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A Collection of Instructive Problems

by Philippe Schnoebelen

1 - W. F. von Holzhausen
Akademische Schachblätter, 1901

5+2. Mate in 1

2 - T. R. Dawson
The Chess Amateur, Feb. 1927

15+16. Black to play. Indicate a move Black must have played

3 - Bengt Giöbel
Polis-Tidningen 1/1, 1946
(I saw this in Problem och profiler)

11+1. Add a White Queen and then mate in 1
(a) Diagram; (b) Mirror position

4 - Raymond Smullyan
The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, 1979
(After Mortensen)

3+1. What did Black just play?

5 - Eric Angelini
Europe Echecs 433, Apr. 1995

1+5. Black to move. What did White just play?

6 - Ernest Clement Mortimer
Shortest Proof Games, 1991
Version by A. Frolkin

15+13. Position after Black's 4th move. How did the game go?

7 - G. Husserl
feenschach, 1986

4+0. Colour the pieces. (a) diagram; (b) Rg6 -> g7

8 - F. Amelung
Düna Zeitung, 1897

5+3. Mate in 2

9 - Samuel Loyd
Musical World, 1859

2+4. Mate in 2

10 - Hugo August, Otto Brennert, Thomas R. Dawson, Niels Høeg and Valerian Onitiu
Skakbladet, 1924

4+3. Last move?

11 - Armand Lapierre
Thèmes 64, Apr. 1959
4th Hon. Mention

7+7. Mate in 2

12 - Werner Keym
Die Schwalbe, 1979

6+1. Last move?

13 - W. Langstaff
The Chess Amateur, 1922

5+3. (RV) Mate in 2

14 - K. Fabel and W. Keym
Basler Nachrichten, 1967

13+3. Problem without words

15 - Raymond Smullyan
Manchester Guardian, 1957

1+3. The White King is invisible. Where is he?

16 - T. Orban
Comm., Die Schwalbe 1976

15+15. Position after Black's 4th move. How did the game go?

17 - G. Husserl
Prize, Isreal Ring Tourney, 1966/71

0+9. Colour the pieces. Last move?

18 - J.-L. Turco
diagrammes 60, 01/1983

15+15. Mate in 1

19 - Dr. Julio Sunyer
The Chess Amateur, 1923

1+1. Wh. and Bl. retract 1 move and helpmate in 1

20 - Leonid Borodatov
Krimskaja Pravda, 1970

6+1. What did Black just play?

21 - A. Frolkin and A. Kornilov
Rex Multiplex 6, Apr. 1983

17. Associate a different chess unit to each letter.
(b) Ag1 -> b1

22 - Nenad Petrovic
The Problemist, 1930

16+13. Who mates in 1?

23 - Luigi Ceriani
32 Personaggi e 1 Autore, 1955

12+12. Black to move. Ortho-Reconstruction
(I.e. reach the same position with White to move in the shortest number of moves.)

24 - Michel Caillaud
diagrammes, 1979
Ded. G. Yacoubian

5+10. shc#15 (Consequent Series-Helpmate in 15 moves)

25 - Werner Keym
Die Schwalbe, 1979

2+11. Last move?

26 - N. Petrovic
Problem, 1954
1st/2nd Prize 4th Thematic Tourney

6+1. Last 6 single moves?

27 - Jean Oudot
"Supplément Problèmes", L'échiquier de France, 1957

14+7. Mate in 2

28 - T. Volet
1st Prize Die Schwalbe, 1980

8+16. On which squares did captures occur and in what order?

29 - Valerian Onitiu
1st Prize Die Schwalbe 1934

15+10. Wh. retracts one move and mates in 1

30 - N. Petrovic
4th Prize Europe Echecs 1966-68

13+14. (AP) Mate in 2

31 - T. R. Dawson
The Problemist Fairy Suppl., 1933

1+2. Add 1 bl. Bishop and 1 bl. Rook to obtain an Illegal Cluster

32 - Peter Wong
US Problem Bull., May 1988

5+9. Wh. retracts one move and mates in 2

33 - W. Dittmann
feenschach, 1979

5+10. Proca-retractor. Wh. retracts 7 moves and mates in 1

34 - T. Volet
Ded. M. Caillaud & N. Plaksin
1st Prize Rex Multiplex, 1983

14+12. Draw

35 - M. Caillaud
Europe Echecs 316, 04/1985
2nd Prize Europe Echecs 85-86

14+11. Position after Wh. 27th move. Game score?

36 - Niels Høeg
Tidskrift för Schack, 1924

5+1. Høeg-retractor. Wh. retracts 2 moves and mates in 1

37 - L. Ceriani
Die Schwalbe, 1969

13+12. Release the position !

38 - Luigi Ceriani
La Genesi delle Posizioni, 1961

11+13. Release the position

39 - Luigi Ceriani
L'Italia Scacchistica, 1943
"La Donna è mobile? ... Eppur si muove!"
1st Prize Memorial V. de Barbieri

9+12. First move of the black Queen?