Gambit puzzles by wtharvey.com



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1920.
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.
Saviely Tartakower vs Richard Reti, Vienna, 1920
8/1r5p/kpQ3p1/p3rp2/P6P/8/4bPPK/1R6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb6+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Brunnemer vs Patton, corr. USA, 1920
r1b1k2r/ppQ1q2n/2p2p2/P3p2p/N3P1pP/1B4P1/1PP2P2/3R1NK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Ernst Jacobson vs Heinrich Von Hennig, Goteborg, 1920
4b3/pkb5/1pp1Bp2/4pPp1/PP2P2r/2PQBq2/8/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qa6+ Ka8 if Kxa6 Bc8# or if Rd8+ Bb8 Rxb8+ Kxb8 Qc8# ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Vladimir Vukovic vs Ludwig Deutsch, Zagreb, 1920
r1b1k2r/ppp3pp/1qp5/2b1Pp2/3Qn3/5N2/PPPBNPPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Bg5+ Ke8 Rd8+ Kf7 e6+ Kxe6 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne5# ]

e)
Donegan vs Hans Johner, St Gallen, 1920
r2q1rk1/pb2bppp/1p6/4P3/3p1B2/2RB4/PP3PPP/3Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kxh7 Kh5+ or if Kh8 Rh3 ]

f)
R Kuhn vs L Westphal, Berlin, 1920
r3r1k1/3b1p1p/p1p3p1/1p1pP2q/8/2P1Q1R1/PPB2PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg5 if Qh6 Rxg6+ or if Qh4 Rd4 ]

1d)
mate in 6
Vladimir Vukovic vs Ludwig Deutsch

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