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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander.
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)
CHO'D Alexander vs William Fairhurst, London, 1932
1k1r3r/ppp2pp1/7p/3b4/8/Q1PPqB2/P5PP/1R3R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 if Rxd5 Qb3 ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
A Dulanto vs CHO'D Alexander, Buenos Aires, 1939
5r1k/7p/p5q1/1p1N4/3P4/1PP3pQ/P4p1P/2R4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ Qg2 f1/Q+ ]
c)
CHO'D Alexander vs Cordingley, Surrey, 1947
rn3rk1/pq2bppp/1p1p4/2p2N2/2P5/6P1/PP2PP1P/R1BQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qd5 Qxd5 Nxe7+ ]
d)
White mates in 4.
CHO'D Alexander vs Efim Bogoljubow, Birmingham, 1951
n4b2/1p3pkp/p2p1N2/P1rP4/2P4P/1P5r/R7/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg2+ if Kh6 Rf5 ]
a)
CHO'D Alexander vs William Fairhurst
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