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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1913.
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.
Emanuel Lasker vs Fritz Englund, Scheveningen, 1913
2kr1b1r/pp3ppp/2p1b2q/4B3/4Q3/2PB2R1/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Amos Pokorny vs K Weber, Ceska Trebova, 1913
2kqr2r/pp1nbp2/2p3p1/2Pp3n/QP1P1Bb1/P2B2Pp/4NP1P/R3RNK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxc6+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Alexander Alekhine vs Ovsiannikov/Ukhtomsk, Kazan, 1913
2B2r2/3R3p/2p1k3/8/2KP4/5R2/P6P/1q6 w - - 1 0
[ Rdf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Fleishauer vs Valentiner, Leipzig, 1913
r2rn1k1/pp2Q3/2q1P1pB/3p4/2pP2B1/2P5/P1P3PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf1 ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Ronald Scott vs Hanson, London, 1913
1Q1b2r1/6k1/p1qN3p/1pp5/3p4/2P4P/PPB3P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rf7+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Otto Loewenborg vs R Stoklaska, Mlada Boleslav, 1913
4r3/5Nkp/4P2n/2p1P3/2q2P1Q/7P/r1P4K/2B5 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
F Kelling vs T Maunsell, Nelson, 1913
r1bq2nr/p1ppk1pp/2p5/2b1N2Q/4p3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Charles Jaffe vs H Liebenstein, New York, 1913
r3kq2/pp6/2p1B2Q/7p/6p1/8/2P2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Oscar Chajes vs Harry Kline, New York, 1913
r3nk2/p1q1bppQ/2p3n1/1p4P1/5P2/2Nr4/PPPBN3/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Mlotkowsky vs Frederik Deacon, Philadelphia, 1913
rnbq2kr/ppp3pp/4P2n/3p2NQ/4p3/B1P5/P1P2PPP/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qf7+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Gyula Breyer vs Fritz Englund, Sheveningen, 1913
5k1r/1pq1nppp/8/1p1R4/1B6/8/P1P1QPPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Jan Willem Te Kolste vs Abraham Speyer, Sheveningen, 1913
2q1r1b1/1p6/pnn1P2k/2rp1QN1/8/2P5/PP4PP/2B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Ralf Stehning vs Rainer Deutsch, Braunfels, 1913
5qrr/1p2p1k1/p3b1p1/3p1pP1/3P1P1R/2P4R/P1PKB3/7Q w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs J Pomerantz, London, 1913
4k1rr/1pR5/p2Q2n1/5q2/2BP2pp/6B1/PP5P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
F Krticka vs Josef Dobias, Ceska Trebova, 1913
3k1bnr/p1p2ppp/8/1q2Bb2/3P4/8/PP3PPP/Q3K1NR b - - 0 1
[ ...Bb4+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
K Meissner vs Metodej Gargulak, Mlada Boleslav, 1913
8/pQp1k1p1/3p3p/3P4/4q3/2P4b/PP3rP1/3R1B1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Arnoldo Ellerman vs V Sarracan, Buenos Aires, 1913
6rb/1p2k3/p2p1nQ1/q1p1p2r/B1P1P3/2N4P/PP4P1/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5+ Kd8 Qxg8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Kornel Havasi vs Janos Hody, Debrecen, 1913
r5k1/ppp2p2/5P1Q/3p2r1/8/3Bq3/P1P3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Maximilian Fleissig vs Emanuel Lasker, Germany, 1913
r6k/6Rp/4n3/pp3r2/2P1R3/1P4QP/5PPK/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Frank Marshall vs Oscar Chajes, Habana, 1913
8/5R1p/7k/4R3/p4pP1/8/rr2B2P/4K3 w - - 1 0
[ Re6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Oscar Tenner vs Julius Brach, Mlada Boleslav, 1913
2r1b1nQ/pp1k4/5RPp/3r4/6q1/3B4/PPP3P1/1K2R3 w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Ernst Jacobson vs V Kornia, Mlada Boleslav, 1913
r1b2k2/pp1pRp1p/3B2p1/8/2B5/8/PP3KPP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ Kg8 Rxd7+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine, St. Petersburg, 1913
6n1/5R2/8/p2pP2p/P2P2kN/1P4P1/2r1b2P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ Kh3 Ng2 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Corrado Buono vs Pietro Belli, Bologna, 1913
3N1r2/1b2kp1Q/pN3Rp1/3pP3/8/3Pq3/PP4PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ if Rxf7 Qxf7+ or if Ke8 Rxf8+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Lajos Asztalos vs Rudolf Spielmann, Budapest, 1913
1R1n3r/2pkb3/3p4/3Qp3/4P3/P1P1B1r1/6q1/1R2KN2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe3+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
G Dodds vs E Hicks, Nelson, 1913
r3k3/pp6/1np2p2/4Pb2/1bP3p1/1BN1B1r1/PP2Q1Pq/2R1RK2 b q - 0 1
[ ...Bd3 ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Arnold Van Foreest vs Frederick Yates, Sheveningen, 1913
5k1r/ppp2pp1/5n1p/3P4/1PP1q3/5r2/P1PQ3P/RN4KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ Qg2 Qd4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Rudolf Janas vs Josu Tornay Gomez, Braunfels, 1913
4q3/pQp2pkp/2p3p1/3p4/2nP4/P4PB1/2P3PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe3+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Young vs Frank Marshall, Pardentown, 1913
rnb2b1r/ppp1n1kp/3p1q2/7Q/4PB2/2N5/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ if Kg8 Rxf6 Ng6 Qd5+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Richard Reti vs Viktor Dyk, Mlada Boleslav, 1913
7r/1p3kpp/p4p2/2R5/8/1PP2QP1/1q3PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qd5+ if Kg6 Qe4+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Oscar Tenner vs Frantisek Treybal, Mlada Boleslav, 1913
1n3kbQ/r2q4/p2p2p1/1p3pN1/P1pP4/4R3/1PB2PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ if Bf7 Rh3 or if Qf7 Ne6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Jeno Szekely vs Gyula Breyer, Budapest, 1913
7r/4kppp/8/r4b2/2Pp4/nP3P2/1K2PP1P/R4B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxc4+ bxc4 Rb8+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Onderka vs NN, Austria, 1913
2r1kb1r/pp3ppp/2n1q3/1Np1p1B1/8/5Q2/PPP3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nc7+ Rxc7 Qxc6+ Qd7 Rxd7 ]

d)
Saviely Tartakower vs Arthur Kaufmann, Vienna, 1913
1knr1q1r/1pp2p1p/p2p4/3P4/BR3P2/2Q3P1/PPP5/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7+ if Kxb7 Qc6+ ]

e)
Joseph Blackburne vs Loye, London, 1913
r1nqkb1r/pp1b1ppp/2np4/1N2p3/4PB2/2N3P1/PPP2PBP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]

7c)
mate in 5
Onderka vs NN

Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hartlaub vs Fleischer, Wiesbaden, 1913
r1b2r2/bpqp1p1k/p1n1pp2/4P3/1P3P2/P3pN2/2P3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 Qh5+ Kg7 Qxg5+ mates ]

b)
Bernat Steiner vs Kalman Kulcsar, Debrecen, 1913
1r1r3k/pbQ1bp1p/1p2pp2/1Bq5/8/2P1N1P1/PP3P1P/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ Rxd8 Qxb7 ]

c)
Rafael Blanco Estera vs Corzo Y Prinzipe, Habana 1913
r4rk1/ppp2p2/1b4bQ/4P1N1/3p4/6RP/P5PK/1q6 w - - 1 0
[ Nh7 if f6 Rxg6+ ]

d)
Frank Marshall vs Abraham Kupchik, Habana, 1913
2RR4/p4prk/5p2/r6p/5KPP/4P3/8/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kg6 gxh5+ Rxh5 Rxh5 Kxh5 Rh8+ if Kg6 h5# ]

e)
Frank Marshall vs Abraham Kupchik, New York, 1913
r3rk2/pp3p2/2pq1n1p/3b2p1/3PpN2/1P2P1Q1/P1RN1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Dawid Janowski vs Abraham Kupchik, New York, 1913
2r2r1k/3pq1p1/p2R3p/2Q1P3/PpN2p2/1P3b2/1P1R2PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ ]

b)
Frank Marshall vs Oldrich Duras, New York, 1913
4r3/1p1r1n1k/4q1pp/1P1p2p1/3P2P1/3Q1NP1/2R2P2/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re1 ]

c)
William Viner vs Spencer Crakanthorp, Bellingen, 1913
3r2k1/p5r1/1p3R2/4Q3/7P/2P4K/P1B2P2/2q5 w - - 1 0
[ Qe6+ Kh8 Rh6+ ]

d)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Edward Lasker, London, 1913
8/7p/p7/4kpPP/3p4/3K4/P7/8 w - - 1 0
[ h6 if Kd6 g6 ]

e)
C Jaffe vs Frank Marshall, Habana, 1913
4r1k1/pp3ppp/3q4/3Qn3/8/2P1B3/PP2rPPP/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1913, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Cehl vs Frank Marshall, New Orleans, 1913
r5k1/ppp2ppp/2q5/3pP3/1b4Q1/3B4/PPN3PP/RNK4n b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh6+ ]

b)
Rodzinski vs Alexander Alekhine, Paris, 1913
Q4b1r/p1pk2pp/3p4/4p3/3PP3/3q1P2/PP5P/RNB1K2R b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Be7 if Qxh8 Bh4# ]

c)
Fritz Englund vs Dawid Janowski, Sheveningen, 1913
6k1/1p3pp1/1p1Q3p/nP2r3/4Pq2/2r2B1P/5PP1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if gxf3 Rg5+ mates ]

d)
Abraham Speyer vs Fritz Englund, Sheveningen, 1913
r2q1rk1/pp2pp1p/3nb1p1/4Q3/3P4/3BP3/PP1B1PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc4 if Bxc4 Nxc4 or if Bc2 Bxf1 Rxf1 Nc4 ]

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