Here are some chess puzzles rated in the 1500s.
The puzzles' ratings are in parentheses.
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) 
Sigiammattei vs anardzhafarov, lichess.org, (1521)
BR6/5pkp/p3pnp1/1p6/8/5N1P/PPqR1PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc1+ Kh2 Qc7+ g3 Qxb8 ]
b) 
camelopniky vs shorakhana4040, lichess.org, (1540)
5rk1/1b4pp/1p1q4/3Pp3/r3B3/3R4/P2Q2PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qc5+ Kh1 Rxe4 if Rxe4 Rf1# ]
c) 
camelopniky vs SIiNAa, lichess.org, (1550)
r4b1r/pp1k2pp/3pbp2/2p5/8/2BB4/PPP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ Ke7 Bc4 ]
d) 
FM nonsopolo vs IM Daniel_Anwuli, lichess.org, (1572)
5r2/p1q1p2k/1pp3p1/2p1bbQp/2P2B2/3PPPN1/PP4K1/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ Kg8 Nxf5 if gxf5 Qg6+ Kh8 Rh1 mates ]
e) 
White mates in 3.
IM Daskevich vs vochmek_chimana, lichess.org, (1597)
3r2k1/pbp1Rrpp/1p1p4/8/1PPQ1P2/P5P1/1Bq4P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]
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