Joseph

Blackburne
55 brilliant chess
moves 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.

1) Joseph Blackburne
vs Valentine Green
London, 1862

4) Joseph Blackburne
vs Puller
London, 1872

White mates in 3.
2) Joseph Blackburne
vs A Steinkuehler
Manchester, 1864

5) Claus Pitschel vs
Joseph Blackburne
Vienna, 1873

White mates in 4.

Black mates in 3.

3) Joseph Blackburne
vs NN
Manningham, 1871

6) Joseph Blackburne
vs Grimwood
Ipswich, 1873

White mates in 2.

7) Joseph Blackburne
vs Adolf Schwarz
Vienna, 1873

10) Joseph Blackburne

vs Philip
1874

White mates in 3.
8) Joseph Blackburne
vs H Gifford
Hague, 1874

11) Joseph Blackburne

vs NN
Manchester, 1875

White mates in 2.
9) Joseph Blackburne
vs J Versteeven
Rotterdam, 1874

12) Joseph Blackburne

vs Amateur
England, 1875

White mates in 3.

White mates in 4.

13) Joseph Blackburne

vs Amateur
England, 1875

16) Joseph Blackburne

vs Martin
England, 1876

White mates in 2.

White Mates in 2.

14) Joseph Blackburne

vs Peyer
England, 1875

17) Joseph Blackburne

vs P Ford
England, 1877

White mates in 4.

White mates in 4.

15) Joseph Blackburne

vs Wylde
1875

18) Joseph Blackburne

vs Mitchell
England, 1880

White mates in 3.

White mates in 4.

19) Joseph Blackburne

vs Adolph Schwarz
Berlin, 1881

22) Joseph Blackburne

vs James Mortimer
London, 1883

White Mates in 6.

White mates in 4.

20) Joseph Blackburne

vs Philip Meitner
Vienna, 1882

23) Joseph Blackburne

vs Wilhelm Steinitz
London, 1883

White mates in 3.
21) Joseph Blackburne
vs Smith
1882

White mates in 2.

24) Joseph Blackburne

vs Wilfried Paulsen
Nurnberg, 1883

25) Joseph Blackburne

vs James Mortimer
London, 1883

28) Joseph Blackburne

vs Jean Taubenhaus
Frankfurt, 1887

26) Joseph Blackburne

vs West
Hamilton, 1885

29) Joseph Blackburne

vs Max Weiss
Frankfurt, 1887

White mates in 5.

White mates in 3.

27) Joseph Blackburne

vs Mr L
Great Britain, 1886

30) Joseph Blackburne

vs Berthold Englisch
Frankfurt, 1887

White mates in 3.

White mates in 3.

31) Joseph Blackburne

vs James Hanham
New York, 1889

34) Joseph Blackburne

vs Max Harmonist
Breslau, 1889

White Mates in 4.

White mates in 3.

32) Joseph Blackburne

vs Hodson
Manchester, 1889

35) Joseph Blackburne

vs George Gossip
New York, 1889

White Mates in 6.

White mates in 3.

33) Joseph Blackburne

vs Max Judd
New York, 1889

36) Joseph Blackburne

vs Max Judd
New York, 1889

White mates in 3.

37) Joseph Blackburne

vs S Lipschuetz
New York, 1889

40) Joseph Blackburne

vs Celso Golmayo
Habana, 1891

White mates in 4.

White Mates in 5.

38) Joseph Blackburne

vs Jackson Showalter
New York, 1889

41) Vazquez vs
Joseph Blackburne
Habana, 1891

White mates in 3.

Black mates in 3.

39) Joseph Blackburne

vs Isidor Gunsberg
1890

42) Colburn vs
Joseph Blackburne
Hastings, 1892

Black mates in 4.

43) Joseph Blackburne

vs Forsyth
Edinburgh, 1894

46) Joseph Blackburne

vs Collins
Hereford, 1897

White Mates in 3.
44) Joseph Blackburne
vs NN
Manchester, 1894

47) Joseph Blackburne

vs Benfy
Manchester, 1898

45) Joseph Blackburne

vs Amos Burn
Hastings, 1895

48) Joseph Blackburne

vs Leith
Glasgow, 1898

White mates in 3.

White Mates in 8.

49) Joseph Blackburne

vs Herbert Trenchard
Vienna, 1898

52) Jackson Showalter

vs Joseph Blackburne
London, 1899

White mates in 4.

Black mates in 5.

50) Joseph Blackburne

vs Johan Lowenthal
Manchester, 1898

53) Francis Lee vs

Joseph Blackburne
Hastings, 1904

White mates in 4.

Black mates in 2.

51) Mikhail Chigorin

vs Joseph Blackburne
Vienna, 1898

54) Heyermans vs
Joseph Blackburne
Rotterdam, 1908

Black mates in 4.

Black mates in 2.

55) Joseph Blackburne

vs Loye
London, 1913

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+

Solutions

23) 1.Qh6+ Kg8 2.Rf8+

24) 1.Rxf7

1) 1.Qb2+ Kc5 2.Qa3+

25) 1.Reg5 if 1Qxg5 2.Qh8+ Kf7 3.Qh7+
2) 1.Bg7+ Kxg7 2.Qh6+
26) 1.Qh6 if 1Rg8 2.Qxh7+
3) 1.Rf6
4) 1.e5

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

or if 1Nc4 2.Qxc4+

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

28) 1.Rxg6 w/2.Bxf4+

6) 1.Nxg6+

29) 1.Qf8

7) 1.Re7+ Kf8 2.Re8+

30) 1.Rxg6 fxg6 2.Rh4+

8) 1.Rf5

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

9) 1.Qh6 gxf5 2.R1xf5

32) 1.f4 if 1Bxf4 2.Rxf4

10) 1.Bc4

33) 1.Rxh6+

11) 1.Qxc6

34) 1.Qxh6+

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

35) 1.Rd7+ Bd6 2.Qg8+

13) 1.d7+

36) 1.Rh8+ Ke7 2.Rh7+

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

1Bc6 2.Rxb7+ Qxb7 3.Rxc6

37) 1.Qd6+ Kg7 2.Qe7+

38) 1.Ng5+ Ke7 2.Qg7+

47) 1.R1f6 if 1h5 2.Qh4

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

48) 1.Qg3+

40) 1.Re4

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

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

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

42) 1..Bxc3

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

43) 1.Nxf6 Qb6 2.Qc8+

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

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

53) 1...Rxh4+

45) 1.Qd3+ Kc5 2.Qd4+

54) 1...Rd1+

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

55) 1.Nd5