A W Daniel

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Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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a)

1K3Q2/8/8/8/8/8/N5N1/3k4 w - - 0 1
[ Qf5 if Ke2 Nb4 or if Kd2 Qe4 ]

b)

8/8/8/3k4/8/8/1B6/KBQ5 w - - 0 1
[ Ba3 if Ke6 Qc6+ or if Ke5 Qg5+ ]

c)

8/8/5R2/2K1k3/8/5R2/8/7n w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 if Ke4 Kd6 or if Ke6 Kd4 ]

d)

5K2/8/5k2/3Q1p2/5N2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qb3 if Kg5 Qg3+ or if Ke5 Qb4 ]

e)

8/8/2p1K3/8/4k3/2R2R2/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rf5 if Kd4 Rfc5 or if c5 Rcf3 ]

A W Daniel Problems, Part II. White Mates in 3.
a)

8/8/8/7R/6kN/5R2/8/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ Rhf5 Kxh4 Kg2 ]

b)

7K/5N2/6Q1/1p6/1B1k4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if Kc4 Qb1 or if Ke3 Qf5 or if Ke5 Qe4+ ]

c)

k7/7R/N2P4/8/8/1p6/8/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Nb4 b2 d7 ]

d)

5K2/5R1R/6k1/6p1/8/8/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if Kxh7 Kf7 or if g4 Rg7+ ]

e)

8/8/8/4N3/4Q2p/4N1kq/4K3/8 w - - 0 1
[ N5g4 if Qh2+ Nxh2 or if Qf1+ Nxf1+ ]

A W Daniel Problems, Part III. White Mates in 3.
a)

8/8/4Bp2/6kp/3P4/1Q3K2/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bf5 if Kxf5 (or Kh6) Qg8 or if Kh4 Qb8 ]

b)

8/8/8/N1Bkp3/7N/4Q3/8/K7 w - - 0 1
[ Qg1 if Ke4 Qf1 or if Ke6 Qg4+ or if e4 Qg5+ ]

c)

3K4/4Q3/5NR1/4R3/4Pk2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qa3 if Kxe5 Qd6+ Kxd6 Nd7# ]

d)

8/3B1p2/8/K1kp4/7B/8/8/5Q2 w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 if Kd4 Qe1 or if f5 (or Kd6) Qf4(+) or if d4 Be7+ or if f6 Qxf6 ]

e)

7n/7K/3p4/8/4pk2/1Q4R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Kg7 if d5 (or N moves) Kf6 or if e3 Qxe3+ or if Kf5 Qd5+ or if Ke5 Rg5+ ]

f)

8/3P4/5P1K/4k3/1p6/8/Q3N3/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qb3 if Ke4 d8/N or if Kd6 d8/Q+ or if Kxf6 (or Kf5) Qd5(+) ]

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