Milan Vidmar vs. Max Euwe

Spectacular end game between the Sloven Milan Vidmar and the Dutch Max Euwe. Milan, with white, will sacrifice a piece winning the game in two. This happened at Carlsbad tournament, 1929.  Try to find the solution to this puzzle.

diagram of Milan Vidmar vs. Max Euwe chess puzzle

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Roll over to see the solution: 1. Qf8+ Kxf8 2. Rd8#

FEN: 6k1/5p2/1p5p/p4Np1/5q2/Q6P/PPr5/3R3K w - - 1 0

About the players

Max EuweMax Euwe (1901-1981) was a mathematician, professor and chess Grandmaster, among the 15 strongest players of his time.

4 articles on Max Euwe

Milan VidmarMilan Vidmar (1885-1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess Grandmaster, chess theorist, philosopher and writer. He was appointed chess Grandmaster in 1950.

6 Responses

  1. Ayush Mishra
    Ayush Mishra at

    1. Qa3-f8+ Kg8xf8
    2. Rd1-d8#

    Reply
  2. Cliff Jacobs
    Cliff Jacobs at

    Euwe happened to be a world champion as well. Strange omission on your part…

    Reply
    1. Armand Niculescu
      Armand Niculescu at

      Correct. We have him listed in our World Chess Champions infographic. We’ll fix the bio.

      Reply
  3. Blaze Ryush
    Blaze Ryush at

    1.Qa3xf8 + Kg8xf8
    2.Rd1xd8#

    Reply
  4. Ram
    Ram at

    1. Qa3-f8+ Kg8xf8
    2. Rd1-d8#

    Reply
  5. Kasparov
    Kasparov at

    There isn’t one solution. There are two possible solutions.

    1. Qa3-f8+ Kg8xf8
    2. Rd1-d8#

    OR

    1. Qa3-f8+ Kg8-Kh7
    2. Qf8-g7#

    Reply
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