'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1922.
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.
Probst vs Lowig, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
rnbkn2r/pppp1Qpp/5b2/3NN3/3Pp3/8/PPP1KP1P/R1B4q w - - 0 1
[ Qe7+ Bxe7 Nf7# ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Jacques Mieses vs Arthur Hakansson, Berlin, 1922
2r5/pp1kb2R/6Q1/3pPp2/5q2/4N3/PPP5/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Qd6+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Johann Berger vs P Froehlich, Graz, 1922
r2qkb1r/2p1nppp/p2p4/np1NN3/4P3/1BP5/PP1P1PPP/R1BbK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Nf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Arthur Hakansson, Kristianstad, 1922
qn1kr2r/1pRbb3/pP5p/P2pP1pP/3N1pQ1/3B4/3B1PP1/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxd7+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
John Morrison vs Max Euwe, London, 1922
5rk1/1R1R3p/2p3p1/2Q5/8/1K2p3/2Pr4/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ ]
1a)
mate in 2
Probst vs Lowig
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 2.
Heinrich Wolf vs Dawid Przepiorka, Pistyan, 1922
2r2k2/1bq2p1p/3RnQpN/p3p3/2p1P3/2P3NP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6 ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Boris Kostic vs Andre Louis, Weston, 1922
6R1/5P1k/1r5q/2r5/8/6Q1/5P2/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Charles Steele vs Albert Ansaldo, Melbourne, 1922
r2q2rk/pb3p1p/2n1pPp1/3p2P1/2pP1P1R/4BQ1P/PpB4K/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ ]
d)
White mates in 2.
Mario Monticelli vs Michele Nardacchione, Rome, 1922
8/pk4pp/3QN2b/1b1pP3/3P4/4q3/PP2N2P/K7 w - - 1 0
[ Qc7+ ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Charles Steele vs Cecil Boyce, Melbourne, 1922
1k1r3r/1pp1nppp/5q2/QN1b4/8/3BBnP1/PPP4P/R3R2K w - - 1 0
[ Ba7+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Davide Marotti vs Frederick Yates, London, 1922
r4rk1/ppp1bppp/6b1/4P3/1nPp2P1/3B1q1P/PP1B3Q/1NKR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxa2+ ]
b)
Black mates in 2.
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Rudolf Spielmann, Pistyan, 1922
5rk1/pp2prb1/3p3p/2pPP1B1/7q/2PQ2pb/PP2N1P1/2R1RB1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Milan Vidmar vs Saviely Tartakower, London, 1922
4R3/1p4rk/6p1/2pQBpP1/p1P1pP2/Pq6/1P6/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Qd7 if Rxd7 Rh8# ]
d)
White mates in 3.
J Dunlop vs J Grierson, Auckland, 1922
r1b2rk1/pp3pp1/2p2R2/7Q/4p3/4B1R1/P1P2KPP/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
R E Lean vs John O'Hanlon, Hastings, 1922
3r1r1k/p3N1pp/3Np3/1p6/3Q1P2/3P1qP1/R6P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf7+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Frederick Yates vs John Morrison, London, 1922
R7/2qn1Npk/1r1N4/1p1Pp2p/1Pp1Pn2/2P1Q2P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ Kg6 Qg3+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Jacques Mieses, Teplits, 1922
2r4r/Qb1q4/1Pk1p3/2B2p1p/4p1p1/6P1/4PPBP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa4+ Kd5 Qxd7+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Johannes Giersing vs Egil Jacobsen, Copenhagen, 1922
7k/p2Q2p1/4P1np/2q5/8/5RK1/P1P3PP/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe5+ ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Dawid Janowski vs MA Schapiro, New York, 1922
8/6pk/R3p3/1p6/P2P3b/1PBn3b/5P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf2+ Kh1 Nf4 ]
e)
Black mates in 3.
Alexei Selezniev vs Richard Reti, Pistyan, 1922
6k1/pp4pp/P1p3r1/1PPp4/1N1P1p1n/4r2P/1BR3P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kh2 Rxg2+ Rxg2 Nf3# ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Hubert Price vs George Thomas, Weston, 1922
r4k1r/p4p2/3p4/PPp1p1R1/2P1P1p1/5Pq1/3N4/3QRK2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Milan Vidmar vs Frederick Yates, London, 1922
b3r2k/4r1p1/p4PRp/1p1q2Q1/2p4R/P3P3/1P4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rhxh6+ if Kg8 Rxg7+ or if gxh6 Rxh6+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Frederick Yates vs Arthur MacKenzie, Weston, 1922
3r1r1k/2q1Nppp/p4Pn1/1pppP1Q1/8/2P4P/PP3P2/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ fxg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ Kg8 Qf6 ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
Savielly Tartakower vs Henry Atkins, London, 1922
6k1/4qppp/2R1b3/p7/8/2K1P3/r5PP/3Q3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb4+ Kd3 Bf5+ ]
e)
Black mates in 4.
Puntas vs Alexander Alekhine, Spain, 1922
r3k2r/1pp2p2/pb1p2n1/3PpRq1/4P1p1/1BPQ2P1/PP1N3P/4R2K b kq - 0 1
[ ...Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qh6+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Eugenio Szabados vs Ugo Schenardi, Torino, 1922
1r6/5pbk/4p3/8/p4P2/4r3/PBN3PP/K6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2 if Nxe3 Rb8+ or if a3 Reb3 ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Max Euwe vs Carsten, Amsterdam, 1922
2r5/4pknR/p3p1p1/6P1/1p2QP2/1P1N4/P1Pq4/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ if Kxg7 Qxg6+ or if Kf8 Rg8+ or if Kh8 Rh7+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Imbaud vs Strumilo, corr., 1922
r2q1b1r/ppp2Bpp/1n6/6B1/4NP2/3P3P/PPP1k1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh5+ ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Palermo vs Venice, corr., 1922
q4r2/2p2kp1/4bnN1/1p1p4/3P3Q/4B3/1P4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ if gxf6 Qh7+ or if Ke8 Rxf8+ ]
e)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Efim Bogoljubov, Vienna, 1922
1rb1kb1r/p4pp1/n3p2p/1Np1P3/1pP1B3/5N2/P4PPP/3RK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bc6+ Ke7 Nxa7 f6 Nxc8+ Rxc8 Bb7 ]
King-pawn Opening Series
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Efim Bogoljubov vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1922
r2r2k1/1Q2nppp/1p1qp3/p1p1N3/3P4/P3P3/1P3PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc4 if Qd7 Qxd7 Rxd7 Nxb6 ]
b)
F Huebsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Vienna, 1922
4rrk1/2p2q2/1p3p1Q/p1nP3p/2B1p1pP/4B3/PPP5/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 if bxc5 Rxf6+ Qxf6 d6+ ]
c)
Geza Maroczy vs Milan Vidmar, Ljubljana, 1922
r4bkr/pppq2pp/2n1R3/6N1/2pp2P1/5Q2/PPP2P1P/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Qxe7 Qe5+ ]
d)
Kurt Richter vs Kipke, Berlin, 1922
r2qk1r1/pp2bp1p/3pbQp1/3N4/8/8/PPP3PP/2K1RB1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Bb5+ mates ]
e)
W Wagner vs Hess, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
5b2/p4kp1/Pp1p3p/1Pp1p2P/2P1P1K1/2B3P1/4P3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ba5 bxa5 b6 or if Be7 Bxb6 ]
7b)
F Huebsch vs Saviely Tartakower
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Max Euwe vs E Wiersma, Amsterdam, 1922
4rrk1/ppp2pbp/3q2pn/5bB1/2Bp4/1QPP1N2/PP4PP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe8 Rxe8 Bxh6 Bxh6 Bxf7+ ]
b)
J Dunlop vs A Pickett, Auckland, 1922
r5k1/1b1q3p/p3p1p1/4P3/3nR3/BB6/P5PP/5Q1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxd4 if Qxd4 Bxe6+ mates ]
c)
Sandor Gruber vs Theobald Hess, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
2q3rk/2rbPp1p/pp3P1Q/3p2p1/4nR2/1N5P/PP4P1/1B2B1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe4 dxe4 Bxe4 Bf5 Bxf5 Qxf5 e8/Q ]
d)
Wilhelm Hilse vs Paul Leonhardt, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
6k1/b4pp1/p1r1b2p/1p1p4/3Pn3/qP1BB2P/P3NPP1/4QRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe4 dxe4 d5 if Bxd5 Bxa7 ]
e)
Julio Lynch vs Raul Werneck De Castro, Carrasco, 1922
1r6/1r3pk1/3P1Np1/p1p1P1P1/7R/5N1P/1b3PK1/8 w - - 1 0
[ d7 if Rxd7 Rh7+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Hastings, 1922
r2r2k1/pb1nqppp/1p2p3/1B6/3N4/4P3/PP2QPPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc7 Rab8 Rd1 if Bd5 Nc6 ]
b)
George Thomas vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1922
r3n1k1/p1p1brpp/2Npbp2/8/8/8/PPP2PPP/RNBR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re1 ]
c)
Samuel Factor vs Norman Whitaker, Louisville, 1922
3r2k1/6pp/p1Q5/4Rp2/1PqP1N2/1b3P2/7P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ if Rxe8 Qxe8# ]
d)
Frank Marshall vs H Grossman, New York, 1922
r1b2rk1/p3bppp/1p2pn2/2q1N1B1/8/3B4/PPP1QPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 Bxf6 Qe4 g6 Ng4 ]
e)
Friedrich Saemisch vs Paul Johner, Teplits/Shoenau, 1922
r1bq1rk1/5ppp/p2bpn2/1p6/4N3/P2BPN2/1PQ2PPP/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ Qc6 ]
"Tactics in the Queen's Gambit" by wtharvey.com
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Geza Maroczy, Vienna, 1922
2r1rnk1/1b2qp2/p3pp1p/1pb5/6N1/P1N1P3/1PQ2PPP/1BRR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd7 if Nxd7 Qh7+ mates or if Qxd7 Nxf6+ ]
b)
Luigi Miliani vs Giuseppe Padulli, Milan, 1922
2Q2r2/1p2q1kp/p7/8/3p4/8/PP5P/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qg4+ Kh8 Qxd4+ Kg8 Rg1+ ]
c)
Erwin Voellmy vs Giovanni Cenni, Milan, 1922
2r3k1/p4ppp/1p2b3/1Q1pq3/2rR4/2N1P3/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc4 ]
d)
Massimiliano Romi vs Andre Muffang, Paris, 1922
2n3r1/p3bk2/4qpp1/4p3/2Q1N2r/1P6/1BPP1PR1/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6+ Nxd6 Qxh4 ]
e)
Bruno Siegheim vs Joseph Blake, Hastings, 1922
1q1r2k1/1p1b1ppp/pN2pb2/3n4/1P6/P1r1PN2/3RBPPP/3Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxd7 Rxd7 e4 ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
John Drewitt vs Akiba Rubinstein, Hastings, 1922
8/p7/2p2r1k/3p1P1p/4p2q/2P4P/P1P3Q1/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rg1 ]
b)
Moldauer vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1922
rnbq1rk1/pp1p1ppp/2p2n2/4p1B1/1bB1P3/2NP4/PPP1QPPP/R3K1NR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...d5 if Bb3 d4 ]
c)
Frederick Yates vs Efim Bogoljubow, Hastings, 1922
1q1r2k1/p2r1pp1/4p2p/8/1PR2n2/5Q1P/P4PP1/2R1B1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd3 if Rb1 Ne5 ]
d)
Davide Marotti vs Henry Atkins, London, 1922
r1b2rk1/1pq3pN/p3pb1p/2np4/6Q1/2NB4/PPP2PPP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxc3 Nxf8 Bxe1 if Ng6 Nxd3 ]
e)
Harold Phillips vs Dawid Janowski, New York, 1922
2r2bk1/5qpp/4b3/Bp1Np3/2p1P3/2P2P1P/1P2Q1P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxd5 if Rxd5 Qa7+ w/...Qxa5 ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1922, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Torres vs Alexander Alekhine, Sevilla, 1922
5r1k/1b4p1/p6p/4Pp1q/2pNnP2/7N/PPQ3PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh3 if gxh3 Nf2+ mates ]
b)
Paul Johner vs Heinrich Wolf, Teplits, 1922
5rk1/5ppp/p2Qp3/2PRN3/8/6P1/4qP1P/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe1+ Kg2 Qe4+ ]
c)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Richard Reti, Vienna, 1922
3r2k1/bp3qpp/2n1bp2/pQ6/4p3/P5P1/1P1NPPBP/2R1B1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qxa5 Nxe2+ ]
d)
Imre Koenig vs Richard Reti, Vienna, 1922
8/5pk1/R6R/6K1/4p3/4P1P1/5r1P/2r5 b - - 0 1
[ ...f6+ if Raxf6 Rc5+ ]
e)
Emanuel Lasker vs A Eisenberg, Vienna, 1922
r2q1rk1/bp1b1ppp/p7/3N1P2/4P1n1/Q2B4/P3N1PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4 if h3 Nf2+ ]
f)
Geza Maroczy vs Frederick Yates, Weston, 1922
3r3k/p4rpp/8/2Q2Rq1/8/2P1p2P/PP4P1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e2 ]
More Puzzles