'Sac&Mate' - sacs that end in mate



Here are some chess puzzles from the games of 1898.
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)
Black mates in 2.
Emanuel Schiffers vs Janny, Budapest, 1898
r1b1k1nr/pppp1pp1/5q2/7p/3PP1n1/5BKP/PPP3P1/RNBQ3R b kq - 0 1
[ ...h4+ Kxg4 d6# ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Joseph Blackburne vs Herbert Trenchard, Vienna, 1898
2k5/p1p1q3/2P3p1/3QP3/7p/7P/1PK3P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ Qd8 Qe6+ Kb8 Qb3+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
T Carreras vs Battle, Barcelona, 1898
rnb1Q3/ppp2p1p/8/3kN3/8/B1P5/P1PP1K1P/q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ if Ke4 d3+ Kxe5 d4+ ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Mikhail Chigorin vs Joseph Blackburne, Vienna, 1898
k7/1b6/p3p3/PpQpPp2/2nQ4/2qN1B1P/1Rp5/K7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxa5+ Ra2 Qe1+ ]

e)
Black mates in 4.
Adolf Albin vs Mikhail Chigorin, Cologne, 1898
5r1k/1pp4p/p2p3n/P2Pp1n1/1PB1P2K/2P2qP1/8/3QR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf4+ gxf4 Qxf4+ Kh5 Ngf7 ]

1c)
mate in 4
T Carreras vs Battle

1898 puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
George Marco vs David Baird, Vienna, 1898
8/3R1R2/pp1p1pk1/3r3p/8/1P3P2/P2p1KN1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nh4+ if Kh6 Kg3 Rg5+ Kf4 Rg7 Rxg7 or if Kg5 Kg3 ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Dawid Janowski vs Harry Pillsbury, Vienna, 1898
1R6/3r4/5Pp1/k1p3P1/ppR3K1/3rB3/P7/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc5+ Ka6 Rc6+ Ka5 Bb6+ ]

c)
Black mates in 5.
Amos Burn vs Carl Schlechter, Vienna, 1898
8/5ppk/pR5p/2Np1b2/3q1Q2/5PKP/6P1/7r b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3+ gxh3 Qg1+ Kh4 g5+ ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Joseph Blackburne vs Johann Lowenthal, Manchester, 1898
r5qr/pk4pp/1np1n3/QN6/8/B3R3/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ Nc7 Rxc7+ Kb8 Nxa7 ]

e)
White mates in 7.
Siegbert Tarrasch vs George Marco, Vienna, 1898
r3n1k1/3b1p2/1q1p1Pp1/2pP2b1/1pP5/1P1B2B1/7Q/4RR1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 if fxg6 f7+ or if Nxf6 Rxf6 ]

2c)
mate in 5
Amos Burn vs Carl Schlechter

1898 puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Herbert Trenchard, Vienna, 1898
r2qrb2/p1pn1Qp1/1p4Nk/4P3/3P4/7N/P3n1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf5 if Nf6 Nh4 Nf4 Rxf4 ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Carl Walbrodt vs Amos Burn, Vienna, 1898
2rqr2k/pp1b1R1p/3B4/2nP4/3bp3/2N1N1Q1/PP4P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rf7+ Kh8 Qh2+ ]

c)
White mates in 6.
Carl Walbrodt vs Horatio Caro, Vienna, 1898
2q5/1p3k2/p1bQ1P1p/8/3p4/1P3N2/1P4r1/4RK2 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ Kg8 f7+ Kg7 f8/Q+ Kxf8 Qf6+ Kg8 Qf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Carl Carls vs J Bannet, corr., 1898
r2q1rk1/pbb1nppp/1p1p4/1PpPP1BQ/2B1N3/8/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ gxf6 Bxf6 Re8 Qg5+ Ng6 Qh6 ]

e)
White mates in 8.
Joseph Blackburne vs Leith, Glasgow, 1898
rnbq4/pp5n/2pp4/b3k1p1/4P1Q1/3P4/PPP3P1/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg3+ Ke6 Qh3+ Ke5 Rf5+ Ke6 Rxg5+ ]

3c)
mate in 6
Carl Walbrodt vs Horatio Caro

1898 puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 8.
V Soldatenkov vs Durnova, 1898
rnb2rk1/ppqp1p1p/2p3pQ/8/2B5/8/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxh7+ Kf6 Qe7+ Kf5 Qxf8+ Kg5 Re4 ]

b)
White mates in 10.
Carl Schlechter vs Philip Meitner, 1898
1r2q2r/pp1nn2k/2p1p1pp/b2p3N/P2P4/Q2BBP2/5P1P/R5RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxe7+ Qxe7 Rxg6 Rhf8 Rag1 ]

c)
Rudolf Charousek vs Amos Burn, Cologne, 1898
r4r1k/pp1b3p/2pq3P/3pnp1N/8/2P3P1/PP1Q2B1/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe5 Qxe5 Re1 Qd6 Qd4+ ]

d)
Carl Carls vs Franz Gutmayer, corr., 1898
5r2/1pp1q3/p1np1N1p/2b1P1k1/6pN/2Q1P3/PP4PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if Qe6 Nh7+ or if Kxh4 Rf5 ]

e)
Carl Schlechter vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Cologne, 1898
r2q2r1/pp2kpQ1/2pbb2p/2p1p3/4PN2/1PN5/P1P2PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if Kd7 Rxd6+ Kxd6 Qxe5+ ]

4c)
Rudolf Charousek vs Amos Burn

1898 puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Joseph Blackburne vs Benfy, Manchester, 1898
r2r3k/pppb1R2/2n4p/6q1/2BPP1p1/2P5/PP2K1P1/5R1Q w - - 0 1
[ R1f6 if h5 Qh4 Qxh4 Rh6+ ]

b)
Mikhail Chigorin vs Horatio Caro, Vienna, 1898
2r1k3/6pr/p1nBP3/1p3p1p/2q5/2P5/P1R4P/K2Q2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Rxg7 Qxh5+ or if Qxe6 Rxh7 ]

c)
Kantakusin vs NN, St Petersburg, 1898
r1b2rk1/pppp1p1p/2n2p2/2b5/3N3q/2PB4/PP3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 Qf4 g3 Qg5 h4 Qg6 Ne7+ ]

d)
Jackson Showalter vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Cologne, 1898
N1k1q3/1p2r1pp/2p2p2/Qn6/2p5/7P/P1P2PP1/3R1K2 w - - 0 1
[ a4 if Na3 Nb6+ Kb8 Nxc4 Nxc4 Rd8+ ]

e)
Smith vs Ali Ferrouh Bey, Philadelphia, 1898
rn1qkbnr/p1ppp1pp/1p3pb1/6N1/2B4P/8/PPPP1PP1/RNBQK2R w - - 0 1
[ h5 if d5 hxg6 ]

5d)
Jackson Showalter vs Wilhelm Steinitz

1898 puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs NN, 1898
r1bqr1k1/pppnbppp/2np4/8/2BNP3/2N4P/PPP2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ne6 if Kxe6 Qd5+ Kf6 Qf5# ]

b)
Jackson Showalter vs Dawid Janowski, Vienna, 1898
b5k1/2pr2p1/4p1r1/2B1Pq1p/2P5/1P1N1P2/P2R2PP/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 if Qe1 Rxd3 ]

c)
Herbert Trenchard vs Semyon Alapin, Vienna, 1898
3r1rk1/pb3ppp/8/2p1q1n1/3p4/4P3/PPQ1BPPP/2RN1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...d3 if Bxd3 Nf3+ gxf3 Qg5+ mates ]

6a)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs NN

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