'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1919.
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.
Anton Olson vs Oscar Nilsson, Gothenburg, 1919
1r1q3r/pp3p1k/2n1bR1p/2ppP2Q/3P4/2P5/P1P1N1PP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
P Flower vs G Moses, Hastings, 1919
r4r2/ppnq1N1p/2p3kP/4pp2/1P1bP3/PBpP4/4QPP1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qh5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Max Marchand vs Reginald Michell, Hastings, 1919
6rk/p5qp/1p6/2p1Q3/2P2p2/1BPP1P2/P3RK1P/6r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe5 ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
C Boyce vs William Gibson, Hastings, 1919
r5k1/ppp2ppp/8/2bP4/2P3b1/6P1/P1P4r/R1B1KR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Amedee Gibaud vs Arthur Mackenzie Hastings, 1919
r3q2r/2p4n/p1np1pk1/1pb1pN2/4P1Pp/1BPP4/PP2QP2/R1B1K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Nxh4+ Kg7 Nf5+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1919, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Richard Reti vs R De Leeuw, Netherlands, 1919
r5r1/1q2bbpk/7p/2p1BP1P/pp2P3/6Q1/1PP3P1/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Bxg6 hxg6+ Kh8 Rxh6# ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
W Berryman vs G Moses, Hastings, 1919
4r1k1/pp3p1p/2pb2p1/3p2q1/3P3n/3BP1N1/PP3PRK/1QR5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kh1 Qh4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
C Boyce vs Amedee Gibaud, Hastings, 1919
r7/2p3pk/1pQ3p1/6qp/P3P2n/6Nr/1PP2P2/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
J Suren vs Andre Muffang, Strasbourg, 1919
3qr3/p4pkp/2B5/2b2b2/3P1BpP/2N5/PPP2KP1/R6Q b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd4+ Kg3 Qf2+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Jose Raul Capablanca vs GR Wamsley, Chicago, 1919
8/p7/1p4R1/4P2p/PP3P1P/4n1Pk/4r3/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg2+ Kh1 Nd1 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1919, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Imre Konig vs Weiss, Vienna, 1919
r2qrk2/p5b1/2b1p1Q1/1p1pP3/2p1nB2/2P1P3/PP3P2/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ Bxh8 Bh6+ if Ke7 Qh7+ ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Vodicka vs M Hajn, Prague, 1919
1k1r3r/pP3R2/7p/2P3p1/Q2Pp3/3qn1P1/P6P/B5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ if Kf2 Qf1+ Kxe3 Qe1# ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Jose Capablanca vs Scott, Hastings, 1919
1brrk3/pbq2p2/1p2pQ1N/3p4/2P5/1P4P1/P1B2P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ fxe6 Qxe6+ Kf8 Qf6+ ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Efim Bogoljubov vs Rudolf Spielmann, Stockholm, 1919
3rkq1r/1pQ2p1p/p3bPp1/3pR3/8/8/PPP2PP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rdxd5 Qd6 Rxd6 0-0 Qxd8 ]

e)
White mates in 7.
Linz vs Vienna, corr., 1919
4rrk1/pb5p/1pq1p1p1/4Q1R1/2B5/1Pp5/P4PP1/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Rh1 if Re7 Rh8+ Kf7 Qf4+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1919, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
L Szwarcman vs Akiba Rubinstein, Warsaw, 1919
5bbk/1np5/p1pp3p/8/2P1q1N1/1P2B2P/P2Q2P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bd4+ if Bg7 Qxh6# or if Kh7 Nf6+ ]

b)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein, Stockholm, 1919
2r2r2/pp5k/2p3p1/4Q1P1/3p4/5bNK/PP1q3P/4RR2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf3 if Rxf3 Re4 Kg8 Rh4 mates ]

c)
W Gooding vs C Hammond, Hastings, 1919
r1b2k1r/pp1n1pp1/3q1n1p/2pP4/8/2N2N2/PP1Q2PP/2K1RB1R w - - 1 0
[ Nb5 if Qxd5 Re8+ or if Qb6 d6 ]

d)
Max Euwe vs Gerard Kroone, Amsterdam, 1919
r1bqr1k1/p4ppp/2p1p3/3pP3/4n3/B1PQ1P2/P1P1B1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6 if Qd4 Nxc3 Qxb6 axb6 ]

e)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Clough, Bradford, 1919
r1b5/pp2RQpk/1q5p/3p4/8/2Nn1N2/PP3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Ng1 Nf2+ ]

4b)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein

Chess puzzles from games of 1919, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Simon Krenzisky vs Rudolf Spielmann, Gothenburg, 1919
6k1/5p1p/1p3bp1/4q3/1P1p1QP1/P5K1/1B3P1P/3B1b2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh4+ Kf3 Bg2+ ]

b)
Hartingsvelt vs Max Euwe, Harlem, 1919
8/2p2kp1/p2b1p2/7r/1P2Q3/P4q2/1P3P1P/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg5+ Kf1 Qh3+ Ke2 Re5 ]

c)
Kharlamp Baranov vs Nikolay Grigoriev, Moscow, 1919
6k1/ppp4p/3p2pR/3P1p2/4rP2/7P/PP3bP1/2Q2b1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc4 Kh2 Be3 ifQc3 Bxf4+ ]

d)
Nikolay Grekov vs Nikolay Grigoriev, Moscow, 1919
r1bqk1nr/ppN2ppp/2n1p3/8/1bPp1B2/2N5/PP2PPPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qxc7 Bxc7 dxc3 a3 c2+ ]

e)
Ondrej Prazak vs V Cerveny, Prague, 1919
5r2/p5pk/7p/3p4/3P1P2/2N1Q1P1/PPr4q/R3KR2 b Q - 0 1
[ ...Re8 if Qxe8 Qd2# ]

f)
Richard Reti vs Efim Bogoljubow, Stockholm, 1919
2r1k2r/pB1b1ppp/4pn2/8/3N1B2/2n5/P1P2PPP/3R1RK1 b k - 0 1
[ ...Rc4 if Rd3 Rxd4 Rxd4 Ne2+ ]


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