Wtharvey Com Chess Puzzles Mate in Two
Wtharvey Com Chess Puzzles Mate in Two
Wtharvey Com Chess Puzzles Mate in Two
The
solution is 'almost unique', ie, the winner has only a single move that must
be made to fulfill the mate - ideal for creating an interactive puzzle where
you might want to rate the puzzle and the solver.
Bill Harvey
Henry Buckle vs NN, London, 1840
r2qkb1r/pp2nppp/3p4/2pNN1B1/2BnP3/3P4/PPP2PPP/R2bK2R w KQkq - 1 0
1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bxf7#
Louis Paulsen vs Blachy, New York, 1857
1rb4r/pkPp3p/1b1P3n/1Q6/N3Pp2/8/P1P3PP/7K w - - 1 0
1. Qd5+ Ka6 2. cxb8=N#
Paul Morphy vs Duke Isouard, Paris, 1858
4kb1r/p2n1ppp/4q3/4p1B1/4P3/1Q6/PPP2PPP/2KR4 w k - 1 0
1. Qb8+ Nxb8 2. Rd8#
Johannes Zukertort vs Adolf Anderssen, Breslau, 1865
r1b2k1r/ppp1bppp/8/1B1Q4/5q2/2P5/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qd8+ Bxd8 2. Re8#
Gustav Neumann vs Carl Mayet, Berlin, 1866
5rkr/pp2Rp2/1b1p1Pb1/3P2Q1/2n3P1/2p5/P4P2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qxg6+ fxg6 2. Rg7#
Joseph Blackburne vs Martin, England, 1876
1r1kr3/Nbppn1pp/1b6/8/6Q1/3B1P2/Pq3P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qxd7+ Kxd7 2. Bb5#
Wilfried Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen, Frankfurt, 1878
5rk1/1p1q2bp/p2pN1p1/2pP2Bn/2P3P1/1P6/P4QKP/5R2 w - - 1 0
1. Qxf8+ Bxf8 2. Rxf8#
Joseph Blackburne vs Smith, Simul, 1882
r1nk3r/2b2ppp/p3b3/3NN3/Q2P3q/B2B4/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qd7+ Bxd7 2. Nxf7#
Wilhelm Steinitz vs David Sands, New York, 1887
r4br1/3b1kpp/1q1P4/1pp1RP1N/p7/6Q1/PPB3PP/2KR4 w - - 1 0
1. Qg6+ hxg6 2. fxg6#
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Albert Hodges, New York, 1891
r1b2k1r/ppppq3/5N1p/4P2Q/4PP2/1B6/PP5P/n2K2R1 w - - 1 0
1. Qxh6+ Rxh6 2. Rg8#
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Fiedler, Nuremberg, 1892
r2q1b1r/1pN1n1pp/p1n3k1/4Pb2/2BP4/8/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
1. Qg4+ Bxg4 2. Bf7#