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Here are chess puzzles from games of 1921.
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.
Sery vs Z Vecsey, Brunn, 1921
r1b2rk1/2p2ppp/p7/1p6/3P3q/1BP3bP/PP3QP1/RNB1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Gyula Breyer vs F Namer, Kosice, 1921
3kr3/1pp1n1b1/p2rRp2/3P1B1p/2PB2p1/8/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd6+ ]

c)
White mates in 2.
Pascal Horn vs Giuseppe Padulli, Viareggio, 1921
r4br1/p4Qpp/4p3/3qN1k1/1B1P4/7P/PP3PP1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ f4+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
I Falk vs Siegfried Wolf, Vienna, 1921
6r1/p1n2k2/1pp1pn1Q/8/2Pq2P1/B2B4/P4P2/4RK2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg6+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Albert Becker vs Akim Lewit, Vienna, 1921
2kr3r/Qbpnb1p1/1p2B2p/1P1pB3/2N1q3/8/5PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxb6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Giuseppe Stalda vs Eugenio Szabados, Viareggio, 1921
2r2rk1/ppqbn1p1/1n2p3/3pP2B/P2P1P2/2PQ3R/7P/R1B3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Jose De Freitas vs J Berasain, Carrasco, 1921
3r4/1p2k2p/2prp1p1/p3Kp2/P1PP1P2/3R4/1P4PP/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd5+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Jan Schulz vs Miroslav Chodera, Prague, 1921
8/7p/5B2/1R1bb1P1/4k3/2pp1n2/1P3P2/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...c2+ ]

d)
Black mates in 2.
Samuel Reshevsky vs ED Duncan, San Francisco, 1921
2r1r1k1/p2B1ppp/3b2q1/5b2/3P4/2P1B1P1/PP1NQP1P/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
O Strobl vs Gyula Breyer, Vienna, 1921
r1r3k1/pp2ppb1/4q1p1/6Q1/7N/1P1p4/P2P1PP1/4RK1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe1+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jose Capablanca vs Emanuel Lasker, Havana, 1921
2Q2n2/2R4p/1p1qpp1k/8/3P3P/3B2P1/5PK1/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf8+ if Qxf8 Rxh7# or if Kh5 Rxh7+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
H Villegas Benito vs Roberto Grau, Carrasco, 1921
1R1Q4/q2b1pkp/r1p1p1p1/P7/3PBP2/4P1P1/7P/4K3 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kh6 Qf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs Max Euwe, Hague, 1921
r1br2k1/1p2q2p/3b2pQ/1B2B1p1/Pp6/4P3/5PPP/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ Bc4+ if Be6 Bxe6+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Gyula Breyer vs B Benes, Kosice, 1921
1n4k1/q1r3p1/4pr1p/p3N3/1p2B2Q/5P2/P1P3PP/3R1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Rf8 Rxf8+ ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Vladimir Nenarokov vs Nikolay Grigoriev, Moscow, 1921
r2q4/pb2b2k/1p1p2Rp/4Pr1n/3P1p1N/8/PP1NQP1P/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ Kxh6 Nxf5+ ]

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Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Efim Bogoljubow vs Alexei Selezniev, Triberg, 1921
4r2k/3nB2P/2p1N1p1/3pPbQ1/2qP1R2/Pr6/7K/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6+ if Kxh7 Qh6+ Kxh6 Rh4# ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1921
2b2r1k/ppp5/4pq2/4Q1R1/8/2P4P/PP4P1/4R2K w - - 1 0
[ Re4 if Kh7 Rh4+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Zoltan Vecsey vs August Haida, Brno, 1921
1r4k1/5pp1/p7/4P3/2bpNP1p/8/P2R2PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Frederick Yates vs Georg Marco, Hague, 1921
r6k/pp6/2PpN2p/P2N4/4P2q/1B3p2/1PP2b1P/R6K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg3 if h3 Qxh3+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Alfred Brinckmann vs Efim Bogoljubow, Triberg, 1921
5nk1/pp3p2/2p2q1p/3p1P2/3P1Kb1/3B2N1/PPQN2PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg5+ Ke5 Ng6+ ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Rudolf Loman vs Reurt Meijer, Nijmegen, 1921
rn2knQ1/1pp2p2/p3bp2/4p2p/2BN1q1P/4R3/PPP2PP1/1K1R4 w q - 1 0
[ Nxe6 if fxe6 Bxe6 or if Qd4 Qxf8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Alois Wotawa vs F Januschkowetz, Vienna, 1921
r1b4r/pp4pp/2nqpk2/3p2NQ/3p4/2P1P3/PP3PPP/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qf7+ Kxg5 Qxg7+ ]

c)
Black mates in 4.
J Loedel vs Joao Souza Mendes, Carrasco, 1921
1r2r1k1/p1p1qppp/2p2n2/3pbb2/6P1/2P1QP2/PP1BN2P/2KR1B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa3 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Grau vs Guerra Boneo, Buenos Aires CH, 1921
2br4/5p2/2pp1k1p/4pP2/1p2P2P/4Q3/qPPR4/rNKR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd6+ if Rxd6 Qxh6+ Ke7 Qxd6+ or if Qe6 Qxh6+ Ke7 f6+ ]

e)
White mates in 6.
R Spielmann vs E Dyckhoff, Munich, 1921
r6k/1p5p/p1pqPR1P/3p1pb1/8/2P5/PP6/1K4Q1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4 if Kg8 Rg6+ Kf8 Qg7+ Ke8 Qf7+ ]

6a)
mate in 7
Emanuel Lasker vs George Thomas

Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 7.
Emanuel Lasker vs George Thomas, London, 1921
rn3rk1/pbppq1pp/1p2pb2/4N2Q/3PN3/3B4/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ if Kxh7 Nxf6+ ]

b)
White mates in 9.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Jokstad, Bergen, 1921
r4rk1/1pq2p1p/1p4p1/n1b4R/2BpNPR1/1Q6/PP3P2/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if hxg6 Qh3 gxh5 Nf6+ Kg7 Qg3+ Kh8 Qg5 ]

c)
Abraham Speijer vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1921
6k1/p3q3/1b5r/5R2/5pP1/3Q1P2/PP3PK1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ if Kxh2 Qh4+ mates ]

d)
Pillsbury vs Johnson, New York, 1921
r2qkbnr/1pp2ppp/p2p4/4n3/2B1P1b1/2N2N2/PPPP2PP/R1BQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5 if Bxd1 mate in 2 w/Bxf7+ ]

e)
J Dunlop vs E Severne, Dunedin, 1921
b3r3/6pk/pr2qp1p/3p1N1Q/1P1Pp3/P3P3/5PPP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 if Rb7 Qxh6+ mates ]

6b)
mate in 9
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Jokstad

Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Karoly Sterk vs Endre Steiner, Budapest, 1921
5rk1/ppp2ppp/2b5/6q1/2QP4/2N1r1P1/PP3PP1/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ d5 (if fxe3 Qxe3+ Kh2 Qh6+ draws) ]

b)
Savielly Tartakower vs Endre Steiner, Budapest, 1921
k3r2r/p2q2b1/2p5/4N2p/4Q1p1/1R4B1/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rb8+ ]

c)
Roberto Grau vs A Barboza De Oliveira, Carrasco, 1921
2rq1rk1/pb3ppp/1p1b4/3p1N2/1P6/P1n1P3/1B2BPPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxc3 if Rxc3 Qd4 ]

d)
Jose Berasain vs Julio Lynch, Carrasco, 1921
r3r1k1/ppp2pp1/2n4p/1B1b2q1/3P1nN1/B1P3Q1/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ h4 if Qf5 Nxh6+ ]

e)
Jacques Mieses vs Max Euwe, Hague, 1921
r1b1k2r/p1p1qp1p/2p5/2bpn1p1/8/2BB4/PPP2PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w kq - 1 0
[ Bxe5 if Qxe5 Re1 ]

Chess puzzles from games of 1921, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Gyula Breyer vs Zoltan Gomori, Kosice, 1921
r7/pppk2p1/2np3p/5n1B/4q3/2P1B3/P3Q1PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf5 Qxf5 Bg4 ]

b)
Davide Marotti vs Leone Singer, Viareggio, 1921
8/8/6k1/1K2p1Pp/ppp1P2P/8/PPP5/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...b3 if cxb3 a3 or if axb3 c3 ]

c)
Edward Sergeant vs Hubert Price, Hastings, 1921
r2br1k1/ppp2ppp/2bp1n2/4qNB1/2Q1P3/2N1R3/PPP2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if f4 Nxe3 ]

d)
Johannes Addicks vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1921
3r2k1/p4p1p/6p1/3n4/2R5/4PP2/P1Q2PKP/1B2q3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe3+ fxe3 Rd2+ ]

e)
Bernhard Gregory vs Ehrhardt Post, Hamburg, 1921
6r1/1b2b2p/p2pq2k/1pp1p3/4PpRN/1PNP3P/1PP1QP1K/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg4 ]

f)
Emanuel Lasker vs Laszlo Navarovszky, Madrid, 1921
8/2pnkp2/p5pp/N1r1p3/R3P3/2P2P2/1P1K2PP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb6 if Ra1 Rxa5 Rxa5 Nc4+ ]

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