'Sac&Mate' - sacs that end in mate



Chess Puzzles from the games of 1916.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1916.
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.
Charles Watson vs NN, Melbourne, 1916
rnb2b1r/p3kBp1/3pNn1p/2pQN3/1p2PP2/4B3/Pq5P/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd6+ Kxd6 Bxc5# ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs S Wainstein, Odessa, 1916
r3q2k/1bn2p2/p4P1p/1pPp2R1/3P4/P1N1Q3/1PB3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ Qxg8 Qxh6+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Gessner vs Whitaker, Chicago, 1916
r1b2r2/pp3Npk/6np/8/2q1N3/4Q3/PPP2RPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ gxf6 Qxh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Orla Krause vs Gustav Nyholm, Copenhagen, 1916
r1b2r2/p4Pk1/7p/q2Nb1B1/2B1Q1n1/4P3/PP3PP1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxh6+ if Kxf7 Qh7+ Bg7 Qxg7+ or if Nxh6 Qxe5+ Kxf7 Qf6+ ]

1a)
mate in 2
Charles Watson vs NN

1916 Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win.
a)
White mates in 7.
Goldschmidt vs Preinhalter, Prague, 1916
rn1qr1k1/pbpp2p1/1p2pbN1/7Q/3P4/2N5/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh8+ Kf7 Ne5+ Ke7 Qxg7+ Bxg7 Rf7+ Kd6 Nb5+ Kd5 c4+ Ke4 Re1# ]

b)
Estaeban Canal vs NN, Alla Cieca Lipsia, 1916
2kr3r/1pp2ppp/pb6/1RN1q3/2Q1P1n1/B1P3P1/P4P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb6 if cxb6 Nxa6+ Kd7 Rd1+ mates ]

c)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Alexei Selesniev, Triberg, 1916
rnb1rnk1/pp2qpp1/3p1b1p/PNpPp3/2Q1P3/4BN2/BPP2PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 if dxc5 d6 Qd7 Nc7 ]

d)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Jacques Mieses, Berlin, 1916
r4rk1/p1B1bpp1/1p2pn1p/8/2PP4/1q1B1P2/1P2QP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc2 if Qxb2 Bh7+ or if Qb4 Ra4 ]

2a)
mate in 7
Goldschmidt vs Preinhalter

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