Chess Puzzles from the Games of Gustav Neumann.

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gustav Neumann.
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.
Gustav Neumann vs Jean Dufresne, Berlin, 1863
r1b1qr2/ppp2p1k/2np2pB/2b1pP1Q/2B1P3/2NP4/PPP3P1/R4K1R w - - 1 0
[ Qxg6+ fxg6 Bxf8# ]

b)

Gustav Neumann vs Adolf Anderssen, Breslau, 1864
r4rk1/1ppqn1p1/1p2p2p/n2pP3/3P2Q1/B2B4/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe7 Qxe7 Qg6 ]

c)

Gustav Neumann vs Johannes Zukertort, Breslau, 1864
r1b2rk1/pppq1p2/1bn2Bnp/4P3/8/3B1N1P/P4PP1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng5 if hxg5 or Ncxe5 then Qh5 ]

d)

White mates in 5.
Gustav Neumann vs V Knorre, Berlin, 1865
r7/1pp3kp/pb1p2pN/nq1PP3/4P3/3Q4/PB4PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf7+ ]

e)

White mates in 2.
Gustav Neumann vs Carl Mayet, Berlin, 1866
5rkr/pp2Rp2/1b1p1Pb1/3P2Q1/2n3P1/2p5/P4P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6+ ]

f)

White mates in 2.
Gustav Neumann vs Samuel Rosenthal, Paris, 1867
5k2/5rq1/p1p1Q2R/1p2P3/6p1/8/PPP4P/7K w - - 1 0
[ Qc8+ ]

g)

Gustav Neumann vs Joseph Blackburne, Baden-Baden, 1870
3r2k1/p1rn1ppp/Bp2pb2/4q1B1/8/P1P2P2/2Q2P1P/1K1R2R1 w - - 1 0
[ f4 Qf5 Qxf5 exf5 Bxf6 ]

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First book published by wtharvey.com

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gustav Neumann. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gustav Neumann.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.