Chess Problems

Richard Réti, 1921

7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8
White to move
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  1. Kg7 Kb6
  2. Kf6 h4
  3. Ke5 h3
  4. Kd6
or
  1. Kg7 h4
  2. Kf6 h3
  3. Ke7
…to here

Leonid Kubbel, 1922

1N7/8/K7/3k4/3p4/p7B/2PP4/8
White to move
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  1. Nc6 Kxc6
  2. Bf6 Kd5
  3. d3 a2
  4. c4+ Kc5
  5. Kb7 a1=Q
  6. Be7#
…to here

A.S. Gurvich, 1927

8/K6N/8/2N5/1n6/6Q1/6pn/7k
White to move
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  1. Ne4 Nd3
  2. Qf2 Nxf2
  3. Ng3+ Kg1
  4. Ng5
…to here

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