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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Bartlomiej Heberla.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 5.
Bartlomiej Heberla vs J Juroszek, Poland, 1999
2b2rk1/r1p2ppp/p7/1p1NN3/3n4/1B4P1/PPP2PP1/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7+ Kh8 N5g6+ fxg6 Nxg6+ hxg6 Rh1+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Svetlin Mladenov, Chalkidiki, 2000
k6r/4ppbp/p1q3p1/4P3/R4Pn1/3P4/P2B1Q1P/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qf3 if Ka7 Qxc6 ]

c)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Michal Krasenkow, Rethymnon, 2003
r1b2rk1/p3PNbp/6p1/8/2q1p3/2N1n3/PP4PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Bxh6 Rxf8+ Bxf8 Qd8 Qf7 e8/Q ]

d)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs David Kanovsky, Balatonlelle, 2003
r4qkr/5pp1/p3p2p/3pP2P/b1p3Q1/2P1B1R1/P4PP1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc5 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Dmitry Kryakvin, Internet, 2006
r2r1q1k/1b3pb1/4pNpp/p1p1P3/2Pp2PQ/1P1P3R/P2B3P/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh6 Bxh6 Qg5 ]

Bartlomiej Heberla Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Ludwig Zesch, Dresden, 2007
2bq2r1/1p2kpPQ/2n1p1p1/3p4/1p2N3/5N2/PPr2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Qh4+ Kd7 Nf6+ ]

b)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Florian Dinger, Dresden, 2007
r1b5/1p3pkp/p2r1p2/2bN4/3p4/3P2P1/BPP3PP/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nc7 Rb8 Ne8+ ]

c)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Jerzy Klementys, Chorzow, 2008
rnb2rk1/4bppp/pp6/3p4/Pq3B2/1N3B2/1PP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5 Rd8 c3 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Federico Catarineu Navines, La Laguna, 2010
rn4rk/1p3p1p/4pp2/p1P4N/q1B3Q1/P7/1P3PPP/2KR4 w - - 1 0
[ Qxg8+ ]

e)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Nikola Djukic, Plovdiv, 2013
3rkr2/p4p2/1q2pQpp/1p6/2n1R3/1B5P/PP3PP1/1K1R4 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc4 if bxc4 Ba4+ or if Rxd1+ Bxd1 ]

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Bartlomiej Heberla Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Kacper Zochowski, Bialystok, 2016
r2qr1k1/p3n1p1/bn2p1P1/2pp1N1Q/1pP2B2/3P2P1/P4PB1/b3R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxe7+ if Qxe7 Qh7+ or if Kf8 Rxe6 ]

b)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Juergen Seidel, Gmund am Tegernsee, 2017
r1bqk2r/pp1nbppp/2pp3n/4p1N1/P1BPP3/8/1PP2PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Nxf7 Ne6 Qb6 a5 Qb4+ c3 Qc4 Nc7+ Kd8 Na3 ]

c)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Jean Herman, Katowice, 2017
r2r1bk1/pQ3ppp/4p3/4Nq2/Pp1Bn3/1P2P3/5PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ g4 ]

d)
Bartlomiej Heberla vs Jakub Fus, Warsaw, 2019
2rq1r1k/pb2bpp1/5n1p/4NQ2/2NPp3/1BP3R1/P5PP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Nxf7+ Rxf7 2.Ne5 if 2...Rf8 3.Ng6+ mates ]


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