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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Aron Nimzowitsch.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Frederick Yates vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Hamburg, 1910
8/k2r4/p7/2b1Bp2/P3p3/qp4R1/4QP2/1K6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Qxd1 Qa2+ Kc1 Ba3+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Carlsbad, 1911
r1b2k2/pppq1prp/3p1Qp1/8/2B5/2P5/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7 if b6 Bd5+ Qf7 Qd8+ ]
c)
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Rudolf Spielmann, San Sebastian, 1912
3R4/1R2bk2/p3r2p/r3BK2/1p3P2/8/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Kxf8 Kxe6 ]
d)
White mates in 4.
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Giese, Riga, 1914
8/4r1pk/2p1p2p/p2pP2Q/P2P1nN1/1rP3RP/3q1PP1/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ if gxh6 or Kg8 Nf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 9.
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Jokstad, Bergen, 1921
r4rk1/1pq2p1p/1p4p1/n1b4R/2BpNPR1/1Q6/PP3P2/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ if hxg6 Qh3 gxh5 Nf6+ Kg7 Nxh5+ Kh8 Nf6+ Kg7 Qg4+ ]
1e)
mate in 9
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Jokstad
Aron Nimzowitsch Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Saviely Tartakower, Copenhagen, 1923
2R3rk/3P1p2/1b3p1P/5B2/5Pp1/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 if Bc7 h7 ]
b)
Black mates in 4.
Frederick Yates vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad, 1923
R7/8/2p4k/3pqr1p/6pK/3P4/P5B1/6Q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf6+ Kg3 Rf3+ if Kh2 Qh4+ or if Bxf3 Qxf3+ ]
c)
Dawid Janowski vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Marienbad, 1925
r3k2r/pbpn1p2/1p1p1qpp/5P2/2PPp1QN/2P1P3/P1B3PP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...h5 if Qg3 g5 ]
d)
White mates in 6.
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Duhm, Hannover, 1926
3Rrk1r/p2R1p2/1pn1pPpn/2p3Np/2P1NP2/8/PP4PP/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Nxf7 Nxe6+ Kg8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Ng5+ ]
e)
Max Bluemich vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Dresden, 1926
3r2k1/p4pp1/1p5p/4b3/2n1PB2/2P3P1/P3K1BP/3R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd1 Kxd1 Bxf4 gxf4 Ne3+ ]
2e)
Max Bluemich vs Aron Nimzowitsch
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