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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1926.
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.
Gobl vs Jomas, Augsburg, 1926
r1b1kb1r/pp1np1pp/5P2/1q1p2N1/2p2B2/3B4/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ f7+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Mkhail Botvinnik vs Mikhail Mukhin, Leningrad, 1926
r1b1k3/pp3q1p/2p1p3/5p2/1BPPP2Q/6R1/PP5P/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8+ ]
c)
White mates in 2.
M Scholtz vs Emanuel Lasker, USA simul, 1926
2kr3r/p1n1q1pp/Pp2p1b1/2p1P3/1bB2P2/5Q2/1P1N2PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qb7+ ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
Hubert Price vs Edmund Spencer, Weston, 1926
6k1/5p1p/p5p1/1p2R2P/1P2b3/5N2/P1r3r1/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh2+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
Hubert Price vs PD Bolland, Weston, 1926
2q3rr/Rn2kp2/2Qp1nb1/3Pp1b1/2p1P3/2P3B1/1PB2PK1/4RN2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh3+ if Kf3 Bh5# ]
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Carl Ahues vs Walther Von Holzhausen, Berlin, 1926
r4b1r/ppp2Bpp/1kn4q/5R2/8/2N4Q/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Na4+ Ka6 Qd3+ ]
b)
White mates in 3.
Frederick Yates vs Dawid Janowski, Czechoslovakia, 1926
3Q4/p1rn2kp/b3p1p1/q2pP3/2p1N3/5R2/P1r2PP1/3R1BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Karel Hromadka vs Max Walter, Trencianske Teplice, 1926
8/ppr3p1/1q1pB2p/3PpQbk/3pP3/8/PP1B1PPP/5bK1 w - - 1 0
[ g4+ Kh4 Bxg5+ ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Cecil Boyce vs Cecil Purdy, Sydney, 1926
kr5r/2R2p1p/B2Qb3/p2p4/q6P/8/1PPKR1P1/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bb7+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
Miroslav Chodera vs Ladislav Prokes, Bardejov, 1926
r3rb2/pb1q4/1p1pkNQ1/8/3P1p2/N1PB4/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4+ if Ke7 Qf7+ or if d5 Nxd5# ]
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 3.
NN vs Alexander Alekhine, Birmingham, 1926
r7/p5k1/2p1pr2/2pP2Kp/8/1B1P1RP1/PP5q/3Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf5+ Rxf5 Qxg3+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
Richard Reti vs Edgard Colle, Budapest, 1926
3r2k1/ppR3pp/4qp2/8/4N3/P3PPQb/1P2KP1P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa6+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Robert Crepeaux vs Dawid Janowski, Czechoslovakia, 1926
3r3k/2p3p1/8/3qPp2/P4PnP/1P1rn3/R2B4/2Q1K1R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 ]
d)
Black mates in 3.
Karl Gilg vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, Semmering, 1926
4rrk1/pppb4/7p/3P2pq/3Q4/2P3P1/PP3nKP/R3RNN1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3+ Nxh3 Qf3+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Anthony Santasiere vs E Adams, New York, 1926
r2q2rk/ppp2p1p/3b1pn1/5R1Q/3P4/2P4N/PP4PP/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]
'Tactics in the Sicilian' series
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Bjorn Nielsen vs Moller Jensen, Herning, 1926
rnbq1bkr/pp3p1p/2p3pQ/3N2N1/2B2p2/8/PPPP2PP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 if Nd7 Rxd8 cxd5 Bxd5 ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Christoph Schroder vs Illgen, Dresden, 1926
r4b1r/pppq2pp/2n1b1k1/3n4/2Bp4/5Q2/PPP2PPP/RNB1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ if Qxe6 Bd3+ or if Nf6 Qe4+ Kh5 Be2+ ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Paul List vs Walther Von Holzhausen, Berlin, 1926
2rqk2r/pp2b1pp/4pp2/nb2N3/3PB2P/4B3/PP3PP1/R2Q2KR w k - 1 0
[ Qh5+ g6 Bxg6+ if hxg6 Qxg6+ or if Kf8 Bh6+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Akiba Rubinstein vs Kornel Havasi, Budapest, 1926
r4nk1/2bn1R1p/pp1q2pP/2pPr1p1/2P1P3/1P3Q1B/PB6/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ Kh8 Qf7 ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Karel Treybal vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Semmering, 1926
4q1k1/p1r2pb1/1p2p3/3pP1BQ/7R/1PP3rP/P4P1K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bf6 if Kf8 fxg3 ]
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Siegfried Wolf vs Josef Lokvenc, Vienna, 1926
r2k2r1/pb4q1/1pQBp1p1/8/5R2/8/P1P2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be7+ if Kxe7 Qc7+ or if Qxe7 Rd1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Grigory Ravinsky vs Peter Romanovsky, Leningrad, 1926
6k1/2p2p1p/1b4p1/P7/4BPP1/1pP4P/r4r2/1RK1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be3+ if Kd1 Rad2+ Kc1 Rd3+ ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Alexander Alekhine vs Pita, Buenos Aires, 1926
rnb1r1k1/ppp1Bp1p/6pQ/3p4/8/2qB4/P1P2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6 if Qxd1 Rxe1 Rxe1+ Bf1 ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Duhm, Hannover, 1926
3Rrk1r/p2R1p2/1pn1pPpn/2p3Np/2P1NP2/8/PP4PP/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Nxf7 Nxe6+ Kg8 Rxe8+ ]
e)
White mates in 6.
Frederick Yates vs Andreas Steiner, Budapest, 1926
2rr2k1/1b1q1p2/p3pPp1/1pbpP1Qp/3N2N1/P6R/1PP3PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 if Bxd4+ Kf1 Rxc2 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ ]
5d)
mate in 6
Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Duhm
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 7.
Kramer vs Ruster, Altheide, 1926
r6k/ppb1r1pp/2p1Bp2/2q1p3/4P3/2PP1PR1/P2QKP1P/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6 g5 Qxf6+ Rg7 Rxg5 ]
b)
White mates in 8.
Alexander Alekhine vs F Segovia, Buenos Aires, 1926
r1bq3k/n2p3p/p2Br3/1pP2N2/5R2/1QP5/P3B1PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe6 dxe6 Be5+ if Kg8 Nh6# ]
c)
A Mattison vs Saviely Tartakower, Budapest, 1926
r1b1k2r/2q2ppp/p1n1pn2/1pb5/3N4/2N1P3/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc6 if Qxc6 Bf3 ]
d)
Frederic Lazard vs George Renaud, Biarritz, 1926
2r2k1r/3R1pp1/ppb4p/2p2Bq1/5N2/2N1Q3/PPP3PP/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ if Kxf7 Qe6+ ]
e)
Hanning vs Ladislav Langner, Berlin, 1926
r1b2r1k/1pp3qp/p5B1/4p1BQ/8/8/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf6 if Rxf6 Rd8+ ]
6b)
mate in 8
Alexander Alekhine vs F Segovia
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. vii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Hans Kmoch vs Edgar Colle, Budapest, 1926
r1b5/p3b2p/1p1p1k2/1NpP1n2/2P3B1/P2N4/1P5P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 Rb8 Ne6 ]
b)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Hans Kmoch, Semmering, 1926
r1b2rk1/p1q2pp1/1p1R3p/8/1PB2p2/3QP3/P5PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh6 gxh6 Qg6+ Kh8 Qxh6+ ]
c)
E Verner Nielsen vs Jens Enevoldsen, Copenhagen, 1926
r4r2/ppqb2k1/2nbp2p/3p1pN1/3P2N1/2PB2P1/PP3P1P/R1Q2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6+ Bxe6 Qxh6+ Kf7 Qf6+ ]
d)
Akiba Rubinstein vs Duhm, Hannover, 1926
2r3k1/3Rbpp1/p3r2p/2pQP2P/4P3/1P3RB1/q5PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bh4 if Bxh4 Rfxf7 ]
e)
Richard Reti vs Kornel Havasi, Budapest, 1926
5r1k/ppr3qp/2nb2P1/2p2p2/4B2Q/3P3R/PP1B3P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxc6 if bxc6 Bc3 Be5 Qxh7+ ]
7e)
Richard Reti vs Kornel Havasi
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. viii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
E Spencer vs E Znosko-Borovsky, Liverpool, 1926
3rk2r/2p2pp1/7p/3pn3/1QPN1q2/1P6/1P3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 ]
b)
Rudolf Spielmann vs Frederick Yates, Semmering, 1926
2rq2k1/4bpp1/5n1p/p1p5/P2p2NB/1P3Q1P/2P2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7 Qxe7 Nxf6+ gxf6 Qg4+ ]
c)
Andrew Thomas vs Varlin, Spa, 1926
r3rbk1/pbq2p1p/1pp1p1p1/4N2n/2PP1B2/3B3Q/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 if Nxf4 Ne7+ mates ]
d)
Kaprinay vs Huffell, Berlin, 1926
r1bqk2r/pppp1ppp/8/3Ppn2/1b6/4P1P1/PP1P1PBP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 1 0
[ Qg4 ]
e)
Frederick Yates vs Akiba Rubinstein, Budapest, 1926
r1b1qrk1/2p2ppp/pb1pnn2/1p2pNB1/3PP3/1BP5/PP2QPPP/RN1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if gxf6 Bxe6 fxe6 Qg4+ ]
8b)
Rudolf Spielmann vs Frederick Yates
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. ix.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Massimiliano Romi vs Victor Kahn, Paris, 1926
2r1qrk1/5ppp/p3pb2/3b4/1PR5/P4N2/1Q3PPP/B2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf6 if gxf6 Rg4+ mates ]
b)
Eugene Znosko Borovsky vs Arthur Mackenzie, Birmingham, 1926
2r2r2/p3qpk1/1p4pp/3Pn3/5RQ1/1P4N1/1P4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Nf5+ Kh7 Nxe7 Nxg4 Nxc8 ]
c)
Frederick Yates vs Savielly Tartakower, Budapest, 1926
4rq1k/1p5p/p5p1/4bb2/3BN3/7P/PP4P1/3RQ2K w - - 1 0
[ Bxe5+ Rxe5 Qc3 Qe7 Rd5 ]
d)
Alexander Alekhine vs Carlos Portela, Buenos Aires, 1926
2k1r3/pp1r3p/2n5/3qPp2/2Np1p2/R2Q4/2P3PP/1R5K w - - 1 0
[ Rxa7 if Nxe5 or Nxa7 Nb6+ ]
e)
Alexander Alekhine vs N Schwartz, London ,1926
r1b2r2/pp3q1k/6np/2pp4/5PPN/2P5/P1Q3KP/4RR2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if Qxg6 Re7+ mates ]
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. x.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Josef Lokvenc vs Paul Leonhardt, Vienna, 1926
r1r3k1/pp1qpp2/6pB/1Pp5/4N3/P2bPQP1/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf6+ if exf6 Qxf6 mates ]
b)
Victor Soultanbeieff vs Arthur Dunkelblum , Spa, 1926
1nr2k2/2q2pbQ/1p4Bp/p2b4/7N/PN5P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nf5 if fxg6 Re7 ]
c)
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Gosta Stoltz, Stockholm, 1926
r1b2rk1/p1Rn1ppp/1p1q4/1B6/3P4/4PQ2/PP3PPP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc6 if Qxc6 Bxc6 ]
d)
Hans Mueller vs Boris Kostic, Trencianske Teplice, 1926
6k1/1pr2p1p/5Bp1/pPnp4/Pn3P2/7B/6PP/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bd8 if Nbd3 Rd1 ]
e)
Paul Leonhardt vs Karl Gilg, Vienna, 1926
r4rk1/1p1bbppp/p2ppn2/q7/P3P3/2N1B3/1PP1BPPP/R3QRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd5 if Qd8 Bb6 or if Qxe1 Nxe7+ ]
'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. xi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Frederick Yates vs Akiba Rubinstein, Budapest, 1926
r1b1qrk1/2p2ppp/pb1pnn2/1p2pNB1/3PP3/1BP5/PP2QPPP/RN1R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6 gxf6 Bxe6 fxe6 Qg4+ Qg6 Ne7+ ]
b)
Edgar Colle vs Jan Schulz, Bardejov, 1926
r1br2k1/p1q1bp1p/1p2p1p1/3nN1B1/7Q/2P5/PPB2PPP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf7 if Kxf7 Qxh7+ mates ]
c)
Frederic Yates vs Victor Berger, Hastings, 1926
1q1b3k/3r1ppp/p1r1p3/4P3/3B4/2P1Q2R/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qe4 ]
d)
Richard Reti vs Edgar Colle, Hastings, 1926
2r3k1/p2pq1pp/1pn1p3/1N3r2/2P2P2/1P4PP/Pb2Q1K1/3R1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 ]
e)
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Paul List, Berlin, 1926
8/p3rpk1/4rnbp/1BR3p1/1P6/P2p1PP1/3R1KP1/2N5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4+ if fxg4 Rf6+ Kg1 Re1+ Kh2 Rff1 ]
Chess Puzzles from the games of 1926, pt. xii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Max Bluemich vs Aaron Nimzowitsch, Dresden, 1926
6k1/p4pp1/1p5p/4b3/2n1PB2/2P3P1/P5BP/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf4 if gxf4 Ne3+ ]
b)
Agustin Freyria vs Manuel Soto Larrea, Mexico City, 1926
r2q1rk1/pp1bppbp/2np2p1/1B6/3NP3/2P1Q3/PP2NPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxd4 Nxd4 Bxd4 Qxd4 Bxb5 ]
c)
Andrew Thomas vs Max Euwe, Weston, 1926
2r3k1/pp2Qpbp/2r3p1/q7/8/2P1P1P1/P2B1PKP/R1R5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5+ ]
d)
George Thomas vs TheodoreTylor, Weston, 1926
r1bqkb1r/pp5p/2p1pnp1/3p4/2PPpQ2/2N1PP2/PP4PP/R1B1NRK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nh5 if Qg4 e5 ]
e)
Reginald Michell vs Richard Reti, Hastings, 1926
3r1rk1/7p/ppn3p1/3R4/3PN2q/2N1P2b/PP2QP2/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd5 ]
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