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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jan Hein Donner.
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 3.
Jan Hein Donner vs Bent Larsen, Wageningen, 1957
3rk3/1b4BR/3p2p1/3P4/1r4n1/1P6/6BP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Jan Hein Donner vs Octav Troianescu, Wageningen, 1957
2r2rk1/1R3p1p/p5pQ/1p1B1nB1/8/P7/1P2qPPP/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ ]

c)
Jan Hein Donner vs Henk Van Donk, Amsterdam, 1958
8/8/2b2kr1/1p2p2p/3q1p2/2N2P1P/1PQ3PK/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 if Qb4 Na2 ]

d)
Jan Hein Donner vs Gyula Kluger, Budapest, 1961
r3k1r1/ppnq1p1p/6p1/2Q1p3/1P2P1b1/2NB2P1/P4K1P/2R4R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 if Nxd5 Bb5 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Jan Hein Donner vs Arthur Dunkelblum, Beverwijk, 1964
2rqrb2/p2nk3/bp2pnQp/4B1p1/3P4/P1N5/1P3PPP/1B1RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd5+ exd5 Bxf6+ ]

1e)
mate in 4
Jan Hein Donner vs Arthur Dunkelblum

Donner Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Jan Hein Donner vs Rene Letelier, Habana, 1964
6Q1/p4p2/1p3B2/4Pkp1/P5bb/8/1r6/7K w - - 0 1
[ Qc8+ if Kf4 Qc1+ or if Kg6 Qxg4 ]

b)
Jan Hein Donner vs Bent Larsen, Santa Monica, 1966
2r5/6k1/6pp/pBn2p2/P1NKb2P/R3P1P1/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 if Ne6+ Ke5 ]

c)
Jan Hein Donner vs Guy Mazzoni, Hague, 1966
2r1r1k1/1b3p1p/pq2p1p1/1p2P1B1/5Q1P/P2B4/1P3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8 Rxc8 Qf6 ]

d)
Jan Hein Donner vs Bertus Enklaar, Amsterdam, 1973
rq2rbk1/p2b3p/1p3pp1/4n3/3N1B2/1P4Q1/P4PPP/R3RBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ if Kh8 Bd5 ]

e)
White mates in 6.
Jan Hein Donner vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez, Nice, 1974
2R5/1p3rpk/3R2n1/p7/7P/5PK1/Pr6/5B2 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3 if Rf6 Rdd8 ]

2e)
mate in 6
Jan Hein Donner vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez


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