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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of the 1928 Hague Chess Olympiad.
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 4.
Erik Andersen vs Wilhelm Heinrich Hilse, Hague, 1928
r3rk2/5pR1/pp1q1P1p/8/3p3P/P2B4/1P1Q2b1/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rg8+ Kxg8 Qxg2+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Kornel Havasi vs W Rivier, Hague, 1928
4q1rk/pb2bpnp/2r4Q/1p1p1pP1/4NP2/1P3R2/PBn4P/RB4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ ]
c) 
White mates in 4.
George Koltanowski vs Erling Tholfsen, Hague, 1928
5q1k/5r1n/p2RPP1Q/1p1p4/2p4p/P7/1P4P1/1B5K w - - 0 1
[ Rd8 if Qxd8 exf7 ]
d) 
White mates in 5.
Gosta Stoltz vs Valentin Marin y Llovet, Hague, 1928
5r1n/pbq2ppk/3N3p/1p2PP1Q/2B1p1R1/3nP1B1/P5PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ Kxg7 f6+ Kh7 Nf5 ]
e) 
Black mates in 7.
R Gaudin vs Geza Nagy, Hague, 1928
r3kb1r/pp3ppp/q1n1p3/4P3/3p2Q1/8/PPK2PPP/R1BNR3 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nb4+ Kb3 Qd3+ Nc3 Qc2+ Kc4 Rc8+ Kb5 Rc5+ ]
1e) 
mate in 7
R Gaudin vs Geza Nagy
1928 Hague Chess Olympiad Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Gerard Kroone vs Erik Andersen, Hague, 1928
4n1k1/pp1n1pp1/2p4p/5N1q/2BP1b1P/6P1/PPQ2P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Be2 if Qg6 Ne7+ ]
b) 
Samuel Factor vs Karl Gilg, Hague, 1928
4rrk1/pp2qp1p/2p3p1/P2bPnN1/5Q2/2R5/1PB2PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf5 if gxf5 Nxh7 Kxh7 Rh3+ mates ]
c) 
Kornel Havasi vs Janos Balogh, Hague, 1928
5k2/pp3bpp/8/3q1N2/8/5Q1P/P5P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qa3+ if Kg8 Ne7+ ]
d) 
Amos Pokorny vs Oskar Naegeli, Hague, 1928
3rb2k/pp1rqp1p/2p1p1pP/6P1/3b1PN1/P3Q3/BP3P2/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd4 Rxd4 Qe5+ f6 gxf6 Qf7 Bxe6 if R8d5 Bxd5 mates ]
e) 
Willem Schelfhout vs Zeno Proca, Hague, 1928
4k2r/p1rqb1pp/Q1pp1nn1/4pb2/B7/P1N1BN2/1PP2PPP/R3K2R w KQk - 0 1
[ Nb5 if Rc8 Nxa7 w/Bxc6 ]
2d) 
Amos Pokorny vs Oskar Naegeli
1928 Hague Chess Olympiad Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Henri Weenink vs Isaac Kashdan, Hague, 1928
2r5/4kp2/3rb2R/p5p1/3p2P1/P7/1PR2P2/2KB4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc2+ Bxc2 d3 if Bd1 d2+ Kc2 Bb3+ ]
b) 
Josef Rejfir vs Andre Muffang, Hague, 1928
8/p4k1p/3pb3/4p3/2Pn1P2/3KN1P1/r3B2P/4R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe2 if Rxe2 e4+ ]
c) 
Willem Wertheim vs Arvids Taube, Hague, 1928
3rr1k1/pp3ppp/5n2/2pnqQ2/8/P3P1N1/BP3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe5 if Rxe5 e4 ]
3c) 
Willem Wertheim vs Arvids Taube
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