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Here are some chess puzzles from games of 1897.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White mates in 2.
Jorgen Moeller vs Johan August Ros, Stockholm, 1897
r1b3kr/pppp1p1p/2n4q/5N2/2B1Q3/2b5/P1P2PPP/R4K1R w - - 1 0
[ Qe8+ ]
b)
White mates in 2.
Faehndrich vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna, 1897
2kr3r/pp2bppp/4bn2/1Npp3q/5B1Q/3B4/PPP2PPP/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nxa7+ Kd7 Bb5# ]
c)
White mates in 2.
Louisa Matilda Fagan vs Ian Gooding, London, 1897
3k3r/pQp1nppp/2nq4/2N2B2/8/5P2/P4P1P/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc8+ Nxc8 Nb7# ]
d)
Black mates in 2.
A Mellgren vs Langborn, Stockholm, 1897
2r3k1/N5p1/b3p2p/3pnp1P/P7/4P3/2r2PP1/RR1K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Be2+ ]
e)
Black mates in 2.
William Crane vs Michael Heaver, Warrnambool, 1897
6k1/6bp/p5p1/Bp2p3/2b2PP1/4K1RP/1Pr5/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1897, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Richard Teichmann vs Amos Burn, Berlin, 1897
2rr1bk1/p5p1/8/1p2Pp1Q/3q1P2/3b3R/PP4PP/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ e6 ]
b)
White mates in 3.
G Bellingham vs A Rutherford, Craigside, 1897
2r1b3/1pp1qrk1/p1n1P1p1/7R/2B1p3/4Q1P1/PP3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6+ Kf6 Rf5+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Adolf Zinkl vs Johannes Metger, Berlin, 1897
5r1k/p1pb1p1p/3pqPp1/2p2R2/2P1P2P/3PQ1PN/P1P4K/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6 w/Ng5 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Rezso Charousek vs Dirk Richter, Berlin, 1897
r1q1r3/pp3k2/2p4p/3pQN2/P2PP3/2N1P3/R7/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qg7+ Ke6 Qg6+ ]
e)
White mates in 3.
L Collijn vs Fritz Englund, Stockholm, 1897
7k/p3r3/3r1p1P/3npQNP/8/1P6/P4P2/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc8+ ]
2b)
mate in 3
G Bellingham vs A Rutherford
Chess puzzles from games of 1897, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Arto Rosendahl vs L Collijn, Stockholm, 1897
2r1rk2/pp6/5p2/3Q3R/2p3q1/8/P1P3P1/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rh8+ if Kg7 R8h7+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
K Zambelly vs Geza Maroczy, corr., 1897
6k1/p4ppp/8/6K1/3QP3/7q/PPP5/R1B2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...h6+ Kf4 g5+ ]
c)
Black mates in 3.
Futterer vs Adolf Zinkl, Berlin, 1897
r1bqr1k1/pp3pp1/7p/2pP4/1PP1p1n1/P1P3K1/3N1PP1/RNBQ1R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd6+ f4 exf3+ Kf3 Re3# ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Marco & Schlechter vs Charousek & allies, Vienna, 1897
3k1r2/2pb4/2p3P1/2Np1p2/1P6/4nN1R/2P1q3/Q5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nb7+ if Ke7 Qg7+ Ke8 Qe5+ ]
e)
White mates in 4.
Semyon Alapin vs Georg Marco, Berlin, 1897
4R3/r2n3k/3pBb1P/2pP1P2/1p2p3/1P2B3/P7/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Bg8+ Kh8 Bf7+ ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1897, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Langborn vs Torbjoernsson, Stockholm, 1897
1r2b1r1/p1p3q1/2np1kpQ/1p6/3PP3/2PB1N2/PP4P1/2K2R2 w - - 1 0
[ Ne5+ Ke6 d5+ if Kxe5 Qg5# or if Ke7 Qg5+ ]
b)
White mates in 5.
Johannes Metger vs Mikhail Chigorin, Berlin, 1897
7r/ppp3k1/6p1/2q1ppR1/8/2P2QK1/PP4P1/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxg6+ Kxg6 Qxf5+ ]
c)
White mates in 7.
Arved Heinrichsen vs Carl Walbrodt, Berlin, 1897
r2q4/pppbnk2/1b2n2B/3pP3/5pQ1/2P2R2/P2N2PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf4+ if Nf5 Rxf5+ Qf6 Rxf6+ ]
d)
White mates in 8.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Carl Schlechter, Vienna, 1897
2krr3/pp5p/2p5/QN2q3/4P1bP/3B2n1/PP4P1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6+ if bxc6 Qa6+ Kb8 Qxa7+ Kc8 Qa8+ or if Kd7 Rc7+ ]
e)
White mates in 8.
Rudolf Charousek vs Oliver Lehner, Budapest, 1897
r3r1k1/ppp2p2/5p1Q/5P2/4P1b1/5N2/P1P4P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if fxg5 f6 ]
Chess puzzles from games of 1897, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Mikhail Chigorin vs Adolf Zinkl, Berlin, 1897
3r4/1p1qbpk1/p1n4p/2prpP2/4N1Pp/2P2P2/PPQ1R1K1/R1B5 w - - 0 1
[ f6+ Bxf6 Bxh6+ if Kg6 Nxc5+ or if Kxh6 Nxf6 ]
b)
Kurschner vs Friedmann, Nurnberg, 1897
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/1b2bn2/4N3/2Bn2Q1/B7/P2N1PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg7 if Rg8 Qxf7+ mates ]
c)
H Phillips vs Hanham, Dobbs Ferry, 1897
1q3r2/3bN1kp/3nr1p1/2p1p1Q1/1pP1P3/pP1R4/P1B2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ Kg8 Nxd6 ]
d)
Joseph Blackburne vs Collins, Hereford Blind Simul, 1897
r1qr2k1/2pn1ppp/p1Q1pb2/1p2N3/3P4/1BP5/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf7 if Kxf7 Qxe6+ mates ]
e)
Carl Schlechter vs Mikhail Chigorin, Berlin, 1897
1r1n1r2/2p2pk1/p2p2pp/1p1P2q1/3PR3/2P2QNP/PP5K/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rg4 if Qe7 Nf5+ ]
5b)
Kurschner vs Friedmann
Chess puzzles from games of 1897, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Carl Schlechter, Germany, 1897
6k1/2BQ1pp1/2n3qp/p7/8/2PP2P1/r1P2RK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd6 if Na7 Qxa7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxa2 ]
b)
Joseph Blackburne vs Georg Marco, Berlin, 1897
rn2r1k1/ppp3pp/4qp2/4N3/2Q2P2/4b3/PPP3PP/R3KB1R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qxe6+ Rxe6 Bc4 ]
c)
A Mellgren vs Jorgen Moeller, Stockholm, 1897
3r2k1/Rppr1p1p/2q3p1/3R4/1Pn1PP2/6P1/4Q2P/5N1K w - - 1 0
[ b5 Qb6 Rxd7 Rxd7 Ra8+ w/Qxc4 ]
d)
Carl Walbrodt vs Hugo Suechting, Berlin, 1897
r1bq1rk1/pp4pp/2p5/3pP3/B5n1/2P5/P1PNQ1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ if Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nd1+ Kh1 Rxf1+ Qxf1 Nf2+ Kg1 Ne4+ ]
e)
Rydberg vs A Mellgren, Stockholm, 1897
8/R7/5k2/P7/6pp/8/4K1P1/1r6 b - - 0 1
[ ...h3 if gxh3 gxh3 Rh7 h2 ]
f)
Carl Walbrodt vs Dawid Janowski, Berlin, 1897
r1bqr1k1/pp3ppp/8/2bN4/3n1Q2/2N2P2/PPP1B1PP/2KR3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxd5 Nxd5 Nxe2+ Kb1 Nxf4 ]
6b)
Carl Walbrodt vs Hugo Suechting
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