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    Joseph

    Blackburne55 brilliant chessmoves from his games

    Bill Harvey

    8/22/2015

    Here are 55 chess diagrams from the games of

    Joseph Blackburne that invite the reader to

    discover the winning moves and mates.

    Solutions are provided at the end of the

    publication. The disk color on each diagram

    indicates which side moves first. Bill Harvey is

    webmaster of the site wtharvey.com where you

    will find 10,000 chess puzzles from modern and

    historic games.

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    1) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Valentine Green

    London, 1862

    White mates in 3.

    2) Joseph Blackburne

    vs A SteinkuehlerManchester, 1864

    White mates in 4.

    3) Joseph Blackburne

    vs NN

    Manningham, 1871

    4) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Puller

    London, 1872

    5) Claus Pitschel vs

    Joseph BlackburneVienna, 1873

    Black mates in 3.

    6) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Grimwood

    Ipswich, 1873

    White mates in 2.

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    7) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Adolf Schwarz

    Vienna, 1873

    White mates in 3.

    8) Joseph Blackburne

    vs H GiffordHague, 1874

    White mates in 2.

    9) Joseph Blackburne

    vs J Versteeven

    Rotterdam, 1874

    White mates in 3.

    10) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Philip

    1874

    11) Joseph Blackburne

    vs NNManchester, 1875

    12) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Amateur

    England, 1875

    White mates in 4.

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    13) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Amateur

    England, 1875

    White mates in 2.

    14) Joseph Blackburne

    vs PeyerEngland, 1875

    White mates in 4.

    15) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Wylde

    1875

    White mates in 3.

    16) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Martin

    England, 1876

    White Mates in 2.

    17) Joseph Blackburne

    vs P FordEngland, 1877

    White mates in 4.

    18) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Mitchell

    England, 1880

    White mates in 4.

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    19) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Adolph Schwarz

    Berlin, 1881

    White Mates in 6.

    20) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Philip MeitnerVienna, 1882

    21) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Smith

    1882

    White mates in 2.

    22) Joseph Blackburne

    vs James Mortimer

    London, 1883

    White mates in 4.

    23) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Wilhelm SteinitzLondon, 1883

    White mates in 3.

    24) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Wilfried Paulsen

    Nurnberg, 1883

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    25) Joseph Blackburne

    vs James Mortimer

    London, 1883

    26) Joseph Blackburne

    vs WestHamilton, 1885

    White mates in 5.

    27) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Mr L

    Great Britain, 1886

    White mates in 3.

    28) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Jean Taubenhaus

    Frankfurt, 1887

    29) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Max WeissFrankfurt, 1887

    White mates in 3.

    30) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Berthold Englisch

    Frankfurt, 1887

    White mates in 3.

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    31) Joseph Blackburne

    vs James Hanham

    New York, 1889

    White Mates in 4.

    32) Joseph Blackburne

    vs HodsonManchester, 1889

    White Mates in 6.

    33) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Max Judd

    New York, 1889

    34) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Max Harmonist

    Breslau, 1889

    White mates in 3.

    35) Joseph Blackburne

    vs George GossipNew York, 1889

    White mates in 3.

    36) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Max Judd

    New York, 1889

    White mates in 3.

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    37) Joseph Blackburne

    vs S Lipschuetz

    New York, 1889

    White mates in 4.

    38) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Jackson ShowalterNew York, 1889

    White mates in 3.

    39) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Isidor Gunsberg

    1890

    40) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Celso Golmayo

    Habana, 1891

    White Mates in 5.

    41) Vazquez vs

    Joseph BlackburneHabana, 1891

    Black mates in 3.

    42) Colburn vs

    Joseph Blackburne

    Hastings, 1892

    Black mates in 4.

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    43) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Forsyth

    Edinburgh, 1894

    White Mates in 3.

    44) Joseph Blackburne

    vs NNManchester, 1894

    45) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Amos Burn

    Hastings, 1895

    White mates in 3.

    46) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Collins

    Hereford, 1897

    47) Joseph Blackburne

    vs BenfyManchester, 1898

    48) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Leith

    Glasgow, 1898

    White Mates in 8.

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    49) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Herbert Trenchard

    Vienna, 1898

    White mates in 4.

    50) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Johan LowenthalManchester, 1898

    White mates in 4.

    51) Mikhail Chigorin

    vs Joseph Blackburne

    Vienna, 1898

    Black mates in 4.

    52) Jackson Showalter

    vs Joseph Blackburne

    London, 1899

    Black mates in 5.

    53) Francis Lee vs

    Joseph BlackburneHastings, 1904

    Black mates in 2.

    54) Heyermans vs

    Joseph Blackburne

    Rotterdam, 1908

    Black mates in 2.

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    55) Joseph Blackburne

    vs Loye

    London, 1913

    Solutions1) 1.Qb2+ Kc5 2.Qa3+

    2) 1.Bg7+ Kxg7 2.Qh6+

    3) 1.Rf6

    4) 1.e5

    5) 1...Nf4+ 2.Bxf4 g6+

    6) 1.Nxg6+

    7) 1.Re7+ Kf8 2.Re8+

    8) 1.Rf5

    9) 1.Qh6 gxf5 2.R1xf5

    10) 1.Bc4

    11) 1.Qxc6

    12) 1.Rxd8+ Rxd8 2.Re1+ Qe7 3.Rxe7+

    13) 1.d7+

    14) 1.Rxc7 if 1Bxb5 2.Rxb7+ Qxb7 3.Bd6+ or if

    1Bc6 2.Rxb7+ Qxb7 3.Rxc6

    15) 1.Be5 if 1Re8 2.Bh7+

    16) 1.Qxd7+

    17) 1.Qh6+ Kf5 2.g4+ Kf4 3.Re4+ dxe4 4.Ne2#

    18) 1.Qf7+ Ke5 2.Qxd5+ Kf6 3.Nxe4+ w/4.Qg5#

    19) 1.Qxf4 w/2.Rxh5

    20) 1.Qxb6 w/2.Nd6+

    21) 1.Qd7+ Bxd7 2.Nxf7#

    22) 1.Rh7+ if 1Ke8 2.e7+

    23) 1.Qh6+ Kg8 2.Rf8+

    24) 1.Rxf7

    25) 1.Reg5 if 1Qxg5 2.Qh8+ Kf7 3.Qh7+

    26) 1.Qh6 if 1Rg8 2.Qxh7+

    27) 1.Rfc1+ if 1Bc5 2.Qd5+

    or if 1Nc4 2.Qxc4+

    28) 1.Rxg6 w/2.Bxf4+

    29) 1.Qf8

    30) 1.Rxg6 fxg6 2.Rh4+

    31) 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh3+ Kg7 3.Bh6+

    32) 1.f4 if 1Bxf4 2.Rxf4

    33) 1.Rxh6+

    34) 1.Qxh6+

    35) 1.Rd7+ Bd6 2.Qg8+

    36) 1.Rh8+ Ke7 2.Rh7+

    37) 1.Qd6+ Kg7 2.Qe7+

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    38) 1.Ng5+ Ke7 2.Qg7+

    39) 1.Bb3 w/2.Qxe4 & 3.Bd5

    40) 1.Re4

    41) 1...Rh2+ 2.Kg1 Rfg2+

    42) 1..Bxc3

    43) 1.Nxf6 Qb6 2.Qc8+

    44) 1.Ne6+ w/2.Bc7+ & 3.d8/Q+

    45) 1.Qd3+ Kc5 2.Qd4+

    46) 1.Nxf7 if 1Kxf7 2.Qxe6+ mates

    47) 1.R1f6 if 1h5 2.Qh4

    48) 1.Qg3+

    49) 1.Qg8+ Qd8 2.Qe6+ Kb8 3.Qb3+

    50) 1.Nd6+ Kb8 2.Rb3+ Nb6 3.Rxb6+

    51) 1...Qxa5+ 2.Ra2 Qe1+

    52) 1...Rf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 if h3 Qg3+

    53) 1...Rxh4+

    54) 1...Rd1+

    55) 1.Nd5