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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Howard Staunton.
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 2.
John Cochrane vs Howard Staunton, London, 1841
4k1r1/ppp4p/8/4p3/4P3/2N4n/PPP3rP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rg1+ Rxg1 Nf2# ]
b) 
John Cochrane vs Howard Staunton, London, 1842
3q1rk1/pp3pp1/3pbn2/4b1Q1/4P3/P1PB1R1P/1P5N/3N3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxh2 if Kxh2 Ng4+ ]
c) 
Howard Staunton vs NN, London, 1843
r2q1rk1/ppp1npp1/7p/3bP3/3PN3/B2Q4/P5PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ gxf6 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qg3+ Kh7 exf6 ]
d) 
Howard Staunton vs Pierre Saint Amant, Paris, 1843
4kr2/3n4/1R6/p1p1N3/2P3P1/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Re6+ Kd8 Rd6 ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Howard Staunton vs Pierre Saint Amant, Paris, 1843
8/pp1rn3/6pk/1q1PQ2p/1P6/6N1/P5PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Kg5 Ne4+ Kg4 h3+ ]
1a) 
Howard Staunton vs NN
Howard Staunton puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Pierre Saint Amant vs Howard Staunton, Paris, 1843
2r2r1k/pp4pp/4p1bn/3pP3/3P1P2/1R2Q3/PP1Bq2P/R3N2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf1+ Qg1 Be4+ Rf3 Bxf3+ Nxf3 Qxf3+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Pierre Saint Amant vs Howard Staunton, Paris, 1843
1kr5/1p6/3Pp3/pP2P3/5p1q/4p3/1P2Q1P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh8 ]
c) 
Black mates in 3.
Bernhard Horwitz vs Howard Staunton, London, 1846
6k1/ppp2ppp/8/2n2K1P/2P2P1P/2Bpr3/PP4r1/4RR2 b - - 0 1
[ ...g6+ ]
d) 
Bernhard Horwitz vs Howard Staunton, London, 1846
3R4/1p2r2p/p3q1k1/3p1pn1/3P1Qb1/1P4P1/PB5P/5BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ Kg2 Qe1 ]
e) 
Howard Staunton vs Hugh Brodie, London, 1851
r1bqk1nr/ppp2ppp/2np4/2bNP3/2B5/P4N2/1B3PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ exd6 if Qxd6 Bxg7 or if f6 Nxc7+ ]
2a) 
Pierre Saint Amant vs Howard Staunton
Howard Staunton puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 5.
Howard Staunton vs Berhard Horwitz, London, 1851
4r1k1/pb2q2p/n1p1p1p1/2p1B1N1/P3BP2/7Q/7P/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6 h5 Qxh5 Qg7 Bh7+ Kf8 Bd6+ Re7 Nxe6# ]
b) 
Black mates in 7.
Carl Mayet vs Howard Staunton, London, 1851
3r3k/bQp2pp1/p4q1p/4n2R/P7/B4N1P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ Kh2 Qf4+ g3 Nxf3+ ]
c) 
White mates in 2.
Howard Staunton vs Elijah Williams, London, 1851
3r3k/p1R3R1/3r3p/1p3P2/3B1q2/2Q4P/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ ]
3b) 
mate in 7
Carl Mayet vs Howard Staunton
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