King-pawn Opening Series



Here are chess puzzles from games of 1923.
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.
Lajos Steiner vs Albert Becker, Vienna, 1923
4rk2/2pQn2p/p4p2/1p2pN1P/4q3/2P3R1/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ if Kf7 Nh6# ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
D Gladstone vs S Clapp, New York, 1923
1r6/6kp/3p1bp1/R4p2/2P1p3/1P5K/3Q2P1/3BN1q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Sandor Takacs vs Albert Becker, Vienna, 1923
6k1/5pp1/1p2p3/p2p3p/3NB3/1P1K4/P1Q4n/2B1q3 b - - 0 1
[ ...dxe4+ Kc4 Qb4# ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Max Euwe vs Lohr, Amsterdam, 1923
1rbk1r2/pp4R1/3Np3/3p2p1/6q1/BP2P3/P2P2B1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8+ Rxc8 Nxb7 ]

e)
White mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs M Forester, Glasgow, 1923
r1b1k2r/2pp1ppp/pp2Pq2/b7/B2Q4/B1P5/P1P2PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxd7+ if Kd8 Bc6+ ]

1d)
mate in 3
Max Euwe vs Lohr

Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
George Koltanowski vs Arthur Dunkelblum, Antwerp, 1923
rn2kb1r/pp2pp1p/2p2p2/8/8/3Q1N2/qPPB1PPP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kxd8 Ba5+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Somers vs NN, London, 1923
r1bqkb1r/ppp1n3/3p1nNp/4pp1Q/2B1P3/3P4/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe5+ if Nxh5 Bf7# or if Ng6 Qxg6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Johannes Meijer vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1923
bn5k/7p/p2p2r1/1p2p3/5p2/2P4q/PP1B1QPP/4N1RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Alexander Alekhine vs Anthony Love, Greenock, 1923
R7/1r2qkpp/2Q1b3/5p2/2pP4/4PP2/6PP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb1+ Kf2 Qh4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 3.
Amateur vs Robert Crepeaux, Nice, 1923
r3k2r/ppp2pp1/3b4/3N1Knp/8/1P2Pn2/PBPP2P1/R2Q1R2 b kq - 0 1
[ ...g6+ Kf6 Kf8 ]

Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Efim Bogoljubow, Ostrava, 1923
8/p7/1qPQb1Bk/5pp1/8/7P/P3r2P/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd5+ Qxd5 Qf2 ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Max Walter vs Emanuel Lasker , Ostrava, 1923
4r1k1/3n1ppp/4r3/3n3q/Q2P4/5P2/PP2BP1P/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 3.
Bruno Sicherl vs Giulio De Nardo, Trieste, 1923
2kr2r1/ppp2p1p/8/2b1p3/3n4/P2P2Nq/1PP2PB1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3 ]

d)
Black mates in 3.
Hubert Price vs Jacques Mieses, Hastings, 1923
1r3rk1/p6p/2p3p1/3p4/3PP3/2N2pq1/PP3Rb1/R1B1Q1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3 if Rc2 f2+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Bjorn Frank vs J Willens, Amsterdam, 1923
r1r3k1/pp1q1p1p/4nBpQ/3pP3/1b5P/3B4/P1P3P1/R2K3R w - - 0 1
[ h5 if Bf8 Qxh7+ Kxh7 hxg6+ ]

'Tactics in the Sicilian' series



Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Alexander Alekhine vs AA Marshall, Great Britain, 1923
6k1/2N3pp/1p6/p2p4/P2P4/N1P1n3/1rq2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4 f3 Rxg2+ Kh1 Qh4 ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Peter Romanovsky vs Grigori Levenfish, Petrograd, 1923
8/1k6/2p5/1p1p4/1P1P1q2/5Qp1/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Qf1 Qe3+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Copenhagen, 1923
2R3rk/3P1p2/1b3p1P/5B2/5Pp1/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 if Bc7 h7 ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Alexander Alekhine vs Oscar Prils/Blaut, Antwerp, 1923
1n2r3/2pq1k2/pb1pNpp1/3P4/5RP1/3Q3P/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ if Kxf6 Qc3+ or if Ke7 Qxg6 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
George Renaud vs A Bertram, Paris, 1923
rn1q1r2/pb2n1p1/1p3Pk1/2bp2N1/3B3Q/P1N5/1P3PPP/R3K2R w - - 0 1
[ Qh7+ if Kxg5 h4+ Kg4 f3+ Kg3 Qxg7+ ]

Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Blake vs Hooke, London, 1923
r2qkb1r/pppb2pp/2np1n2/5pN1/2BQP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R w - - 0 1
[ Bf7+ Ke7 Qxf6+ if gxf6 Ne5# Kxf6 Nd5+ Ke5 Nf3+ Kxe4 Nc3# ]

b)
White mates in 8.
Rudolf Spielmann vs Henri Weenink, Scheveningen, 1923
1r1k1r2/p1q3pp/3pR3/1ppQ1pPn/8/3P3P/PPPB2PK/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Ba5 if Qxa5 Qc6 or if Rb6 Qa8+ Qc8 Qxa7 ]

c)
Richard Reti vs Evert Straat, Scheveningen, 1923
3rqr2/p4p1k/bp6/n1p1Pp2/7p/2PN1B1P/PP2Q2K/R2R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bb7 if Bxb7 Qh5+ mates or if Qe6 Bxa6 ]

d)
Reeders vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1923
4rr1k/p1pb2bp/2pp1np1/8/2BqPB2/1PN3Q1/P1P3PP/4RR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh5 ]

e)
Richard Reti vs Karel Hromadka, Maehrisch-Ostrau, 1923
r5k1/1pqn1pbp/p1p3p1/P7/8/1P2N1P1/1BQ1PP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Qd6 Nf6+ ]

5a)
mate in 5
Blake vs Hooke

Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Peter Romanovsky vs Fedor Dus Chotimirsky, Petrograd, 1923
r2r1k2/2nq2bQ/p2p1pB1/1p1b4/8/P4P2/6PP/2BRR2K w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if Nxd5 Bh6 mates ]

b)
Heinrich Wolf vs Rudolf Spielmann, Maehrisch-Ostrau, 1923
5r1k/3b2p1/p6p/1pRpR3/1P1P4/P4pPq/5Qn1/1B4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf3 if Rxf3 Rc8+ mates ]

c)
S Lohr vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1923
r2qk2r/pp2nppp/2Pp1n2/1Bb1p3/8/3P1N1P/PPP2PP1/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Qa5+ ]

d)
Polo vs Pasqualini, Ferrara, 1923
r1bqk1nr/pppnbppp/3p4/8/2BNP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne6 if Kxe6 Qd5+ mates ]

e)
Friedrich Saemisch vs George Thomas, Carlsbad, 1923
r5k1/ppp2p2/2bp3p/4rNpq/2PQP3/PP3PPP/5K2/R3R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf5 if exf5 Qxf3+ mates ]

6d)
Polo vs Pasqualini

Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Richard Reti, Carlsbad, 1923
3r2k1/5p2/1q2p1pQ/8/1P1N1P2/3BP3/r5RP/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra1+ Rg1 Qb7+ ]

b)
Andre Louis vs George Thomas, Liverpool, 1923
3r2k1/p1rn1ppp/1pBNpb2/8/1P1P4/P3P3/4RPPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb8 Nb7 Rdc8 if b5 Rxb7 or if Rec2 Rxc5 ]

c)
Oscar Mueller vs Efim Bogoljubow, Margate, 1923
5b2/3k4/4R2p/2pP1pp1/2K5/4BPP1/r2N2bP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...f4 gxf4 gxf4 Bxf4 Ra4+ ]

d)
Alexander Alekhine vs D Saunders, Montreal, 1923
6k1/p2n1ppp/1p2pb2/3r4/P2P1B2/1P1R1N1P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...e5 if Bc1 e4 ]

e)
CF Perkins vs G Christenson, New York, 1923
5r2/ppp5/6nk/4P1R1/2n1R1K1/2P5/P5P1/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3+ if Rxe3 Rf4+ ]

Chess puzzles from the games of 1923, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Victor Berger Jan Schulz, Pardubice, 1923
5rk1/5pp1/1q2p2p/p7/1n1N4/2R3P1/PP1Q1PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd8 ]

b)
Adolf Olland vs Richard Reti, Sheveningen, 1923
6k1/ppp2pp1/7p/3n4/3P1P2/P1PQ2PK/1P1N1q1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne3 if Ne4 Qg2+ mates ]

c)
Cancelliere vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Trieste, 1923
r6r/1p1nkpp1/6p1/8/1p2KP2/4P2P/BP4P1/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...b3 if Bxb3 Nc5+ ]

d)
Davide Marotti vs Esteban Canal, Trieste, 1923
4r1k1/5pp1/p3qn1p/1p6/5PP1/1PN2RKP/P1PQ4/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...b4 if Na4 Ne4+ ]

e)
J Hale vs K Whitfield, corr., 1923
3r2k1/pb4p1/1p5q/5P2/2P2BpP/1P6/P4Q1K/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd3 if Bxh6 Rh3+ mates ]

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