Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gerardo Barbero.
White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
Barbero vs Xavier Mateu Palau, Graz, 1978
3r1k1r/p4pb1/3p1nq1/1ppP2Np/8/2P1N1Q1/PP4PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ ]

b)
Barbero vs Alvaro Donatti, Belo Horizonte, 1979
2rr2k1/pb3pp1/1p2p1p1/4N1q1/2PP4/7R/P3QPPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]

c)
Barbero vs Eliseo Gonzales, Salonika, 1984
r4nk1/p6p/p1p1q3/8/P3P3/2Q1N3/1P4PP/3b1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5 if Qd7 Nh6# ]

d)
Barbero vs Urs Rueetschi, Lugano, 1987
r1b5/pp3rk1/3q2pp/2pPN3/2P5/7P/PP1Q2P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh6+ if Kg8 Qh8+ ]

e)
Barbero vs John Fedorowicz, Montpellier, 1987
4q1k1/2Rr4/3rpQp1/7p/P2p4/1P4PP/7K/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ Rc8 if Rd8 R1c7 ]

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