ Ne5+ Ke6 Nc6+ Kf7 Nxd8+ Kg8 f7# ]
b)
White mates in 4.
CJ Barry vs TP Kane, Dublin, 1912
2b2rrk/pp4p1/1qp1p1Qp/4P2N/3P2p1/1B6/PP5P/2RR3K w - - 1 0
[ Bc2 Rf5 Bxf5 exf5 Nf6 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
H James vs EJ Miles, Napier, 1912
2rq3k/1b1nbrpB/1p5p/p2p4/3p1N2/4P3/PPQ2PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Kxh7 Nf8+ Kg8 Qh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
P Ferret vs Amateur, Paris, 1912
r1k1nr2/ppp3b1/2n1b1Bp/q2NP3/8/3QB1P1/PPP4P/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Nxd8 Rxd8+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Sergey Freiman vs Alexander Alekhine, Vilnius, 1912
5Q2/p5pk/1r5p/1P6/2Bqp3/P7/1P3p2/K4R1R w - - 1 0
[ Bg8+ if Kg6 Rhg1+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Stepan Levitsky vs Sergey Freiman, Vilnius, 1912
3r3k/3b1Qpp/p2P1b2/r5N1/1p6/qP4R1/3B1PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 if gxf6 Nf7# ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Dawid Janowski vs Frank Marshall, Biarritz, 1912
7k/ppp2pp1/8/8/1B1P4/5r1b/P3rP1P/2RB2KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf6 if Bc2 Rxc2 ]
c)
Black mates in 4.
Weiss vs Endre Steiner, Breslau, 1912
2k3rr/pp6/4p3/2PpP3/4qp2/PP6/1B3QpP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2 if Kxh2 g1/Q+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
J Gelabert vs Juan Corzo y Prinzipe, Habana, 1912
8/8/8/1R2p3/1P3k2/1P4p1/1r6/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...g2+ Kg1 Kg3 ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
J Grierson vs E Hicks, Napier, 1912
1k6/1pp5/p7/n6q/3P4/1PP5/P4r2/K1Q1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxb3+ ]
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Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Johannes Esser vs Henry Baudet, Delft, 1912
1r4k1/3b1p2/2p1nQpP/2p1p3/3qP1R1/5P1P/N7/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa1+ Kd2 Qxa2+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Karel Hromodka vs K Rausch, Vilnius, 1912
8/8/8/8/4K3/8/3Q1p2/6k1 w - - 0 1
[ Kf3 if f1/Q+ Kg3 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Simon Alapin, Vilnius, 1912
r1b1k2r/1p2bppp/p1n2q2/8/8/5B2/PPPQ1P1P/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6+ Bd7 Qxd7 Kf8 Qd8+ ]
d)
White mates in 5.
Karoly Sterk vs Frank J Marshall, Bad Pistyan, 1912
6k1/1pp1rpp1/1b4Pn/pP2p2Q/P1B5/r1PP4/6RP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6 if Re8 or gxh6 gxf7+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Von Lowenborg vs Otto Wegemund, Breslau, 1912
2r4k/4N1pn/3r1p1p/4pP2/4P2P/2qB4/3Q2PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Kg8 Qa2+ ]
7c)
mate in 5
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Simon Alapin
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Fedor Dus Chotimirsky vs Alexander Alekhine, St.Petersburg, 1912
1q2r2k/7p/5RpB/5b2/p2P4/2Q1p3/1PP5/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 d5+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Zsigmond Barasz vs Pesitz, Temesvar, 1912
r4r2/2p1q2k/p4p1p/4pP2/1pP5/4Q1R1/PPB5/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ Kxh6 Kg2 if Qf7 Rh1+ ]
c)
Black mates in 5.
Waidl vs Bernhard Gregory, Breslau, 1912
R7/6pk/7p/4Bp2/5PbK/1P2p1PP/8/4bB1r b - - 0 1
[ ...e2 if Bg2 Bxg3+ ]
e)
White mates in 6.
Richard Reti vs Oldrich Duras, Abbazia, 1912
r2qr1k1/pp1n2p1/5p2/2PpB2Q/3P4/2P2N2/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if Nf8 or fxg5 Qf7+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Sergey Von Freiman vs Oldrich Duras, Abbazia, 1912
r1b1k3/pppp3p/2n3pB/4P3/2B1N3/2P3pn/P1P3KP/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ if cxd6 Rf8+ Ke7 Rf7+ Ke8 exd6 ]
b)
White mates in 7.
Edward Lasker vs George Thomas, London, 1912
rn3rk1/pbppq1pp/1p2pb2/4N2Q/3PN3/3B4/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Nxf6+ Kh6 Neg4+ Kg5 h4+ Kf4 g3+ Kf3 0-0 ]
c)
White mates in 10.
Hartlaub vs Testa, Bremen, 1912
rn3rk1/pppq1ppp/3p4/4n3/2BQ4/8/PB3P1P/R5RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kh8 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh4+ Kg6 Rg1+ Kf5 Rg5+ Kf6 Rg4+ ]
d)
H Baudet vs Strick Van Linschote, The Hague, 1912
5r1k/R2n2pp/1pq5/3pP3/3P1p2/3P1Q2/6PP/6BK w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 if Rd8 e6 ]
e)
Richard Reti vs Rudolf Spielmann, Abbazia, 1912
r1bq2rk/ppp4p/1n4nQ/3P1p1N/2BP4/8/PPP3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ d6 if Nxc4 Re7 Nxe7 Qf6+ or if Qf8 Re8 Qxe3 Nf6 ]
9b)
mate in 7
Edward Lasker vs George Thomas
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Paul Leonhardt vs NN, Hamburg, 1912
r1bqk2r/pp1nbppp/2pp3n/4p1N1/P1BPP3/8/1PP2PPP/RNBQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Nxf7 Ne6 if Qa5+ Bd2 Qb6 a5 Qxb2 Bc3 traps the Q ]
b)
Walter Von Holtzhausen vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Frankfurt, 1912
r1bqr1k1/pppnbppp/2np4/8/2BNP3/2N4P/PPP2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Ne6 Kxe6 Qd5+ mates ]
c)
Stephen Wood vs Oscar Muller, London CC Champ, 1912
r3q1r1/pp2nbpk/4p2p/2p1Pp1N/8/1P1PP1RQ/P1P3PP/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ if Rxg7 Nf6+ or if Kh8 Nf6 ]
d)
Richard Reti vs Sergey Freiman, Opatija, 1912
r1b2qrk/ppp4p/1n1P2nQ/5p1N/2BP4/8/PPP3PP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8 Qxe8 Nf6 ]
e)
Frantisek Treybal vs Karel Hromadka, Prague, 1912
r2qkb1r/pp1npp2/2p3p1/6N1/3P3p/4Q3/PPb1BPPP/R1B1K2R w KQq - 1 0
[ Bc4 e6 Nxf7 if Kxf7 Qxe6+ mates ]
10a)
Paul Leonhardt vs NN
Chess puzzles from games of 1912, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Paul Leonhardt vs Leo Forgacs, San Sebastian, 1912
5k2/1b1rnpp1/p3p2p/1p2P3/1P2N3/PB6/5PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc5 if Rc7 Nxe6+ ]
b)
Joel Fridlizius vs Gustaf Nyholm, Stockholm, 1912
6k1/pp6/2p1P1pP/8/4NK2/8/8/1r6 w - - 1 0
[ h7+ if Kxh7 e7 ]
c)
Zoltan Balla vs Lajos Merenyi, Temesvar, 1912
4k3/3n1ppp/p2Bpb2/P7/n1N5/1p2PB2/1P2KPPP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6 if Nxb2 Nb6 ]
d)
Oldrich Duras vs Dawid Przepiorka, Breslau, 1912
6k1/pb2r1pp/1p2p3/2q1Q1P1/8/2P5/PP4PP/4RN1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf2 if Qg3 Bxg2+ ]
e)
EJ Miles vs A Gyles, Napier, 1912
rnbqk2r/pp3ppp/5b2/3Q4/8/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 1 0
[ ...Bxc3+ ]
f)
A Gyles vs H James, Napier, 1912
1k3r2/ppp4p/8/1P5n/2PqP2Q/P2p1N2/5RPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if gxf3 d2 ]
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