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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1913.
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 2.
Emanuel Lasker vs Fritz Englund, Scheveningen, 1913
2kr1b1r/pp3ppp/2p1b2q/4B3/4Q3/2PB2R1/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc6+ ]
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 4.
Young vs Frank Marshall, Pardentown, 1913
rnb2b1r/ppp1n1kp/3p1q2/7Q/4PB2/2N5/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ if Kg8 Rxf6 Ng6 Qd5+ ]
d)
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 ]
e)
Saviely Tartakower vs Arthur Kaufmann, Vienna, 1913
1knr1q1r/1pp2p1p/p2p4/3P4/BR3P2/2Q3P1/PPP5/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb7+ if Kxb7 Qc6+ ]
f)
Joseph Blackburne vs Loye, London, 1913
r1nqkb1r/pp1b1ppp/2np4/1N2p3/4PB2/2N3P1/PPP2PBP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 ]
g)
Hartlaub vs Fleischer, Wiesbaden, 1913
r1b2r2/bpqp1p1k/p1n1pp2/4P3/1P3P2/P3pN2/2P3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if fxg5 Qh5+ Kg7 Qxg5+ mates ]
1d)
mate in 5
Onderka vs NN
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