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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Wilhelm Steinitz.
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)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Strauss, Vienna, 1860
r5r1/pp2kpBQ/3pn3/6q1/8/8/P4PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ fxe6 Bh6+ ]

b)
Black mates in 8.
Serafino Dubois vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1862
r2Nk2r/ppp5/3p1n2/2b1p3/2BnP1b1/2NP2p1/PPPQ1PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ gxf3 Bxf3 ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Peter Wilson, London, 1862
rnb3kr/ppp4p/3b3B/3Pp2n/2BP4/4KRp1/PPP3q1/RN1Q4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Bxf8 d6+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs O Mongredien, London, 1862
r3k3/pbpqb1r1/1p2Q1p1/3pP1B1/3P4/3B4/PPP4P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg6+ Rxg6 Qxg6+ Kd8 Rf8+ ]

e)
White mates in 10.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs J Robey, London, 1862
5k2/b1p3pp/p2pQp2/1q2pP2/1n2P3/2PP3P/6P1/3B3K w - - 0 1
[ Bh5 g6 fxg6 Qe8 Qxf6+ Kg8 gxh7+ ]

1d)
mate in 4
Wilhelm Steinitz vs O Mongredien

Wilhelm Steinitz Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs NN, Manchester, 1864
r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/1b2Pn2/8/2Bp4/BnP2N2/P4PPP/RN2R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ exf7+ Kd7 Be6+ Kc6 Ne5+ Kb5 Bc4+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Valentine Green, London, 1864
rn2k3/p1pb3p/8/1BqPP3/6pP/2P3P1/P1P1Q2K/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg4 if Qxd5 Qh5+ Ke7 Qxh7+ or if Bxb5 Qc8+ Ke7 Qf8+ ]

c)
White mates in 7.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs G Barry, Dublin, 1865
1r4k1/p1p2p1p/r2p1PB1/1p4P1/3B4/1P6/P1P5/1K2n2R w - - 0 1
[ Bxh7+ if Kf8 Bf5 Kg8 g6 or if Kh8 g6 Rg8 g7+ ]

d)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Henry Bird, London, 1866
r1b1kb1r/ppp2ppp/2n1p3/6B1/3P2q1/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ h3 if Qxg2 Rh2 or if Qh5 g4 ]

e)
Minchin vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1866
1k6/p1p3pp/bpn1B3/8/8/P1b5/3r1PPP/2Q3KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 Bg4 Ne2+ Bxe2 Bxe2 h4 Rd1+ ]

2a)
mate in 6
Wilhelm Steinitz vs NN

Wilhelm Steinitz Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4. Wilhelm Steinitz vs V Beljaev, London, 1866
rnbk2r1/ppp2Q1p/8/1B1Pp1q1/8/2N3B1/PPP3P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg8+ if Ke7 Qxg5+ Kd6 Ne4+ or if Qxg8 Bh4+ ]

b)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs J Czarnowski, Paris, 1867
3r2r1/pbq1kp2/1n2pn1p/2b3p1/B1PN4/4B2P/P2QNPP1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6+ Bxc6 Bxc5+ Ke8 Bxc6 ]

c)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Szymon Winawer, Paris, 1867
r1q1k2r/ppp2p2/1n3Ppp/3pN3/3Pn1Q1/B1P5/P1P3PP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6 if Qe6 Qg7 0-0-0 Nxf7 or if fxg6 f7+ mates ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Adolf Stern, Baden-Baden, 1870
r1br3k/pp5p/3pp1RB/4P2Q/3q4/4R3/P1P3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Kg8 Bf6+ Kf8 Rg8+ Kxg8 Qg5+ ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Louis Paulsen, Vienna, 1882
1k5r/pp2r3/3b4/P2B4/2Pq1PQ1/1R4RP/1P5K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qg8+ if Re8 Rxb7+ Kc8 Qg4+ or if Rxg8 Rxg8+ Kc7 Rxb7# ]

3b)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs J Czarnowski

Wilhelm Steinitz Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Martinez, Philadelphia, 1882
2r1kb1r/R6p/1pn2p2/6pn/1P2Pp2/2PB1N2/2K3PP/2B4R w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 w/Nd4 ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Max Weiss, Vienna, 1882
4rkr1/2q3pQ/2b1pb2/p3N3/3p1P2/1P1P3B/1BP2R1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3+ Qd6 Bxd6+ Be7 Bxe6 Bxd6 Ng6# ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs C Maurian, New Orleans, 1883
qr6/1b1p1krQ/p2Pp1p1/4PP2/1p1B1n2/3B4/PP3K1P/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ fxg6+ Kf8 Qh8+ Rg8 Qf6+ ]

d)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Zoran Devide, New York, 1890
r1bq3k/pppp1Qp1/7p/4b3/2B5/8/P4PPP/R1B3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Bf6 Bxf6 gxf6 Re1 or if hxg5 Qh5# ]

e)
White mates in 7.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, Havana, 1892
4rr1k/1ppb3p/2q3p1/p7/3n4/1BP1B3/PP3PP1/2K2Q1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh1+ Bh3 Qxh3+ Kg7 Qh6+ Kf6 w/Qh4+ & Bh6+ ]

4e)
mate in 7
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin

Wilhelm Steinitz Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker, New York, 1894
3r1r2/p1q3bk/2p2pb1/1pn4p/4P2P/2P2Q2/PPB2N2/R1B1K1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 Kxg6 Qf5+ Kf7 Qxh5+ Ke6 Qxc5 ]

b)
White mates in 9.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Hastings, 1895
r1r4k/pp1q2R1/5pp1/3p2N1/6Q1/8/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh4+ Kxg7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qg7+ Kd8 Qf8+ Qe8 Nf7+ ]

b)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs C Enschede, Harlem, 1896
3qn1k1/1p2b1pp/p1r1p1r1/n2p2B1/3P2B1/2N3P1/PP2QP1P/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 Qxe7 Nxd5 Qd6 Nf4 Rf6 Nxe6 ]

d)
White mates in 6.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs R Van Dam, Harlem, 1896
r6r/pp1b2pk/2pp1pR1/4qP2/4P3/3P1Q1P/PP1B4/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Rg1+ ]

e)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs W Meiners, Harlem, 1896
r5nk/pppr2pp/5p2/n1qNpP1Q/4P3/1BP5/PP4PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf4 ]

f)
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Herbert Trenchard, Vienna, 1898
r2qrb2/p1pn1Qp1/1p4Nk/4PR2/3n4/7N/P5PP/R6K w - - 0 1
[ Ne7 ]

5b)
mate in 9
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Kurt Von Bardeleben

Wilhelm Steinitz puzzles, pt. vi.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Rainer vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna, 1860
r5rk/ppp4p/3p4/2b2Q2/3pPP1q/2P2n2/PP3PRP/RNB4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Adolf Anderssen vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1862
r4rk1/ppp2ppp/6n1/3P4/6q1/1BQn4/P2N3P/R4R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh4 ]

c)
Adolf Anderssen vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1866
2k5/p4QN1/2p4p/8/4P1nP/3p4/P3rb2/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kg2 Rg1+ Kf3 Ne5+ ]

d)
Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz, London, 1883
8/Qp1nkp2/2pp2p1/8/4q3/7R/PPP3PP/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...b6 if Rf3 Qe1+ ]

e)
Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Habana, 1889
3rr1k1/pp2nppp/2np2q1/2b5/2B1P1b1/2P2NBP/P2N1PP1/R1QR2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxf3 Nxf3 Qxg3 ]

f)
Black mates in 3.
Isador Gunsberg vs Wilhelm Steinitz, New York, 1891
4r1k1/2bQ1pp1/p6p/Pp5n/1Pp5/2P2P1P/2N2B1q/1B1R1K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh1+ Bg1 Ng3+ Kf2 Re2# ]

6c)
Adolf Anderssen vs Wilhelm Steinitz


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