Winning Moves of Miguel Quinteros

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Miguel Quinteros.
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)

Quinteros vs Luis Chemes, Buenos Aires, 1966
2rr2k1/pp3qpp/1np1b3/3pPp2/P2Bn3/1P1NP1P1/5PBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f3 Ng5 h4 ]

b)

Quinteros vs Jorge Rubinetti, Buenos Aires, 1966
r5k1/3n2p1/1q1P1pNp/p1n1p2B/2P1b3/P7/1r2QBPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe4 w/Bxb6 ]

c)

Miguel Quinteros vs Mario Schatzle, Mar del Plata, 1967
7k/4q1pp/p5r1/1p1Q1p2/1b3P2/3PP3/7P/1R1N1K2 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb4 if Qxb4 Qd8+ ]

d)

White mates in 3.
Miguel Quinteros vs Francisco Benko, Buenos Aires, 1969
3R4/5pp1/8/4P1k1/4Q1P1/1P5P/q4rBK/8 w - - 1 0
[ h4+ Kxh4 Rh8+ ]

e)

White mates in 3.
Miguel Quinteros vs Oscar Panno, Buenos Aires, 1970
2R5/p4p1p/1p1rpQpk/3qP3/n2p1P1P/3P2P1/PP6/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg8 ]

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

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